‘Honour Lando’ Call to give F1 world champ freedom of the city

NEW Formula 1 world champion driver Lando Norris should be given the Freedom of the City of Bristol, according to one city councillor in the wake of his triumph.

- Tristan CORK

Lando Norris celebrating winning the Formula One world championship earlier this month

(Pic: David Davies/PA)

The McLaren driver won the 2025 World Championship by just two points to become the first British F1 champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2020.

Lando was born in Bristol in November 1999 and grew up near Glastonbury in Somerset, going to a local village primary school and then Millfield School in Street.

Since his triumph at the final race of the season at Abu Dhabi in the first weekend of December, a street at the Clarks' Shopping Village in Street has been renamed in his honour, and other acts to recognise his achievement are being planned locally in Somerset.