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Race winner Max Verstappen of the Netherlands and Red Bull Racing celebrates in the parc ferme during the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix at Yas Marina Circuit. (Photo by Hamad I Mohammed – Pool / Getty Images)
• Max Verstappen led from the opening to win the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
• McLaren took third place in the constructors’ championship.
• Sergio Pérez of Racing Point ended his F1 career on the side of the track with a mechanical failure.
Max Verstappen won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Formula 1 Grand Prix from pole position for Red Bull on Sunday.
The champions Mercedes completed the podium spots in a processional race with Valtteri Bottas second and seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton third.
Verstappen’s success under the Yas Marina spotlight ended a six-game winning streak at the Mercedes Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and was the 23-year-old Dutchman’s second win of the season and the tenth of his career.
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