Lando Norris reveals “thinking what could go wrong because everything was going right” on the day he won his F1 title

F1 title winner Lando Norris has finally shared a vlog expressing the honest feelings he experienced on the day he won the Formula 1 World Championship in Abu Dhabi. The McLaren champion went on to beat his closest competitor, four-time world champion Max Verstappen, and his teammate Oscar Piastri to win his first F1 title. He revealed that he didn’t know how to feel on D-day and that, despite his habit of feeling nervous on every race day, he actually felt calm when he got into his car. Norris also recalled his journey from karting to becoming a world champion.

Lando Norris reveals mixed emotions on the day he won his F1 title

Lando Norris has been flaunting his biggest grin ever since winning the 2025 F1 title. Expressing himself in a vlog shared on his YouTube channel, Norris said, “I didn't know how to feel, I didn't know how to act, I didn't know how I was meant to be. I didn't know if I was meant to be really excited or not, or scared. I thought I'd be pretty damn nervous, because I do get nervous every race, every qualifying, always.”

He went on to talk about how he actually felt while racing during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix finale, which was won by Max Verstappen, with Oscar Piastri finishing second and Norris third.

Norris said, “It felt like a normal race. But with two laps to go, time starts to slow down a little bit. You start thinking about every little screw, every bolt, every wire. I'm imagining inside my car what everything is doing. The calm gave way to vulnerability. You're in that moment of, ‘damn, what could go wrong because everything's going right’. Your mind starts thinking of these little things.”

“And then, unexpectedly, the memories flooded in. I just started thinking of my first day in a go-kart. I was on a kind of mini tennis court, and we put some slicks on the go-kart, and I was just doing some donuts and having some fun. All of a sudden, I pictured my mom in the garage. That was the first time, the first moment the whole year, that I started to realise what was happening—what was about to happen. And all I did was picture the garage, picture my parents there, my brother, my sisters, all in the garage for the final four corners,” he added.

Lando Norris hugged his mom and girlfriend after winning F1 title

Lando Norris managed to beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by two points, stopping the latter from winning his fifth F1 World Championship. His mom, Cisca, who donned papaya colours to cheer for her son, rushed to give him a hug soon after he won the championship.
Norris also walked towards his girlfriend, Margarida Corceiro, to give her a kiss and a hug, confirming their relationship in front of the cameras after dating privately for a long time.

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