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<\/p>\nLando Norris may have only just been crowned Formula 1 world champion but he is already being immortalised in his home county of Somerset.<\/p>\n
The 26-year-old won the F1 title after a third place finish in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix gave him the points needed to make the triumph possible.<\/p>\n
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He was honoured with a pedestrianised street called Lando Lane named after him at Clark’s Village shopping outlet in Street, near his hometown of Glastonbury.<\/p>\n
Among those gathered to watch the unveiling of the new sign was Norris’ former go-karting instructor, Rob Dodds, who said the win was an “amazing story”.<\/p>\n
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Lando was born in Bristol and grew up around Somerset [BBC]<\/p>\n
Dodds coached Norris from age seven and said even then he was “showing a lot of promise”.<\/p>\n
Also in attendance was Dan Close, deputy head teacher at Norris’ former school of Millfield in Street, who said: “We are so proud of everything he has achieved and we thought he would do it at seven years old.”<\/p>\n
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The school still has a report written about Lando from his Year 3 teacher, who wrote: “When he is Formula 1 champion, I hope he remembers the member of staff who taught him to become a world beater.<\/p>\n
“I think we knew from a very early age that he was going to be something special.<\/p>\n
“Every weekend he used to go off and race and sometimes he would come back with trophies that were just as big as he was.”<\/p>\n
Mr Close said the school was planning a big celebration in their former student’s honour after the Christmas holidays.<\/p>\n
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‘Live your dreams’<\/p>\n
Norris was born in Bristol but grew up around Somerset, where his success has special significance.<\/p>\n
Mohammed Sadiq, Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset, said: “For someone who has spent most of his life her in Somerset it’s quite extraordinary.<\/p>\n
“This road name is an inspiration for all young people both here and in Somerset to live their dreams and think big, just as Lando has done.”<\/p>\n
“It’s breath-taking to have someone so young that has achieved so much and I suspect he has many years where he will achieve more.”<\/p>\n
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Somerset has also produced former F1 driver Jensen Button, who is from the town of Frome and won the world championships in 2009.<\/p>\n
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