Lando Norris wins his maiden F1 World Championship, becomes first McLaren title winner since 2008 | Motor-sport News

Lando Norris finished third in the season-ending Abu Dhabi GP and thus won the Formula World Drivers’ Championship for the first time in his career, ending Red Bull’s Max Verstappen’s hold on the title. Norris is the first McLaren driver to have won the title since Lewis Hamilton in 2008. Norris only needed to finish on the podium of the season-ending race to seal the victory and he finished third, behind teammate Oscar Piastri in second and race-winner Verstappen.
In keeping with his late season rally, Verstappen won his third race in a row. He has won more races (eight) than any driver this year. Norris, who becomes the 11th British driver to win the title, ended the season with 423 points to Verstappen’s 421 and Piastri’s 410.
Verstappen has held the title since 2021, having won it four consecutive times after ending Hamilton’s and Mercedes’ record breaking grip on it. Norris’ victory makes it the first time since 2009 that a driver racing for a team outside of Red Bull or Mercedes won the title.
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