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Verstappen confirmed as champion - protests rejected!
Red Bull's Max Verstappen has been confirmed as the 2021 Formula 1 world champion after the FIA stewards rejected the two protests lodged against the result of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix by the rival Mercedes team. The first of the protests against the way Verstappen challenged Lewis Hamilton on the way to the last lap restart had already been rejected. But deliberations about the way race control handled the restart itself went long into the night at Yas Marina, with Mercedes even fielding a barrister to argue their legal case. But this has also failed, meaning that the result of today's race stands and Verstappen is the first driver from the Netherlands to win motorsport's highest sporting...
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