The first Sunday of December saw the velvet screen of the 2025 F1 season wrap up at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Maxverstappen of Red Bull won the stage, but the championship was named after Lando Norris from McLaren- Mercedes. Just likeverstappen overthrew Lewis Hamilton in 2021 to win the championship for 4 consecutive seasons, Norris' victory is also the result of a resilient, persistent season, competing against many challenges.
Norris was not out of luck. After starting with the first leg of the season, he went 6 consecutive legs without a win. Then he was passedverstappen and his teammate Oscar Piastri, eliminated from Las Vegas for technical errors, lost points in Qatar due to mistaken tactics... But the 26-year-old racer was not defeated. After each stumble is a lesson, take advantage of each car upgrade, calm down to stand firm in the breathtaking three-horse race with verstappen and Piastri. And in the final stage, just needing to finish 3rd, he became the new king of F1 in the 2025 season with 2 points ahead ofverstappen.
This victory is a joy for Norris and the McLaren- Mercedes team, but it has more meaning than that. It reminds everyone, especially young people, that challenges come not to avoid. Life will lead you to barriers, falls, moments of lack of breath, or many days of feeling "efforced but not coming", but in reality, those are still the necessary, must-be parts, on the journey to maturity, the journey to find meaningful rewards for your life.
A big challenge always comes with a worthy reward. Maybe sometimes it is not a title, but a more resilient version of oneself. Dude to choose difficult things, dare to step into experiences that make you shudder, that is the way to exploit the hidden potentials within.
If they give up after 6 rounds of not winning, if they let their will be eroded after 2 stages of not being able to complete, if they lose their spirit after being eliminated in Las Vegas, could Norris have won on December 7? You can do the same, not trying to avoid life's storms but choosing to go through them. Amidst the fog, smoke and fire, there is always a way out, there are solutions, waiting at the end of the road are great rewards.
