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Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri and Max Verstappen are all in contention for Formula One\u2019s World Drivers\u2019 Championship. Picture: Mark Thompson\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n
The eyes of the Formula One world are on Abu Dhabi this Sunday, with the final Grand Prix of the year teed up to be one of the most unpredictable season finishes in years.<\/p>\n
Three drivers \u2013 Lando Norris, Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri \u2013 could all hypothetically walk away with the 2025 Drivers\u2019 Championship depending on results.<\/p>\n
All three have seven wins this season, with Norris currently sitting on 408 points, defending champion Verstappen just behind on 396 points and Australia\u2019s Piastri in his rear view on 392 points. <\/p>\n
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With luxury homes, low taxes and an F1 race every year, Monaco has become home to most of the competition\u2019s drivers. Picture: Ryan Pierse\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n
No matter who takes home the title, it is guaranteed that the champion will be heading to the same place \u2013 Monaco \u2013 where it is understood that all three racers reside. <\/p>\n
According to Formula One content creator Kym Illman<\/a>, a total of 13 out of the competition\u2019s 20 drivers \u2013 or 65 per cent of the grid \u2013 live in the tax-free city-state. <\/p>\n While many driver\u2019s homes are shrouded in secrecy, some details are known about their international property manoeuvres. <\/p>\n MORE: Ex-Rugby League star cops $23m discount on mansion<\/a><\/p>\n Max Verstappen Max Verstappen has had a major resurgence this season to be hot on the heels of Lando Norris. Picture: Clive Rose\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n Four-time World Drivers\u2019 Champion Max Verstappen has reportedly been living in Monaco since the day he turned 18, according to The Daily Mail<\/a>. <\/p>\n The Red Bull driver reportedly rents a \u00a316m ($32.29m AUD) apartment in Monte Carlo along the French Riviere.<\/p>\n The Daily Mailreported in August <\/a>that Verstappen and his model wife Kelly Piquet were eyeing up their next property venture, planning to build a new home in Portugal. <\/p>\n MORE: Wilkinson\u2019s new $15m \u2018castle\u2019 after cash loss<\/a><\/p>\n Verstappen and wife Kelly Piquet live together in Monaco. Picture: Mark Thompson\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n Verstappen and Piquet purchased a plot of land at a luxury development in Portugal\u2019s Pinheirinho Comporta, an estate less than two hours south of Lisbon. <\/p>\n The estate is known as a luxurious, relaxing coastal destination with a golf course, a resort and a spa, according to The Daily Mail<\/a>. <\/p>\n MORE: \u2018I\u2019ve been smashed\u2019: Billionaire\u2019s playground\u2019s surprise sale<\/a><\/p>\n Concept art of Max Verstappen\u2019s reported new estate in Portugal. Picture: Pinheirinho.<\/p>\n The estate is in the country\u2019s south. Picture: Pinheirinho.<\/p>\n Verstappen has spoken recently about wanting a bigger home, revealing on the Securing the Win podcast<\/a> that he had been toying with the idea of designing his next home around a much larger racing simulator set-up.<\/p>\n MORE: Listings drop fuels fears of price rises<\/a><\/p>\n Lando Norris Lando Norris is current World Drivers\u2019 Championship frontrunner. Picture: Clive Rose\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n The championship leader heading into Abu Dhabi, Lando Norris made the move to Monte Carlo in 2021.<\/p>\n He left his previous home in England for Monaco after that year\u2019s season, announcing his move on Instagram<\/a>. <\/p>\n MORE: \u2018Costly, but worth it\u2019: Aus\u2019s forgotten flying billboard<\/a><\/p>\n Lando Norris announcing his move to Monaco in 2021. Picture: Instagram.<\/p>\n \u201cSay hello to my new home!\u201d Norris captioned the post.<\/p>\n \u201cThe place isn\u2019t finished yet but I\u2019ll be living here in Monaco when I\u2019m not in the factory or at the track next year.\u201d<\/p>\n During lockdown he gave a virtual house tour <\/a>of his previous home in the UK for Sky Sports, providing glimpses at his car, racing simulator and collection of F1 memorabilia. <\/p>\n MORE: Sydney house prices rise $121k off back of \u2018help\u2019 scheme<\/a><\/p>\n Lando Norris does a lockdown house tour for Sky Sports in 2020. Picture: Sky Sports on YouTube.<\/p>\n MORE: \u2018Hard to think\u2019: Ian Thorpe\u2019s unexpected windfall<\/a><\/p>\n Oscar Piastri Australia\u2019s Oscar Piastri is aiming to be the first Aussie to win the title since Alan Jones in 1980. Picture: Clive Rose\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n Much like his McLaren teammate, Aussie driver Oscar Piastri previously resided in the UK before making the move to Monaco in 2024.<\/p>\n According to CodeSports<\/a>, the Melburnian made the move at the age of 23, buying up a luxe apartment in Monte Carlo where his neighbours include Novak Djokovic, Bono and Ringo Starr.<\/p>\n MORE: \u2018Hated\u2019: Buddy, Jesinta move after sad farewell<\/a><\/p>\n Oscar Piastri and partner Lily Zneimer in Monaco. Picture: Formula 1\/Formula 1 via Getty Images.<\/p>\n Piastri admitted to CodeSports<\/a>in September 2024 that F1 drivers rarely spend much time at home.<\/p>\n \u201cI think last season, we added it up, and it was maybe 100 (nights at home), so just over three months,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n MORE: $300m gone: James Packer reveals great Aussie fear<\/a><\/p>\n Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton of Scuderia Ferrari at Circuit de Monaco in May, 2025. Picture: Clive Rose\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n Record seven-time World Drivers\u2019 Champion Lewis Hamilton has not had a dream debut season at Ferrari, currently sitting sixth behind his teammate Charles Leclerc.<\/p>\n Hamilton is the richest driver in Formula One today, with an estimated net worth of $454.9m, according to GQ Australia. <\/p>\n Over the years he has put together an international property empire <\/a>worth over $250m.<\/p>\n He owns one property, a $24.5m mansion, in Monaco \u2013 reportedly in the Fontvieille District along the principality\u2019s coast.<\/p>\n MORE: Clarke\u2019s $20m bid after sad cancer update<\/a><\/p>\n Lewis Hamilton in Monaco in 2024. Picture: Portia Large.<\/p>\n More is known about his London base, a $38m pad in Kensington.<\/p>\n The suburb in London\u2019s West is best known for Kensington Palace Gardens, an exclusive strip which ambassadors and royals call home.<\/p>\n Hamilton\u2019s home features a large entertaining space, leading out to a grand garden and a summer house. The main residence boasts four reception rooms and two giant bathrooms.<\/p>\n Across the pond, Hamilton also owns a winter retreat in Colorado, as well as previously owning a New York City apartment which he sold for $69.1m in 2021. <\/p>\n MORE: Penthouse smashes Central Coast home price records<\/a><\/p>\n Lewis Hamilton\u2019s NYC apartment building, sold in 2021. Picture: The Grosby Group\/Backgrid. Sourced via The Daily Mail.<\/p>\n In an interview with the BBC, Hamilton said he regards the latter as his main home.<\/p>\n \u201cIn my winter, I go to the mountains [in Colorado], which I really see as my main home, because it\u2019s a house and it\u2019s full of love and memories from people, the family that come every winter,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cWhere I live in Monaco, it\u2019s been somewhere I go back to and I\u2019d call home but it lacks those memories.\u201d<\/p>\n Hamilton is also understood to have purchased properties along Lake Geneva, Switzerland and in Milan, Italy, according to reports. <\/p>\n MORE: Dirty move left family homeless before Xmas<\/a><\/p>\n Charles Leclerc Charles Leclerc of Ferrari is the F1\u2019s only Monaco native. Picture: Peter Fox\/Getty Images.<\/p>\n Hamilton\u2019s Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc also had a tough 2025, not picking up a single win despite seven podium finishes.<\/p>\n As the only driver actually from Monaco in Formula One, his Monegasque residence is not just for tax reasons. <\/p>\n Leclerc got engaged to French model and influencer Alexandra Saint Mleux in November, with the two living together in a Monaco apartment with views of the Mediterranean Sea, according to The Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n MORE: Price for \u2018haunted ruin\u2019 stuns auction crowd<\/a><\/p>\n Leclerc announced his engagement to model Alexandra Saint Mleux in November, with the help of their dog Leo. Picture: Instagram<\/p>\n While little else is known about his European residence, reports emerged <\/a>in May 2024 about the Ferrari driver buying up in the United States.<\/p>\n Leclerc purchased a waterfront home in Florida, at the Edition Residences in Miami\u2019s Edgewater neighbourhood.<\/p>\n MORE: Migrant, in Aus as student, has 56 homes <\/a><\/p>\n Leclerc bought up an off-the-plan Miami apartment at Edgewater\u2019s Edition Residences. Picture: Miami Edgewater.<\/p>\n He announced the stateside property play on social media. Picture: Instagram.<\/p>\n Announcing the move on Instagram, Leclerc said: \u201cMiami, feeling at home already \u2026 can\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n While the price he paid for the residence is undisclosed, The New York Post understands that the tower\u2019s sky residences \u2014 one of which Leclerc purchased \u2013 begin at $4.7m.<\/p>\n MORE: Suburbs with Aus\u2019 highest tolls revealed<\/a><\/p>\n MORE: $90m storm warning for NSW homeowners<\/a><\/p>\n MORE: Shock amount you\u2019ll be paying in rent within a decade<\/a><\/p>\n
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