Max Verstappen is on pole for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, beating runner-up Lando Norris by 0.201s – sublime pace from the Red Bull driver, who even improved on his second lap without a tow. 

Oscar Piastri is third but, I’m sure to Max’s dismay, George Russell is only fourth. As it stands, Norris is world champion.

Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing

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• David Agretelis Records a Repeat Overall HSR Feature Race Victory Saturday with the Outright and GT Classic (GTC) Wins in His 901 Shop 1973 No. 92 Porsche 911 RSR in the B.R.M Chronographes Endurance Challenge
• Mike SkeenTops 39-Car Field to Win Saturday’s Feature HSR Mission GT Challenge Sprint Race in the 2019 No. 62 Porsche Type 991.2 GT2 911 RS/CS
• Ryan Gemmell Returns to Victory Lane in The NEMCO Motorsports 2009 No. 6 Toyota Camry as HSR NASCAR Classic is Back in Action at Sebring to Closeout 2025 Season

SEBRING, Florida (December 6, 2025) – Earlier this weekend, winning HSR driver David Agretelis borrowed a Porsche engine from teammate Todd Treffert. Now Agretelis is grabbing the headlines from his 901 Shop stablemate.

Agretelis rolled to his second-straight HSR feature race victory Saturday with the outright and GT Classic (GTC) division wins in His 901 Shop 1973 No. 92 Porsche 911 RSR in the B.R.M Chronographes Endurance Challenge one-hour race. Agretelis topped a 25 car field in the B.R.M race, a strong follow up to his Friday triumph over 37 other competitors for both the overall and Porsche-class wins in the SascoSports American/International Challenge presented by Hoosier sprint race.

Such weekend sweeps at Sebring are familiar achievements for Treffert – a perennial HSR race winner and champion – but the veteran HSR competitor has called it a year and is not at Sebring this weekend after already putting a solid racing season in the books. A highlight was at March’s HSR Classic Sebring 12 Hour presented by Mission Foods where Treffert and Agretelis each won their first HSR Classic Endurance Championship presented by Mission Foods races after years of trying.

The dual Sebring success was a springboard to great seasons for both drivers, but Agretelis would have missed this weekend’s finale if Treffert hadn’t selflessly loaned him one of his Porsche powerplants after Agretelis’ engine faltered in Thursday’s practice. The end result for Agretelis was nothing short of perfect.

Agretelis shared the winner’s rostrum in Saturday morning’s B.R.M. race with overall second-place finisher and Historic class winner Gil West in his Vintage Racing Co. 1997 No. 44 Porsche 993 RSR. The Vintage class win was secured by the always quick Jamie Busby who crossed the finish line a solid fourth overall in his KMW Motorsports 1970 No. 88 Porsche 914/6.

Another strong field took the green flag in Saturday’s featured HSR Mission GT Challenge sprint that followed the weekend’s opening ceremonies, complete with a Fly Over and Presentation of Colors by Highlands County Composite Squadron FL-314 of the Civil Air Patrol U.S. Air Force Auxiliary.

The win in the 39-car field went to Mike Skeen in the Jacalone Brothers 2019 No. 62 Porsche Type 991.2 GT2 911 RS/CS. Skeen prevailed in a nice all-pro battle with Aston Martin Team Valkyrie GTP driver Roman De Angelis, who was reunited with the same Mark Motors Racing 2019 No. 79 Porsche 991.2 GT3 Cup he drove in IMSA and Canadian Porsche GT3 Cup competition six years ago.

Perhaps the most impressive drive of the race was HSR Champion driver Ben Myers stepping up to join the pair of accomplished professional drivers on the podium with a lead-pack third-place finish in his 2017 Type 991.2 No.29 Porsche 911 GT3 Cup prepared by the 901 Shop.

Another Saturday highlight was the first HSR NASCAR Classic race weekend since the VIRginia International Raceway (VIR) round in September. The return of big-iron NASCAR thunder to Sebring was a welcome sight and sound.

Picking up his winning ways right where he left off, Ryan Gemmell scored the overall victory in his NEMCO Motorsports 2009 No. 6 Toyota Camry.

Camden Murphy finished second in a similar NEMCO 2006 No. 87 Toyota Camry while Patrick Womack pulled off another NASCAR Classic podium finish in his ex-FedEx Joe Gibbs Racing NEMCO-prepared 2014 No. 11 Toyota Camry.

In addition to a full schedule of season-ending HSR races, a Sunday highlight at Pistons & Props will be the exit parade of this weekend’s attending historic airplanes from the Sebring circuit false grid back to Sebring Regional Airport to prepare for their respective flights home. The planes will begin to parade out of the paddock and back to the airport for departure on Sunday, December 7, at 11:40 a.m. EST.

For complete information on the HSR Sebring Pistons & Props event weekend, including the event schedule, entry list and ticket information, visit the Official Event Page here.

About HSR: An International Motor Sports Association (IMSA) property, Historic Sportscar Racing (HSR) was formed in the mid-1970s with an event at Road Atlanta. There was one goal then and it remains true today: to celebrate the racing cars from the past. As a “time machine” of sights and sounds, HSR provides a venue for competitors and spectators alike to share in the wonderful history and excitement created by the cars that competed at race tracks around the world. HSR currently sanctions eight vintage and historic racing events at some of the world’s most renowned race tracks, including Road Atlanta, Sebring International Raceway, Daytona International Speedway and more. The complete schedule and full event information can be found on HSR’s website at www.HSRRace.com. Look for the HSR Channel on YouTube and follow HSR on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/HSRrace/ and on Twitter X at @HSR_race and Instagram @HistoricSportscarRacing.

McLaren driver Lando Norris held his nerve but could not hold back the tears after clinching his first Formula 1 title at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Sunday.

Red Bull driver and defending champion Max Verstappen won the race with Norris placing third behind his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in second, which allowed Norris to finish two points ahead of Verstappen in the season-long standings.

“It’s incredible. It is pretty surreal. I’ve dreamed of this for a long, long time,” said the 26-year-old Norris, who started his F1 career as a test and reserve driver with McLaren. “I feel like I did my part for the team this year and I’m very proud of myself for that. I’m even more proud for everyone who I hopefully made cry.”

Norris became Britain’s 11th F1 champion, a racing journey that began with kart racing when he was 8 years old. The first of his 11 F1 race wins came last year, when he finished second overall in the standings.

Piastri was also in contention for his first F1 title and finished third in the standings, 13 points behind Norris, who ended the season with seven wins and 423 points.

Hamilton’s 16th-place result represents progress from recent outings when he crossed the line in 20th (dead last) in Las Vegas and 17th in Qatar, reports the Mirror US.

“I don’t have the words to describe the feeling inside me,” he stated after the race. “There is just an unbearable amount of anger and rage. There is not really much I can say about it.”

Hamilton had previously triumphed five times at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi. He’ll conclude the 2025 season far removed from championship contention once more. Following Las Vegas, Hamilton labeled this his “worst season ever. “I feel terrible, terrible. It’s been the worst season ever,” he declared. “No matter how much I try, it keeps getting worse. I’m trying everything, in and out of the car.”

Verstappen, however, sits 12 points behind Lando Norris heading into Sunday’s championship finale that could deny him a remarkable fifth consecutive F1 title. He emerged triumphant in that Las Vegas showdown.

He secured pole position on Saturday with a razor-thin 0.03-second margin, setting himself up perfectly for Sunday’s decisive race. “We found a bit more lap time, and I am incredibly happy to be in first,” he remarked after the session. “That’s the only thing we can do, we can control, to maximise what we have and what we can with the car, and we definitely did that in qualifying.”

1996 world champion Damon Hill showered the gifted Red Bull ace with acclaim during his BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra appearance on Saturday. “Max Verstappen just piled on the pressure on everyone; he just kept on getting better,” he declared. “He’s just a machine, Red Bull are just so strong, and they have done everything they need to do.”