F1 2025 season highlights: Fans crown Nico Hulkenberg's podium and Lando Norris's title as top moments

Formula 1 fans have voted to choose their top moment from the 2025 season. Nico Hulkenberg's long-awaited first F1 podium finish at the British Grand Prix took the top spot on Facebook and Instagram, and Lando Norris's first drivers' title received the most votes on X.

Held across a number of days, Motorsport.com asked fans to vote for their favourite moments. Starting with 16 moments, the fan votes whittled it down to two before the final round of votes determined the winners.

The moments fans could vote on included:

• The drivers' LEGO race in Miami
• Carlos Sainz's podium at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix
• Hulkenberg's podium at the British Grand Prix
• McLaren's constructors' championship
• Isack Hadjar's podium at the Dutch Grand Prix
• Max Verstappen versus George Russell at the Spanish Grand Prix
• Oscar Piastri's crash on the opening lap of the Azerbaijan Grand Prix
• Lewis Hamilton's Chinese sprint race win
• McLaren's Las Vegas double disqualification
• Christian Horner's Red Bull exit
• Norris and Piastri's Canada crash
• Red Bull's driver swap
• Verstappen's drive from pitlane to podium in Brazil
• The F1 movie release
• Norris's drivers' championship title
• Andrea Kimi Antonelli's podium at the Canadian Grand Prix

Nico Hulkenberg's first F1 podium

Nico Hulkenberg endured a chaotic wet-weather British Grand Prix to drive from 19th on the grid to third, claiming his first F1 podium. Having set the record for the longest time before finishing on the podium at 5593 days, the German driver was understandably emotional about reaching the milestone.

"It's been an emotional roller coaster this weekend, being virtually last [on Saturday], so a pretty bad day to one of the best days of my career - it's obviously a lot to take in," he said after the race.

"That race was intense, with all the changes of conditions, it was sketchy," he added. "A high-speed track with changeable conditions is never easy.

"While I'm happy and relieved, I'm mostly tired, and looking forward to getting home, to be honest."

Lando Norris's first F1 drivers' championship title

Lando Norris secured his first F1 drivers' championship title in 2025. Having been fighting his McLaren team-mate for the majority of the season, a late surge from Red Bull's Verstappen posed a threat to the Briton's title challenge.

The championship went down to the season finale at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. While Verstappen won the race, Norris's third-place finish was enough to claim the title with two points over the Dutchman.

"Oh God, I have not cried in a while," Norris said directly after the title-decider. "I didn't think I would cry but I did.

"It has been a long journey. I want to thank my guys, everyone at McLaren, my parents, my mum, my dad, they are the ones who have supported me since the beginning."