Lando Norris has won races before. He has felt pressure before. But nothing, as he now reveals, compared to the weekend that changed his life forever.
And he’s letting fans relive every heartbeat of it in a deeply personal LandoLog that feels less like a vlog and more like a memory unlocked.
Released on YouTube this week, Norris’ first video since clinching the 2025 Formula 1 world championship in Abu Dhabi last month is raw, reflective and unmistakably emotional.
For Formula 1 fans – and McLaren supporters in particular – it’s not just recommended viewing. It’s essential.
‘The biggest race of my life’
The vlog takes viewers back to the final weekend of an epic title fight decided by the thinnest of margins.
Norris entered Yas Marina knowing a minimum third-place finish would be enough to crown him champion – a simple equation on paper. He describes the build-up with disarming honesty.
“The week leading up to the biggest race of my life... and I didn't know how to be. I didn't know how to act, I didn't know how I was meant to be,” he explains.
“I didn't know if I was meant to be really excited or scared. I thought I'd be pretty damn nervous 'cause I do, I mean I get nervous every race, every qualifying, like always. That's a normal thing. I thought it'd be a bit too chaotic for me.”
The pressure was immense. The stakes were historic. Yet when the visor came down, something unexpected happened.
“But in fact, getting in the car, I actually felt pretty ready. I felt very calm. Just another day in the office, I felt ready. I still knew in my head, 'this is it and the time had come'”, he says.
Norris went on to finish third behind Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri after a tense late duel with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc – enough to seal the title by just two points. A championship earned not with fireworks, but with nerve.
When Time Slowed – And Everything Came Back
If the opening laps felt routine, the final ones did not. Norris’ description of the closing moments is among the most striking parts of the video, pulling fans inside the cockpit as the weight of a lifetime’s ambition began to surface.
“Felt like a normal race, genuinely felt like a normal race. But two laps to go, and then time starts to slow down a little bit,” Norris recounts.
“You start thinking of every little screw, every bolt, every wire. I'm imagining inside my car what everything is doing.”
Read also: Norris assesses F1 future: ‘It’s all downhill from here!’The calm gave way to vulnerability.
“You're in that moment of, 'damn what could go wrong 'cause everything's going right'. Your mind starts thinking of these little things.”
And then, unexpectedly, the memories flooded in.
“I just started thinking of my first day in a go-kart. I was on a kind of mini tennis court and we put some slicks on the go-kart and I was just doing some donuts and having some fun.”
As the chequered flag loomed, Norris’ thoughts shifted from machinery to family.
“All of a sudden, I pictured my mom in the garage. That was the first time, the first moment the whole year I just about started to realise what was happening - what was about to happen.
“And all I did was picture the garage, picture my parents there, my brother, my sisters, all in the garage for the final four corners.”
His mother, Cisca Wauman, stood waiting with tears in her eyes. The boy who once dreamed quietly was about to become world champion.
‘We did it!’
Ahead of last month’s the FIA prize-giving ceremony in Uzbekistan, Norris summed up the magnitude of what he had achieved – not with bravado, but with disbelief and pride intertwined.
“It's pretty much every boy's dream to win something, and when you're so young, you always hope or dream like you want to win it one day, but you never actually think you can. We did it!”
Read also: Marko admits Norris was a perfect fit for Red BullNow etched into Formula 1 history alongside names like Michael Schumacher, Niki Lauda and Lewis Hamilton, Norris ends his LandoLog with a message directly to those who followed every lap, every setback and every breakthrough.
“Thank you very much,” he says. “It's been a pleasure to represent you, to do my best for you every single weekend. Thanks for being there for me. And I'll go lift the trophy while I'm thinking of everyone that's been part of this journey together.”
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