Mclaren Sign 11-year-old To Young Driver Programme

McLaren make 11-year-old Harry Williams their youngest ever signing - 2 years younger than F1 awesome Lewis Hamilton was erstwhile he joined.

Ella Hakkinen, girl of double F1 world champion Mika, who signed past twelvemonth aged 14, was antecedently nan youngest driver presently connected nan McLaren driver improvement programme.

Seven-time world champion Hamilton joined nan programme aged 13 successful 1998, going connected to make his F1 debut successful 2007.

Reigning champion and McLaren driver Lando Norris besides came done nan programme, joining aged 17.

"Our extremity is to build a accordant pipeline, laddering into our title programmes successful F1, IndyCar and nan World Endurance Championship for galore years to come, and adding Harry arsenic a talented young karter demonstrates this," said Alessandro Aluni Bravi, McLaren's main business affairs officer.

"For this driver, I deliberation location is nary target, nary unit different than bask karting to get maximum experience, but besides to understand what does it mean to beryllium a McLaren driver."

Williams, from Cheshire, first started karting successful 2021 and was nan 2025 British Open Champion, O sheet victor successful nan Italian Waterswift Series and was 5th successful nan European Waterswift Championship.

"I americium really excited to subordinate nan McLaren driver improvement programme. They're known for processing talent, truthful it's awesome to subordinate nan squad arsenic I proceed to advancement successful karting and into single-seater racing successful nan future," he said.