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The race is on, and Lando Norris is world champion, but only after a long, tense Aberdabby Grand Prix,

in which Max Verstappen did everything he could by winning

to miss out by just two points, with Oscar Piastri, also in the mix in second place.

But was there ever really any doubt? And how did Red Bull pull off another win?

I'm Edgraw, and joining me to dissect the Dunumor are Mark Hughes, Scott Mitchell Malm and later John Noble.

Mark, so Lando Norris is world champion looking at the big picture because we'll get

on to the race details specifically in a bit.

The right result?

In the combined playing out between team and driver, I think it probably is.

But it was a fantastic performance from Vostappen in the latter half of the season,

which applied pressure to McLaren, which had switched off development,

while Red Bulls still kept developing the RB21,

and gave Vestappen a tool with which to go on the rampage.

So, yes, I think Glando had his own personal struggles outside of that,

and that in the first half of the season, he was often struggling the match of pace of his teammate Oscar Piastri, but he did do a lot of work on putting that right in terms of both what he

had, he directed the team into making the changes he required to the car and also changing

his own approach.

So, a lot of merit in his season. It's not just a case of, you know, it's a lot of merit in his season.

It's not just a case of, you know, a guy in a faster car wins the championship.

The McLaren was a faster car definitely in the first half of the season.

I don't think he could call it in the second half the season.

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