Overview
- Max Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from pole, with Oscar Piastri second and Lando Norris third to clinch the drivers’ crown.
- Final standings: Norris 423 points, Verstappen 421 and Piastri 410, confirming Norris by a two-point margin over the race winner.
- Verstappen’s 1:22.207 in qualifying set up the finale, but Norris only needed a podium under the pre-race permutations to take the title.
- McLaren completed a dominant year with the drivers’ championship and an already secured constructors’ title; Piastri finished third in the standings.
- Lewis Hamilton suffered a third straight Q1 exit and started 16th, while Alpine’s struggles continued with Pierre Gasly 19th and Franco Colapinto 20th.