Three contenders and only one winner. The Formula 1 World Championship arrives completely open for its last Grand Prix. Abu Dhabi will be the judge to decide if it is the first for Lando Norris or Oscar Piastri or the fifth in a row for Max Verstappenwhich would complete a feat in the form of a completely historic comeback. Both the Dutchman and the Australian have to win and hope that the Briton fails in order to win the title.
The accounts are clear for all three. Norris will be champion if you get on the podium or is ahead of Verstappen and Piastri. The Red Bull driver will take the lead if he wins and Norris is fourth or worse and Piastri wins the race and his teammate does not go beyond sixth place.. The Briton has everything in his favor, but Verstappen will commit him until the last lap despite the fact that “he shouldn’t be here”, as he stated in the previous press conference.
Norris and Piastri, enemies or allies?
McLaren has both drivers in the fight and it is something that a priori could favor him, but could also work against him in case he had to make a double stop due to the departure of a Safety Car. If necessary, team orders could also appear so that the World Championship does not go to Red Bull, but not even the drivers themselves know it, as he explained Plates: “We haven’t discussed it. Until I know what is expected of me…I don’t have an answer.”
He put more pressure with his response Lando Norris: “I wouldn’t ask. Ask Piastri if he’d let me pass. AndOr I think I would, because that’s who I am. But it’s not up to me and I don’t want to ask for it. It’s not a fair question. If Max ends up winning, congratulations to Max. “It doesn’t change my life.”. Meanwhile, Verstappen waits crouching and takes off the pressure: “The trophy looks the same. I have four of them already at home, adding a fifth would be nice, but at the same time “I have already achieved everything I wanted in F1.”
Last race without Newey for Alonso
The odyssey comes to an end and the moment of illusion arrives. Fernando Alonso has lived a difficult year with a non-competitive Aston Martin and, as he explained in Brazil, Abu Dhabi will be a celebration. It is the last race with the current regulations and next season we start from scratch. He Next season’s AMR26 will be Fernando Alonso’s first car designed by Adrian Neweyand it already has a date. It is the last opportunity for the 33 and to be world champion for the third time After two decades since his coronation with Renault, he says goodbye at the engine level to the great circus in this race.
Sainz, a champion final
Making the jump to Williams from Ferrari was not going to be easy, but Carlos Sainz has more than fulfilled. The Madrid native He returned to the podium in Qatar, holding off Norris to become the first Williams driver to finish on the podium twice in a decade. The team has progressed considerably since his arrival and His main objective in Yas Marina is to cut the nine-point deficit with his teammate Albon.
F1 Abu Dhabi GP 2025 race schedule
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix race at the Yas Marina circuit that decides the Formula 1 World Championship will take place this Sunday, December 7 at 2:00 p.m. (Spanish peninsular time).
Where to watch the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi GP online on TV, live
In Spain, the DAZN platform has the exclusive rights to broadcast Formula 1. This means that the race will be broadcast on your app and on DAZN F1a channel available through its own platform and integrated into other operators such as Movistar or Orange with broadcast agreements.
In addition, on the LA RAZÓN website (www.larazon.es), you can follow the minute by minute of this last race of the season that decides the Drivers’ World Championship, with the summary and the statements of the drivers.
This is the World Cup
- 1. Lando NorrisMcLaren – 408 puntos
- 2. Oscar PiastriMcLaren – 396 puntos
- 3. Max Verstappen, Red Bull – 392 points
- 4. George RussellMercedes – 309 points
- 5. Charles LeclercFerrari – 230 points
- 9. Carlos SainzWilliams – 64 points
- 12. Fernando AlonsoAston Martin – 48 puntos
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