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Norris will arrive at the season finale with 408 points, just 12 more than Verstappen. Piastri is a further four points behind on 392, making his championship charge mathematically possible, but increasingly unlikely.
Essentially, if Norris finishes on the podium at Yas Marina, he will be world champion. It wouldn’t matter where his two rivals cross the line – a top three result is all he needs to wrap it up nicely.
Verstappen would have been knocked out of the fight entirely if he hadn't outscored the McLarens this weekend, but his confident drive to P1 has allowed him to leapfrog Piastri in the standings and increase his chances of taking a fifth consecutive world championship.
His turnaround from his unrelenting struggle with bouncing before the Qatar Grand Prix means that a victory in Abu Dhabi, combined with a maximum fourth place result for Norris, would grant the Dutchman the title – a pretty magnificent comeback considering he was 104 points off the lead at one stage in the season.
The Australian admitted himself after the Qatar Grand Prix that he would "need a lot of things to go in my direction" in order to still be in with a shot, but the fact that he rediscovered his form this weekend certainly helps his case.
Norris won last season's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, but if he can't repeat the achievement and has a disastrous race, Piastri would have to rely on some other teams – like Mercedes or maybe Ferrari – putting on a great performance to put some space between him and Verstappen.
He can only win the title if he takes the chequered flag first or second, with his two competitors both failing to finish on the podium.
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