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In the Driver’s Seat
What a brilliant showdown McLaren and Ferrari delivered in Abu Dhabi
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McLaren's Lando Norris and McLaren's Oscar Piastri celebrate with their teammates after Norris wins the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and McLaren the constructors' title.
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If ever there was a great screenplay to showcase the history of Formula One, it’s a showdown between the sport’s two longest-established contestants: Ferrari versus McLaren.
Enzo Ferrari’s purist company prided itself on making its own chassis, engine and gearbox. Bruce McLaren’s team who followed Ferrari 16 years later, in 1966, mated a self-built chassis with proprietary engines and gearboxes and achieved similar or better results.
