Lando Norris unveiled a golden helmet at the one-day post-season tyre and young driver Abu Dhabi Test. The new world champion was wearing a special gold crash helmet for the occasion – returned to his title-winning MCL39 at the Yas Marina Circuit as all teams hit the track with two cars. Norris was still running
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Po Name Nat Team Time Points 1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 01:26:07.469 25 2 Oscar Piastri AUS McLaren – Mercedes +00:12.594 18 3 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes +00:16.572 15 4 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari +00:23.279 12 5 George Russell GBR Mercedes +00:48.563 10 6 Fernando Alonso ESP Aston Martin
Max Verstappen took a dominant victory, beating Oscar Piastri by twelve and a half seconds to win the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but Lando Norris’s third place was enough for the Englishman to secure his maiden championship. The outgoing world champion did everything he could to retain his title, but it wasn’t enough to stop
Po Name Nat Team Q1 Q2 Q3 1 Max Verstappen NED Red Bull – Honda RBPT 01:22.877 01:22.725 01:23.207 2 Lando Norris GBR McLaren – Mercedes 01:23.178 01:22.804 01:22.408 3 Oscar Piastri AUS McLaren – Mercedes 01:22.605 01:23.021 01:23.437 4 George Russell GBR Mercedes 01:23.247 01:22.730 01:22.645 5 Charles Leclerc MON Ferrari 01:23.163 01:23.948 01:22.780
Max Verstappen has beaten Lando Norris to pole by two tenths for the championship-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The reigning champion set a 22.207, delivering two sublime laps that would have beaten both his championship rivals in Q3. Verstappen found a lot of time improving by nine hundredths on his final run. The top three
George Russell was fastest in third practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the Mercedes set a 23.334 on the soft tyre to edge out championship leader Lando Norris by four thousandths. Norris, however, looked to have a tenth advantage over his championship rival Max Verstappen while his teammate Oscar Piastri was fifth. Russell found
Lando Norris continued to set the pace in second practice for the championship-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix; the championship leader set a 23.083 to increase his advantage to just over three and a half tenths over title rival Max Verstappen. Like last weekend under the lights, the McLaren driver looked to be the man to
Lando Norris was fastest in first practice for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix; the championship leader set a 24.485 to put his McLaren eight hundredths faster than his title rival Max Verstappen. The Englishman looked quick despite conditions being unrepresentative of conditions for qualifying and the Grand Prix. Norris aborted his first attempt on the
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