A relatively easy 15th win in 2022 for Max Verstappen was the “perfect way to sign off the season” according to his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase.
From pole, Verstappen finished comfortably ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc and his team-mate Sergio Perez under the floodlights at the Abu Dhabi season finale.
On the podium, Verstappen became the recipient of a new medal presented to the winner of a grand prix by the FIA, engraved to mark World Championship race number 1079.
In the closing stages, the main interest