After a decade of memes, heartbreak, podium teases, and papaya dreams… Lando Norris is officially a World Champion. And the season finale delivered everything: emotion, strategy madness, Max going full Terminator, and enough Abu Dhabi-specific chaos to fill an entire off-season.

David breaks down Lando’s title-clinching drive — the nerves, the two-stop strategy masterclass, the tears on the podium, and what becoming McLaren’s third British World Champion actually means. But while Lando was writing history, Max Verstappen was back to doing Max Verstappen things: utterly dominant, absurdly fast, and somehow ending the year just two points shy of a miracle comeback from over 100 points behind.

We look at Oscar’s brutal run of bad luck to close out the season, how his one-stop played into McLaren’s wider strategy, and the wholesome moment with his family after the race. Then Skin jumps in with the big questions:

– Why were track limits nuking everyone?

– Was Yuki actually overdoing it defending Lando?

– Why weren’t McLaren more worried about Oscar overtaking Lando early?

– Should they have pitted Oscar sooner before Max breezed by?

– And what happens if Lando and Max tie for the championship??

Plus: Ferrari’s “accidental genius” by finishing P4, Lewis’s final grind of the year, and a full send-off to everything we’re losing: ground-effect aero, Sauber, DRS, and (maybe) Lewis’s dream of title number eight.

It’s the perfect finale — emotional, hilarious, nerdy, and chaotic. A new World Champion, the end of an era, and the start of a very spicy 2026.

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