Abu Dhabi Grand Prix: Hamilton wins Rosberg is Champion

Lewis Hamilton did all he had to do at the season deciding Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, powering to a convincing victory while trying all he could to back his Mercedes teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg into the path of pursuing Sebastian Vettel and Max Verstappen – but it was not enough…

Rosberg managed to keep both the Ferrari of Vettel, as well as the Red Bull of Verstappen, at bay to finish second and with it claim the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship title.

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Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Yas Marina Circuit – Sunday, Race Result

POS	NO	DRIVER	CAR	LAPS	TIME/RETIRED	PTS
1	44	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	55	1:38:04.013	25
2	6	Nico Rosberg	MERCEDES	55	+0.439s	18
3	5	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI	55	+0.843s	15
4	33	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER	55	+1.685s	12
5	3	Daniel Ricciardo	RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER	55	+5.315s	10
6	7	Kimi Räikkönen	FERRARI	55	+18.816s	8
7	27	Nico Hulkenberg	FORCE INDIA MERCEDES	55	+50.114s	6
8	11	Sergio Perez	FORCE INDIA MERCEDES	55	+58.776s	4
9	19	Felipe Massa	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	55	+59.436s	2
10	14	Fernando Alonso	MCLAREN HONDA	55	+59.896s	1
11	8	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI	55	+76.777s	0
12	21	Esteban Gutierrez	HAAS FERRARI	55	+95.113s	0
13	31	Esteban Ocon	MRT MERCEDES	54	+1 lap	0
14	94	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT MERCEDES	54	+1 lap	0
15	9	Marcus Ericsson	SAUBER FERRARI	54	+1 lap	0
16	12	Felipe Nasr	SAUBER FERRARI	54	+1 lap	0
17	30	Jolyon Palmer	RENAULT	54	+1 lap	0
NC	55	Carlos Sainz	TORO ROSSO FERRARI	41	DNF	0
NC	26	Daniil Kvyat	TORO ROSSO FERRARI	14	DNF	0
NC	22	Jenson Button	MCLAREN HONDA	12	DNF	0
NC	77	Valtteri Bottas	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	6	DNF	0
NC	20	Kevin Magnussen	RENAULT	5	DNF	0

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