Overview
- Max Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ahead of Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, whose third place secured the championship.
- Final standings: Norris 423 points, Verstappen 421, Piastri 410; Verstappen’s victory could not overturn Norris’s pre-race lead.
- Norris’s crown ends Verstappen’s run of four consecutive titles; McLaren leave 2025 as constructors’ champions.
- Stewards reviewed a Norris move involving Yuki Tsunoda during the race and closed the case without a penalty.
- Lewis Hamilton rebounded from another Q1 exit to finish eighth, while Alpine’s struggles continued with Pierre Gasly 19th and Franco Colapinto 20th after persistent rear-grip issues.