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Verstappen, 24, became the first driver from the Netherlands to win the World Championship and the first to do so with a Honda engine.
The Dutch Max Verstappen (Red Bull), was proclaimed this Sunday, for the first time, Formula One world champion, after winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix at the Yas Marina circuit, the last of the year, than his great rival, the English Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) finished second and the Spanish Carlos Sainz (Ferrari), third; and that was solved in a crazy and exciting way, in the last lap.
The 24-year-old Verstappen, who started from pole position, became the first driver from the Netherlands to win the World Championship and the first to do so with a Honda engine since he last did it in 1991 in a McLaren. the Brazilian myth Ayrton Senna, who won three World Cups for Brazil.
Hamilton, 36, led the race until, with five laps to go, the accident of Canadian Nicholas Latifi (Williams) caused the safety car to enter the track. The race was relaunched in the absence of a turn; and Verstappen, on a cooler tire, overtook the seven-time world champion and clinched his first title.
The last ten Formula 1 drivers and constructors world champions, after the last race of the 2021 season, this Sunday in Abu Dhabi:
Pilots:
2021: Max Verstappen (NED/Red Bull)
2020: Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)
2019: Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)
2018: Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)
2017: Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)
2016: Nico Rosberg (GER / Mercedes)
2015: Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)
2014: Lewis Hamilton (GBR/Mercedes)
2013: Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull-Renault)
2012: Sebastian Vettel (GER/Red Bull-Renault)
Builders:
2021: Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas)
2020: Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas)
2019: Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas)
2018: Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas)
2017: Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas)
2016: Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg)
2015: Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg)
2014: Mercedes (Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg)
2013: Red Bull (Sebastian Vettel y Mark Webber)
2012: Red Bull (Sebastian Vettel y Mark Webber)
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