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Lando Norris & Will Joseph The longest-running pairing on the grid: Joseph is the only race engineer Norris has had in F1, and they won the 2025 title together.
Since his 2019 debut[1] [2] 8 seasons Lando Norris’s driver profile →
Results Together Since his 2019 debut. Grand Prix starts only.
2026 season Championship position and points include sprints.
Driver career Since 2019, with every team and engineer.
Up to round 17, Singapore Grand Prix (2026-10-11).[3]
Milestones together First win together at Miami 2024; Norris’s first words were "We did it, Will!"[4] 2025 world champions.[5] On the radio Miami Grand Prix, 2024 · Crossing the line for Norris’s first Formula 1 win. Norris We did it, Will!
Joseph We finally did, well done. I even read the post-race documents detailing where the winner parks this week – just in case!
Transcript as published[4]
Race engineer Will Joseph British
Race engineering director at McLaren and Lando Norris's race engineer.[6] [1]
Education Master of Engineering in aerothermal and aerospace engineering, University of Cambridge.[6]
Career 2006 Joined McLaren as a rear-suspension design engineer (carbon wishbones, brake ducts, damper units).[6] [7] 2010–11 Build engineer, then simulator testing specialist.[6] 2012 Race-team performance engineer alongside Lewis Hamilton.[8] 2015–18 Race engineer to Fernando Alonso during his second McLaren stint.[2] [1] 2019– Race engineer to Norris from his debut; McLaren briefly rotated José Manuel López into the role in 2023.[1] [9] Previously engineered Fernando Alonso
Also Talked Norris across the line at Abu Dhabi 2025, where third place sealed his first world title.[5] Works in a "three-on-one" core crew around Norris with performance engineer Andrew Jarvis and William Doyle.[10] Performance engineer Andrew Jarvis Named with Joseph as one of the two people most vital to Norris becoming champion.[11] [10]
Engineering lead at McLaren Will Joseph Race engineering director (also Norris’s race engineer)[6]
Worth knowing José Manuel López took the role for several races in 2023, including during Joseph’s paternity leave.[9] [7]