Summary

  • Hamilton world champion for second time

  • Fourth British driver to win more than one world title

  • Hamilton won the race, with Massa second

  • Rosberg suffered car problems throughout, finishes 13th

  1. Postpublished at 12:37 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    David Coulthard has swapped his orange trousers for an orange shirt today. What are your thoughts? Tweet us using the #bbcf1, text 81111 (UK only) or leave a comment on the BBC Sport Facebook page.

  2. Hollywood finishpublished at 12:35 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry

    More from our celebrity supporters now. Next up, the Great British Bake Off's very own Paul Hollywood, who is looking to Lewis Hamilton to rise to the occasion.

    Paul Hollywood:, external "Get it done Lewis Hamilton. Good luck."

  3. What the papers saypublished at 12:35 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Sunday TelegraphImage source, Sunday Telegraph

    The title-deciding race is front page news for some British newspapers today. Here, the Sunday Telegraph carried a picture of a smiling Lewis Hamilton, who says he will not crack under the pressure of championship rival Nico Rosberg's jibes on the eve of their title showdown in the desert.

  4. Postpublished at 12:34 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Red Bull Racing on Twitter:, external From his first #F1 race for the Team in Hungary 2007 to his last, we've loved every minute!

    Red Bull RacingImage source, Red Bull Racing

    More from Red Bull Racing on Twitter:, external 2010, Seb won his 1st World Championship at the #AbuDhabiGP becoming #F1's youngest ever champion! #10SeasonsRacing

    Red Bull RacingImage source, Red Bull Racing
  5. Flashback - title deciderpublished at 12:33 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Race winner and F1 2010 World Champion Sebastian Vettel of Germany and Red Bull Racing celebrates with team matesImage source, Getty Images

    Formula 1 saw a four-way battle for the world title in 2010 as Ferrari's Fernando Alonso the favourite, heading to Abu Dhabi with an eight-point lead over Red Bull's Mark Webber. Sebastian Vettel in the other Red Bull was a further seven behind with McLaren's Lewis Hamilton an outsider, 24 adrift with only a maximum of 25 available. However, Alonso and Webber made strategy errors and dropped down the field while Vettel went on to clinch victory and become the sport's youngest ever champion.

  6. Get involved #bbcf1published at 12:32 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Luke Spurdle:, external Well this is it. The final, most important race of the 2014 #F1 season. So nervous for @LewisHamilton #TeamLH need to bring this home.

    Chris Brown:, external Ok here we go! The big #F1 season finale starting on #bbcf1 now. Lewis v Nico for the title & possibly Jenson's final F1 race!

    Blair:, external Hamilton definitely deserves this but can't help feel Rosberg will nick it

  7. Postpublished at 12:31 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Nico Rosberg accelerates out of the Mercedes garage and into the pit-lane, bound for the grid. Lewis Hamilton follows him out moments later. Thirty minutes until race time.

  8. Postpublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Ian PoulterImage source, Ian Poulter

    Golfer Ian Poulter:, external Not a bad view of the Atlantis hotel. Just landed, time to get to the circuit.

  9. Postpublished at 12:30 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Jennie Gow
    BBC Radio 5 live pit-lane reporter

    Jennie GowImage source, Jennie Gow

    "Ready?"

  10. Postpublished at 12:29 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Carol VodermanImage source, Carol Voderman

    TV presenter Carol Vorderman shows her support for Lewis Hamilton, tweeting a picture, external of them both at Silverstone earlier this year with the caption: "Go go Lewis Hamilton....."

  11. Postpublished at 12:28 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Lewis HamiltonImage source, AFP

    Lewis Hamilton is currently making his way around the garage shaking the hands of all his mechanics, one-by-one, before he steps in the car to get in the zone ahead of making his way around to the grid. The pit-lane opens at 12:30 GMT.

  12. Postpublished at 12:26 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Lewis HamiltonImage source, Mercedes

    "I want to win the war, that's the ultimate plan," says Lewis Hamilton in a candid interview with Lee McKenzie.

  13. Postpublished at 12:26 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    "I'm feeling very excited but more nervous than a normal weekend," Mercedes' co-team boss Toto Wolff. "I don't treat it like a normal race, it's an all-deciding championship race and the drivers are tense.

    "We want to deliver a car that is reliable and quick. Whatever the result, as long as we don't have technical issues that will be OK. It does not work in Formula 1 to have a script, we need to stay neutral."

  14. Postpublished at 12:23 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    David Coulthard
    BBC F1 co-commentator

    "Lewis Hamilton has won 10 grands prix to Nico Rosberg's five. Nico's been the pole position king but has not been able to convert. We are in for an exciting battle."

  15. Postpublished at 12:23 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Eddie Jordan
    BBC F1 chief analyst

    MercedesImage source, EPA

    "Mercedes are on tenterhooks. They cannot believe what is about to happen. The gloves are off."

  16. Postpublished at 12:23 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Lewis HamiltonImage source, Getty Images

    Lewis Hamilton was the first man in position for the traditional end-of-season team photo earlier today.

    Driver end of season photoImage source, Getty Images

    Here's the full Class of 2014, with Will Stevens making an appearance despite only making his F1 debut this weekend with Caterham.

  17. Postpublished at 12:18 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    SauberImage source, Sauber

    Sauber F1 team on Twitter:, external There's no better way to start the day: Selfies, sunshine, signatures and Swiss flags.

  18. Postpublished at 12:18 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Toro RossoImage source, Toro rosso

    Toro Rosso on Twitter:, external It's a glorious sunshine last race day of the season. Air temperature 30, track temperature 45 degrees currently.

  19. Postpublished at 12:18 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Williams RacingImage source, Williams Racing

    Williams Racing on Twitter:, external Felipe Massa and Valtteri Bottas are at the Autograph Session now, meeting with the fans here in Abu Dhabi.

  20. Postpublished at 12:18 Greenwich Mean Time 23 November 2014

    Andrew Benson
    Chief F1 writer in Abu Dhabi

    "The subject of the money split in F1 and the financial struggles of the smaller teams has been central to this season and it seems they might finally have made a breakthrough in their demands to be given more financial assistance. There was a meeting here at Yas Marina between the Lotus, Sauber and Force India teams, F1 commercial boss Bernie Ecclestone, and the man really in charge, Donald MacKenzie, co-chairman of CVC Capital Partners.

    SauberImage source, EPA

    "Ecclestone has flip-flopped on the issue in his public remarks in recent weeks, variously saying he was to blame for the situation, the small teams needed help and that they were 'beggars'. But after the meeting, Lotus team owner Gerard Lopez said: 'Both Bernie and CVC realise that they need to take action.

    "We are not going to go into the details of what they are discussing but for sure they are going to go away and look at a number of things. We now need to face this issue not just as the commercial rights holder, CVC and us - but we know need to include the bigger teams to take up certain responsibility for what is going on right now, come to [the] table and participate in solving those problems. Both agree that there is an issue now, both agree that we are not beggars, we are reasonable and sensible, and both agree it can be solved.'

    "He added that the concepts of the top teams selling customer cars to the smaller teams, or the top teams running third cars themselves, had been dismissed. 'We have managed to prove that financially speaking it is not an improvement,' Lopez said. 'If you have to pay more, then the cost of buying a car is more than building your own one.'"