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Norris came home ahead of the rest in Abu Dhabi

Dominant Norris secures constructors' title for McLaren

Lando Norris secured a dominant victory at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to win McLaren their first constructors' championship since 1998.

Motorsport • 08 Dec 24

Norris tops grid in Abu Dhabi as Hamilton crashes out

Lando Norris claimed an eighth pole position of the season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as Lewis Hamilton suffered an early elimination in his final qualifying as a Mercedes driver.

Motorsport • 07 Dec 24

Max Verstappen (C) raises the winners' trophy as he stands on the podium with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc (L) and Mercedes' George Russell

Verstappen wins in Abu Dhabi as Mercedes pip Ferrari

Mercedes narrowly claimed second place in the constructors' championship ahead of Ferrari as Max Verstappen ended the most dominant season in Formula One history with another victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 26 Nov 23

Verstappen will be aiming for his 19th victory of a record-breaking season on Sunday

Verstappen takes pole for season-ending Abu Dhabi race

Three-time world champion Max Verstappen took the final pole position of the Formula One season in Abu Dhabi with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc alongside him on the front row for Sunday's grand prix at Yas Marina.

Motorsport • 25 Nov 23

Verstappen ends the campaign with 15 wins from 22 races

Verstappen ends dominant campaign with win in Abu Dhabi

Max Verstappen completed his championship year by taking victory at Formula One's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 20 Nov 22

Verstappen took his seventh pole of the season

Verstappen takes pole as Red Bull lock out front row

Formula One world champion Max Verstappen will start Sunday's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in pole position as Red Bull locked out the front row.

Motorsport • 19 Nov 22

Latifi crashed with five laps left in the race

Latifi hired bodyguards in London after Abu Dhabi crash

Formula One driver Nicholas Latifi has revealed he took the drastic step of hiring personal bodyguards on a trip to London after threats were made against his life following the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 15 Feb 22

Formula 1 race director Michael Masi's position has come under scrutiny over the events of 2021

Masi future in balance after F1 powerbrokers' meeting

Michael Masi's future as Formula One's race director remains in the balance following a crunch meeting of the sport's major players in London on Monday.

Motorsport • 14 Feb 22

The 2021 title decider saw Hamilton controversially lose out on the championship on the final lap

Abu Dhabi inquiry outcome won't be released until March

The FIA's inquiry into the conclusion of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will not be announced until 18 March.

Motorsport • 13 Jan 22

Michael Masi made the crucial call on Sunday that allowed Verstappen to challenge Hamilton

Race director Masi in spotlight after Abu Dhabi drama

Following Max Verstappen dramatic Formula One triumph questions about fair play, the sport's integrity in an age of scripted television-led drama as well as the role of race director Michael Masi will not be going away in a hurry.

Motorsport • 13 Dec 21

2021 F1 world champion Max Verstappen celebrates with Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner

Horner claims Mercedes appeals 'a little bit desperate'

Christian Horner claimed the decision to appeal against Max Verstappen's victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix which saw him crowned Formula One world champion was "a little bit desperate".

Motorsport • 12 Dec 21

Max Versstappen stormed past Hamilton in the closing stages of the season-ending race at the Yas Marina Circuit to take the world title

Verstappen takes F1 world title despite Mercedes appeal

Max Verstappen claimed his first-ever Formula One world championship with a sensational last-lap overtake on title rival Lewis Hamilton to claim a controversial victory at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 12 Dec 21

Verstappen leaps out of his car after claiming pole

Verstappen on pole ahead of season-defining Grand Prix

Max Verstappen came flying back to clinch pole position at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with a fine lap to leave title rival Lewis Hamilton starting second on the grid.

Motorsport • 11 Dec 21

Hamilton improved dramatically in his second practice session

Hamilton quickest as Horner likens battle to Squid Game

Max Verstappen put down a marker as he set the pace in first practice ahead of his title showdown with Lewis Hamilton at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, before the reigning champion fought back in the afternoon to record the fastest lap of the day.

Formula One • 12 Dec 21

The two title protagonists were placed side by side for the Thursday drivers' press conference

Perfect script set up for Verstappen-Hamilton showdown

After a season of great drama, Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton prepare for one last battle in Abu Dhabi to close the 2021 Formula One campaign, with plenty of subplots to a compelling script.

Motorsport • 12 Dec 21

Max Verstappen won a low-key Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Verstappen comes out on top in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Max Verstappen led from start-to-finish to win Formula One's concluding round of the year at Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 13 Dec 20

Lewis Hamilton clinched his seventh world title last month

World champion Hamilton cleared to drive in Abu Dhabi

Lewis Hamilton has been declared fit to take part in the concluding round of the Formula One season in Abu Dhabi after recovering from Covid-19.

Motorsport • 10 Dec 20

Nicholas Latifi replaces the departing Robert Kubica

Latifi confirmed as Kubica's replacement at Williams

Nicholas Latifi has been confirmed as George Russell's team-mate at Williams next season.

Motorsport • 28 Nov 19

Valtteri Bottas led home a McLaren one-two

Hamilton unable to find a way past Bottas in Abu Dhabi

World champion Lewis Hamilton fell short in his quest to end his title-winning campaign on top after Valtteri Bottas won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 26 Nov 17

Rosberg is world champion after duel in desert

Nico Rosberg has been crowned the Formula One world champion after surviving a grandstand finish at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 27 Nov 16

Hamilton was comfortably fastest at Yas Marina

Hamilton on pole but Rosberg stays on title course

Lewis Hamilton lapped in a league of his own to seize pole position for the title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix with Mercedes team-mate and championship favourite Nico Rosberg joining him on the front row.

Motorsport • 26 Nov 16

Hamilton trails Rosberg by 12 points ahead of the season finale Abu Dhabi grand prix

Emotional Hamilton determined to do friend proud

The death of an old friend and mentor has doubled Lewis Hamilton's determination to win Sunday's title-deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Motorsport • 24 Nov 16

Lewis Hamilton sprays Nico Rosberg with champagne on the podium in Brazil

Hamilton facing up to 'impossible' task

Lewis Hamilton feels he faces "pretty impossible odds" going into Formula One's Abu Dhabi title-decider, while Mercedes team mate and rival Nico Rosberg says he will treat Sunday's race like any other.

Motorsport • 23 Nov 16

Sebastian Vettel lapped the Yas Marina circuit with a time of one minute 41.349 but team-mate Mark Webber was faster

Webber and Vettel claim top spots at Abu Dhabi

Red Bull locked out the front row of the grid for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix but it was Mark Webber and not Sebastian Vettel who secured pole position.

Motorsport • 02 Nov 13

Vettel has now much work to do in Sunday's race

Grid penalty for Vettel in Abu Dhabi

Sebastian Vettel will start Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix from the back of the grid due to a fuel irregularity.

Motorsport • 03 Nov 12