The Thrilling Conclusion of the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

The Ringer F1 Show

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4.3 • 673 Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2025

⏱️ 80 minutes

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The sun sets on Abu Dhabi and the 2025 F1 season. Meg and Spanners break down the race where Lando Norris clinched his first Formula 1 World Championship with a tense third-place finish behind Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri. We also explore how Charles Leclerc, George Russell, and other contenders shaped the championship fight, revisit the late-race controversies including Yuki Tsunoda’s penalty and questions around Red Bull’s tactics, and examine what this all means for the drivers and teams heading into next season. (00:00) Intro (02:29) Lando Wins! How did he do it? (13:38) The Yuki of it all... (20:18) The Rest of the podium (27:54) Is there more for Lando? (32:15) Negative Nancy time (39:26) A New Wave of Max Fans (50:14) Oscar’s great season (57:27) Drivers Championship final standings (62:57) We all need a break from Ferrari (79:33) The Remaining Seats to Fill Host: Megan Schuster Guest: Spanners Ready Producers: Devon Renaldo and Steve Ahman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:09.5	Hello, welcome to the Ringer F1 show, part of the Ringer podcast Network.
1:13.2	I am your host, Megan Schuster, and we are here to talk about the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
1:18.7	Max Verstappen wins the race.
1:20.3	Oscar Piaestry comes in second and Lando Norris finishes third.
1:23.7	That third place finishes just enough to secure Norris, a two-point victory in the driver's championship, and his first ever title.
1:31.9	Rounding out the rest of the top ten of the race are Charles Leclair, George Russell, Fernando Alonzo, Esteban O'Con, Lewis Hamilton, Nika Hoganberg, and Lance Stroll.
1:40.0	We've got a lot to talk about today from Lando's first title to how this championship fight played out at the end to the futures of various drivers on the grid and joining me to get into all of it as Spanners. Spanors the season's over. We're officially in the off season. I don't know how I feel about that.
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