Norris: I'm not fussed about having a legacy

Truth has to be said that if Norris ends up winning this season's F1 drivers' title or even in the future, he might just be the nicest guy to do so in the shark tank F1 is these days.

F1 champions over the years have been known to be ruthless, but it seems Norris is having a different approach that contradicts the "nice guys finish last" saying, which is one among other things he looks differently at.

One thing is creating his own legacy; when asked by Rolling Stone about that, Briton said: "I guess the only thing that I want is for people to know the kind of person I was, rather than anything else.

"I'm not fussed about having a legacy or being remembered as being one of the best drivers or anything. It's just something that I'm not too bothered by.

"You know, some people are different," the winner of eight grands prix went on. "Some people want to be remembered as the 'best driver ever.'

"But I don't know, I feel like eventually everyone forgets. So for me, there's no use. There's no excitement for me in thinking of those things.

"For me, it's just trying to achieve the things that I want to achieve in my career and in my life and share those moments with others. And then just be remembered for being the person that I am, more than the driver that I was," Norris explained.

However, that is not the first time an F1 driver has said something like that, as four-time F1 champion Sebastian Vettel said something along those lines back in 2019 when he was still a Scuderia Ferrari driver.

Vettel, a 53-time winner in F1, was being interviewed by Sky Sport F1's Martin Brundle when the topic of legacies came up, and the German said: "I don't need a legacy.

"I think, especially nowadays, the world is moving so fast—I don't need to be remembered. I'm not sad about it; it's good to move on.

"As much as I love tradition, and I'm a traditionalist, I'm against being stuck in a moment or era. I think it's good to go on; it's good to go forward. We have to.

"I hope that when I'm older, I'm progressive—moving forward and not looking back. I think it's nice to look back on a career, but it's not the point of our lives, I guess. It's much more about looking forward," Vettel concluded.

Norris, who has won the last two races—the Austrian and the British grands prix—is currently second in the 2025 F1 standings, just eight points behind Piastri and 61 points ahead of reigning champion Max Verstappen, who is third.