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Formula 1 World Champion Lando Norris has launched his own single-seater racing team, and has enlisted several key players in the junior landscape in leadership positions. Norris, who recently extended his McLaren Formula 1 contract through 2030, has founded LN4 Fusion, which will compete in the FIA’s single-seater pyramid. LN4 Fusion has acquired selected assets from AIX Racing, and will join Formula 3 in 2027, and has undertaken the relevant application procedures to join the Formula 2 championship. LN4 Fusion has recruited ex-Prema chief Rene Rosin to become Team Principal while Rosin’s former Prema colleague Guillaume Capietto will become Head of Racing. The team will also have UK operations fronted by Dan Hazlewood, with an extensive testing program and entry into British Formula 4. Concurrently, Norris has also created the LN Legacy Programme—funded by Norris—which will help young drivers attempting to climb the motorsport ladder. “I’ve been really lucky to have some amazing people around me throughout my career, and I know that getting to Formula 1 takes so much more than just talent,” Norris said. “You need the right people around you, the right support and the right opportunities at the right time. “That’s what these two projects are all about. LN4 Fusion is about building a race team that can compete with the best in junior motorsport, with great people and a great environment for drivers to develop. “The LN4 Legacy Programme is about helping talented young drivers get opportunities they might not otherwise have. “For me, they naturally fit together. I want to help create opportunities for the next generation, both on and off the track, and hopefully make a real difference to young drivers coming through the sport.” U.K.-based Phillip Horton started covering Grands Prix while still at university and swiftly deemed that writing about Formula 1 and the behind-the-scenes machinations was much more engaging than reading centuries-old novels. Degree gained, he went on to cover the sport full-time from 2014 and is as intrigued and excited by the destinations Formula 1 visits during its lengthy annual world tour as the racing itself. Phillip joined Autoweek in 2021 and while he has just about learned to spell in American English he has yet to find anywhere in America that makes a proper cup of tea.