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Max Verstappen became the first Dutchman ever to win the Formula One world championship title when he won a dramatic season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit on Sunday.
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The Red Bull driver won his 10th race of the season to finish ahead of seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton.
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Red Bull's Dutch driver Max Verstappen drives at the Yas Marina Circuit during the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix.
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Etihad airways flyover at the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit.
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Max Verstappen of Red Bull Celebrate after winning the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit.
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Hamilton and Verstappen started side-by-side for one final trip around Yas Marina Circuit and the British driver surged to the lead. Verstappen stalked him through the first four turns then made his pass in turn five and pulled away in his Red Bull.
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Lewis Hamilton was cruising past Michael Schumacher's record of seven titles Sunday in a race he controlled until Nicholas Latifi crashed with five laps remaining. F1 sent out the safety car for a cleanup and resumed the race with one lap remaining.
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Multiple rival drivers headed to the grid to congratulate Verstappen as Hamilton sat motionless inside his Mercedes. The defeat ended his reign of four consecutive titles and denied Hamilton a chance to pass Schumacher as best all-time in F1.
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Formula One drivers from all the teams during the End Of Year F1 Drivers' Photograph at the season ending Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit.
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"My goal when I was little was to be a Formula One driver," said Verstappen after the finish in Abu Dhabi.
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Fans at the season ending Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit.
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Red Bull's Max Verstappen arrives at the circuit before the race with his girlfriend Kelly Piquet.
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Formula One drivers from all the teams during the drivers track parade at the season ending Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit.
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Lewis Hamilton before the race.
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Alfa Romeo driver Kimi Raikkonen of Finland, left, shakes hands with Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands during a drivers parade before the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi.
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Formula One drivers from all the teams during the drivers track parade at the season ending Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit.
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Alfa Romeo's Finnish driver Kimi Raikkonen walks back in his team's hospitality after he retired from the race at the Yas Marina Circuit during the Abu Dhabi Formula One Grand Prix.
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Fans at the season ending Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit.
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Fans at the season ending Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit.
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