Max wraps up in style!

Max Verstappen completed a majestic and recordbreaking season in familiar style on Sunday when he cruised to a recordincreasing 19th win of the year for Red Bull at an actionpacked Abu Dhabi GPThe threetime world champion came home 17993 seconds ahead of Ferrarirsquos Charles Leclerc whose bold drive was not enough for the Italian team to claim the runnersup place in the constructorsrsquo championshipAlso ReadDarren Bravo takes break from WI cricket following Englands ODI snubPenalty for PerezThat went finally to Mercedes by just three points as although Sergio Perez came home second behind Verstappen on the road he was relegated to fourth with a fivesecond penalty for a midrace clash with McLarenrsquos Lando Norris which promoted George Russell to third Norris was fifth ahead of his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri Aston Martinrsquos Fernando Alonso Yuki Tsunoda of Alpha Tauri and seventime champion Lewis Hamilton in the second MercedesVerstappen ended the season as the only driver to complete every lap of the season more than 1000 laps led and also broke Jim Clarkrsquos 1963 record for the highest percentage of laps led in a season ldquoAn incredible seasonrdquo said Verstappen who also paid tribute to retirementbound Alpha Tauri boss Franz Tost who nurtured his early F1 careerEmotional final momentsldquoI felt quite emotional on the inlap as itrsquos the last time in this car that has given me such a lotrdquo said VerstappenRussell said ldquoIt was really tense at the end as the tyres were dropping off but itrsquos a massive relief to bring the car home P3 It means a huge amount to so many people back at the factoryrdquoLeclerc who slowed to allow Perez to pass him in the closing laps said ldquoHe had a penalty and we had to help him finish in front of George with the five seconds but unfortunately it wasnrsquot enough Itrsquos a shame we finished thirdrdquoThe race began in hot conditions with an air temperature of 27 degrees Celsius and the track cooling rapidly as the sun went down and the floodlights blazed on the Yas Marina Circuit The top 12 cars started on medium compound tyresThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever