McLaren is staring down its first Formula One constructors’ championship since 1998, and drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri have given the team its best shot at clinching on Sunday, securing a 1-2 start for the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Lando Norris led a McLaren front-row sweep in qualifying for the season-ending Abu Dhabi grand prix on Saturday with the team perfectly placed to win their first Formula One constructors’ title since 1998.

The Monegasque driver trails Norris by only eight points in the race to be runner-up to Max Verstappen, but he has had a tough weekend with a bout of food poisoning followed by the hammer blow of getting a ten-place grid penalty for exceeding the number of battery parts used over the season.