{"id":43984,"date":"2025-12-04T06:43:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T06:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=43984"},"modified":"2025-12-04T06:43:49","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T06:43:49","slug":"abu-dhabi-showdown-how-the-2025-formula-one-title-can-be-won-result","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/12\/04\/abu-dhabi-showdown-how-the-2025-formula-one-title-can-be-won-result\/","title":{"rendered":"How the Formula One title can be won"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Here\u2019s how the 2025 Formula One drivers\u2019 title can be won at the season finale in <strong>Abu Dhabi<\/strong> this weekend:<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-the-state-of-play\"><strong>The state of play<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>After 23 races of the 24-race season <strong>Lando Norris <\/strong>leads the championship on 408 points, 12 clear of Red Bull\u2019s four-time champion <strong>Max Verstappen<\/strong> and 16 clear of his McLaren team-mate <strong>Oscar Piastri<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>This is the first time more than two drivers have been in with a shot of claiming the title since 2010.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-lando-norris\"><strong>Lando Norris<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>\u201cAll\u201d Norris has to do to claim his maiden title is finish on the podium at Yas Marina, irrespective of where his two title rivals finish.<\/p>\n<p>A top-three result is all the Briton requires \u2013 sounds straightforward given McLaren\u2019s overall dominance \u2013 they wrapped up the constructors\u2019 crown two months ago in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p>But on a cautionary note Norris has failed to make the top three in six races this year, including his disqualification from second in Las Vegas due to a technical infringement.<\/p>\n<p>On the plus side, the 26-year-old won in Abu Dhabi last year.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-max-verstappen\"><strong>Max Verstappen<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Verstappen has happy memories of the last time he lined up at Yas Marina with the title in play \u2013 in 2021 he controversially denied Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to claim the first of his four successive championships.<\/p>\n<p>His relentless drive to keep in the hunt for a fifth title secured him a seventh win of the season in Qatar last weekend. <\/p>\n<p>That lifted him into second in the standings, having been well out of the picture, 104 points behind, after the Dutch Grand Prix back in August.<\/p>\n<p>To complete his remarkable season Verstappen needs to win on Sunday and Norris finish no higher than fourth and the 2025 crown is his.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-oscar-piastri\"><strong>Oscar Piastri<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Australian\u2019s chances are slim, but given how this season has thrown up the unexpected time and time again the coolest customer on the grid cannot be ruled out.<\/p>\n<p>After one of his best weekends of the season in Qatar he readily admitted he will \u201cneed a lot of things to go in my direction\u201d to end up champion.<\/p>\n<p>His task is clear if not simple \u2013 he will take the title if he finishes first or second and both Norris and Verstappen have an off day.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-abu-dhabi-grand-prix-times\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX TIMES<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>All times SA<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, 5 December<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Practice 1: 11:30 \u2013 12:30<\/p>\n<p>Practice 2: 15:00 \u2013 16:00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, <strong>6 December<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Practice 3: 12:30 \u2013 13:30<\/p>\n<p>Qualifying: 16:00 \u2013 17:00<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday, <strong>7 December<\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Main race: 15:00<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-prediction\"><strong>Prediction<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Max Verstappen to win the race, Lando Norris to win the drivers\u2019 title<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     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