In a shocking in a single day growth, the highest two drivers within the 2025 Formulation 1 factors standings had been disqualified from Saturday’s .
McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri had been stripped of their locations within the standings and the accompanying factors when stewards decided 5 hours after the end of the Saturday, Nov. 22 race that they each had extreme skid plank put on.
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Norris, , had his lead within the total standings lower to 24 factors, whereas Piastri, who got here in fourth, is now tied with Verstappen with solely two races remaining within the 2025 season.
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Lewis Hamilton of Nice Britain and Scuderia Ferrari arriving in to the paddock throughout qualifying forward of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Nov. 21, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Formulation 1 returns to Las Vegas, remodeling the Strip into racetrack
Lewis Hamilton of Nice Britain and Scuderia Ferrari arriving in to the paddock throughout qualifying forward of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Nov. 21, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Formulation 1 returns to Las Vegas, remodeling the Strip into racetrack
Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Oracle Purple Bull Racing and Yuki Tsunoda of Japan and Oracle Purple Bull Racing stroll within the Paddock previous to remaining apply forward of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Nov. 21, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Formulation 1 returns to Las Vegas, remodeling the Strip into racetrack
Showgirls within the Paddock previous to remaining apply forward of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Nov. 21, 2025 in Las Vegas.
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Formulation 1 returns to Las Vegas, remodeling the Strip into racetrack
Ben Affleck arrives within the Paddock previous to remaining apply forward of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Nov. 21, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Formulation 1 returns to Las Vegas, remodeling the Strip into racetrack
A Las Vegas Welcomes F1 Academy signal is seen within the Paddock throughout F1 Academy Spherical 7, race 1 at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Nov. 21, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Formulation 1 returns to Las Vegas, remodeling the Strip into racetrack
Yuki Tsunoda of Japan driving the (22) Oracle Purple Bull Racing RB21 on observe throughout apply forward of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Nov. 20, 2025 in Las Vegas.
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Formulation 1 returns to Las Vegas, remodeling the Strip into racetrack
Haas F1 Crew driver Oliver Bearman (87) throughout apply for the Las Vegas Grand Prix at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Nov. 20, 2025.
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Formulation 1 returns to Las Vegas, remodeling the Strip into racetrack
Max Verstappen of the Netherlands driving the (1) Oracle Purple Bull Racing RB21 on observe throughout apply forward of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Nov. 20, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Formulation 1 returns to Las Vegas, remodeling the Strip into racetrack
Lewis Hamilton of Nice Britain driving the (44) Scuderia Ferrari SF-25 on observe throughout apply forward of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Nov. 20, 2025 in Las Vegas.
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Formulation 1 returns to Las Vegas, remodeling the Strip into racetrack
Aurelia Nobels of Brazil and ART Grand Prix (22) on observe throughout qualifying forward of F1 Academy Spherical 7 at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Nov. 20, 2025 in Las Vegas.
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Formulation 1 returns to Las Vegas, remodeling the Strip into racetrack
Alexander Albon of Thailand and Williams prepares to drive within the storage throughout apply forward of the F1 Grand Prix of Las Vegas at Las Vegas Strip Circuit on Nov. 20, 2025 in Las Vegas.
“It’s irritating to lose so many factors,” Norris stated in a workforce assertion.
“As a workforce, we’re all the time pushing to seek out as a lot efficiency as we are able to, and we clearly didn’t get that stability proper as we speak. Nothing I can do will change that now, as an alternative full focus switches to Qatar, the place we’ll goal to exit and ship the very best efficiency in each session.”
Verstappen has now received 4 of the seven races for the reason that circuit returned from its summer season break, turning what appeared like Norris’ cruise to a season-long title right into a doubtlessly nail-biting end.
Contributing: Reuters
