World champion Lando Norris has been missed for the New Yr Honours Record.
Lando Norris was nowhere to be seen on the New Yr Honours Record (Picture: Getty)
Newly-crowned F1 world champion Lando Norris has been snubbed from the New Yr Honours Record in a break from custom. The younger Brit clinched his maiden title earlier this month by ending third on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. He solely wanted a podium end to ensure prime spot within the Drivers’ Championship standings and achieved precisely that, with Max Verstappen profitable the race.
It noticed Norris turn out to be the primary British champion since Lewis Hamilton secured his seventh world title in 2020. He was later nominated for Sports activities Persona of the Yr however missed out on the prize with Rory McIlroy being awarded the distinguished gong. Norris has additionally been missed for the New Yr Honours Record when he might have anticipated to be included.
Normally, a British champion can be awarded an MBE or OBE instantly after profitable their first title. Hamilton obtained his in 2008, whereas Damon Hill was included on the listing in 1996.
Norris, nevertheless, was nowhere to be seen on the New Yr Honours Record that was unveiled on Monday. It stays to be seen if he’ll obtain any future awards of this calibre as he chases back-to-back titles in 2026.
This 12 months’s listing is dominated by the Lionesses following their Euros triumph, with Leah Williamson, Alex Greenwood, Georgia Stanway, Ella Toone and Keira Walsh all being awarded honours.
Head coach Sarina Wiegman was additionally made an honorary dame, being ineligible for the title of dame as a result of she is from the Netherlands.
In an announcement, she mentioned: “I want to specific my honest gratitude for this honour. Once I first arrived in England, I might by no means have imagined the respect and heat I’ve skilled from the English folks.”
A number of members of the England ladies’s rugby union workforce additionally characteristic on the New Yr Honours Record after they gained the Girls’s Rugby World Cup on residence soil.
The younger Brit will not obtain an honour in a break from custom (Picture: Getty)
Head coach John Mitchell, captain Zoe Stratford and double World Cup winner Marlie Packer will all obtain OBEs, whereas Ellie Kildunne, Megan Jones and Sadia Kabeya have been recognised with MBEs.
Reacting to her inclusion on the listing, Stratford mentioned: “The popularity isn’t mine alone. This 12 months I’ve felt nothing however love and help from so many individuals and I’m extraordinarily grateful.
“My household’s perception in me on this journey has been unrivalled, and I’m additionally lucky to have been surrounded by an unbelievable group of gamers and workers who’ve given all the things to the Pink Roses.
“The followers have made this 12 months much more distinctive than I assumed possible. Their fixed vitality and enthusiasm has been out of this world and can little question proceed to contribute to the expansion of the ladies’s sport.”
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Different sporting names on the listing embrace ex-Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy (CBE), broadcaster Gabby Logan (OBE), former athlete Paula Radcliffe (OBE), commentator Clive Tyldesley (OBE) and tennis umpire James Keothavong (MBE).
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