2025 Method One World Champion, Lando Norris was introduced with the trophy on the FIA Awards gala in Tashkent, Uzbekistan final evening.
The 2025 motor sport season concluded with a gathering of champions and stars from throughout the FIA’s seven world championship classes, the place, within the presence of Mohammed Ben Sulayem and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Abdulla Aripov, the varied profitable drivers, co-drivers, navigators and groups have been topped following an intense season of competitors.
Norris, who final weekend grew to become the thirty fifth Method One World Champion, was joined by his teammate and group bosses, Zak Brown and Andrea Stella, whereas Max Verstappen, who completed runner-up, was unable to attend as a consequence of sickness. (Little doubt sick at lacking out by simply two factors).
“Thanks to McLaren, the group I have been with for a lot of, a few years,” stated Norris, “for giving us an unbelievable automotive that at occasions made our lives very simple, and exquisite and we might convey dwelling many wins all the way in which to the tip of the season.
“And, after all, Mr Piastri, the unbelievable teammate I’ve had who has helped me enhance a lot over previous couple of seasons,” he added, turning to his teammate.
“We had our justifiable share of errors and f*** ups,” laughed Norris, who then turned to the FIA president and requested: “Can I say that right here? Oh, sorry, yeah… I obtained fined. I will pay it off now!”
“5,000!” shot again Ben Sulayem, earlier than including: “When he stated the ‘eff’, it was going to be a €5,000 wonderful,” subsequently joking that the Briton ought to preserve the cash as compensation for having his hair messed with by the FIA president, very like he did following final Sunday’s race.
“To enter the ultimate race with two drivers preventing for the world championship when everybody stated that could not be completed… I am simply very pleased with how McLaren went racing and that is precisely what we plan to do subsequent yr,” stated Brown.
“It has been loads of enjoyable going racing with Andrea and Zak subsequent to me,” stated Piastri. “I am wanting ahead to loads extra years making an attempt to push one another and making an attempt to beat one another.
“It has been an important season,” he added, “I am wanting ahead to some weeks off and all of it begins once more fairly fast.”
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