• Verstappen overtakes champion on final lap after safety car
  • Hamilton had led for most of race before dramatic late twist

Max Verstappen has won his first Formula One world title after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, edging out championship rival Lewis Hamilton in a dramatic and controversial final-lap shootout.

Hamilton was able to keep his fierce rival at arm’s length after overtaking him on the first lap, before the safety car came out after Nicholas Latifi crashed out with six laps to go. That left Verstappen right behind him when the race restarted, and the Red Bull man took his chance to win in extraordinary fashion, overtaking on the final lap.

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