Max Verstappen caps fine year with Abu Dhabi glory as Lewis Hamilton limps home

DOMINANT: Max Verstappen won the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Pic: Hussein Malla/AP

Max Verstappen completed his championship year by taking victory at Formula One’s season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – as Lewis Hamilton’s record of winning in every season of his career went up in smoke when he retired with three laps remaining.

Verstappen finished 8.7 seconds clear of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who made a one-stop strategy work to secure runner-up spot in the standings, ahead of Sergio Perez.