Norris' racing career started age seven in karting and his talent became clear from the off, with the Briton taking a pole position in his first national karting race. In 2013 he won the World Karting Championships, the WSK Euro Series and the CIK-FIA European adn CIK-FIA Supercup titles, before becoming the youngest-ever karting world championship winner the following year thanks to triumphing in the CIK-FIA KF World Championship.
His rapid rate of success led to his first year of car racing, with Norris finishing third in the standings of the BTCC-supporting Ginetta Junior Championship - also becoming the rookie champion. A switch to single-seaters followed in 2015 and Norris won his first major title in the MSA Formula Championship (now British F4).
Three more championship titles followed in 2016 as Norris convincingly beat his competition in the Toyota Racing Series, Formula Renault Eurocup and Formula Renault 2.0 championships, winning a total of 21 races across the year.
Naturally, progression into the European Formula 3 Championship came next in 2017, with Norris choosing to remain with the Carlin squad he had won his first single-seater title with in 2015. Norris dominated the championship, taking nine wins across a season in which he also made his F1 test bow with McLaren as part of his development role within the team. He capped off the year with a second-place finish at the Macau Grand Prix in November.
F2 was Norris' destination for 2018, once again sticking with Carlin. The 18-year-old made a flying start to the season, taking pole position at the season-opener in Bahrain before going on to win the first race. Norris faced his toughest test to date, however, in 2018 and it would ultimately mark his first racing year without a title.
A consistent run enabled him to secure second place in the standings behind fellow rookie and countryman George Russell, marking an impressive season nontheless as he went on to secure graduation with McLaren for the 2019 F1 season.
