Lando Norris may have missed his first opportunity to clinch Formula One’s world championship in Qatar, but he remains in a position of strength.

There are still teams who need to run a rookie in a first practice session, so the track in Abu Dhabi today is flooded with newbies, including over at McLaren, who will have title contender Oscar Pias...

Norris' McLaren headed the Red Bull of Max Verstappen, who is 12 points behind the Briton heading into the final race of the season, by 0.363 seconds at the top of the timesheets at Yas Marina.