After a decade of memes, heartbreak, podium teases, and papaya dreams… Lando Norris is officially a World Champion. And the season finale delivered everything: emotion, strategy madness, Max going full Terminator, and enough Abu Dhabi-specific chaos to fill an entire off-season.

David breaks down Lando’s title-clinching drive — the nerves, the two-stop strategy masterclass, the tears on the podium, and what becoming McLaren’s third British World Champion actually means. But while Lando was writing history, Max Verstappen was back to doing Max Verstappen things: utterly dominant, absurdly fast, and somehow ending the year just two points shy of a miracle comeback from over 100 points behind.

We look at Oscar’s brutal run of bad luck to close out the season, how his one-stop played into McLaren’s wider strategy, and the wholesome moment with his family after the race. Then Skin jumps in with the big questions:

– Why were track limits nuking everyone?

– Was Yuki actually overdoing it defending Lando?

– Why weren’t McLaren more worried about Oscar overtaking Lando early?

– Should they have pitted Oscar sooner before Max breezed by?

– And what happens if Lando and Max tie for the championship??

Plus: Ferrari’s “accidental genius” by finishing P4, Lewis’s final grind of the year, and a full send-off to everything we’re losing: ground-effect aero, Sauber, DRS, and (maybe) Lewis’s dream of title number eight.

It’s the perfect finale — emotional, hilarious, nerdy, and chaotic. A new World Champion, the end of an era, and the start of a very spicy 2026.

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McLaren fans, brace yourselves — because this one hurt.

This week on Formula Fools, David comes in absolutely FIRING after a Qatar GP where McLaren somehow managed to turn a promising weekend into a strategic fever dream.

We break down all the madness:

– Lando Norris needing in-race coaching (again) and why David is officially out on him as a World Champion contender

– Oscar Piastri returning to god mode only to be sabotaged by strategy so bad it should be illegal

– Max Verstappen and Red Bull putting on a masterclass in driver-team synergy

– Why the sprint and quali looked rough but the race looked inevitable

– Skin trying to understand how a “free pit stop” turned into a not-free disaster

– Carlos Sainz looking like a future WDC in a Williams (!!)

– A reminder that Kimi Antonelli is 18, human, and absolutely not deserving of abuse

– Ferrari… still Ferrari-ing

It’s spicy takes, confused takes, educated takes — and a whole lot of McLaren-flavoured pain. Classic Qatar GP chaos. Classic Formula Fools.

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Las Vegas promised a show… and delivered absolute carnage. In this episode, the Fools dive into a qualifying session that looked more like a real-life game of “last one out wins,” Oscar Piastri’s almost-moment, and the double McLaren disqualification that turned the championship fight completely on its head.

Skin tries to wrap his head around how a skid block even becomes illegal (and how both cars managed to pull it off). Meanwhile, David explains what the DSQ means for Lando vs Oscar vs Max, how many points remain, and whether Red Bull have just been handed the comeback storyline of the season.

Vegas did NOT disappoint. We unpack lap-one madness, Bearman and Lewis carving through the field and Bortoleto forgetting what sport he’s in.

Plus:

– How the hell did Antonelli go from P17 to the podium with a penalty?

– What does “delayed undercut” actually mean?

– Can tyre graining just… disappear??

– And why Russell’s steering feels like karma in motion.

It’s chaos, it’s comedy, it’s the most Formula Fools race review yet.

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