{"id":359710,"date":"2025-12-21T12:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T12:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/359710\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T12:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T12:42:08","slug":"the-true-champion-of-2025-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/359710\/","title":{"rendered":"The True Champion of 2025 Season"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone is naming Max Verstappen as the Driver of the Year for 2025, even British publications, who normally are biased toward British drivers.<\/p>\n

The Mirror\u2019s Daniel Moxon<\/a> attended every 2025 race and has shared his personal end-of-season awards. Despite British driver Lando Norris winning the World Drivers Championship (because he had a superior car), Moxon and others maintain that Max Verstappen is head and shoulders above the rest.<\/p>\n

The Mirror is one of Britain\u2019s most trusted news brands. Since 1903 they have brought words and pictures from the most important world events to millions of readers both in print and, more recently, online.<\/p>\n

McLaren dominated the Constructors\u2019 Championship, winning it early and finishing way ahead of everyone else. Lando Norris became the Drivers\u2019 Champion, but he had tough battles with his teammate Oscar Piastri, Max Verstappen, and George Russell.<\/p>\n

Related Article:\u00a0Formula 1 News: Experts agree, Verstappen, not Norris was Driver of the Year<\/a><\/p>\n

Moxon\u2019s Votes
\nDriver of the Year: Max Verstappen<\/p>\n

Even though he didn\u2019t win the championship, Max Verstappen was the best driver overall. He won 8 races\u2014more than Norris or Piastri\u2014and finished super close to the title despite Red Bull\u2019s challenges. He made the most of every opportunity.<\/p>\n

To crystallize Verstappen\u2019s dominance amid the controversy, consider these irrefutable stats from his Herculean campaign:
\u2013 Most Wins:\u00a08 by Verstappen
\u2013 Most Poles:\u00a08 by Verstappen
\u2013 Most Driver of the Days:\u00a08 by Verstappen
\u2013 Most Laps Led:\u00a0454 by Verstappen
\u2013 Most Consecutive Podiums:\u00a010 by Verstappen
\u2013 Biggest Comeback in F1 History:\u00a0From a 104-point deficit to a 2-point runner-up finish
\u2013 Fastest Lap in F1 History:\u00a0Set by Verstappen at Monza in Qualifying and in the race
\u2013 Fastest Race in F1 History:\u00a0Monza, won by Verstappen<\/p>\n

Related Article:\u00a0Norris won the title, but everyone knows Verstappen the real champion<\/a><\/p>\n

Team of the Year: McLaren<\/p>\n

They poached design engineer Rob Marshall from Red Bull, and he made McLaren\u2019s comeback amazing. Just two years ago, they were way off the pace. With Marshall now, they\u2019ve won back-to-back Constructors\u2019 titles and finished 364 points ahead of second place. Their car was strong all year.<\/p>\n

Race of the Year: British Grand Prix at Silverstone<\/p>\n

Silverstone delivered again, especially with rain making things wild. There were strategy mistakes, crashes, and exciting action. Lando Norris won his home race in front of a reported 500,000 fans over the 4-day weekend, and Nico Hulkenberg finally got his first podium after a record 239 starts.<\/p>\n

Overtake of the Year: Verstappen on Norris at Zandvoort<\/p>\n

Verstappen went around the outside of Norris at Turn 2, slid wildly but saved it without crashing\u2014and kept the position. It was an incredible move.<\/p>\n

Runners-up: Verstappen on Piastri at Imola (made everyone gasp) and Piastri on Lewis Hamilton in Melbourne (a bold outside pass at high speed).<\/p>\n

Rookie of the Year: Isack Hadjar
\n\"\"Max Verstappen\u2019s previous victims. Will Hadjar be next? Likely. The rookie of the year becomes Verstappen\u2019s teammate in 2026. Image by MV33Racing on X
\nFlop of the Year: Lewis Hamilton<\/p>\n

Hamilton\u2019s first year at Ferrari was a huge disappointment. After all the hype, he had few highlights (like a Sprint win in Shanghai) and struggled. It was one of the toughest seasons for a seven-time champion. He certainly misses that extra 50 hp and superior Aldo Costa designed chassis that made him unbeatable at Mercedes.<\/p>\n

\"IsIs Lewis Hamilton Washed-Up?
\nMost Improved: Carlos Sainz Jr.<\/p>\n

He was a winner at Ferrari yet lost his ride to washed up Lewis Hamilton who was the \u2018flop\u2019 of the year.\u00a0 At Williams, he brought the team podiums they had no business winning.<\/p>\n

Numpty (Silly) of the Year: John Elkann (Ferrari Chairman)<\/p>\n

Ferrari\u2019s boss claimed everything was fine except the drivers, who should \u201ctalk less.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Everyone is naming Max Verstappen as the Driver of the Year for 2025, even British publications, who normally…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":359711,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-359710","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-formula-1","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-f1","11":"tag-formula-1","12":"tag-formula1","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359710","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359710"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359710\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359710"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359710"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359710"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}