Lando Norris claimed his maiden drivers' championship on Sunday to complete McLaren's first title double since 1998 with a perfectly-judged drive to finish third behind Red Bull's winner Max Verstappen and team-mate Oscar Piastri.

A tearful Norris won the title by two points ahead of Verstappen, who relinquished his crown after four consecutive years, in a tense and emotional season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix dominated by strategy and tactics.

After crossing the line his team engineer told him: "That's it mate, you are world champion, world champion!"

"Thank you guys, you made a kid's dream come true," he replied.

"I haven't cried in a while, I didn't think I would cry but I did," Norris said on the podium in the desert night at the floodlit Yas Marina circuit.

"I want to thank my mu

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