In a thrilling and tense Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, it was Mercedes driver and outgoing Formula 1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton took the advantage and he never looked back. Hamilton was on pole for Sunday's race. Hamilton took the advantage at the start and comfortably lead and despite holding up the traffic at the end to try and win his forth world championship it wasn't enough for Hamilton to retain his title. However, it did concluded with a race win in this seasons Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for Hamilton's tenth race win of the season.
While, Hamilton's team-mate Nico Rosberg finished in second place in the other Mercedes to give the team its eighth one-two finish of the season, Rosberg was four tenths of a second behind Hamilton at the end.
Despite Hamilton holding up the traffic at the end attempting to get Rosberg to finish outside the top three with a charging Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen behind him. Second place was enough to give Nico Rosberg his first F1 World Drivers Championship title and five points ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton. Becoming the second son of a former champion (Keke Rosberg winning the title back in 1982), after Damon Hill winning the F1 drivers' title in 1996. Contractions to Nico Rosberg for winning his first World Drivers' title.
Meanwhile, Sebastian Vettel finished in third place in the Ferrari to complete the podium, Vettel was eight tenths of a second behind Hamilton at the end of the fifty-five lap race.
Rate the Teams and Drivers
Mercedes - 8
Lewis Hamilton - 9 (pole and race win)
Nico Rosberg - 8 (finished second)
Ferrari - 8
Sebastian Vettel - 9 (finished third and fastest lap)
Kimi Räikkönen - 7 (finished sixth)
Williams - 6
Valtteri Bottas - 6 (DNF, Suspension)
Felipe Massa - 7 (finished ninth)
Red Bull Racing - 8
Daniel Ricciardo - 7 (finished fifth)
Max Verstappen - 9 (finished fourth)
Force India - 6
Nico Hülkenberg - 8 (finished seventh)
Sergio Pérez - 7 (finished eighth)
Renault - 5
Kevin Magnussen - 5 (DNF, Collision damage from Daniil Kvyat)
Jolyon Palmer - 5 (finished seventeenth, lap down)
Toro Rosso - 4
Carlos Sainz Jr. - 4 (DNF, Collision damage from Jolyon Palmer)
Daniil Kvyat - 5 (DNF, Gearbox failure)
Sauber - 5
Marcus Ericsson - 5 (finished fifteenth, lap down)
Felipe Nasr - 5 (finished sixteenth, lap down)
McLaren - 6
Fernando Alonso - 7 (finished tenth)
Jenson Button - 6 (DNF, Steering failure)
Manor - 8
Esteban Ocon - 8 (finished thirteenth, lap down)
Pascal Wehrlein - 8 (finished fourteenth, lap down)
Haas - 6
Romain Grosjean - 6 (finished eleventh)
Esteban Gutiérrez - 6 (finished twelfth)
Now bring on 2017, for another season of Formula 1. Only three and a half months to go.
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