Hamilton passes the McLaren baton to Norris after sharing him advice

15:14, 08 Dec

byKada Sarkozi

Lewis Hamilton is no longer the last McLaren driver to win the drivers' title in Formula 1. The seven-time world champion was happy to congratulate Lando Norris after the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

"I'm really, really happy for him, he did such a great job this season."

- Lewis Hamilton

Hamilton won his first Formula 1 title with McLaren back in the 2008 season. He was the last person to do that until Norris crossed the finish line in Abu Dhabi a day ago.

The Ferrari driver told GPblog after the race: "I'm really, really happy for him, he did such a great job this season.

"I told him going into the weekend just continue doing you. What you've been doing works so don't change it going to the weekend and just take it one corner at a time, that's what he did.

"Great to see another great win the championship and awesome for the sport it went right down to the last race."

Norris in Abu Dhabi - Photo: Race Pictures

Hamilton was also asked about McLaren getting back to winning ways in this respect as well. He added: "It's great to see McLaren back up there."

Norris is now the eighth driver to win the title with the Woking-based team, joining the illustrious list of Emerson Fittipaldi, James Hunt, Niki Lauda, Alain Prost, Ayrton Senna, Mika Hakkinen, and Hamilton.

Hamilton ready to switch off completely

The seven-time world champion had a long and challenging debut year with Ferrari in 2025.

He also explained that he is looking forward to the break to disconnect. Hamilton explained: "I won't have my phone with me. I'm looking forward to that. It's completely unplugged from the matrix."

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