Lando Norris: Road to World Champion - Hardcover

by Nate Saunders (Author)

Lando Norris: Road to World Champion tells the incredible story of the 2025 championship campaign and what it takes to win. Featuring a race-by-race breakdown alongside over 100 stunning full-color photographs.

Lando Norris: Road to World Champion follows his extraordinary rise to become motorsport's 2025 standout star. From a shy, gaming-obsessed teenager to Britain's newest Formula One World Champion, Norris' journey is anything but straightforward. Despite starting out as an early fan favorite at McLaren - funny, relatable, and refreshingly vulnerable - questions persisted about whether he had the ruthlessness required to reach the sport's summit.Here, ESPN Formula One journalist Nate Saunders reveals that Norris' story is ultimately one of perseverance and authenticity. The dramatic 2025 title fight, against formidable teammate Oscar Piastri and the reigning World Champion Max Verstappen, pushed him harder than ever and went down to the last second, but in the high-pressure finale in Abu Dhabi he proved his mettle.In a full-color celebration featuring over 100 photographs, Nate Saunders traces Norris' journey to win the title and offers insider access to how he redefined what a modern champion can look like. This is the race-by-race story of a young man who faced his fears, silenced the doubters, and won the biggest prize in motorsport - his way.

Author Biography

Nate Saunders has covered Formula One for ESPN since 2014, reporting from more than 100 Grands Prix and witnessing many of the defining moments of the modern era first-hand. He followed the 2025 season race by race, covering its drama, missteps, and momentum swings all the way to the title decider in Abu Dhabi. Saunders is the author of Forza Ferrari: How F1's Most Famous Team Can Win Again and Daniel Ricciardo: In Pursuit of Greatness, and has been a regular voice on ESPN's Unlapped podcast and The Pad-Hoc with Chris Medland and Lawrence Barretto.