By the 2026 Belgian Grand Prix weekend, Lando Norris had won one Formula One world championship.
Norris secured his first World Drivers’ Championship in 2025 with McLaren. He entered the 2026 season as the defending champion, making the Belgian Grand Prix weekend part of his first title defence rather than a season in which he was still seeking his first championship.
His 2025 title came after a close contest involving teammate Oscar Piastri and reigning champion Max Verstappen. Norris finished third in the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, a result that was enough to secure the championship. The achievement followed his 2024 runner-up finish, when he won his first Formula One race but did not yet claim the title.
The wording “world championships” can invite confusion with junior-category titles or race victories. In Formula One, it normally means the World Drivers’ Championship, awarded once per season. Norris’s earlier karting and junior-series successes do not add to his Formula One championship total, so the fair canonical answer is one.