McLaren CEO Zach Brown has told Red Bull that Woking Racing would not accept even a £100 million transfer fee to Norris. Without a doubt, the driver line-up of Norris and Piastri is the most promising combination in the paddock, with both drivers shining in the second half of the 2023 season, finishing multiple podiums and winning sprints in Qatar, as well as achieving a 'double platform' in Japan and Qatar. In addition to Piastri winning the Rookie of the Year award, Norris is also transforming into the leader of the team.
As such, paddock rumours that Red Bull will be interested in bringing in Norris as Verstappen's partner for the next five years to form the best driver on the planet are not unfounded, but do move. However, McLaren Racing CEO Zach Brown has warned that Red Bull Norris is definitely a "not for sale" for the team.
Brown joked: "There are not a few footballers in the European football market who have a price tag of tens of millions of pounds, and for Norris, with his value and future potential, a price tag of 100 million pounds should not be too much." "Obviously it's just a joke on him, and in an interview, Zach Brown said that Norris is priceless, the future leader of the team, and he will lead the team back to the top, and the team has no interest in trading him to other teams, even if the price is high, we will not be indifferent. He also added that after two years of transformation and internal structural optimisation, McLaren has become a team that has significantly improved its financial position, so it is not a problem for the team to offer Norris an attractive enough contract extension, and the team's goal is clear: to keep him in Woking, he will not go anywhere.