Overview
- Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from pole ahead of Oscar Piastri, but Norris’s third place sealed the drivers’ championship by a 2-point margin.
- Norris finished the season on 423 points to Verstappen’s 421, with Piastri third overall on 410 after a year-long three-way fight.
- Race stewards penalized Yuki Tsunoda five seconds for forcing Norris off track on lap 23, and Norris was not deemed to have gained an advantage.
- McLaren captured the constructors’ championship, their first drivers’ title since 2008 and first title double since 1998.
- McLaren split strategies—Norris on a two-stop starting on softs and Piastri on a one-stopper—and Norris withstood late pressure from Charles Leclerc to secure the required podium.