Lando Norris - good taste and Ferrari in the heart

A restrained, barely hinted celebration: Lando Norris is the 2025 world champion.

Lando Norris, Formula 1 World Champion after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 07 December 2025.

He deserved the title because he scored more points than Max Verstappen, the Messiah, the absolute best, the greatest of all time. He deserved it because he had the nerves of steel to resist the comeback of Max and his teammate Oscar Piastri. Each of these three has something romantic, unheralded, close to the Formula 1 of long ago.

McLaren driver Lando Norris during qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit on 06 December 2025. Photo by David Davies / PA Images via Getty Images.

Lando also deserved it for his grace and sportsmanship; today we cheered for him. Because, even if he doesn't say much, Lando has something interesting to say. One of the few in this Formula 1 and perhaps in general. Because you can win with class.

2025 F1 World Drivers Champion Lando Norris celebrates in parc ferme with Magui Corceiro after the Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit on 07 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula 1 via Getty Images.

Is Lando Norris the new James Hunt, the James Hunt 2.0? He's the idol of young girls and in today's world, which has very little taste, at least when it comes to cars and women, Lando has class.

Lando Norris with his girlfriend Margarida Corceiro at the Hungarian Grand Prix in August 2025.

He collects beautiful vintage cars and breathtaking blondes.

Lando Norris with Max Verstappen and Carlos Sainz, the two drivers Lando is closest friends with.

He's perhaps currently, along with Carlos Sainz and Max Verstappen, the only character with enough personality and depth to set him apart from the others. Yes, Lando has something of his own, something different, less excessive and not living in total superficiality like the others.

Margarida Corceiro, Lando Norris's current girlfriend.

He's certainly no James, he doesn't have his damn charm and model body but he's perhaps the closest thing to him today.

And on his love for Ferrari Lando, when asked what team would he go to if McLaren had to leave F1, said: "I can't answer that one, I know exactly which one I would love to go to, it’s the team that everyone wants to be part of at some point in their career."

From established sports journalist Ben Hunt, the very first biography of the up-and-coming British driver Lando Norris, published on the brink of the British Grand Prix.

Lando Norris at McLaren.

As the youngest ever British Formula 1 driver, Lando Norris is trailblazing his way through the world of motor racing.

After signing as a junior driver for McLaren in 2017, he has since asserted himself as the team's brightest talent and an aspiring world champion.

Lando Norris in a kart.

Born to British and Belgian parents and raised in the idylls of south-west England, Lando's childhood reflects how even the calmest of upbringings can create an adrenaline junkie.

Lando Norris.

As one of a new cohort of young drivers seeking to assert their dominance in the sport, Lando is a uniquely modern sportsman, who celebrates learning and personal development, but who nonetheless has the killer instinct required to take him to the very pinnacle of F1.

Lando Norris owns one of the most beautiful cars ever made. By Alex Gassman on June 26, 2024.

Like many other F1 drivers, Lando Norris lives in Monaco. In a country where modern day supercars are commonplace, it takes something special to turn heads. And Lando Norris now has the very car for the job.

Lando Norris in a McLaren.

The whole time he’s been in F1, Lando Norris has driven for McLaren. That’s meant his line up of company cars has been pretty spicey compared to the usual range of tax-dodging efficient diesels or hybrids available to most normal employees. In fact, he’s had most of the McLaren supercar range as his company run abouts over the years.

Lando’s been seen driving a 570s, 720S, 765LT, Artura, Elva and pretty much every other McLaren road car to have emerged from the Woking-based plant over the last few seasons.

But he isn’t restricted to just driving McLarens. Recently it was unveiled that Norris has commissioned a bespoke, one-off restomod Retro Land Rover Defender. This unique car is a re-engineered classic, with all new components and a roofless body. He can be sure he’ll be the only guy driving one of those around Monaco.

Now the Land Rover is cool. Very cool. But Lando owns something else that blows it out of the water. He owns one of, if not the best looking car ever made.

The Lamborghini Miura came about in the mid 1960s. At that time Lamborghini had not long branched out from just making tractors to producing cars and, after their initial model, the 350GT, was in steady production, the young team at Lamborghini wanted to have a go at making something a little more racey.

And so the Miura was born. Named after a reknowned breeder of fighting bulls, the technical name for the car was actually the P400. P stood for the rear engine placement ‘Posteriore’ and 400 was for the size of its 4.0 litre engine.

The body, that beautiful body, was designed by the legendary Bertone styling house. Just 762 Miuras were produced and Lando Norris now owns one of them.

Lando purchased his car, a ‘base model’ P400, from legendary UK-based Italian car dealer Joe Macari.

The car is in pristine condition, as all of Macari’s cars are and features a stunning deep blue paint job. The interior has been retrimmed in bright orange which is very fitting for the McLaren F1 ‘papaya’ driver.

It features a classic open-gate manual shifter with a wooden gear knob and that iconic Lamborghini steering wheel with six holes in it, two on each of the three spokes.

On paper the colour combination sounds a little questionable but in reality it works perfectly.

The engine is a 3,929cc (3.9 litre) transverse mounted V12, producing 345bhp in Lando’s P400 model.

In the later models, the P400S and the P400SV, the engine produced 365bhp and 385bhp respectively. But in a car that weighs only 1200 kg, Lando’s 345bhp is more than enough for it to still feel fast, almost 60 years after it was built.

We’ll never know how much Lando paid for his Lambo. The advert listing on the Macari website just stated it was £POA which means if you have to ask you can’t afford it.

Classic.com shows that, between 2021 and now, six P400s have sold at auction at prices ranging from $995,000 to $2,707,000. After a P400 SV recently sold for just under $5m, Hagerty suggests a concourse P400 is now worth a little over $2m.

With this particular model having been refurbished and finishing in a bespoke colour scheme, I reckon Lando probably paid somewhere around $2 – $2.5 million for it.

So it turns out you can put a price on driving something unique in Monaco. It’s a few million dollars. But unfortunately that price obviously doesn’t get you a very good battery, as Lando found out when he had to be push-started in the Miura by fans.

Lando Norris has just added a Ferrari F40 to his incredible car collection. By Alex Gassman on November 08, 2024.

Lando Norris was recently spotted putting some fuel in the latest addition to his incredible car collection on the streets of Monaco.

His new purchase is one of the most iconic Ferraris ever made and many consider it to be the greatest supercar ever. Lando has taste.

Driving Formula 1 cars for a living means that most normal road cars are going to feel slow and boring for a F1 driver like Lando.

His collection is undoubtedly one of the finest of all the Formula 1 drivers.

He used to use as his daily driver in Monaco a Fiat 500 Jolly recreation.

As expected, Lando does also own some faster road cars. Being a driver for the Mclaren F1 team, it’s no surprise that one of those is one of the most powerful performance cars that Mclaren produce, a 765LT Spider.

This one in particular was customised for Lando by Mclaren Special Operations (MSO). They gave it a bespoke blue carbon paint job and custom interior designed for their F1 driver, complete with his logo dotted around the car.

And now Lando’s added another incredible car to his already out-of-this-world collection. It may be his finest choice yet.

Recently, Lando was spotted stopping at a gas station on the side of the road in Monte Carlo.

He had just fuelled up his new to him Ferrari F40. This is the first time Lando had been spotted in this car.

Launched in 1987 to celebrate Ferrari’s 40th anniversary, the Ferrari F40 was the last model developed under Enzo Ferrari’s oversight. Production ran until 1992, with only 1,311 cars built, making it a rare and highly coveted collector’s item these days.

At its heart, the F40 is powered by a 2.9-liter twin-turbocharged V8 engine, producing around 478 horsepower and 426 lb-ft of torque. This allowed the car to accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in about 4.2 seconds and achieve a top speed of 323 km/h (201 mph), making it the first production car to break the 200 mph barrier.

The F40’s body is crafted from Kevlar, carbon fiber and aluminum, materials chosen for their strength and lightweight properties. This focus on weight reduction brought its curb weight down to approximately 1,100 kg.

To help keep it light, the paint was so thin that you could see the weave of the carbon fiber body panels through it.

For their raw, uncomprimising performance, the F40 is heralded as being one of the purest and most desirable Ferraris ever built. For that reason, they now command serious money.

Prices for F40s in the UK start at around £1.5m – £2m. But for a very low mileage one in perfect condition, you can expect to pay a lot more.

Lando’s particular F40 is fitted with non-standard wheels. As we’ve seen from the other cars in Lando’s collection, he likes to add his own touch to his vehicles. So his F40 is fitted with non-standard wheels.

Lando Norris driving his new Ferrari F40 and shopping at Richard Mille in Casino de Monaco.

The wheels it’s running on are the Enkei style wheels that were found on the F40 LM, the road-going racecar that Ferrari only produced 19 of.

Photo gallery

Lando Norris in sweet company.

Lando Norris in sweet company.

Lando Norris with Daniel Ricciardo at McLaren in Silverstone on 30 June 2022. Photo by Getty Images.

Lando Norris and his Lamborghini Miura.

Lando Norris in Monaco in his Lamborghini Miura.

Lando Norris in his Lamborghini Miura in Monaco on 29 September 2023.

Lando Norris in his Lamborghini Miura in Monaco on 29 September 2023.

Lando Norris in his Lamborghini Miura in Monaco in 2024.

Lando Norris in his Lamborghini Miura in Monaco in 2024.

Lando Norris' gorgeous Lamborghini Miura stalls in the street and needs to be pushed to start at Monaco in 2024.

Lando Norris’ stunning girlfriend Margarida Corceiro. Photo by Margarita Corceiro via Instagram.

Margarida Corceiro with Lando Norris’ mother during the Monaco Grand Prix in May 2025.

Lando Norris walks in the paddock with his girlfriend, Portuguese model Margarida Corceiro, during final practice ahead of the Italian Grand Prix in Monza on September 06, 2025. Photo by Kym Illman / Getty Images.

Lando Norris walks in the paddock with Magui Corceiro during final practice ahead of the 2025 Hungarian Grand Prix.

Magui Corceiro at the Hungarian Grand Prix in August 2025.

Lando Norris conquered the pole position at the Las Vegas Grand Prix in November 2025.

Lando Norris during a team photo on Thursday 04 December 2025 at the Yas Marina circuit ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Photo by David Davies – PA Images via Getty Images.

Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren and Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren on stage prior to practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina circuit on 05 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula 1 via Getty Images.

Sparks fly behind Lando Norris driving the McLaren MCL39 Mercedes on track during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina circuit on 05 December 2025. Photo by Zak Mauger / LAT Images.

McLaren driver Lando Norris during free practice on Friday December 05, 2025 at the Yas Marina circuit ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Photo by David Davies / PA Images via Getty Images.

Lando Norris driving the McLaren MCL39 on track during the free practice 2 ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit on 05 December 2025. Photo by Nicolas Economou / Nur Photo via Getty Images.

Magui Corceiro in the paddock during the final practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit on 06 December 2025 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Photo by Mark Sutton - Formula via Getty Images.

Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing, Lando Norris of McLaren and Oscar Piastri of McLaren after the qualifying session ahead of the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina circuit on 06 December 2025. Photo by Beata Zawrzel / Nur Photo via Getty Images.

Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri of the McLaren Formula 1 team, along with Max Verstappen, participate in the end-of-season photo in Abu Dhabi on 07 December 2025. Photo by Ahmad Al Shehab / Nur Photo via Getty Images.

Margarida Corceiro, partner of Lando Norris, following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on 07 December 2025. Photo by David Davies – PA Images via Getty Images.

Max Verstappen, driving the Red Bull Racing RB21, leads Lando Norris, driving the McLaren MCL39 Mercedes, Oscar Piastri, driving the McLaren MCL39 Mercedes and the rest of the field at the start of the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina circuit on 07 December 2025. Photo by Rudy Carezzevoli / Getty Images.

World Drivers Champion and third placed Lando Norris performs donuts in celebration after the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit on 07 December 2025. Photo by Peter Fox / Getty Images.

Race winner Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Red Bull Racing congratulates 2025 F1 World Drivers champion and third placed Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren in parc ferme after the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi at Yas Marina Circuit on 07 December 2025. Photo by Zak Mauger / LAT Images.

2025 F1 World Drivers champion and third placed Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren celebrates in parc ferme with Magui Corceiro after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina circuit on 07 December 2025. Photo by Steven Tee / LAT Images.

2025 F1 World Drivers champion and third placed Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren celebrates in parc ferme with Magui Corceiro after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina circuit on 07 December 2025. Photo by Steven Tee / LAT Images.

2025 F1 World Drivers champion and third placed Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren celebrates in parc ferme with Magui Corceiro after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina circuit on 07 December 2025. Photo by Mario Renzi - Formula 1 via Getty Images.

Lando Norris celebrates on the podium with Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri.

2025 F1 World Drivers champion Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren celebrates with his team after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina circuit on 07 December 2025. Photo by Peter Fox / Getty Images.

2025 F1 World Drivers champion Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren celebrates with his team after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina circuit on 07 December 2025. Photo by Andrew Ferraro / LAT Images.

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