Abu Dhabi | The Formula One championship came down to a winner-take-all final race and one lap of racing in which Max Verstappen, the eager young rival, stormed past Lewis Hamilton to win his first title on Sunday (Monday AEDT) in a dramatic and controversial finish to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

For most of the race, Verstappen and his Red Bull team had no answer for the speed and efficiency of Mercedes’ Hamilton, who had led for most of the 58-lap race. After the safety car came out following a crash, FIA race director Michael Masi decided to allow lapped cars to overtake the safety car on the restart, with Red Bull boss Christian Horner urging him to do so over the track radios.

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