This Abu Dhabi GP 2025 post-race chat was peak “Race Day Café” chaos: I battled a truly cursed stream (audio cutting out, AirPods refusing to cooperate, YouTube telling me to take a break), while trying to actually watch the finish. But once I got it together: Lando Norris won the race and sealed the World Championship, and honestly… none of us should be shocked. It was a better race than it had any right to be, and I’m grateful it wasn’t just a dead, obvious one-stop procession. I break down why I think Lando’s title is deserved—mainly because he stayed consistent and took advantage of the car and the moment, especially when Oscar Piastri couldn’t. At the same time, I’m still missing a couple “great driver” proof-points from Lando: real wheel-to-wheel wins against Max, and a truly standout rain drive. Oscar, for me, is still a diamond in the rough—those flashes of brilliance are why I rate him—but he has to fix that second-half-of-season drop. And then there’s Max: I’m never going to be fully over 2021 as a Lewis fan, but I can still say it plainly—he’s undeniable. Dragging a 100+ point gap down to two points in a worse car is insane, and even without the title, his season was one of those “how is this real?” performances we’ll remember.