Components 1: Vote on one of the best moments of the 2025 F1 season after Lando Norris received thrilling title battle

After an exhilarating 2025 Components 1 season, Sky Sports activities’ digital F1 journalists have chosen their favorite moments so that you can vote on.

Together with the acquainted faces you noticed all through the season on Sky Sports activities F1‘s award-winning tv protection, a member of the digital group was in tow pacing the paddock to deliver you all one of the best tales through the Sky Sports activities web site and app.

It was an important season to observe as Britain’s Lando Norris triumphed in a three-way title race with Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri that went all the way down to the wire on the ultimate spherical in Abu Dhabi.

Whereas Verstappen’s streak of 4 successive titles for Purple Bull was finally ended, there was enormous drama alongside the way in which as McLaren tried to navigate having Norris and Piastri battling for the drivers’ crown, earlier than the Dutchman surged again into competition.

Given the unrelenting drama, there have been loads of nice moments to select from, however Sky Sports activities‘ Nigel Chiu, James Galloway and Sam Johnston have chosen their favourites.

You may be part of within the festive enjoyable by reminding your self of those moments through the video clips offered, after which having your say on our vote for every class.

Races to recollect

NC: I’ve gone for the Australian Grand Prix because the circumstances had been so treacherous all through with completely different rain depth and painted white strains across the Albert Park circuit which even the extra skilled drivers had been caught out by.

It was an early begin to the season for these watching within the UK however a race the place you needed to be on the sting of your seat all through and we had an exhilarating climax too with Norris holding off Verstappen.

JG: The British Grand Prix delivered once more, significantly due to the rain that fell in a number of heavy doses on race day. A primary-time residence winner (Lando Norris) and the top to the longest podium wait in F1 historical past (Nico Hulkenberg) made it a day to recollect on a weekend Silverstone broke information with an general occasion attendance of over 500,000 folks.

SJ: There’s one thing about McLaren and Hungary… After final 12 months’s group orders drama, this time a poor begin for Norris noticed him swap onto a hopeful one-stopper, whereas Piastri was on the extra typical two-stopper, making a uncommon 2025 state of affairs the place the papaya automobiles had been on utterly completely different methods.

The end result was a grandstand end with Piastri, on brisker tyres, catching chief Norris. Catastrophe very almost struck for McLaren on the penultimate lap as Piastri’s lock-up whereas making an attempt a cross nearly prompted a collision, with Norris simply holding on for an important win.

The most important shock

SJ: Christian Horner had been a rocky floor for some time, however his mid-season sacking after the British Grand Prix in July despatched shockwaves by the game. The sudden-end to the Brit’s 20-year stint on the helm of one of many sport’s giants was a seismic second.

NC: Each McLarens being investigated for extreme skid block put on after the Las Vegas Grand Prix was an enormous shock given the implications it had on the title race.

The disqualification itself was not as soon as we heard concerning the investigation, nevertheless it actually was a ‘wow’ second and ramped up the hype for the final two rounds in Qatar and Abu Dhabi.

JG: From an in depth second to a distant fourth within the Constructors’ Championship within the area of 12 months, the size of Ferrari’s struggles with their 2025 automobile definitely weren’t envisaged this time final 12 months. An acclimatisation 12 months for brand spanking new star signing Lewis Hamilton was most likely extra typically anticipated, however a primary podium-less marketing campaign in F1 for the seven-time champion additionally counts as one of many 12 months’s huge shocks.

Pole place perfection

NC: Max Verstappen’s pole lap for the Japanese Grand Prix was extraordinary as he took enormous dangers by the high-speed turns at Suzuka, placing his automobile so near the gravel the place had he gone just a little faster, an enormous accident was ready.

Verstappen himself mentioned the lap was “very special” and Christian Horner said it was “one of his best ever” as he went on to transform pole into victory in inferior equipment towards the 2 McLarens.

SJ: After taking pole and successful on the first spherical of the season, Lando Norris arrived in Monaco having gone six races with out repeating both of his opening-weekend achievements.

On the monitor the place pole place issues most, Norris edged out Monaco native and specialist Charles Leclerc to prime the timesheet, and would go on to say his first victory on the well-known road circuit a day later.

JG: Was Austria the primary signal that Lando Norris was lastly beginning to get on prime of McLaren’s 2025 automobile in qualifying? Whereas premature yellow flags for Piastri and Verstappen on the finish of Q3 meant the Briton was flattered just a little by his ultimate pole-winning margin of 0.5s, he was already 0.2s away from the pack after the primary runs earlier than delivering an additional beautiful ultimate try on a weekend he was not crushed in any session when on monitor.

Radio drama

JG: George Russell’s more and more agitated messages to the Mercedes pit wall as he adopted team-mate Kimi Antonelli, regardless of feeling he had far more tempo, in the course of the Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix. Russell definitely stored the particular person on the bleep button busy!

NC: “It must be the… water”. Ferrari’s response to Charles Leclerc on the season-opening Australian Grand Prix when the Monegasque driver advised his group his “seat was full of water”. Discuss fun out loud second, which Leclerc additionally noticed the humorous aspect of when he mentioned, “let’s add that to the words of wisdom”.

SJ: One of many earlier indicators of hassle in Lewis Hamilton’s debut marketing campaign with Ferrari got here when the seven-time world champion grew to become pissed off over group radio in the course of the Miami Grand Prix.

Irritated by the slowness with which the group got here to the choice to permit him previous his team-mate Charles Leclerc with the pair on completely different methods, Hamilton quipped: “Have a tea break while you’re at it!”

Memorable media moments

SJ: After months of hypothesis over why Mercedes hadn’t but prolonged his contract, George Russell set off a media storm by telling Sky Sports activities F1’s Karun Chandhok that the delay was being brought on by his group boss Toto Wolff’s makes an attempt to signal Max Verstappen from Purple Bull.

NC: Alpine advisor Flavio Briatore offered loads of leisure in his first look in an FIA press convention for over 15 years on the Spanish Grand Prix. Requested a number of occasions about the opportunity of Mick Schumacher becoming a member of the group, he batted the questions away by saying: “We’re sitting here in the year 2000-something. I don’t understand. What you want to know?” earlier than urging for the “next question”.

JG: One phrase dominated the US Grand Prix weekend in Austin – repercussions. That 13-letter phrase unexpectedly divulged by Lando Norris to TV reporters within the Thursday media pen triggered all method of guessing video games over the next days as everybody tried to piece collectively clues as to what penalties Norris was dealing with from McLaren for tagging Oscar Piastri at the beginning of the earlier race in Singapore.

The perfect overtakes

JG: In a 12 months of few highlights for Lewis Hamilton, the Ferrari driver’s double overtake on George Russell and Esteban Ocon in among the worst of the moist climate at Silverstone, judging the place the grip was on the surface line expertly, is a worthy contender for this award.

NC: Max Verstappen across the exterior of Oscar Piastri going into the primary chicane at Imola. Not simply overtake of the 12 months however top-of-the-line overtakes within the final 10 years.

To brake that a lot later than the motive force who aggressively bought his elbows out towards him a month earlier in Saudi Arabia on chilly brakes, chilly tyres and never lock up simply confirmed the outstanding automobile management Verstappen has and allowed him to go on to dominate the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.

SJ: Beginning fifth on the grid, Norris bought an important launch to clear Kimi Antonelli earlier than the primary nook after which went across the exterior of Oscar Piastri at Flip 2 to earn the within line by the second a part of the chicane.

There was contact with each Verstappen forward and Piastri to his left, however the stewards cleared it as a racing incident and Norris landed an unlimited psychological blow within the title battle as he secured a podium end forward of the then-championship chief.

Brundle’s finest grid stroll second

NC: So this isn’t fairly Martin Brundle, apologies Martin, however Nico Rosberg gate-crashed his Belgian Grand Prix grid stroll with some fairly direct questions which made for nice TV. The spotlight was him reminding Jos Verstappen of his feedback from 2024 that “(Christian) Horner needs to go because he would destroy the team”, as Horner had simply been sacked two weeks earlier. And Rosberg additionally advised Jos “you’re quiet now” after Max Verstappen’s father simply mentioned “that was last year”.

JG: “Martin, I’m his brother!” A basic case of Grid Stroll misidentification in Singapore that includes the Capaldi brothers. At the very least Lewis bought his handshake after the confusion was cleared up. Oh, wait…

SJ: Not a lot rationalization wanted for this one, simply watch it. Martin was nearly left speechless by Chinese language influencer Mr Unicorn.

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