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Lewis Hamilton signs off 2018 F1 season with final victory

Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton secured an 11th victory of the 2018 Formula 1 season at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, taking a dominant win under lights at the Yas Marina Circuit.  Hamilton, who started the 55-lap race from pole position, constantly had one hand on the winning trophy, maintaining his lead from the get-go and using a one-stop strategy to his advantage, pitting at the end of lap 7 for a set of Supersoft tyres that he would use for the remainder of the race.  Rejoining in fifth place behind Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen, Hamilton temporarily handed the lead to Valtteri Bottas who later pitted at the end of lap 16, covering Sebastian Vettel who tried to use an...
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