Laurent Mekies has applauded McLaren’s strategy for Formula 1’s title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, which left his Red Bull team with a tough decision to make for Max Verstappen.After qualifying third, Oscar Piastri was given hard tyres for the opening stint of the race, unlike Verstappen’s and Lando Norris’ mediums. Read more
McLaren chief Andrea Stella believes the experience of going up against Max Verstappen and his response to his early Formula 1 2025 difficulties were key to Lando Norris’ maiden championship win.Norris prevailed over defending champion Verstappen after a tense title showdown in Abu Dhabi, with the McLaren drivers’ third place Read more
McLaren team principal Andrea Stella says Oscar Piastri passing Lando Norris on the first lap of Formula 1’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was discussed in advance as Piastri’s hard tyres would help pile pressure on leader Max Verstappen.Third-starting Piastri passed Norris for second with a clean swoop around the outside Read more
Red Bull has turned its 2025 season around in impressive fashion. Max Verstappen missed out on a fifth consecutive Formula 1 world title by just two points, but said that the turnaround itself was even more important than the final outcome of the title fight. The Dutchman added that the atmosphere Read more
“I won it my way, Lando’s way,” said the new Formula 1 world champion as he sat in the small press conference room at Yas Marina Circuit and reflected on what he had just achieved.As so often in these moments, at the end of a long, arduous season, when the Read more
Max Verstappen said this is the best he has ever driven despite Lando Norris ending his Formula 1 title streak at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Red Bull driver started the year having won the last four championships and could have potentially made it five when he entered the 2025 Read more
Newly crowned Formula 1 champion Lando Norris won the title “the way I wanted to win it”, and felt he’d drawn the most satisfaction from making those closest to him happy.In a tense Abu Dhabi encounter, Norris completed his mission of finishing in the top three to secure the 2025 Read more
Oscar Piastri doesn’t expect McLaren team-mate Lando Norris to “become Superman” after winning the Formula 1 world championship at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.The McLaren duo fought for the 2025 title all year, only for Norris to clinch his maiden championship at the finale by finishing third behind the Australian Read more
Ahead of last weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix, Max Verstappen opined that if he were Oscar Piastri and McLaren leaned on him to support Lando Norris’s title bid, he would “tell them to F off”. Slightly different circumstances, granted, but Yuki Tsunoda did not follow this advice when he was directed Read more
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 Read more