Lando Norris becomes F1 World Champion... but is Max Verstappen driver of the season?

Rick and Matt discuss the final race of the 2025 Formula One season in Abu Dhabi, Lando Norris’s first time becoming world champion, and Max Verstappen’s valiant second half of the season, which saw him come within two points of finishing top.

The pair ask: Was this Max’s best ever season?

They also review the F1 highlights of 2025, look ahead to what’s to come in 2026, plus we hear Red Bull chief engineer Paul ‘Pedals’ Monaghan’s assessment of the season.

Also in this episode:

• The key moments which led to Lando Norris’s first world championship win
• Why Max was ‘the most upbeat person’ in the Red Bull camp
• Rick’s favourite F1 memes
• Next season’s Formula One regulation changes explained
• Rick & Matt’s 2026 predictions

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For the entire season Matt Majendie and Rick Edwards are embedded with Max Verstappen and the Red Bull Racing Formula 1 team. Matt will be in the pits and in the garage, with the drivers and in the factory, at the debriefs and the strategy session.

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