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Newly-crowned F1 world champion Lando Norris has admitted he would “love” to race more against Lewis Hamilton.According to Crash, Norris clinched his maiden F1 world championship by finishing third at the season-ending Abu Dhabi
McLaren's Lando Norris won the F1 2025 world championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, pipping Red Bull driver Max Verstappen by two points.
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McLaren driver Lando Norris clinches his first F1 title at season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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.
Lando Norris captured his first ever Formula 1 world championship in the final race of 2025, completing a comeback in a captivating and unpredictable season. NBC News' Sahil Kapur reports on a defining moment for Formula 1 and the McLaren racer.
McLaren's Lando Norris of Britain has clinched the Formula One drivers' world title for the first time. Norris, 26, was third in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix behind winner Max Verstappen of Red Bull and team-mate Oscar Piastri.
Here’s a look at some key moments which helped to decide an incident-packed championship fight after McLaren driver Lando Norris clinched his first Formula 1 title at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.
The narrative that Oscar Piastri was not being treated equally by McLaren continues in Australian media, after another TV segment was introduced this way. Piastri ended up missing out by 13 points on the drivers' title this season.
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Lando Norris called his shot
Still, the race was not over. At the end of Lap 40, McLaren called Norris in for a second pit stop, the last of his season, to cover off a pit stop from Leclerc behind him. The team got him in and out of the stall in a tidy 2.4-second stop with a fresh set of hard tires, and he rejoined the fight still in P3 and in championship position.