British racing star Lando Norris made history by winning his first Formula 1 World Championship at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. He is the 11th British driver to do this and the first McLaren driver to win since Lewis Hamilton in 2008. Norris beat Max Verstappen by only two points in a nail-biting final, ending a great season with seven Grand Prix wins and a string of podium finishes.
Norris went into the Abu Dhabi GP with a small lead, but he stayed calm under a lot of pressure and held off late challenges from Verstappen and teammate Oscar Piastri. Norris stayed strong even after problems earlier in the season, like a controversial disqualification in Las Vegas that almost ruined his chances of winning the title. He came back with steady drives in the last rounds. He started kart racing when he was eight years old, and now he has reached the top of F1.
McLaren’s 2025 campaign was very successful, and the team won the Constructors’ Championship for the first time in more than 20 years. Norris’s win gives McLaren its first back-to-back Constructors’ Championships since the late 1980s, showing how the team is coming back in the sport. McLaren is back in the running for the top spot in Formula 1 with Mercedes-Benz power and a young, exciting lineup.
- Norris is the 11th person from Britain to win the F1 world championship. Lewis Hamilton won McLaren’s last drivers’ title before Norris in 2008.Norris finished the season with 423 points and seven wins. McLaren won the Constructors’ title with 12 wins in the first 18 rounds. This historic win makes Lando Norris a new F1 legend and marks the start of a new era for McLaren on the world stage.
