Coming into Abu Dhabi, McLaren’s Lando Norris was, if not a comfortable favorite, then at least the driver with the highest odds of prevailing. After a strong start to the season, the British driver’s form dipped at the Dutch Grand Prix.

Lando Norris claimed his maiden F1 Drivers' Championship in Abu Dhabi, becoming the 35th driver to secure the title in championship history.

Oscar Piastri heaped praise on McLaren for how it allowed himself and team-mate Lando Norris to fight fairly for the 2025 Formula 1 championship - despite criticism from outside.

We're going behind the scenes for an inside look at the new Cadillac F1 rig in the following video, with Simon Pagenaud leading the effort after a major crash.

Lando Norris reflects on family sacrifices, proving himself wrong and how a lap in Monaco made him cry and "flipped everything".

Vettel was always the outside bet. He’d become F1’s youngest race winner in 2008, aged 21, but the pressure of his first championship fight through 2010 had tolled at points with some on-track errors. At no point had he led the standings, and it was only thanks to a late-season surge with wins in Japan and Brazil that he’d stayed in the hunt.