2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

[superchuck500]

Final race - with three drivers mathematically in contention for the first time since 2010.

Here’s the bullet. Looks like FP2 will be the one to watch.

 

[Doc Austin]

F2 is over and the only real surprise was Oscar down in 11th.

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[Doc Austin]

I have a nagging feeling there's going to be some controversy.

 

[Reagan]

I hope Lewis can make it out of Q1 today.

 

[Hotrod]

I hope Lewis can make it out of Q1 today.

.....and not to be. What a stellar career turning into a pile of smoldering ashes.

 

[Doc Austin]

I hope Lewis can make it out of Q1 today.

What a garbage season for poor Lewis.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Once again, where the hell did he come from? McLaren dominates practice, Max gets pole by two tenths.

Max is still gonna need help tomorrow though, and some of you might remember McLaren team principal Andrea Stella already fumbled a championship at Abu Dhabi 15 years ago.

George was wrecking loose there.

 

[Hotrod]

Alright, a podium is all Lando needs tomorrow. I like his odds.
Fingers crossed. Cant wait.

 

[Doc Austin]

Max is still gonna need help tomorrow though......

I don't think there's going to be any beating of Max tomorrow, but making up 12 points is going to take a minor miracle or another blunder like McLaren made a Quatar. It's still way up in the air.

 

[wi_racefan]

Sometimes not losing is harder than winning

 

[donthaveanickname]

So, tension is building. Are we gonna see the biggest fumble in history or not?

 

[Speedbowl14]

Ummmm.... when does Norris start going fast?

 

[donthaveanickname]

Chuck is fast out of nowhere, Lando can't afford to lose another spot.

 

[donthaveanickname]

If Oscar is 2nd and Lando 4th late in the going Oscar surely would drop back, right?

 

[donthaveanickname]

Lando actually showcasing some good overtakes.

 

[donthaveanickname]

Russell on Stroll and Lawson, wow

 

[donthaveanickname]

The made the right call there, two right calls actually.

 

[Speedbowl14]

"Tsunoda doing his best impression of a slalom skier"

 

[donthaveanickname]

Is Max gonna bunch 'em up now?

 

[donthaveanickname]

So who's gonna make the last ever DRS pass?

 

[Hotrod]

Held my breath the whole race.
Way to go Lando ! You earned every
square inch of that World Championship
tonight !!!!

 

[donthaveanickname]

Well, that's it. McLaren made it as exciting as they possibly could but Lando Norris is your 2025 world champion!

Lando deserved it, he should soak it all in. Great to see the emotions.

 

[Doc Austin]

That was a tense watch. I think it played out the way most of us expected. I was expecting some sort of controversy (like the penalty Lando did not get), but it was a clean race. Well done lando, and well done Max. Hell of a season.

 

[Doc Austin]

In a lot of instances, drivers have to lose a championship before they can win one. Lando lost his chance last year but turned it around. Oscar threw this one away, but he will know better next year.

As nucha as was made of it, papaya rules didn't make a difference.