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McLaren driver Lando Norris celebrates winning the world championship at the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit. All images Chris Whiteoak / The National -

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix -

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen during the race at Yas Marina Circuit -

McLaren driver Lando Norris finished third in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix to win the 2025 drivers' championship at the Yas Marina Circuit -

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen celebrates winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix -

Max Verstappen en route to winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit -

McLaren's Lando Norris during the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit. All images Chris Whiteoak / The National -

Start of the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit -

Max Verstappen at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix -

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen has his picture taken with the rest of the team at the Yas Marina Circuit ahead of the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix -

A flypast before the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix -

McLaren driver Lando Norris at the drivers' parade at Yas Marina Circuit -

Alpine driver Pierre Gasly and Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc -

Red Bull driver Max Verstappen with the rest of the team in Abu Dhabi -

Mercedes driver George Russell before the drivers' parade -

Aston Matin's Fernando Alonso and Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli -

Sauber's Gabriel Bortoleto and Haas driver Oliver Bearman -

The Red Bull team move Max Verstappen's car on race day at Yas Marina Circuit -

McLaren engineers work on the car on Sunday -

Visitors arrive for race day at the Yas Marina Circuit -

A fan looks at the world championship trophy at Yas Marina Circuit -

Fans arrive for the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix -

Nico Rosberg and Martin Brundle -

Oscar Piastri ahead of the race -

Social media creator Khaby Lame in the paddock at Yas Marina Circuit -

Terry Crews and Ronaldinho in Abu Dhabi
Metallica turn Etihad Park into a hometown show for the Middle East
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Metallica frontman James Hetfield salutes the crowd at Etihad Park, during Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend. All photos: Ethara -

Metallica performed with scintillating precision and drive at their after-race concert -

The concert featured some of the renowned metal band's greatest hits -

Metallica treated fans in Abu Dhabi to songs including Creeping Death and For Whom the Bell Tolls -

The band have rocked Etihad Park on three occasions -

Lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo on stage -

Metallica are among the after-race headline acts at the F1 finale in Abu Dhabi -

Thousands packed into the venue on Yas Island to see the band in action -

Hetfield and Hammett on stage at Etihad Park -

Metallica remain a powerful on-stage presence after 40 years at the forefront of heavy metal
Paddock Club and Pit lane walk experience at the F1
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The pit lane during practice day at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit. All Photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National -

F1 Paddock club. photo: Simon Wilgress-Pipe for The National -

F1 Paddock club. photo: Simon Wilgress-Pipe for The National -

F1 Paddock club. photo: Simon Wilgress-Pipe for The National -

F1 Paddock club. photo: Simon Wilgress-Pipe for The National -

F1 Paddock club. photo: Simon Wilgress-Pipe for The National -

McLaren driver Lando Norris arrives for practice day -

Red Bull driver Isack Hadjar arrives -

The Alpine team perform a tyre change -

The Alpine team during practice day -

The Aston Martin pit-lane crew -

Some of the Alpine pit crew -

Williams driver Carlos Sainz arrives -

The McLaren pit crew
