Follow all the latest updates and watch the best video from the Decider in the Desert in Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastris world title showdown. Watch live on Sky Sports F1 from Friday

McLaren F1 star Lando Norris made a statement early on at the Yas Marina Circuit, topping the timesheets in FP1 at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. His team-mate and title rival Oscar Piastri was sidelined to make way for Pato O'Ward as Friday's first practice session saw nine slightly less familiar faces step up to drive F1 machinery.

The footage leans into the sweeping desert of Abu Dhabi, turning it into the Tatooine of F1 with its very own binary sunset and the use of John Williams' famous theme song. With cuts of McLaren's Lando Norris and Red Bull's Max Verstappen, it pits the two drivers against each other.

Abu Dhabi is going to throw one of the biggest parties in the world when the final Formula 1 Grand Prix of the season arrives in December.

Not to mention the biggest indoor screen in JBR and Marina, it’s no surprise F1 fans flock here. Open daily 12pm-3am Level 2, JA Ocean View Hotel, The Walk Jumeirah Beach Residence, offsidedubai.com (056 522 0219).

Red Bull driver Yuki Tsunoda has been replaced for the F1 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix FP1 session with the team making an annoucement.

The World Drivers' Champion will be crowned during the last week of the Formula 1 season. Learn how to watch the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and Qualifying without cable on Dec. 5–7, 2025.