Lando Norris has racked up a £100,000 bar bill as the F1 champion celebrated with his girlfriend, family and the McLaren team.
The new World Champion, who secured the title in a nail-biting conclusion to the season, was seen singing We Are The Champions at the Amber Lounge inside the W Hotel following the final race.
An individual table costs £20,000 at the venue.
It was the second party of the night as Insiders reveal that Norris’s team rushed his group to the location after the original celebrations at the Pearls & Caviar bar in the Shangri-La Hotel had ended just shortly after the British racing driver arrived.
A source told the Sun: “Lando’s family and friends had started the party in the Shangri-La around 9pm but Lando didn’t turn up until 1am because he’d had so many interviews to do.
“It was just 45 minutes later that the lights came up and the staff said they were shutting up to go home.
“Orlando’s team laid on cars and got everyone over to the Amber Lounge.
“People in there were stunned when Lando and his entourage bowled in but they were the life and soul of the party.”
Lando Norris racked up a £100,000 bar bill
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They added: “He was up singing and his family and friends went hard – some of them didn’t finish up until 6am yesterday, including his mum and dad.
“Lando was on Cloud Nine all night.
“Even his first party’s messy ending didn’t dampen his spirits.
“It’s a night none of them will ever forget – especially for whoever ended up paying the tab – it was around £100,000 towards the end of the party.”
Norris arrived hand in hand with his girlfriend, Magui Corceiro.
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Dressed in a white shirt with several buttons undone, Norris arrived hand in hand with his girlfriend, Magui Corceiro.
Ferrari’s Leclerc reportedly joined the party as the night progressed.
Norris secured his first Formula One World Championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday, surviving a late comeback surge from Max Verstappen.
The 26-year-old Bristol-born racer claimed the title with a third-place finish at Yas Marina, just two points ahead of the four-time champion, who won the race.
Lando Norris became world champion for the first time after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the weekend | REUTERS
Norris becomes the 11th British driver to lift motorsport’s ultimate prize and the first from these shores since Lewis Hamilton captured his seventh crown in 2020.
The McLaren star held his composure throughout a tense season finale, having started from second on the grid behind Verstappen.
He navigated 90 minutes of racing pressure, fending off challenges from Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and his own teammate Oscar Piastri in a three-way title battle.
The emotional weight of his achievement hit Norris immediately after crossing the finish line, as he broke down in tears over the team radio.
He told his McLaren crew: “You made my dreams come true, thank you so much. I love you guys, for everything. You deserve it. I love you mum, I love you dad. Thanks for everything. And now I’m crying!”
