Controversial Norris/Tsunoda incident and penalty explained
Lando Norris avoided a penalty that could have cost him the Formula 1 title for a questionable overtake on Yuki Tsunoda during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.Norris was passed by McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri on the opening lap of the season finale but survived early pressure from Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc to hold third place, which would guarantee him the title even with nearest championship riv...
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Lando Norris avoided a penalty that could have cost him the Formula 1 title for a questionable overtake on Yuki Tsunoda during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.Norris was passed by McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri on the opening lap of the season finale but survived early pressure from Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc to hold third place, which would guarantee him the title even with nearest championship riv...
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Controversial Norris/Tsunoda incident and penalty explained
Lando Norris avoided a penalty that could have cost him the Formula 1 title for a questionable overtake on Yuki Tsunoda during the Abu Dhabi Grand ...
McLaren has made an outlier tyre choice for the Formula 1 title decider in Abu Dhabi that it hopes will help it head off a major threat in its bid to beat Max Verstappen.On a weekend where the super low-grip surface has triggered a surprise return of front tyre graining, something that McLaren is especially vulnerable to, there is uncertainty about how big an impact it could have in ramping up deg...
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Formula 1’s three-way title showdown is delicately poised with a fascinating set of dilemmas facing Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.Poleman Verstappen is in the best position to win the race - but Norris, who leads the championship by 12 points, will be world champion if the drivers finish in the order they take the start.Piastri, meanwhile, is well-placed to attack both but require...
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Max Verstappen’s mantra of ‘all we can do is our best, the rest isn’t in our control’ is helping him to unerringly hit the target in his Red Bull, despite it being a more contrary car to set up than the McLaren of his 2025 Formula 1 title rivals.After starting the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend well behind in FP1 yesterday and steadily clawing the deficit down in the evening, a change to a smaller w...
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Our pick of the standout performers and the biggest flops from the final qualifying session of F1 2025.Winner - Max Verstappen (1st)'Moral champion' is a horrible cliche and it maybe implies Verstappen has in some way been hideously wronged this year by whoever beats him to the title (if he is beaten). It's nothing like that - he just had a relatively ropey Red Bull for too much of a year in which...
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Max Verstappen hopes the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix is not “straightforward” for McLaren as he bids to beat Lando Norris to the Formula 1 title - and is expected to play a role in making that the case if needed.Verstappen earned a brilliant pole position at the Yas Marina Circuit but championship leader Norris will start alongside him on the front row.Norris has a 12-point lead over Verstappen so even i...
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2025 Formula 1 world championship rivals Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri line up first, second and third on the grid for the decisive Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.Here’s our take on their qualifying performances and race prospects.Nervous times for NorrisScott Mitchell-MalmNorris is in a good position to end Sunday as world champion - but a very, very nervy position for lap one. Does he att...
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The 2025 Formula 1 season presented 30 opportunities to compare drivers against their team-mates at full tilt over one lap - 24 grand prix qualifying sessions and six sprint qualifyings.Our team-by-team breakdown of the qualifying match-ups below features a head-to-head comparison, an average of the gaps taken from the last representative segment in qualifying that both relevant drivers took part ...
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The three Formula 1 title contenders were among several drivers to be investigated and cleared for a potential qualifying breach.Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri (twice) were noted by FIA race control as failing to follow the race director's instructions relating to the maximum delta time throughout qualifying. Verstappen, Piastri, Yuki Tsunoda, Lance Stroll, Nico Hulkenberg, Gabriel...
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Max Verstappen beat the two McLarens to take pole position for the 2025 Formula 1 world championship deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.1 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) 1m22.207s2 Lando Norris (McLaren) +0.201s3 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.230s4 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.438s5 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +0.523s6 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) +0.695s7 Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) +0.697s8 Esteban Ocon (Haas)...
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The 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will mark Formula 1's first multi-driver title showdown since 2010 - with Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri all in contention for the crown.Norris remains the overwhelming favourite to clinch a maiden crown but the scenarios for either of his two rivals to prevail instead - whether it be Verstappen becoming a five-time champion or Piastri taking his first...
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Max Verstappen beat the two McLarens to take pole position for the 2025 Formula 1 world championship deciding Abu Dhabi Grand PrixNo grid penalties have been incurred yet. Ten drivers - including all three title contenders - automatically triggered stewards' investigations for breaches of the maximum delta time rules but these were quickly deemed to not be worthy of penalties.1 Max Verstappen (Red...
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Defending Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen took pole position for the 2025 season finale in Abu Dhabi, but championship leader Lando Norris crucially saw off McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.Norris will win his maiden title on Sunday if the top three order stays as it ism or even if he drops behind Piastri to third.Unlike the McLarens, had Verstappen managed to carry an extra set of softs into Q3 ...
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George Russell beat championship leader Lando Norris to the fastest time in final practice for the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, as Oscar Piastri finally got himself into the running near the front of the pack.For most of the session it looked as though one of Norris or main F1 title rival Max Verstappen would end this session fastest, but a late lap out of nowhere lifted Russell’s Mercedes to the fr...
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Mercedes' George Russell upstaged the 2025 Formula 1 championship rivals in final practice for the decisive Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.FP3 times1 George Russell (Mercedes) 1m23.334s2 Lando Norris (McLaren) +0.004s3 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.124s4 Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) +0.251s5 Oscar Piastri (McLaren) +0.259s6 Esteban Ocon (Haas) +0.271s7 Ollie Bearman (Haas) +0.275s8 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari...
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Aston Martin has been handed a double €25,000 fine, some of which has been suspended, for Fernando Alonso and Lance Stroll missing a Fan Zone appearance at Formula 1's Abu Dhabi Grand PrixThe two drivers and a team representative had been summoned to see the stewards on Saturday morning to explain why the duo had failed to attend a mandatory fan engagement activity on Friday.While Aston Martin cla...
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The surprise presence of one of Lando Norris’s biggest bugbears has thrown a curveball into Formula 1’s 2025 title showdown in Abu Dhabi.After a season where Pirelli’s improved construction for 2025 has mitigated the risks of tyre graining at other venues, F1 teams have been taken aback by its unexpected recurrence at the Yas Marina circuit.Analysis after Friday’s opening day of action showed that...
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Sunday’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix doesn’t just mark the end of a Formula 1 season but several significant partnerships too. From one of the championship’s most successful engine manufacturers to the last race for one of F1’s greatest underdogs - here are seven eras ending this weekend, our thoughts on how successful they were and what kind of high (or low) they’ll likely end on. Yuki Tsunoda + F1 (202...
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Max Verstappen is steadily pushing his Red Bull into contention at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.Although his second-quickest time to Lando Norris's McLaren was around 0.35s adrift, his long run was over 60% longer than that of the McLaren driver's and the 0.43s difference in their race run averages on the medium tyre is almost accounted for by the difference in run length.Furthermore, that includes a ...
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Lando Norris again headed Max Verstappen in second practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix while the third 2025 Formula 1 title contender, Oscar Piastri, was restricted to 11th.FP2 times1 Lando Norris (McLaren) 1m23.083s2 Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +0.363s3 George Russell (Mercedes) +0.379s4 Ollie Bearman (Haas) +0.418s5 Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber) +0.467s6 Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber) +0.487s7 Isack Hadja...
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