Max Verstappen celebrates at FIA event which Lewis Hamilton skips

Formula One World Champion Max Verstappen and partner Kelly Piquet ahead of the FIA function in Paris on Thursday. Pic/AFP

Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff were the two most remarkable absentees at the season-ending FIA Awards gala that was held in Paris.

Wolff had confirmed earlier that neither he nor Hamilton would attend the ceremony, despite the top three drivers in the World Championship standings effectively being required to be present and despite Hamilton being the FIA Personality of the Year.

Max Verstappen, who won the F1 title in the last lap of the last race of the season in Abu Dhabi last Sunday, was officially presented with the champion's trophy.

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