ROMAIN Grosjean stormed up the field to finish ninth in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix – his last race for the Enstone-based Lotus team.
Grosean, who joins the American-owned, Banbury-based, Haas team in 2016, moved up from 18th.
His teammate Pastor Maldonado was eliminated after a first-lap incident for which Fernando Alonso was penalised.
FINAL DRIVERS STANDINGS
1 L Hamilton (Mercedes) 381pts, 2 N Rosberg (Mercedes) 322, 3 S Vettel (Ferrari) 278, 11 R Grosjean (Lotus) 51, 14 P Maldonado (Lotus) 27.
FINAL CONSTRUCTORS STANDINGS
1 Mercedes 703, 2 Ferrari 428, 3 Williams 257, 6 Lotus 78.
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