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Norris takes 2025 F1 title as Verstappen wins Abu Dhabi GP
Verstappen did all he could, but it was Norris who secured the F1 2025 title
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Who has won the F1 title for McLaren? Every driver champion from Fittipaldi to Norris
Lando Norris has become McLaren’s first F1 world champion for 17 years – here’s who’s done it before for the famous team
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Today’s F1 starting grid for the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Max Verstappen claimed pole position for the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, ahead of boith title contenders Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri on the starting grid. Here’s the full line-up for Sunday’s race
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‘If I don’t win… that’s life’: why F1 title contenders are playing it cool
There wasn’t much fighting talk from the three F1 title contenders ahead of the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. But there’s a good reason that they seemed disinterested, says a leading sports psychologist
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MPH: What body language revealed about F1 2025’s title contenders
As Abu Dhabi brings the three F1 title contenders together, their contrasting demeanours reveal as much about the pressure they carry as the points that separate them, says Mark Hughes
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Outnumbered all season: Max Verstappen’s missing team-mate will shape Abu Dhabi F1 finale
The 2025 title fight reaches its climax with Verstappen still outnumbered, lacking the team-mate support McLaren has weaponised all season
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Every F1 title showdown with 3 or more drivers: why fate favours the underdog
The 2025 Abu Dhabi GP see the first three-or-more F1 title fight in 15 years – we run through them all
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Norris won’t ask for team orders even if it costs him F1 title
Norris rules out asking McLaren for help from Piastri as he and his title rivals stay remarkably calm heading into the Abu Dhabi decider
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Teapots, turbos and titles: Renault’s wild F1 ride
Renault will cease its involvement as a Formula 1 engine supplier this weekend, after more than four decades that have seen innovation, domination, but all-too-frequent failures as well
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Norris takes 2025 F1 title as Verstappen wins Abu Dhabi GP
Verstappen did all he could, but it was Norris who secured the F1 2025 title
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Who has won the F1 title for McLaren? Every driver champion from Fittipaldi to Norris
Lando Norris has become McLaren’s first F1 world champion for 17 years – here’s who’s done it before for the famous team
F1
Today’s F1 starting grid for the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Max Verstappen claimed pole position for the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, ahead of boith title contenders Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri on the starting grid. Here’s the full line-up for Sunday’s race
F1
‘If I don’t win… that’s life’: why F1 title contenders are playing it cool
There wasn’t much fighting talk from the three F1 title contenders ahead of the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. But there’s a good reason that they seemed disinterested, says a leading sports psychologist
F1
MPH: What body language revealed about F1 2025’s title contenders
As Abu Dhabi brings the three F1 title contenders together, their contrasting demeanours reveal as much about the pressure they carry as the points that separate them, says Mark Hughes
F1
Outnumbered all season: Max Verstappen’s missing team-mate will shape Abu Dhabi F1 finale
The 2025 title fight reaches its climax with Verstappen still outnumbered, lacking the team-mate support McLaren has weaponised all season
F1
Every F1 title showdown with 3 or more drivers: why fate favours the underdog
The 2025 Abu Dhabi GP see the first three-or-more F1 title fight in 15 years – we run through them all
F1
Norris won’t ask for team orders even if it costs him F1 title
Norris rules out asking McLaren for help from Piastri as he and his title rivals stay remarkably calm heading into the Abu Dhabi decider
F1
Teapots, turbos and titles: Renault’s wild F1 ride
Renault will cease its involvement as a Formula 1 engine supplier this weekend, after more than four decades that have seen innovation, domination, but all-too-frequent failures as well
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Mercedes seizes early 2026 F1 advantage as Russell and Antonelli dominate opening two races
China March 13–15 Like Round 1, the season’s second race was another Mercedes lockout, but the outcome at Shanghai differed from Albert Park: a 2-1 rather than a 1-2. Make…
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MPH: Antonelli vs Russell – is this F1’s next epic title battle?
He’s only 19, but Kimi Antonelli has shown F1 championship-winning pace and may never get a better title shot. The ingredients are there for another historic battle between one experienced team-mate and a thrusting newcomer, says Mark Hughes
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Flawed F1 exposed again at Suzuka, but searing Antonelli would win in any era
Kimi Antonelli looked like he’d have blasted to victory in the 2026 Japanese Grand Prix, no matter what rules F1 was racing under, says Mark Hughes. However, the result was once again overshadowed by the shortcomings of the series’ new regulations
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Katsuta triumphs in Safari Rally as Toyota driver ends 94-start wait with grit and resilience
He wasn’t the fastest driver in Kenya – he failed to win a single stage – but traditionalists will tell you that speed is not the most important thing on…
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Verstappen’s Nürburgring pole and battle overshadowed by tyre rule exclusion in NLS2
March 21, 2026 Nürburgring, Germany A hero’s welcome for Max Verstappen in the Nürburgring pitlane after what appeared to have been victory in NLS2 as the four-time Formula 1 champion…
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Porsche Penske’s Sebring win marred by team orders dispute in Florida endurance double
March 21, 2026 Sebring, Florida, USA Porsche Penske Motorsport trio Felipe Nasr, Julien Andlauer and Laurin Heinrich completed a double in the ‘36 Hours of Florida’ when they added Sebring…
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Heikki Kovalainen on F1 pressure, McLaren years and the cost of chasing greatness
There are a small number of racing drivers whose stories only truly reveal themselves, or even make sense, when you stop thinking about lap times and start thinking about geography:…
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Why F1’s 2026 rules are forcing drivers away from the limit in qualifying
The 2026 Formula 1 rule changes are arguably the biggest in the history of grand prix racing, and certainly the most divisive. They undermine the fundamental tenets of the racing…
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Buried under a shopping complex, California’s spectacular cathedral to speed
Fifty-five years ago the first Formula 1 race was held at California’s state-of-the-art Ontario Motor Speedway. The circuit attracted celebrities, vast concerts and a record-breaking Evel Knievel jump but, laments Matt Bishop, the 1971 Questor Grand Prix would be the only F1 event before the bulldozers moved in
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