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A race engineer is tuning a Ferrari car. Victor Besa / The National
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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
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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
Ruthless Lewis Hamilton wins Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
World champion seals 11th victory of the season after leading from start to finish at Yas Marina Circuit
Simon Wilgress Pipe
01 December, 2019
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