McLaren’s Norris to shave head after raising $12,000

McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris will shave off his hair after he raised more than $12,000 (£9,770) during a Twitch stream.

The 20-year-old declared he would shave his head if he raised more than $10,000 (£8,140) in donations during the Twitch Stream Aid event on Saturday.

A number of celebrities and musicians took part in the stream, raising a total of $2.2 million (£1.8m) for the Covid-19 Solidarity Response Fund for WHO.

As Norris’ donations total ticked over $10,000 with an anonymous donation of $700, he said: “Has he done it? Does that mean I’m over? No! We made 10k! RIP hair!”

A huge thank you to everyone who tuned in last night and donated towards #TwitchStreamAid, and the fight against COVID-19. Over $12,000 was raised in total!

Didn't get to watch? The below clip sums it all up perfectly.
Good luck, Lando 😉 pic.twitter.com/R042IBNxK5

— #L4NDO (@TeamL4NDO) March 29, 2020

He eventually went on to raise a total of $12,000 and revealed that he had later ordered some hair clippers from Amazon.

“Thanks to all my viewers for raising over $12,000 by the end total for Twitch Stream Aid and the fight against COVID-19,” he wrote on Instagram.

“I do have to cut all my hair off now though…”

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Thanks to all my viewers for raising over $12,000 by the end total for #twitchstreamaid and the fight against Covid-19 ! I do have to cut all my hair off now though… 😂 #besttwitchchat

A post shared by Lando Norris (@landonorris) on Mar 29, 2020 at 4:15am PDT

Norris confirmed the head shaving will take place on Thursday, live on Twitch.