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2025 F1 Championship: When Was the Title Clinched?

Lando Norris won the 2025 Drivers' Championship. Here is when each title was settled and who was knocked out along the way.

Lando Norris clinched the 2025 Drivers' Championship in the final race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 24 of 24).

Champion
Lando Norris
Clinched at
Abu Dhabi Grand PrixRound 24 of 24
Race weekends left
0Decided in the last race
Final points
4232 ahead of Max Verstappen

How the Lead Grew

The points between first and second after each race or sprint. The green marker is the weekend nobody could catch Lando Norris.

Who Dropped Out, and When

A driver is out when no set of results in the races left could make them champion.

  1. Hungarian Grand PrixRound 14
    Oliver Bearman, Jack Doohan and Franco Colapinto
  2. Dutch Grand PrixRound 15
    Nico Hulkenberg, Isack Hadjar, Lance Stroll, Fernando Alonso, Esteban Ocon, Pierre Gasly, Liam Lawson, Carlos Sainz, Gabriel Bortoleto and Yuki Tsunoda
  3. Italian Grand PrixRound 16
    Alex Albon and Kimi Antonelli
  4. Azerbaijan Grand PrixRound 17
    Lewis Hamilton
  5. United States Grand PrixRound 19
    Charles Leclerc
  6. São Paulo Grand PrixRound 21
    George Russell
  7. Abu Dhabi Grand PrixRound 24
    Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri
  8. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
    Lando Norris is champion.

When did Lando Norris clinch the 2025 Drivers' Championship?

Lando Norris clinched the 2025 Drivers' Championship in the final race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 24 of 24).

When did McLaren clinch the 2025 Constructors' Championship?

McLaren clinched the 2025 Constructors' Championship at the Singapore Grand Prix (round 18 of 24), with 6 race weekends still to come.

When was the first driver eliminated from the 2025 title fight?

The first drivers who could no longer win the 2025 Drivers' Championship, even with everything going their way, were Oliver Bearman, Jack Doohan and Franco Colapinto, after the Hungarian Grand Prix (round 14).

Who was the last driver to have a chance of beating Lando Norris in 2025?

Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri stayed mathematically alive longest, until the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 24).