Lewis Hamilton has supplied Lando Norris a bike trackday after the McLaren driver admitted he was “very jealous” of Hamilton’s well-known day with Valentino Rossi, when he rode the MotoGP legend’s bike.
Throughout a light-hearted interview in entrance of the crowds on the 2025 Qatar Grand Prix weekend, a number of drivers had been requested if they might be thinking about making an attempt motorbike racing at Losail, a circuit greatest identified for internet hosting MotoGP.
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri instantly shut down the concept with a agency, “Hell no,” including that he valued his life an excessive amount of to race on two wheels. Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and Racing Bulls’s Liam Lawson each opted into the concept, however Sauber’s Nico Hulkenberg conceded he was “dreadful on two wheels”.
“I am solely half respectable on 4 wheels half the time so…” he continued with a smile.
Hamilton, nevertheless, wanted no convincing. The seven-time world champion has lengthy been a lover of bikes and beforehand competed in a swap with Rossi at Valencia in 2019. He raced the icon’s Yamaha M1 motorbike whereas Rossi drove Hamilton’s Mercedes W08.
Norris responded shortly to Hamilton’s story: “I used to be very jealous of this. You bought to experience with Valentino earlier than I did,” Norris instructed him. “I began on bikes earlier than I began with 4 wheels.”
Norris has spoken a handful of occasions about his early years on motorbikes and quads earlier than he moved to karting, beforehand admitting that being a MotoGP rider was a childhood dream of his earlier than he set his sights on Components 1.
He added {that a} return to 2 wheels might someday be on the playing cards.
“I’ll make a return someday to the motorbike ring and I’ll have a go,” he stated, prompting Hamilton to supply him an invite.
Lando Norris, McLaren, Oscar Piastri, McLaren
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“We must always do a trackday collectively,” Hamilton replied, to which Norris responded: “Oh, down after the season. Yeah.”
Followers had been fast to share their pleasure, with one commenting: “I want the 444 trackday PLEASE.”
One other added, “Lewis and Lando trackday would undoubtedly be one thing,” as a 3rd responded: “I’d pay to see a Hamilton and Norris trackday.”
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