The Englishman won the final race of the year after a faultless drive. His team-mate and rival Nico Rosberg finished 14th after an ERS failure. Here is the race weekend in pictures. All images in this piece are courtesy of Octane Photographic. Friday
Rosberg snatched pole position with a fantastic lap of the Yas Marina Circuit in the top 10 shoot-out. Hamilton had to settle for second, with Bottas third for Williams.
The Red Bull duo of Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel originally qualified fifth and sixth, behind Felipe Massa and ahead of Daniil Kvyat, Jenson Button, Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso. However, the two RB10s failed a front wing flex test and both drivers were excluded from the session. Sunday
Rosberg had a poor start and dropped to second, just holding off Massa. Meanwhile Bottas fell back and the two Ferrari drivers got very close into turn one.
The gap between Hamilton and Rosberg stayed at around two seconds during the first stint. However, mid-way through the race, Rosberg hit trouble and dropped back with an ERS failure.
Rosberg tried his best to remain in the top five, but his ailing car was down on power and he quickly dropped down the order, with his title hopes slipping away.
Despite a late charge from Massa, Hamilton had the race under control and put in a faultless drive to score the 33rd victory of his career and his second world title. He completed donuts on the slow-down lap and collected a British flag.
Despite losing out, Rosberg handled defeat graciously and went to the post-race green room to congratulate Hamilton, before the top three took to the podium.
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