Abu Dhabi F1: latest news from the final day of the Grand Prix season

Follow the latest developments for race weekend in our rolling coverage

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  Lewis Hamilton, centre, celebrates on the podium after winning the 2019 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. AP Photo

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  Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning the race. Reuters

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  Lewis Hamilton celebrates after winning. AP

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  Lewis Hamilton celebrates after the race. Reuters

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  Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc steers his car round the corner after the main straight. AP

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  Max Verstappen as the lights in the stands shine bright. Getty Images

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  Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton crosses the finish line. AP Photo

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  Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton leads at the start of the race. Reuters

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  Cars and mechanics are pictured on the grid ahead of the final race of the season. AFP

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  An aeronautical display is seen over the grid before the F1 Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi. Getty Images

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  2019 F1 drivers group photo before the race. Victor Besa / The National

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  Hamilton is pictured on the grid. AFP

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  Red Bull Racing Team Principal Christian Horner talks with Bernie Ecclestone, Chairman Emeritus of the Formula One Group, on the grid. Getty Images

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  Hamilton gives the thumbs up ahead of the final race. AFP

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  Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen, left, and Renault's Australian driver Daniel Ricciardo chat during the drivers parade. AFP

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  Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas on his way to the pits. Victor Besa / The National

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  Sportpesa's Lance Stroll arrives at the track. Victor Besa / The National

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  Sebastian Vettel of Ferrari arrives at the track. Victor Besa / The National

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  Antonio Giovinazzi of Alfa Romeo arrives at the track. Victor Besa / The National

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  A race engineer is tuning a Ferrari car. Victor Besa / The National

Formula One has rolled into the UAE for the 11th Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. There's racing, music, celebrity glitz and festivities happening all over the capital.

World champion Lewis Hamilton is on pole for the big race of the day as the F1 season reaches its conclusion, with the starting lights expected to go out at 5.10pm.

Follow the latest on track action from Yas Marina Circuit and what's happening from the concert venues in our live coverage below.