McLaren claim first constructors’ championship title since 1998
The McLaren team celebrate after winning the constructor's championship following the Abu Dhabi GP. Photograph: Andrej Isakovic/AFP via Getty ImagesMcLaren entered the race with a 21-point lead over Ferrari, and Norris did enough to hold on as his team-mate Oscar Piastri endured a rough race to finish 10th.
Ferrari's Carlos Sainz and Charles Leclerc joined Norris on the podium as McLaren won the title by 14 points. Norris went about his business to secure the win by nearly six seconds as mayhem played out behind him on the course.Mickey O’Rourke: ‘I love broadcasting, I love sport. From a financial perspective you couldn’t pick two worse industries’made contact early on, with Verstappen receiving a penalty to drop him back the field. Piastri later collided with the car of Franco Colapinto of Williams and was assessed a penalty.And in his final race for his Mercedes team before his move to Ferrari next season, replacing Sainz, Lewis Hamilton finished fourth, squeezing past his Mercedes team-mate George Russell, who took fifth. Hamilton was 16th on the grid after a difficult qualifying race on Saturday yet finished just off the podium. After the race, he reflected on his time with Mercedes, the team with which he won six of his seven drivers' championships. “What started as a leap of faith turned into a historic journey !!! It’s been real, I love you all,” he wrote on X. For McLaren, the last constructors’ championship title was led by drivers Mike Hakkinen and David Coulthard 26 years ago. It is the ninth crown for McLaren in its 58 years in Formula One. Norris, who finished second to Verstappen in the drivers’ standings, won four races and finished on the podium 13 times this season. Piastri was fourth in the standings with eight podium finishes and two victories.Premier League: Fulham hold on against Arsenal; late goals earn Leicester home drawThree babies committed speeding offences, Garda system shows Paul Mescal on Saturday Night Live review: Gladiator II star skewers America’s bizarre views about IrelandJoan Baez: Do I ever hear from Bob Dylan? ‘Not a word’Champions Cup Sunday live updates: Bristol v Leinster Latest news from the world of sport, along with the best in opinion from our outstanding team of sports writers
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