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Trio set for dramatic showdown
The Mercury
|December 05, 2025
LANDO Norris will battle his own nerves as much as his rivals’ speed, as he bids to end Max Verstappen’s four-year reign as F1 world champion in Sunday's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
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After two weekends of self-inflicted setbacks, championship leader Norris and his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri need an error-free event to ensure Red Bull’s number one cannot complete a spectacular end-of-season recovery in glorious style.
For the first time since a four-way scrap at the final race in Abu Dhabi in 2010, the title will be decided by a contest involving more than two drivers, with McLaren, in particular, nervously glancing in their mirrors for Verstappen.
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