Garry in Greater Manchester: Huge Congratulations Lando, you deserve this. Enjoy your celebrations!

Russell in North Devon: Congrats Lando, just keep your feet on the ground mate and stay safe. When down remember your family will help more than anyone. Congratulations

Faris in London: Brilliant championship win for Lando! Commiserations for Piastri. Brilliant season for both and for McLaren!!!

George Russell has got his phone out and posted a message on X, external for his old pal Lando Norris. "Congrats mate, you’ve driven insane this year!!! Came a long way since these days, enjoy the moment."

Sergio Perez, who is back on the grid next year with new team Cadillac, has been watching the finale at home and posted: "Bravo Lando Norris you and all McLaren congratulations!! Well deserved."

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2025 World Champion Lando Norris: "It's incredible. It is pretty surreal, you know? I've dreamed of this for a long, long time. Everyone does. A lot goes into a season like this, a lot of ups, a lot of downs. But, none of that matters as long as you try and come out on top, that's what we have managed to do.

"I did it with an incredible team, Will J, Jarvis, all the boys and girls that I have enjoyed so many moments with. It's not just this year, it has been over the last seven or eight years being with McLaren, with the last 16, 17 years of my life, trying to chase this dream and today we all did it so, I'm pretty happy."

McLaren CEO Zak Brown, speaking to Sky Sports: "Unbelievably proud of the team, unbelievably proud of the two drivers. A lot of people said that it was going to be impossible to pull off, it's just a dream racing with these two guys. Oscar and Lando have been awesome all year; this Max guy is pretty hard to beat.

"So well deserved from everyone, can't wait to get back to the factory and celebrate with the entire team. We have a great group here, but we have a lot of men and women back at McLaren.

On the spirit of racing: "To us, it's the right way to go racing with two awesome racing drivers. Very proud of how everyone conducted themselves, the teamwork, the highs and lows, and how we dealt with the lows.

"Everyone at McLaren have done such an amazing job, great pit stops today, great strategy."

On Oscar Piastri: "He is a future world champion, drove brilliantly, they supported each other, it's cruel support, and I am excited to go racing with these guys next year."

11. Gabriel Bortoleto (Sauber)

12. Ollie Bearman (Haas)

13. Carlos Sainz (Williams)

14. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull)

15. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes)

16. Alex Albon (Williams)

17. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls)

18. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls)

19. Pierre Gasly (Alpine)

20. Franco Colapinto (Alpine)

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1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Live in Abu Dhabi

I'm very happy, Lando Norris was lost for words in the cockpit as he was going around and he did a fantastic job of holding his emotions at bay.

You can't be emotional as a racing driver, but it doesn't disappear, they don't have no emotions, they have to put them in a little closest somewhere inside their heart and their soul.

It comes out when they've done the job, it's a very emotional win for Lando.

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More from world champion Lando Norris, on the championship being on his mind in the race: "A bit of both, you can't not think of it, but I knew it was going to be a long race till the very end.

"We've seen many times that anything in Formula One can happen and I just kept pushing until the last two or three laps where I could ease it off a bit.

"I still wanted to fight until the end and that is what we did. That is what we had to do this season with Max [Verstappen] chasing us the whole way, for Oscar [Piastri] catching up again at the end, they certainly didn't make my life easy this year."

On being under investigation during the race: "I had no idea, I didn't care, I knew what I did was fine and I had nothing to worry about.

"I was just trying to enjoy the moment, not many people in the world and not many people in Formula One ever get to experience what I have experienced this season and this year.

"I'm happy for everyone more than me, but I'm just crazy happy."

On being world champion: "I mean look it has been a long journey with McLaren, I have been with them for nine years and we've been through plenty of difficult times and plenty of good times.

"For me to be able to bring something back to them and it's their first drivers' [title] in many, many years, so I feel like I did my part for the team this year and I'm very proud of myself for that.

"I'm even more proud for everyone who I hopefully made cry."

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McLaren's Lando Norris, who wins his first world championship title: "I've not cried in a while and I didn't think I would cry but I did. It's a long journey and first of all I want to say a big thanks to my guys, everyone at McLaren, my parents. They are the ones who have supported me since the beginning.

"I mean it feels amazing, I now know what Max [Verstappen] feels like, I want to congratulate Max and Oscar [Piastri], my two biggest competitors the whole season.

"It's been a pleasure to race against both of them and an honour, I've learned a lot from both of them as well.

"I've enjoyed it and it has been a long year but we did it and I'm so proud of everyone."

1. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

2. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

3. Lando Norris (McLaren)

4. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

5. George Russell (Mercedes)

6. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)

7. Esteban Ocon (Haas)

8. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari)

9. Nico Hulkenberg (Sauber)

10. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin)

Lando Norris' winning engineer, Will Joseph, is called "Willy J" by the Briton. Good name. Norris gives another interview up on the podium and he thanks the full team at McLaren for helping him to glory this season, particularly through the difficult moments. Guess what song is playing over the speakers now? Begins with 'we are the'...

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Elliot in Liverpool: Well done Lando you deserve it and you worked so hard and now go celebrate

Omar in Cardiff: So pleased for Lando - brilliant F1 season

Champagne momentpublished at 14:56 GMT 7 December 2025

14:56 GMT 7 December 2025

Bang! Down goes that big green bottle and the champagne goes all over the place! Lando Norris takes the applause from the fans in Abu Dhabi and is soaked to the bone! He won't mind, though. He's champion!

Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri exit stage left and Norris is left alone to drink in every last cheer. He throws his hands in the air and gives the widest smile. With this podium place at Yas Marina, he becomes the 11th British driver to be crowned champion in Formula 1.

You can be 26 years old, stinking rich and an F1 world champion. But a hug from your mum is the best thing ever. Lando Norris ends his campaign with 18 podiums, seven wins and 423 points - two more than Max Verstappen.

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Lando Norris makes his way into the cooldown room, where Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri are chatting about the race, and his fellow contenders say well done. In comes the main F1 man, Stefano Domenicali, to give his congrats to the sport's newest champion.

It's not the most upbeat of post-race talks; Oscar Piastri seems very quiet. But no time to rest for the top three - we've got podium celebrations to get through next.

Damon Hill
1996 world champion on BBC Radio 5 Live in Abu Dhabi

Lando Norris has still got his helmet up, he's got his hands in his visor, he's probably wiping tears from his eyes. The tension is over, he can relax and he can enjoy it.

The rest of the field are heading over to Lando Norris to give their congratulations to the new world champion. Did the Briton think he would be standing here as title winner when he was sitting on the grass at Zandvoort following his retirement from the race? Who knows. But now he gives a big smooch to his girlfriend as the number one guy on the grid.

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McLaren CEO Zak Brown speaking to BBC 5 Live's Steve Crossman: "What an effort, Lando and Oscar, what a fantastic season!"

Matt from West Midlands: So proud of Lando, really well deserved. Glad it was a clean race with no shenanigans

Anthony from Billingham: One of the best seasons for a long time.. Here, there and everywhere for the top 3 drivers.. But gotta say Norris for me has been outstanding

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Max Verstappen takes the win in Abu Dhabi tonight but with Lando Norris finishing third, he has to hand over the trophy he's dominated for the last four seasons to his McLaren rival.

The third title contender, Oscar Piastri, takes second place, Charles Leclerc ends in fourth and George Russell completes the top five.

Norris delights the crowd with some title-winning donuts, before rushing to his family to celebrate. There are tears, high fives, and a bum pat by Zak Brown. "I'm going to break all your ribs," says the McLaren boss after an aggressive hug.

McLaren boss Zak Brown on Sky Sports: "We did it, it wasn't easy. Lando and Oscar, what a group of great drivers!"