Congrats to Formula 1 World Champion Nico Rosberg!

In a dramatic season ending race in Abu Dhabi, Nico Rosberg was crowned world champion for 2016 in Formula 1. Rosberg only finished second in today's race, but that was enough to maintain his points lead ahead of his team mate Lewis Hamilton. Considering that Hamilton is a three time champion himself, Rosberg had to overcome some stiff competition to take his first title today. Also interesting to know, Nico Rosberg's father Keke Rosberg also won the F1 title back in 1984. This makes the Rosberg family only the second father-son combo to take the title, joining Graham Hill (father) and his son Damon Hill.

This makes the third year in a row that a Mercedes driver has taken the title, with Rosberg adding on to the two in a row by Hamilton. In 2017 we will have a new set of regulations on car and engine construction, so it's likely that one of the other teams might come up with the best design and dominate just like Mercedes has done for three years in a row.

Behind Mercedes, the only teams that were almost close have been Red Bull and Ferrari. Finishing behind them in their best place ever is the Force India team in 4th this year. After that we have the Williams team, McLaren, and Toro Rosso. Back in 8th place is the new team this year, the USA's own Haas F1 team, so congrats to them on a great rookie season! At the back end of the grid were the Sauber, Renault, and Manor teams.

The 2017 season should be kicking off in Australia soon enough in March at the first race of the year.

Below are the final standings for drivers this year, and you can find out lots more about F1 at the official F1 website: F1

1	Nico Rosberg	MERCEDES	385
2	Lewis Hamilton	MERCEDES	380
3	Daniel Ricciardo	RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER	256
4	Sebastian Vettel	FERRARI	212
5	Max Verstappen	RED BULL RACING TAG HEUER	204
6	Kimi Räikkönen	FERRARI	186
7	Sergio Perez	FORCE INDIA MERCEDES	101
8	Valtteri Bottas	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	85
9	Nico Hulkenberg	FORCE INDIA MERCEDES	72
10	Fernando Alonso	MCLAREN HONDA	54
11	Felipe Massa	WILLIAMS MERCEDES	53
12	Carlos Sainz	TORO ROSSO FERRARI	46
13	Romain Grosjean	HAAS FERRARI	29
14	Daniil Kvyat	TORO ROSSO FERRARI	25
15	Jenson Button	MCLAREN HONDA	21
16	Kevin Magnussen	RENAULT	7
17	Felipe Nasr	SAUBER FERRARI	2
18	Jolyon Palmer	RENAULT	1
19	Pascal Wehrlein	MRT MERCEDES	1
20	Stoffel Vandoorne	MCLAREN HONDA	1
21	Esteban Gutierrez	HAAS FERRARI	0
22	Marcus Ericsson	SAUBER FERRARI	0
23	Esteban Ocon	MRT MERCEDES	0
24	Rio Haryanto	MRT MERCEDES	0