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Lando Norris said after visiting Indianapolis Motor Speedway that he wants to try things outside Formula 1, and he named the Indy 500 and IndyCar as part of that ambition. He also linked the idea to McLaren’s Triple Crown route, saying Monaco was already done.
“I don't want to say no. I certainly want to try things outside of Formula 1. I'm a racing fan. I love Formula 1 more than anything, but at the same time, I love everything. I love bikes, I love rally, I love IndyCar, I love just all racing in general. So, whether it is the Indy 500 or just IndyCar in general, I know that Indy 500 is the one, and obviously it's part of the Triple Crown for McLaren as well, so I won Monaco, which is, you know, part one done,” Norris said after the visit.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway visit
The visit came before the 110th Indianapolis 500, which provided the backdrop for Norris’s comments. He framed the race as the target inside a broader interest in racing beyond Formula 1, not as a one-off curiosity.
“I love Formula 1 more than anything, but at the same time, I love everything,” he said. That line sits beside a clear list of series he wants to sample: bikes, rally, IndyCar and racing in general.
Rosenqvist’s $4.34 million payday
Felix Rosenqvist won the 110th Indianapolis 500 for Meyer Shank Racing w/Curb Agajanian and earned a record-high $4.34 million from a total purse of $30,906,400. The purse record was broken for the fifth consecutive year, a sign of how quickly the event’s prize money keeps climbing.
That winning total gives the Indianapolis 500 another benchmark at the same moment Norris is talking about wanting in. His comments did not name a timeline, but they did draw a line from a current Formula 1 driver to the biggest race on the Indy calendar.
Triple Crown path
Norris made the Triple Crown link explicit. He said the Indy 500 is “the one” and pointed to his Monaco win as “part one done,” which leaves the Indianapolis race as the missing piece he chose to mention out loud.
For now, that keeps the story at the level of intent rather than entry, but the statement itself changes the conversation around him. A driver already tied to Monaco has now put the Indy 500 in his own words, and that is enough to put Indianapolis on the map whenever he decides to move beyond Formula 1.
