{"id":618412,"date":"2025-12-07T18:10:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T18:10:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/618412\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T18:10:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T18:10:25","slug":"british-belgian-lando-norris-wins-first-ever-f1-world-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/618412\/","title":{"rendered":"British-Belgian Lando Norris wins first ever F1 world title"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a aria-label=\"View image\" class=\"prezly-slate-image-rollover\" id=\"image-ccd96141-9160-4fa5-bf5a-ade7f747a5df\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.assets.prezly.com\/ccd96141-9160-4fa5-bf5a-ade7f747a5df\/Belgaimage-147200582.jpg\" style=\"max-width:7230px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"prezly-slate-media prezly-slate-image__media prezly-slate-media--image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Belgaimage-147200582.jpg\"  \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\"><strong>Lando Norris was crowned Formula 1 world champion for the first time in his career on Sunday. The British driver with Belgian roots secured the title with a third-place finish at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">After years of near-misses, Lando Norris has finally sealed his long-awaited place at the top of Formula 1. &#8220;It has been a long journey,&#8221; he said after the race. &#8220;I want to thank everyone at McLaren, my parents, everyone who has supported me from the start.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">Although he was born and raised in the United Kingdom, Norris also holds Belgian citizenship, as his mother is from Sint-Niklaas. During his childhood, he travelled to Flanders many times to take part in karting competitions and visit his grandparents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">The race victory at Yas Marina went to Max Verstappen, who had dominated the sport for the past four seasons. The Dutchman,who also has a Flemish mother, ultimately finished two points short of a fifth consecutive world title.<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">Norris is McLaren&#8217;s first champion since Lewis Hamilton in 2008 and the thirteenth in its history.<\/p>\n<p><a aria-label=\"View image\" class=\"prezly-slate-image-rollover\" id=\"image-fe71a539-efe6-4fb5-a093-5c3f7a176938\" href=\"https:\/\/cdn.assets.prezly.com\/fe71a539-efe6-4fb5-a093-5c3f7a176938\/Belgaimage-147200564.jpg\" style=\"max-width:4923px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"prezly-slate-media prezly-slate-image__media prezly-slate-media--image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Belgaimage-147200564.jpg\"  \/><\/a>Lando Norris celebrates with his mother. PHOTO \u00a9 Andrej ISAKOVIC \/ AFP<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"styles_paragraph__6o_o7\">#FlandersNewsService | PHOTO \u00a9 Giuseppe CACACE \/ AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lando Norris was crowned Formula 1 world champion for the first time in his career on Sunday. 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