LANDO NORRIS is the F1 Champion! The Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has been breathtaking...
The last race of the Formula 1 season took place at the Abu Dhabi GP. Lando Norris won the fierce battle between Lando Norris and Max Verstappen and became the champion. The 26-year-old driver from Great Britain finished the season at the top for the first time in his career with 423 points, 2 points ahead of Max Verstappen.
The 24th and final race of the season in Formula 1 was held at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. In the 58-lap race, McLaren driver Lando Norris became the champion of the season.
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The McLaren driver became the first name to win the championship with his team after Lewis Hamilton in 2008. Norris, who reached 423 points, 2 points ahead of Verstappen, became the first F1 World Champion and the 35th driver to reach the top of the sport.
CELEBRATING THE CHAMPIONSHIP
The race, held at the 5.2-kilometer Yas Marina Circuit on Abu Dhabi Yas Island, was held over 58 laps. Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen, who started from the "Pole" position, took his eighth stage win of the season with a time of 1 hour 26 minutes 07.469 seconds.
McLaren's Australian driver Oscar Piastri was second, 12.594 seconds behind the leader, and Great Britain's Lando Norris from the same team was third, 16.572 seconds behind Verstappen.
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Lando Norris celebrated the championship by burning tires. Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri then congratulated Lando Norris.
'A VERY LONG JOURNEY'
In his first interview, Lando Norris said:
"Oh, my God. I didn't think I was going to cry but I did, it's been a long journey. First of all I'd like to thank the McLaren team, my family, my mom, my dad. My mom and dad have been supporting me from the very beginning.
It's a tremendous feeling. I know how Max feels, congratulations to Max and Oscar, I'm proud to race with them, I've learned a lot from them, it's been a long year but I've done it.
It's hard not to think about it. In a long race, anything could happen. I pushed until the last two or three laps. Max and Oscar didn't make my life easy, the whole season.
When I passed Tsunoda, he knew what I was doing was right. It's not a moment that many people get to experience. I'm enjoying the moment."
- THE RACE HAS STARTED -
- Max Verstappen has retained his lead.
- 1/58: Piastri passes Lando Norris on the first lap!
- 2/58: Top 10: Verstappen, Piastri, Norris, Leclerc, Alonso, Russell, Borteletto, Hadjar, Ocon, Tsunoda
- 4/58: Verstappen, 1.8 seconds ahead of Piastri. Norris is 1.2 seconds behind Piastri. Leclerc is 0.4 seconds behind Norris. Russell has overtaken Alonso and is on Leclerc's tail.
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- 8/58: Verstappen is 2.1 seconds ahead of Piastri. Leclerc in 4th is 0.9 seconds behind Norris in 3rd.
- 12/58: Will Joseph, race engineer for Lando Norris: "Verstappen's tires are starting to wear. Your tires look better than his."
- 17/58: Lando Norris pits cleanly and comes out in 9th place, with Antonelli in front of him. Charles Leclerc pits behind him and exits just behind Norris.
- 19/58: Lando Norris passes both Lawson and Stroll in one corner and moves up to 5th place.
- 22/58: 2.2 seconds ahead of Lando Norris is Verstappen's teammate Yuki Tsunoda.
- 30/58: Yuki Tsunoda has been penalized 5 seconds for changing direction more than once.
- 37/58 : Oscar Piastri is doing his 37th lap on hard compound and has not pitted yet.
- 41/58: Verstappen leads the race, Piastri 1.7 seconds back. Norris, who has pitted twice, is 28.2 seconds behind. Leclerc has passed Russell to move up to fourth place.
- 48/58: "Is Charles catching up?" asked Max Verstappen. Race engineer Lambiase said, "They're about even Max, the last lap was a few tenths of a second faster, but it's not a big difference." Max Verstappen is hoping for a miracle, but the race continues calmly.
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- 54/58: Lando Norris in 3rd place, 3 seconds behind Piastri and 7.1 seconds ahead of Leclerc.
