Christian Horner has revealed Red Bull spoke to Lando Norris a 'couple of times' about joining the team before the British driver signed a new multi-year F1 contract with McLaren.
with McLaren that will keep him with the team until at least the end of the 2025 season, making it one of the longest-standing driver contracts on the grid.
Asked by Motorsport.com about the talks with Norris, Red Bull team principal Horner said: “We’ve spoken to Lando a couple of times over the years.“He’s on a long-term contract with McLaren, and it looks like he’s going to be there for a few more years.” Norris expanded on his comments about the Red Bull talks over the Mexico Grand Prix weekend, saying his long-term McLaren deal was not in reaction to the talks with Red Bull.
“Everyone always tries to speak to all teams at some point, so it was just [that] I spoke to them. I spoke to a few other people. But like a chance to chat. It's not like, you know, 'what can we do?' straightaway. Just keeping in touch, things like that. It's as simple as that sometimes.
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