Nico Rosberg ends season on a high with third-in-row win

Nico Rosberg wants to begin his quest for a maiden Formula One championship, having just brought down the curtain on his 2015 campaign with victory in Abu Dhabi.

Rosberg, returning to the Yas Marina Circuit for the first time since he lost to Lewis Hamilton in last year’s title decider, won emphatically, sealing a hat-trick of consecutive grands prix victories for the first time in his career.

The German, also on a streak of six straight pole positions, has now won every round since he gift-wrapped the title to Hamilton, at last month’s United States Grand Prix — a stark contrast to much of the season, which Hamilton has dominated.