Lando Norris crowned Formula 1 world champion
Lando Norris claimed his maiden Formula One world drivers’ title in Abu Dhabi today, ending Max Verstappen’s four-year reign.
The Briton finished third in the season-closer behind race winner Verstappen and the other title challenger, McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri, to claim the crown by two points.
Norris, in tears on the team radio, said: “Thanks so much. I love you mum, I love you dad”.
“That was exciting, a little too exciting, awesome,” said McLaren team principal Zak Brown.
Norris becomes Britain’s first world champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2020 with this 13th drivers’ crown for McLaren.
The 26-year-old’s success comes over half a century after Emerson Fittipaldi claimed the British marque’s first drivers’ title in 1974.
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