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max verstappen Has claimed pole position in Abu Dhabi as the Dutchman looks to close the 12 point-gap to Lando Norris. f1 The drivers’ world championship title race has reached the final round.
Verstappen will start from top spot at the Yas Marina Circuit after setting two laps worth of pole position as he looks to win a fifth consecutive championship.
Norris, who holds a precarious 12-point title lead over red Bull The opponent, standing in the front row with his opponent oscar piastriThe other title contender, who is four points behind, is in third place.
Red Bull’s Verstappen is well aware that an eighth win of the season may not be enough to complete one of the sport’s finest comebacks. After taking pole by an impressive 0.201 seconds, Verstappen warned Norris: “I will do my best. I have nothing to lose.”
So what does Verstappen need to win the title?
it goes down now Abu Dhabi,
Top-3 – F1 World Championship
1. lando norris ,mclaren)- 408 points
2. max verstappen (Red Bull) – 396 points
3. oscar piastri ,mclaren)- 392 points
Norris has opened up a 12-point lead over Verstappen, who is now in second place. Piastri is 16 points behind his teammate.
It’s a typical race weekend Abu DhabiTherefore, if Norris finishes on the podium at the Yas Marina Circuit he will win the World Championship, A minimum third-place finish (15 points) in Abu Dhabi would give Norris an unassailable lead of 27 points,
fourth place for Norris (12 points) would give Britain a 24-point lead and thus, if Verstappen then won the racewill be dutchman Take the title from one point.
Alternatively, simply put, Verstappen needs Earn 13 more points Than Norris. If Verstappen finished second, he would have to force Norris to finish eighth or lower.
Twelve more points would bring them level on the points, but unless Verstappen wins (in which case Norris would have finished off the podium he would have won the title anyway) they will both be tied on countback at seven wins each. It then drops to second place, where Norris has an advantage of eight compared to Verstappen’s five.
The work of Piyastri is even more difficult. He needs to get 16 or more points from Norris and four more than Verstappen.
If they are all level on points, it goes into countdown. As things stand, all three drivers have won seven races, but Norris has eight in second place, compared to five for Verstappen and four for Piastri.
