
McLaren young speedy Lando Norris has revealed that, he will move from the UK to Monte Carlo this winter. After the news update, his fellow F1 driver Max Verstappen made a hilarious response that – invited him to ‘sleep in his toilet’.
The 22-year-old Brit extended his McLaren contract earlier this year, after getting more established in the Formula One, Norris thinks now is the perfect opportunity to make a change.
“Say, hello to my new home! The place isn’t finished yet but I’ll be living here in Monaco when I’m not in the factory or at the track next year. I get the keys at the end of next month so will hopefully be moving in soon. Really excited for this next chapter!.” said the McLaren driver.
Following Norris’ thrilling news, McLaren boy received a tremendous amount of good luck messages and well wishes in the comments, however Verstappen gave a much unusual response.
Whilst live streaming on Twitch a gaming teammate of the Dutchman was heard saying: “Lando is moving to Monaco.” To which Verstappen replied: “I know!”
Max added: “He just tweeted about his new place,” to which the Red Bull star gave an odd but strange offer, commenting: “He can sleep in my toilet.”
Norris is currently fifth in the Drivers’ Championship with 153 points – a single point clear of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc as the leading driver outside of Mercedes or Red Bull.
“It’s something that obviously a lot of drivers go to do and especially, with how racing is, I think we’ve seen for other drivers how quickly things can also go downhill and so on,” said Norris to Motorsport.com. “I have to look after my things for my future.”
“There was still a lot more to gain from me and my career to being at McLaren and being able to go in whenever I wanted to,” he explained.
“Whenever I had a bad weekend, I could just go in on whatever day to be on the simulator to try things, speaking to my engineers, and so on. And I love England. It’s still probably my favourite place to be.
“My family are there, my friends are there. And I think I said many times that for me, fun and enjoyment, and enjoying what I’m doing, takes priority over making these kind of decisions. So it’s not a not an easy decision. And it’s not something I’ve been thinking of for many years.
“I just feel like I’m in a comfortable place at the minute to make this decision and spend the time to move over there. I can still see a lot of my friends, and my family are going to come over. So many things will remain exactly the same. It’s just that I’m based in a different place. Maybe I won’t get to play as much golf, which is probably the biggest downside. But there’s a couple places nearby that I can go and play and so on.”
Asked about facing criticism for leaving the UK to minimise his tax payments, Norris replied: “Of course I’ll understand and there’s going to be some [criticisms] for sure. But people do many things in life for money. This is just another one.” The Brit added.