Title fight goes to final race in Abu Dhabi after Norris misses chance in Qatar Andrew BensonBBC F1 correspondent
Image source, Getty ImagesLando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri will contest a final-race championship showdown in Abu Dhabi after Red Bull's Verstappen won a gripping Qatar Grand Prix.Verstappen benefited from a strategy call from McLaren that flew in the face of decisions made by every other team during an early race safety car.It was a costly decision that sacrificed track position to Verstappen in the final stages and in hindsight threw away the race win for Piastri.Verstappen won to take his seventh win of the season, equalling Norris and Piastri, while the Australian was second and the Briton fourth behind the Williams of Carlos Sainz.Norris won himself an extra two points by passing Kimi Antonelli's Mercedes on the penultimate lap.Read the full report here
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Published: November 30, 2025 6:00 pm
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