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.