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FILE: Formula One drivers Carlos Sainz and Lando Norris. (PHOTO: F1)

'Norris doesn't follow typical stereotypes, showed the world you don't need to be bad*** to become champion': Carlos Sainz showers praise on former teammate

December 08, 2025 12:16 pm

Norris is the first McLaren driver to have won the title since Lewis Hamilton in 2008.

With 423 points, McLaren's Lando Norris pipped Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen to be crowned 2025 F1 World Champion. (PHOTO: AP)

Full list of Formula One World Champions since 1950 after Lando Norris takes 2025 crown

December 08, 2025 1:14 am

McLaren's Lando Norris pipped teammate Oscar Piastri and Red Bull's Max Verstappen to become the Formula One World Champion of 2025.

L-R: Mclaren's Oscar Piastri, Lando Norris and defending World Champion Red Bull's Max Verstappen after Australian Grand Prix qualifying. (Photo: AP)

F1 2025 Title Race: How Max Verstappen can win Championship after US Grand Prix win; Standings, points needed

October 20, 2025 2:39 pm

Trailing Piastri by 40 points, the four-time champion, Max Verstappen's late-season charge has reignited a fierce three-way battle.

Williams driver Carlos Sainz ahead of Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix. (AP)

‘S*** happens’: Williams driver Carlos Sainz opens up after being fined for loo break

April 11, 2025 7:56 pm

Sainz was fined 20,000 pounds by FIA, Formula One governing body, after arriving late at national anthems ahead of last week’s Japanese Grand Prix.

Verstappen wins at Monza after safety car finish

September 11, 2022 10:49 pm

Verstappen started seventh on the grid but was third by the end of the opening lap and 19.5 seconds clear of Leclerc with 20 laps remaining, after the Monegasque had pitted for a second time to switch from medium tyres to softs.

Damon Hill, an early rival of Michael Schumacher, reflects on sombre mood in F1 world

January 17, 2014 3:43 pm

The 53-year-old reflected the sombre mood within the Formula One community.

Red-letter day in Korea

October 25, 2010 3:42 am

Ferraris Fernando Alonso won a rain-hit and chaotic Korean Grand Prix to seize back the Formula One world championship lead.

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