Nico Rosberg Crowned 2016 Formula 1 World Champion

The 2016 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was the last race for both Jenson Button and Felipe Massa (All images courtesy AFP and Twitter)

Lewis Hamilton led most of the race, which also was the season's last Grand Prix

Tennis legend Roger Federer was among many of the stars who wanted to witness the title battle between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg

And Rosberg was crowned World Champion with his second place finish in Abu Dhabi

Briton Hamilton won the race but it was not enough for him to secure his fourth World Championship

Following the race, celebrations erupted in the Mercedes garage, who have now won the constructors' championship three years in a row

Rosberg, who has been racing with Mercedes since 2010, earned his maiden Formula 1 World Championship

Hamilton, who had won the title in 2014 and 2015 with Mercedes, congratulated his teammate on the podium

Rosberg is now the third German driver to win a Formula 1 World Championship after the legendary Michael Schumacher and four-time champion Sebastian Vettel

Keke and Nico Rosberg are only the second father-son duo to win the Formula 1 drivers' championship after Graham and Damon Hill