India, Dec. 8 -- There's a lot that goes into winning an F1 title - the right car, the right team, the largesse of the stewards and the weather gods, skill, talent, tenacity, and some luck.

In his seventh F1 season, Lando Norris had the rub of the green and displayed enough pace at other times to become the 35th driver to clinch the title in F1's 75-year history. He also became the first FIA Formula 2 graduate to take the Formula 1 crown.

The tense and emotional season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was dominated by strategy and tactics but that was pretty much the theme of the season.

For much of the year the calm and collected Oscar Piastri, Norris' McLaren teammate, appeared to hold the upper hand and three wins in Bahrain, Jeddah and ...