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Motorsport wrap: Bottas beats Hamilton in Abu Dhabi finale Nov 26th 2017, 17:12 Bottas led home team-mate Hamilton in Abu Dhabi The Finnish racer capped his first season at Mercedes by outracing his world champion team-mate Valtteri Bottas ended his first season at Mercedes-AMG in style, leading home world champion team-mate Lewis Hamilton to take victory in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The Finn edged Hamilton in qualifying at the Yas Marina circuit to claim pole position, and quickly pulled out a clear gap at the start of the race. Hamilton was able to reduce the gap after making a later pit-stop, but despite closing right in on Bottas a handful of occasions, was unable to get past and had to settle for second. It was Bottas' third victory of the season. Opinion: is Lewis Hamilton Britain's greatest F1 racer? Sebastian Vettel finished in a distant third, securing the runner-up spot behind Hamilton in the final points standings. His Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkonen finished fourth, helped when Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo retired with a suspected hydraulics failure. Max Verstappen finished fifth in his Red Bull. Picture special: the defining races of Lewis Hamilton's career After the post-race podium ceremony, Formula 1 bosses unveiled a new logo, which they said is the first step in a 'complete brand redesign'. According to the accompanying release, the logo is designed to reflect an F1 car: "flat, low to the ground and with a suggestion of speed." Round-up: Formula 2, F1 Esports Series -Ferrari junior driver Charles Leclerc capped his title-winning Formula 2 season with a dramatic victory in the season-finale at Abu Dhabi, passing race leader Alex Albon on the final lap. -British racer Oliver Rowland lost out on victory in the Formula 2 feature race at Abu Dhabi when his car was disqualified because the skid block on his car was too thin. Artem Markelov inherited the win. -Briton Brandon Leigh became the first Formula 1 Esports Series world champion, triumphing in a three-race series held during the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix weekend.  Leigh, a kitchen manager from Reading, won two of the three races to clinch the first virtual racing championship with official F1 backing. Read more Opinion: is Lewis Hamilton Britain's greatest F1 racer? Picture special: the defining races of Lewis Hamilton's career Lewis Hamilton revealed the Mercedes-AMG Project One hypercar

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