Norris takes F1 title as Verstappen wins Abu Dhabi race<br /><br />McLaren's Lando Norris celebrated his first Formula One championship and ended Max Verstappen's four-year reign with a nervy third place at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.<br /><br />Verstappen, winner of more races (eight) than any driver this year, triumphed in the season-ender with McLaren's Oscar Piastri second.<br /><br />Norris, who became Britain's 11th Formula One world champion, ended the season with 423 points to Verstappen's 421 and Piastri's 410.<br /><br />McLaren, who secured the constructors' championship in October for the second year in a row, won both titles in the same season for the first time since 1998. <br /><br />REUTERS
