Lando Norris won his first F1 world title despite Max Verstappen finishing first in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Norris needed a podium finish to secure his maiden world championship and came home in P3 after his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri passed him on the first lap.

Norris entered 2025 as the title favorite, and won the opening race. But Piastri soon began to outshine him and took the championship lead, holding it for most of the season. But in the final stretch, Piastri slumped while Norris went on a hot streak, and the British driver regained the championship lead in late October.

McLaren's Lando Norris sobbed tears of joy and relief as he won the Formula One championship for the first time and ended Max Verstappen's four-year reign with a nervy third place at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.

The 26-year-old Norris became the first British champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2020, and he also denied Max Verstappen a fifth straight title.

McLaren driver Lando Norris held his nerve but could not hold back the tears after clinching his first Formula 1 title at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday. Red Bull driver and defending champion Max Verstappen won the race with Norris placing third behind his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in second,

Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri all could win the F1 championship depending on their result at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this Sunday.

Lando Norris became Britains first Formula 1 world champion since Lewis Hamilton won the last of his seven titles in 2020; Hamilton expressed pride at Norris achievement and revealed advice he had giv

Max Verstappen has won the Qatar Grand Prix to send a tense Formula 1 title fight into the season’s final race in Abu Dhabi next weekend

The victory, aided by a costly strategy error by McLaren, sets up a thrilling three-way title decider next Sunday with Lando Norris leading Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri in the standings.

Michael Masi was Formula 1's race director for roughly three years but after a controversial 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix he bid farewell to the sport