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Lando Norris Launches Junior Team to Develop Future F1 Drivers
Lando Norris is a famous Formula One driver who wants to help young racers.
He has helped create a new team called LN4 Fusion.
The team will race in several junior competitions beginning in 2027.
These competitions help drivers learn before they try to reach Formula One.
Norris is also creating the LN4 Legacy Programme.
This programme will give talented drivers money, coaching, mentoring and career advice.
Norris says becoming an F1 driver requires more than talent.
It also requires support, opportunities and the right people around a driver.
Reigning Formula One champion Lando Norris has co-founded LN4 Fusion, a single-seater junior racing team.
LN4 Fusion plans to compete in Italian F4, FREC and FIA Formula Three from 2027.
The team has acquired assets from AIX Racing and is working toward British F4 and Formula Two entries.
Norris is also launching the fully funded LN4 Legacy Programme for promising drivers facing financial barriers.
Experienced managers will run the team, with Rene Rosin as principal and Guillaume Capietto as racing director.
- Who
- Reigning Formula One world champion and McLaren driver Lando Norris, alongside experienced junior-racing managers.
- What
- Norris has co-founded LN4 Fusion and launched the LN4 Legacy Programme to support young racing drivers.
- Where
- LN4 Fusion will compete in Italian F4, the Formula Regional European Championship and FIA Formula Three; it is also pursuing British F4 and Formula Two entries.
- When
- The project was announced ahead of the 2026 Italian Grand Prix, with racing planned from 2027.
- Why
- Norris wants to create opportunities for young drivers and address the financial and support barriers involved in reaching Formula One.
Key facts
- Team
- LN4 Fusion
- Founder
- Lando Norris
- Planned debut
- 2027
- Initial championships
- Italian F4, Formula Regional European Championship and FIA Formula Three
- Potential additional entries
- British F4 and Formula Two
- Team principal
- Rene Rosin
- Development initiative
- The fully funded LN4 Legacy Programme, offering financial backing, coaching, mentoring and career guidance
Quotes
Lando Norris
Reigning Formula One world champion and McLaren driver
“I think the main part of this for me is I get to simply stay very involved in racing, and because this is a very long-term project, it’s not just a two-year, five-year, 10-year. Hopefully this is much longer”
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“It’s about always having a team that I can support myself, always having a team that I can really feel a part of, be my family, be cars that I see on TV that I can support”
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