Overview
- Max Verstappen won the season finale, with Oscar Piastri second, but the victory left Verstappen short in the standings.
- Norris’s podium finish delivered his first drivers’ crown by a two-point margin over Verstappen.
- Stewards penalized Yuki Tsunoda five seconds after an on‑track incident with Norris, who was investigated but not sanctioned.
- Strategic calls and tire choices proved decisive as McLaren covered a late Ferrari stop for Charles Leclerc to protect Norris’s track position.
- Piastri’s early pass on harder tires and Norris’s moves through traffic shaped a controlled run to the flag for the sport’s 35th world champion.