Lando Norris Becomes F1 Champion
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Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri all could win the F1 championship depending on their result at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this Sunday.
How Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll prepare for the physical demands of F1.
Vettel was always the outside bet. He’d become F1’s youngest race winner in 2008, aged 21, but the pressure of his first championship fight through 2010 had tolled at points with some on-track errors. At no point had he led the standings, and it was only thanks to a late-season surge with wins in Japan and Brazil that he’d stayed in the hunt.
The high-octane Formula 1 racing film starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris illuminated how many people it really takes to win the race. The crew working with director Joseph Kosinski were an equally well-oiled machine.
It’s one richest sports in the world but it still needs to adapt to the times. F1 is now trying to appeal to a younger fan base through deals with Netflix and Lego. Plus it's trying to break that lucrative US market with races in Las Vegas and huge broadcasting deals.
The Abu Dhabi race should be an electric showdown between the three drivers. Norris enters with a recent string of strong performances, including three podium finishes in the last six races. As long as Norris places within the top-three finishers in Abu Dhabi, he will finish as the world champion .
Art Deco meets a Vegas casino floor at the F1 Arcade in Denver, where simulators recreate the racing experience
An American F1 team showing off its car during the Super Bowl? I can already see the Europeans rolling their eyes.