Nico Rosberg wins his maiden Formula 1 World title

German driver won his maiden Formula 1 world title despite coming 2nd in the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi.

Lewis Hamilton did all he could to stop Rosberg from winning, but only came 2nd in the world championship despite winning the race.

Nico Rosberg only had to finish in top 3 to claim the title and he did just that. Despite not being at the pole position, the German was determined to finish in top three. As he was 12 points ahead of Hamilton when they began the race, he knew a podium finish will make him the champion regardless of whatever Hamilton does.

Lewis Hamilton commanded the race from start to finish but Rosberg stayed just behind him to take the title. Hamilton had to throw out Rosberg out of the top three finish in order to win the title and for this he even drove slowly in order to bring other drivers into the battle. 

Hamilton was consistently asked from his team to speed up. But he told the team, "Let us race." 

There was close competition in the last few laps when Hamilton was driving slow to bring Ferrari's Vettel and Red Bull Racing's Max Verstappen to defy the top 3 finish for Rosberg.

But Rosberg kept his cool in the dying laps and didn't allow Vettel to overtake him on the crucial turns. 

Hamilton defied his team orders and also didn't respond to the team radio in the last few slaps. But kudos to Rosberg, who didn't lose his concentration. 

"It's a childhood dream come true," Rosberg, 31, said over the radio. "Thank you for everything."

After the drama of the race, Hamilton congratulated Rosberg on his world championship and the two men embraced and shook hands on the podium.

Rosberg said he had not decided whether to take the number one on his car as is his right next year or whether to stick with the number six, which he chose as his race number because his father Keke won the 1982 world title with it.

The Rosbergs are only the second family in which a father and son have won the F1 world title, after Graham and Damon Hill.

All in all it was a very tense race and a treat for the F1 fans to witness a rivalry like this. 

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