The 40-year-old British driver's quest to win a record-breaking eighth Formula 1 title with his new team failed dismally, with Hamilton not even getting on the podium in a Grand Prix race.
Norris is the first McLaren driver to have won the title since Lewis Hamilton in 2008.
McLaren's Lando Norris pipped teammate Oscar Piastri and Red Bull's Max Verstappen to become the Formula One World Champion of 2025.
Norris only needed to finish on the podium of the season-ending race to win the title and he finished third, behind teammate Oscar Piastri in second and race-winner Verstappen.
Japanese driver Yuki Tsunoda will move to test and reserve role in 2026 for Red Bull
Norris has 408 points and leads Verstappen (396) by 12 points and teammate Piastri (392) by 16 points.
Frenchman Hadjar, 21, has made a big impression in his debut season with sister team Racing Bulls including taking his first podium with third place in the Dutch Grand Prix at the end of August.
Standings leader Norris was in fifth place behind Antonelli toward the end of Sunday's race when the Italian slid wide and Norris overtook him for fourth place.
All three title contenders have won seven races this season. Verstappen is aiming for a fifth straight F1 title, with Piastri and Norris chasing their first.
Norris, who drives for McLaren, knows that the equation heading into this weekend's race at Qatar's Lusail track is simple: he will clinch the Formula 1 title if he scores at least two more points than Verstappen and Piastri across the weekend.
Hamilton is currently sixth in the driver's standings, and a good 74 points behind teammate Charles LeClerc.
Lewis Hamilton’s first F1 world championship in 2008 is the subject of legal action, with Brazilian driver Massa saying he is the rightful winner of the title.
Despite a chaotic set of heats, the young Rayo Racing driver showcased maturity and skill to secure a creditable 13th place
It will begin in Greater Noida and have night halts in Ramnagar, Rishikesh, Mussoorie, Theog, Manali, and Chandigarh, before concluding at Dwarka in New Delhi.
Trailing Piastri by 40 points, the four-time champion, Max Verstappen's late-season charge has reignited a fierce three-way battle.
This resulted in Norris getting to 293 points, just 31 points away from Piastri's total, keeping the championship race open for both their drivers.
Verstappen set a new lap record in the final part of qualifying for Sunday's race and Norris couldn't quite match it, ending up .077 of a second behind the Red Bull driver, with Piastri 0.190 off the pace.
Oscar Piastri won the Dutch Grand Prix while teammate Lando Norris' McLaren broke down. The incident could have championship-deciding consequences. An inconsolable Norris too was seen sitting next to the race track during the race.
Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris are separated by a mere nine points in the Drivers championship, and while usually this has led to friction in the past between drivers from a team being on equal terms, the same can't be said for the McLaren duo.
19-year-old Connor Zilisch was climbing out of the car and the window net was on the door, so as soon as the crew started spraying water, his foot slipped
After describing himself as ‘useless’ after qualifying 14th for the Hungarian Grand Prix, further cryptic comments after the race have raised questions about the 40-year-old’s remaining time in Formula One
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton cut a despondent figure after the Hungarian GP, giving only terse replies to media questions about the race and his earlier words, but confirmed he would return after the August break.
Lando Norris held off McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in a tense finish to win the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday and boost his title chances.
Leclerc punched the air in delight as he climbed out of the car after beating Oscar Piastri by 0.026 of a second and the other McLaren of Lando Norris by .041
McLaren team principal Zak Brown has said both drivers are free to race each other; Piastri leads Norris by eights points only


