Dr Helmut Marko to leave role as Red Bull advisor

Red Bull motorsport adviser Dr Helmut Marko will leave the team after 20 years at the end of 2025. The 82-year-old has been an integral part of Red Bull’s success since the team formed in 2005, as they won six constructors’ championships and eight drivers’ titles. Marko, who was the right-hand man of the late Red Bull co-owner Dietrich Mateschitz, has overseen the development of 20 drivers, most notably world champions Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen, with whom the Austrian has a close relationship.

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Norris crowned World Champion as Verstappen wins in Abu Dhabi

McLaren’s Lando Norris won his first Formula 1 drivers’ championship by finishing third in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The 26-year-old won the title by two points from Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who won the race to take his eighth victory of the year, one more than the Briton and his McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri. Norris becomes the 11th British F1 world champion at the end of his seventh season in F1, it is McLaren’s first drivers’ and constructors’ title double since 1998.

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Verstappen on pole for season deciding Abu Dhabi GP

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen beat his McLaren title rivals Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to pole position with an imposing performance in qualifying for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Both Verstappen’s laps in the final session were good enough for pole. He was 0.201 seconds ahead of Norris, who edged Piastri by 0.029secs. Norris heads Verstappen by 12 points going into the season finale, the Briton will be champion if he finishes on the podium regardless of anyone else’s result.

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Norris eases to victory in Abu Dhabi as McLaren clinch Constructors’ championship

Lando Norris secured McLaren’s first Formula 1 constructors’ championship for 26 years with victory in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Norris led from start to finish and his fourth win of the season was enough to seal the championship by 14 points, despite Ferrari finishing second and third with Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc. Lewis Hamilton ended his Mercedes’ career with a fourth place finish ahead of teammate George Russell.

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Hulkenberg handed three-place grid penalty for Abu Dhabi GP

Haas’ Nico Hulkenberg has been handed with a three-place grid drop for failing to follow the race director’s instructions by overtaking two cars on the pit exit road. The German had qualified in P4, setting him up for a strong start to the 58-lap race at the Yas Marina Circuit, but he will now be demoted to seventh on the grid behind Pierre Gasly and George Russell.

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