Lando Norris wins world title after finishing third in Abu Dhabi GP

Lando Norris is the new Formula One world champion after finishing third in the season-ending Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.

The race at Yas Marina Circuit was won by Max Verstappen but it was McLaren driver Norris who was victorious in the drivers' championship after finishing behind the Dutchman and teammate Oscar Piastri.

Verstappen crossed the line 12.5 seconds clear of runner-up Piastri with Norris 3.9 seconds behind his McLaren teammate.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc was fourth with George Russell of Mercedes completing the top five.

It meant Norris had ended Verstappen's four-year F1 domination albeit with only a two-point advantage over the Red Bull driver. Piastri was a further 11 points behind Verstappen

Norris become the 11th British driver to win the world championship, having clinched his maiden crown in Abu Dhabi, and the first since Lewis Hamilton in 2020. It is McLaren's first drivers' and constructors' title double since 1998.

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Norris needed only to be in the top three at the Yas Marina Circuit to seal the crown, and he duly obliged with an impressive drive - which even saw him face a stewards' investigation for driving off the road when he passed Max Verstappen's Red Bull team-mate Yuki Tsunoda.

Norris escaped punishment and even though Verstappen won the race from pole position - to end the season with more victories than anyone else - it was not enough to derail his McLaren rival's championship charge.

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