Verstappen Wins 1st F1 Title With Last Lap Pass of Hamilton

Verstappen Wins 1st F1 Title With Last Lap Pass of Hamilton
Red Bull driver Max Verstappen of the Netherlands celebrates on the podium after becoming F1 drivers world champion after winning the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, on Dec. 12. 2021. Kamran Jebreili/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates—The most dramatic Formula One season in years ended, of course, in one of the most dramatic finishes possible when Max Verstappen snatched the world championship away from Lewis Hamilton with a pass on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi GP.

Mercedes filed two protests after the race, which were dismissed more than four hours after the race and Verstappen’s first world championship was upheld.