Dutch <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula_One" id="mw_g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Formula One">Formula One</a> racing driver <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Verstappen" id="mw_w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Max Verstappen">Max Verstappen</a> wins the controversial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_Abu_Dhabi_Grand_Prix" id="mwAQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix">2021 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix</a>, beating seven-time World Champion <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Hamilton" id="mwAQE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lewis Hamilton">Lewis Hamilton</a> to become the first Formula One World Champion to come from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands" id="mwAQI" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Netherlands">the Netherlands</a>.<sup about="#mwt168" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-31"}}' id="cite_ref-31" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./December_12#cite_note-31" id="mwAQM" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 31;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAQQ">[31]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-31"><cite about="#mwt165" class="citation web cs1" id="mwBto"><a class="external text" href="https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/dec/12/f1-max-verstappen-wins-abu-dhabi-gp-lewis-hamilton" id="mwBts" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"Max Verstappen beats Lewis Hamilton to F1 world title on last lap in Abu Dhabi"</a>. <i id="mwBtw">the Guardian</i>. 2021-12-12<span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwBt0">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwBt4">2022-10-24</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt165" class="Z3988" id="mwBt8" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=the+Guardian&amp;rft.atitle=Max+Verstappen+beats+Lewis+Hamilton+to+F1+world+title+on+last+lap+in+Abu+Dhabi&amp;rft.date=2021-12-12&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fsport%2F2021%2Fdec%2F12%2Ff1-max-verstappen-wins-abu-dhabi-gp-lewis-hamilton&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADecember+12"></span></span>