Lewis Hamilton brought the curtain down on his title-winning campaign in style with a Sunday evening cruise under the floodlights to victory in the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver, who wrapped up his fifth world championship with two races to spare at last month's Mexican Grand Prix, closed off the season by crossing the line 2.5 seconds ahead of his title rival Sebastian Vettel.

Max Verstappen took the final podium spot for Red Bull ahead of team-mate Daniel Ricciardo. The Australian took a shot at an unlikely victory, gambling on pitting late and racing past his rivals on fresher tyres, but ultimately had to settle for fourth, missing out on the podium by 2.6 seconds. Yesterday's win was Hamilton's 11th of a season that has seen the Briton join Juan Manuel Fangio and Michael Schumacher as one of only three drivers to have won five or more titles. It was also the 73rd win of the 33-year-old's career putting him just 18 wins short of Schumacher's all-time record haul of 91.