McLaren won the Formula 1 constructors’ championship on Sunday for the first time in more than a quarter century, securing it in the final race of the season by keeping chief rival Ferrari at bay. It won with a decisive lights-to-flag victory by Lando Norris in Abu Dhabi, landing the storied British team its first championship since 1998, when former McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen won one of his two driver’s championships. Heading into the season finale, Ferrari's two drivers needed to outscore McLaren’s two drivers by at least 21 points. The Italian team hasn’t won a championship since 2008. The end of the 2024 season also marks a changing-of-the-guard moment for F1, with a slew of younger drivers rising and some older drivers stepping aside.

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Persons: McLaren, Ferrari, Lando Norris, Mika Häkkinen, “, ” Norris, Zak Brown, ” Brown, Zak, ” Ferrari, Carlos Sainz, Charles Leclerc, Ferrari's, hasn’t, Oscar Piastri, Max Verstappen — Organizations: British, Sky Sports, ESPN, Red Bull Locations: Abu Dhabi