07 December 2025 15:40
Lando Norris won the 2025 Formula 1 world championship after finishing third at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finale, as Max Verstappen took victory over Oscar Piastri.
Norris only needed to secure a top-three result to secure the championship, having started the race 12 points clear of Verstappen. And, although Norris lost a place to Piastri on the opening lap and thus came under heavy pressure ...
07 December 2025 15:30
Lando Norris delivers a champion's drive when it matters
'He's going to bottle it'. 'He's not mentally strong enough'. 'Max Verstappen's in his head'. Forget about it. When the pressure was it its very highest, Norris kept cool and did what he needed to do to claim a maiden world title.
Following a clean getaway Norris slotted in behind poleman Verstappen, while Piastri had less to lose and ...
07 December 2025 12:32
The 2025 season comes to a close today at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. But while Lewis Hamilton's on-track escapades have been nothing to write home about, his outfits have made him once again the leader in fashion.
For qualifying, Hamilton leaned into the last race weekend of the year with an all-cream look, styled by long-term collaborator Eric McNeal. Lifted straight from the catwalk, he wore ...
07 December 2025 12:04
The Yas Marina circuit may not be the most exciting race track of Formula 1's 24-race calendar, but as the stage for F1's first three-way thriller in 15 years there are enough scenarios for Abu Dhabi to live up to its dramatic reputation.
On paper, the signs aren't too promising. The last 10 editions of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix have been won from pole, with the second-placed qualifier finishing ...
07 December 2025 09:11
The stage is set for a potentially enthralling Formula 1 title decider with each championship contender starting in the top three for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Max Verstappen is on pole, championship leader Lando Norris joins him on the front row while third-placed Oscar Piastri lines up third.
It was inevitable that it would happen this way and it probably suits Norris the most, considering ...
07 December 2025 00:00
Lewis Hamilton's performance this season may paint a bleak picture of his first year with Ferrari, but a viral clip from ahead of the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix reminds us why he remains one of Formula 1's most loved drivers.
During a Ferrari fan appearance in the paddock, Hamilton was handed the microphone on stage before he vaulted down into the crowd. The seven-time world champion jogged over ...
06 December 2025 19:54
The Yas Marina floodlights are warmed up for an exciting final grand prix of the 2025 Formula 1 season and fans around the circuit will watch on from their seats as the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix crowns this year's champion. But look up from the asphalt and you'll see a wall of luxury yachts lining the harbour.
For those lucky enough to watch this weekend's race from a yacht, the action will be seen ...
06 December 2025 19:30
Max Verstappen reckons his ability to perform when ‘pressure is at its highest’ helped him claim pole for the Formula 1 title showdown at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The Red Bull driver beat second-placed Lando Norris by two tenths at Yas Marina Circuit, while fellow title rival Oscar Piastri will start third at the 2025 season finale.
One of those three drivers will be crowned world ...
06 December 2025 19:07
McLaren team boss Andrea Stella says he expects "interesting racing" in the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix season finale as Max Verstappen starts ahead of fellow title contenders Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, but expects the Dutchman to race fairly.
Verstappen took a crucial pole ahead of Norris and Piastri at the Yas Marina Circuit, with the four-time world champion having to win the race to ...
06 December 2025 18:32
Valtteri Bottas is set to leave his role as the Mercedes reserve driver at the end of the season as he makes a move to the Cadillac Formula 1 team in 2026.
Bottas, having previously raced for Mercedes from 2017 to 2021, returned to the Brackley outfit in 2024 after losing his seat at Sauber. The Finnish driver has become a fan favourite for his fun and sarcastic humour, and this has continued ...
06 December 2025 18:09
Lando Norris has admitted he plans to turn the expectation that he won't take risks into an advantage during the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. While the McLaren driver needs to bring it home safely to a podium finish, he's eager to turn his last race of 2025 into a win while clinching the championship.
The Briton will start Sunday's grand prix from second on the grid alongside Red Bull's Max ...
06 December 2025 17:44
Charles Leclerc revealed the Ferrari SF-25 is that hard to drive he must risk hitting the wall to secure a good result, after qualifying fifth at the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The Monegasque was five-tenths off polesitter Max Verstappen, while team-mate Lewis Hamilton only finished 16th for what was his fourth, consecutive Q1 exit (including sprints).
It came after Hamilton suffered ...
06 December 2025 17:38
Oscar Piastri has confirmed that he will discuss potential team orders with McLaren ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The Australian driver is set to start the race at the Yas Marina Circuit from third on the grid behind polesitter Max Verstappen and his team-mate Lando Norris.
Both McLaren drivers are in the running for the drivers' title along with Verstappen. Norris just needs to ...
06 December 2025 17:30
George Russell explained his team radio angling for a tow off Max Verstappen amid the final runs of Formula 1's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix qualifying session, with an admission that he "over-pushed" on his own laps.
The Mercedes driver will line up fourth in Sunday's grand prix at the Yas Marina Circuit alongside championship hopeful Oscar Piastri, although hoped to better his position with a little ...
06 December 2025 17:21
Yuki Tsunoda has explained how he gave Formula 1 title-contending team-mate Max Verstappen a tow for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix pole position – and will sacrifice his race too.
After his floor was damaged in a pitlane collision with Mercedes’ Andrea Kimi Antonelli in Free Practice 3, Tsunoda moved back to an older specification and only just scraped through to Q3.
The Japanese driver took 15th ...
06 December 2025 17:18
Fernando Alonso will line up sixth on the grid for the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, so the wide smile that spread across his face as he talked to the media came as no surprise. While his expectations aren't too high, he's looking forward to enjoying the show from behind the wheel while keeping out of trouble.
After a challenging start to the weekend, the Spaniard's qualifying pace came as a ...
06 December 2025 17:12
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella has not ruled out the threat of Mercedes' George Russell and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are set to start the race at the Yas Marina Circuit from second and third on the grid, respectively, behind Red Bull's Max Verstappen on pole position.
While it was a positive session for the Woking outfit ...
06 December 2025 16:46
Lando Norris looked frustrated next to a composed Max Verstappen after qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix placed the Briton in second. The Dutchman secured pole with a commanding performance at the Yas Marina Circuit, two-tenths ahead of the McLaren driver.
Norris looked confident throughout practice sessions leading up to today, and with a 12-point lead going into the race, he only ...
06 December 2025 16:38
Max Verstappen drew first blood by taking pole for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on the weekend he could become a five-time Formula 1 world champion.
The Red Bull driver was dominant in Q3 at Yas Marina Circuit and took pole by two tenths over title rival and McLaren driver Lando Norris.
But it's not the end of the world for Norris because just a podium finish will suffice to claim a maiden ...
06 December 2025 16:35
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06 December 2025 16:20
Max Verstappen took a decisive pole for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of Formula 1's title decider, as Lando Norris outqualified Oscar Piastri by just 0.03s to join his main title rival on the front row.
Amid the pressure of the looming title battle, Verstappen flexed his experience as Norris' nerves appeared to fray throughout the progression of the session; on his opening Q3 lap, Verstappen ...
06 December 2025 16:18
After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.
This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.
When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.
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06 December 2025 16:17
Lewis Hamilton said he felt “a lot of anger” after failing to progress from Q1 for the fourth time in a row at Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
After ceding his SF-25 to Arthur Leclerc for Free Practice 1 on Friday, as Ferrari fulfilled the regulations regarding track time for rookies, Hamilton crashed out of FP3 in the Turn 9 curve.
“Just had some bottoming and then lost the back ...
06 December 2025 14:54
Mercedes Formula 1 CEO and team principal Toto Wolff has issued an apology to Red Bull after a crash between Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Yuki Tsunoda during FP3 in Abu Dhabi.
The incident took place in the pitlane. As Mercedes released the rookie driver, he went straight into the side of Red Bull's Tsunoda, causing damage to the side of his RB21.
"First of all, I'm sorry for Yuki, because I ...
06 December 2025 13:43
Isack Hadjar has discussed his reaction to the controversial end of the 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, admitting he was "smashing the TV" as he watched the end of the race play out. Despite being part of the Red Bull family and set to race for the team in 2026 beside Max Verstappen, he admits he still has "mixed emotions".
Speaking on The Red Flags Podcast over the weekend of the 2025 Las Vegas ...
06 December 2025 13:19
Former Top Gear producer Andy Wilman has shared a heartfelt story about when former The Grand Tour and Top Gear host Jeremy Clarkson interviewed seven-time Formula 1 champion Michael Schumacher in 1999.
The duo travelled to Maranello to interview the German driver as part of a TV series called The Science of Speed. Wilman detailed how they were able to shut down a bar in the Italian city to ...
06 December 2025 12:51
George Russell narrowly beat Lando Norris in a red flag affected final practice at the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as title hopeful Max Verstappen completed the top three.
The Mercedes driver set a 1m23.334s, which put him just 0.004s above the championship leader - who topped both Friday practice sessions to look like the man to beat at Yas Marina.
This comes on the final weekend of the ...
06 December 2025 12:30
The Aston Martin Formula 1 team has been hit with hefty fines ahead of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix after both Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll missed a mandatory fan engagement activation on Friday.
Both drivers were summoned after the FIA Media Delegate reported that they failed to attend the event, resulting in the team being found to have breached Article 19.2(c) of the FIA Formula 1 Sporting ...
06 December 2025 12:27
Lewis Hamilton has crashed out of the third practice session ahead of qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
The seven-time champion lost control at Turn 9 as the car bottomed out as the rear lost traction. He was sent into a spin and crashed into the barriers. "Yeah, something buckled at the front and snapped the rear," he explained over the team radio, before climbing out of the car ...
06 December 2025 11:07
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has clapped back at an Australian politician after he argued the Woking outfit was giving Lando Norris more support than Oscar Piastri.
Senator Matt Canavan discussed the team's strategy call at the Qatar Grand Prix during a session of Australia's Senate Rural, Regional Affairs and Transport Legislation Committee, when he asked if McLaren was costing the Australian ...
06 December 2025 10:40
Yuki Tsunoda was shocked by his underperformance in Free Practice 2 for Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, with ‘one of the worst gaps’ to Red Bull team-mate Max Verstappen.
Tsunoda had to sit out FP1 at Yas Marina as incoming Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad – the main reason why the Japanese racer finds himself without a seat for 2026 – drove his car, allowing Red Bull to fulfil ...
06 December 2025 10:22
Isack Hadjar begins the next stage of his journey in the Red Bull empire on Tuesday, when his first official engagement as a newly promoted Red Bull Racing driver will be to test Pirelli's definitive 2026 tyres for the first time.
As Max Verstappen's team-mate, Hadjar will occupy one of the most pressured positions in Formula 1 – and not just because Verstappen sets a high bar in terms of ...
05 December 2025 19:39
Lewis Hamilton has taken a moment to reflect on his first year with Ferrari ahead of the season finale in Abu Dhabi.
The seven-time Formula 1 champion joined the Maranello outfit in 2025 after a 12-year stint with Mercedes, during which he achieved six of his seven titles.
Hamilton started the year on a high note with a sprint race victory during the second round in China. But as he ...
05 December 2025 18:30
Watch: F1 Update: Norris hits the ground running in Abu Dhabi, Verstappen “not in a comfortable situation”
As McLaren goes into Formula 1’s 2025 title decider with both drivers in contention for the world championship against Max Verstappen, two words come up again and again: papaya rules.
The phrase was coined by team principal Andrea Stella – “Andrea likes to come up ...
05 December 2025 18:23
As Formula 1 prepares for the final race of the 2025 season, the drivers have exchanged gifts for Secret Santa ahead of the Christmas break.
Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso, who is the oldest driver on the grid at 44 years old, was pictured and filmed unwrapping a walking stick. It comes as no surprise that the moment quickly gained traction on social media, with fans commenting on the funny ...
05 December 2025 17:44
After the first practice session in Abu Dhabi, championship leader Lando Norris was just 0.008s faster than Max Verstappen – but that gap grew to 0.363s in the second session. That is concerning for Red Bull on two fronts: firstly that set-up changes between the sessions failed to have the desired effect, and also that the second session is far more representative than the first because track ...
05 December 2025 16:52
Max Verstappen is currently feeling pessimistic about his Abu Dhabi Grand Prix chances as Red Bull lacks pace to McLaren at the 2025 Formula 1 title showdown.
Watch: F1 Update: Norris hits the ground running in Abu Dhabi, Verstappen “not in a comfortable situation”
The four-time world champion finished runner-up to McLaren championship leader Lando Norris in both FP1 ...
05 December 2025 16:39
Formula 1 title contenders Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri had a decent Friday at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but steer well clear of overconfidence ahead of the decisive sessions.
Norris topped both practice sessions at Yas Marina, outpacing runner-up Max Verstappen by 0.008s in Free Practice 1 and 0.363s in FP2, as the Red Bull driver mounts a title challenge with a 12-point deficit.
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05 December 2025 15:45
Watch: F1 Update: Norris hits the ground running in Abu Dhabi, Verstappen “not in a comfortable situation”
The 2025 Formula 1 world drivers’ championship will be decided at this weekend’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which is also the last of the current ground-effect era.
Lando Norris leads the championship and is 12 points above Red Bull’s Max Verstappen with McLaren ...
05 December 2025 15:17
Watch: F1 Update: Norris hits the ground running in Abu Dhabi, Verstappen “not in a comfortable situation”
Lando Norris ended the final Friday practice session of 2025 on top of the FP2 standings at the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, more than three tenths clear of Max Verstappen – as Oscar Piastri was only 11th.
Both Oliver Bearman and Isack Hadjar had broken with ...
05 December 2025 14:56
While Lewis Hamilton's "class of 2025" group shot from the drivers' dinner held ahead of the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has been a talking point for Formula 1 fans, another dinner has slipped under the radar.
As the drivers of the grid gathered for their annual meal to celebrate a challenging season for many, Oscar Piastri's partner, Lily Zneimer, was being celebrated in a dinner with a number ...
05 December 2025 14:01
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has denied McLaren’s potential team orders at Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix may be a U-turn on the squad’s ‘papaya rules’.
McLaren has made a point of treating its drivers as fairly as possible, to the extent that it even swapped them around in the Italian Grand Prix after a botched pitstop for Lando Norris gave the edge to his team-mate Oscar Piastri ...
05 December 2025 13:10
Lewis Hamilton has shared a post to his Instagram that has melted the hearts of fans as a difficult 2025 Formula 1 season for the driver comes to an end in Abu Dhabi. The photo, a group shot of the grid enjoying a dinner of sushi together ahead of the final grand prix, accompanies a caption from the seven-time world champion.
“We’re the only people in the world to do what we do and for ...
05 December 2025 13:04
Reports emerged last week that former Formula 1 driver Adrian Sutil had been arrested in connection with allegations of fraud. Sutil's attorney-at-law, Dirk Schmitz, has now released a statement on behalf of the former Sauber F1 driver.
The reports stated that the German driver is being held in pre-trial detention in a prison in Baden-Württemberg and is suspected of 'aggravated joint fraud ...
05 December 2025 12:43
Former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle argued that McLaren is "damned if they do, damned if they don't" in terms of changing its approach to team orders for the season finale.
Heading into the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Lando Norris leads the drivers' championship standings with 12 points over Red Bull's Max Verstappen in second. Norris's McLaren team-mate Oscar ...
05 December 2025 11:47
Lando Norris went quickest in opening practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on the weekend that he could claim his maiden Formula 1 world championship.
The McLaren driver set a 1m24.485s on used soft tyres, which meant he pipped second-placed Max Verstappen who is also his nearest challenger in the championship.
Norris will become champion should he claim a podium on Sunday, as he is 12 ...
05 December 2025 11:37
French Formula 1 broadcaster Canal+ has sent social media into a frenzy as a Star Wars-themed teaser for the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has received high praise as the championship begins its final race of the season.
The cinematic teaser, produced to promote Canal+'s coverage of the drivers' standings decider, turns the championship fight into an epic battle between the light and the dark side ...
05 December 2025 11:33
McLaren Racing CEO Zak Brown has confirmed that the team will now consider enforcing team orders during the season finale in Abu Dhabi if it becomes clear that only one of its drivers is able to win the championship.
Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen are all still in the running for the drivers' title. Norris leads the championship standings with a 12-point lead over Red Bull's ...
05 December 2025 10:44
Red Bull’s 2025 turnaround to become an unlikely dark horse in the Formula 1 drivers’ championship is more important than actually winning the title, according to Max Verstappen.
It long seemed like the title fight was going to be a two-horse race between McLaren’s drivers Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, who won 12 of the first 15 grands prix of the season between them.
At that stage ...
05 December 2025 08:00
1950 Italian GP, Monza – Farina takes decisive home victory
Championship situation before the title decider1. Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo, 26pts2. Luigi Fagioli, Alfa Romeo, 24pts3. Giuseppe Farina, Alfa Romeo, 22pts
Final standings1. Giuseppe Farina, Alfa Romeo, 30pts2. Juan Manuel Fangio, Alfa Romeo, 27pts3. Luigi Fagioli, Alfa Romeo, 24pts
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