Max Verstappen Wins Championship

Date: December 12, 2021 • Location: Rome, Italy

At the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Max Verstappen overtook Lewis Hamilton on the final lap to become World Drivers' Champion.

The 2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 12 December 2021 at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and the 13th edition of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. Contested over 58 laps, it was the twenty-second and final round of the 2021 Formula One World Championship. The race decided both the Drivers' and Constructors' championships; Max Verstappen of the Red Bull Racing team and Lewis Hamilton of the Mercedes-AMG Petronas team both entered the race on 369.5 points, with Verstappen clinching his maiden Drivers' title while Mercedes-AMG Petronas won a record-breaking eighth consecutive Constructors' championship.