: Abu Dhabi GP: Max Verstappen crowned world champion despite Mercedes' protests #IndiaNEWS Max Verstappen emerged from a Formula One season like no other as a worthy world champion, the Dutch driver

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Abu Dhabi GP: Max Verstappen crowned world champion despite Mercedes' protests #IndiaNEWS
Max Verstappen emerged from a Formula One season like no other as a worthy world champion, the Dutch driver prising the crown from Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of the final race on Sunday.The road to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was marked by moments of high drama, but no one could have predicted the best would be saved till last.The tension spilled over from the track to the stewards’ room when Mercedes lodged appeals against the outcome, both of which were rejected.The German team, which had the consolation of winning an unprecedented eighth consecutive constructors’ title, announced their intention to lodge one final appeal, so the drivers’ title could still end in the hands of lawyers.With a handful of laps to go in the title decider, Hamilton had his hands on an unprecedented eighth world title.As the 36-year-old Briton coasted towards a win that would have bettered Michael Schumacher’s seven world crowns, Red Bull team principal Christian Horner was heard to say: “We need a miracle.�It came in the unlikely shape of Nicholas Latifi, who crashed his Williams four laps from the end, triggering the appearance of the safety car. Verstappen promptly pulled into the pits for new tyres, while Hamilton did not.When racing resumed...Read more

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