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# Podcast: Questions raised by two big F1 deals
- URL: https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/podcast-lando-norris-mclaren-charles-leclerc-ferrari-new-f1-contracts/
- Published: 2024-01-26T20:00:24.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-28T08:14:52.000Z
- Description: Why are McLaren and Ferrari being mysterious about how long they've secured Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc for in their new long-term Formula 1 driver deals? The Race F1 podcast delves into that question and more
- Author: The Race Team
- Tags: Formula 1, #lando-norris, #mclaren, #charles-leclerc, #ferrari, #image-top-center

Why are McLaren and Ferrari refusing to reveal how long they've secured Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc for in their new long-term Formula 1 driver deals?

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Does Norris's new McLaren commitment definitively end the ongoing storyline of whether he'll eventually join Red Bull?

And why are drivers of Norris and Leclerc's calibre making early commitments to teams that still haven't proved they can mount title bids, and who else in the field loses out as a result of those two seats being tied up for the long term?

Edd Straw and Scott Mitchell-Malm debate all of that in the latest episode of The Race F1 Podcast.

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