Formula 1

Sebastian Vettel signed off in style by performing the celebratory donuts at the Yas Marina Circuit

Spaniard Fernando Alonso sufffered a disappointing end to his time with French Formula One team Alpine after failing to finish Sunday's seasonending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Starting from the pole position, Verstappen controlled the race from the front and was never threatened as he took his 15th win of the season to extend his record for most Grand Prix wins in a single campaign

Four times world champion Sebastian Vettel attacked the floodlit Yas Marina track and scythed through slower moving traffic, dragging his far-from-top-tier Aston Martin to a ninth place grid spot

Mick Schumacher will be out of contract with Haas after F1's season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Charles Leclerc brought the session to a halt for barrier repairs as he crashed his Ferrari backwards into the barriers in the second practice for the Mexican Grand Prix

Lewis Hamitlon, who was controversially beaten by Max Verstappen on the final lap of last year’s final race in Abu Dhabi, suggested it remained possible Ferrari can overhaul Red Bull and change the narrative

Sauber presently race as Alfa Romeo with a Ferrari engine but they are cutting ties with Alfa Romeo at the end of 2023

Despite the downpour in Suzuka, Verstappen sealed the deal to clinch his second straight world championship title at the very same venue where he made his debut as the youngest-ever driver to take part in a practice session

Yuki Tsunoda’s ill-mannered driving has already created a huge furore this season

Aston Martin said the plan was for Drugovich to drive in the first free practice at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix in November and also to take part in a young driver test at the Yas Marina circuit

Carlos Sainz clocked a best lap in one minute and 46.538 seconds to outpace his Monegasque partner by nearly a tenth of a second.

A look at five talking points as the F1 world championship heads into its annual summer holiday shutdown:

Former Mercedes junior and Williams driver Russell, who was called up to the works team in replacement of Valtteri Bottas for the 2022 season, has finished in the top five in 10 of the opening 11 races

The FIA said it plans to introduce tougher tests on the roll hoops of cars next season as a result of the Chinese driver's British Grand Prix crash

Charles Leclerc warned that Ferrari cannot afford a fight between him and Formula One teammate Carlos Sainz at the Austrian Grand Prix after they went wheel-to-wheel in a Saturday sprint