{"id":400278,"date":"2026-01-08T18:44:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/400278\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T18:44:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T18:44:09","slug":"lando-norris-to-headline-legendary-uk-venue-to-revisit-f1-2025-triumph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/400278\/","title":{"rendered":"Lando Norris to headline legendary UK venue to revisit F1 2025 triumph"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Lando Norris and McLaren CEO Zak Brown will take to the stage at the iconic Hammersmith Apollo to discuss the Briton\u2019s title-winning 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>Norris, who will head into Formula 1\u2019s new era with the number \u20181\u2019 emblazoned on his car for the first time, will join the McLaren boss on stage for what has been billed as a \u2018world exclusive, one off-live event\u2019 in February.<\/p>\n<p>Lando Norris and Zak Brown to play Hammersmith Apollo to recap 2025 campaign<\/p>\n<p>Want more PlanetF1.com coverage? Add us as a <a rel=\"\u201dnofollow\" href=\"\u201dhttps:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=planetf1.com\u201d\">preferred source on Google<\/a> to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p>For Brown, this will be a return to the famous London venue after he held a sold-out event there in November promoting his book,\u00a0Seven Tenths of a Second, alongside discussing his time in motorsport, all the way up to the present day at McLaren.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/driver\/lando-norris\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Norris<\/a>, though, will be on stage to offer his own behind-the-scenes insights from his first World Championship-winning season.<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place on Sunday 22 February, notably after 2026 pre-season testing has concluded, with both Norris and Oscar Piastri looking to put in mileage in the team\u2019s new challenger.<\/p>\n<p>More on the huge upcoming changes in the F1 2026 season<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/f1-2026-driver-line-up-confirmed-grid\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 2026 driver line-up: Which drivers are already confirmed for 2026?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/f1-2026-power-unit-engine-suppliers\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 2026: Confirmed teams and power unit suppliers for huge regulation changes<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The pair are expected to discuss the season as a whole, when fine margins are in play and how the team navigates difficult situations both on and off track.<\/p>\n<p>In the immediate aftermath of his title victory, Norris paid tribute to those around him, and explained that his World Champion status is reflective of a collective of people around him, not just his own achievements.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe thing that makes me smile every day is making my parents proud, making my friends proud, the people who support me so much through the plenty of tough times I\u2019ve had this year, [and] celebrate the good times that I\u2019ve had this year,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I feel like I finally get something to say thank you \u2013 not just in words, but in terms of the volume of a championship \u2013 that they are just as much a part of as I feel like I go out on track and perform. They\u2019re with me through every step of the way. And today [Abu Dhabi GP], I just get to say thank you to all of them. I get to make them smile.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s all I really want in my life is \u2013 all of them to be happy and to get to celebrate. And that\u2019s what I managed to do for them all.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Having now celebrated his victory with his family, friends and team, in February, he will have the opportunity to do so with around 3,500 of his fans in London, with tickets going on general sale at\u00a010am on Friday 9 January.<\/p>\n<p>Want to be the first to know exclusive information from the F1 paddock? Join our <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaUcBxk6BIEcgEnwDi1T\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">broadcast channel on WhatsApp<\/a> to get the scoop on the latest developments from our team of accredited journalists.<\/p>\n<p>You can also subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@planetf1com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PlanetF1 YouTube channel<\/a> for exclusive features, hear from our paddock journalists with stories from the heart of Formula 1 and much more!<\/p>\n<p>Read next:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/aston-martin-amr26-clue-understanding\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">New Aston Martin AMR26 performance clue as \u2018good understanding\u2019 emerges<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lando Norris and McLaren CEO Zak Brown will take to the stage at the iconic Hammersmith Apollo to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":400279,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,818,1737,913,44,85,9657],"class_list":{"0":"post-400278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-home-page","14":"tag-lando-norris","15":"tag-mclaren","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-zak-brown"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400278","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/400279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}