17 years. That’s what it took McLaren to finally break the Red Bull and Mercedes dominance and get a taste of their former glory again. Lando Norris , the 2025 F1 champion, didn’t have to win the race — he just had to finish before P4, which he did by holding off Charles Leclerc’s Ferrari. And with this win, McLaren finally showed the team can win again, with or without Lewis Hamilton .

These past two decades, McLaren tried to chase that former glory, which they last achieved in 2008 when Hamilton carried the team to victory . Since then, the team has struggled under the dominance of Mercedes and Red Bull. And Norris, in his seventh season with the team, has done it for them.

Lando Norris finishes P3 to clinch first F1 title

Starting from the second position, Norris successfully

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