"After crossing the line his team engineer told him: That's it mate, you are world champion, world champion! Thank you guys, you made a kid's dream come true, he replied. I haven't cried in awhile, I didn't think I would cry but I did, Norris said on the podium in the desert night at the floodlit Yas Marina circuit. I want to thank my mum, my dad, they've supported me since the beginning."
"It feels amazing, I know now what Max feels like a little bit. I want to congratulate both Max and Oscar, I've enjoyed it, it's been a long year! he added. Verstappen dominated the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but it wasn't enough to win a fifth straight drivers' world title. The Red Bull driver finished two points behind Norris in the 2025 final standings 423 to 421 [Fadel Senna/AFP]"
Lando Norris won his first Formula One world drivers' title by finishing third at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating Max Verstappen by two points in the final standings, 423 to 421. The result ended Verstappen's four-year reign and came after Norris crossed the line and learned from his engineer that he was world champion. Norris thanked his parents and congratulated rivals, showing emotion on the Yas Marina podium. McLaren secured back-to-back constructors' titles in Singapore and claimed its 13th drivers' crown, the first since Emerson Fittipaldi in 1974 and Britain's first champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2020.
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