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Lando Norris says he does not aspire to be like Lewis Hamilton or Jenson Button and insists that he wants to carve out a name for himself.

Glastonbury racer Norris won the European Formula Three title last weekend, following in the footsteps of Hamilton and fellow Formula One racers Romain Grosjean, Nico Hulkenberg and Esteban Ocon, and has been hotly tipped to progress to F1 himself over the next few years.

While the 17-year-old has admitted that he is a supporter of Hamilton, who looks set to win his fourth F1 title in the coming weeks, he does not want to be defined by another driver’s achievements.

He said: “I don’t aspire to be like anyone else. I support Lewis because I’m British and it’s great to see him winning but I’d just like to be myself.

“If I can learn from any of them and use that to help me in the future then that would be great, but I don’t want to be like them. Hopefully I can follow in their footsteps and become a British Formula One driver.”

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One of the highlights of being a British driver in F1 is the opportunity to race in front of the home crowd at the British Grand Prix each year.

It is one of the things that Norris says he would relish the prospect of most should he be successful in his bid to reach the pinnacle of motorsport in future.

He added: “It would be great to be able to race at Silverstone and have the support of the British crowd, and hopefully I can give those fans someone to cheer on in future.”

Norris has admitted that he was surprised to be able to claim the F3 title as a rookie, with title rivals Maximillian Gunther, Callum Ilott and Joel Eriksson having at least one prior year of experience.

His achievements for the unfancied Carlin team were made even more impressive by the fact that Gunther and Ilott were driving for the Prema team which had won the championship in each of the previous six seasons.

Norris said: “There have been very few drivers that have won the European F3 title in their rookie year.

I think the last person to do it was Ocon, so for me to do that and win it while driving for a team that not many people expected to beat Prema is something that I can be very proud of.

“For us to come in and beat the rest of the field, including drivers who have been in the series for the past two or three years is special, and there were a few tracks that I’d never raced at as well, so it’s a very special feeling.”