The seven-time world cha🐷mpion finished the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand꧋ Prix ninth, over 44 seconds behind Max Verstappen, who cruised to a record-extending 19th victory from 22 races. 

Verstappen won the race by a margin of almost 💙18 seconds, underlining the sheer dominance of Red Bull’s RB19, which has won all but one of the grands prix to have taken place this year. 

A third-place finish for Hamilton’s teamma♐te George Russell helped Mercedes pip Ferrari to sec🗹ond place in the constructors’ championship. 

But a despondent Hamilton was struggling to see the positives after Sunday’s race when he was askedౠ if he takes any satisfaction from the result, responding: “Not particularly.”

He was then asked what he can take away from the seas🍎on as a whole, to which the 38-year-old Briton replied: “Not too much. It's not been a great year in general. There’s not a lot to take from the year in general.

“The fa﷽ct I survived it꧙, probably that's about it.”

Hamilton, who finished third in the drivers’ champio🐼nship behind the Red Bull duo, was then pressed on whether he believes Mercedes can challenge Red Bull for the title in 20♍24. 

After ✨a notably long p🐲ause, he said: "At this moment, I don't really know. For Red Bull to win by 17 seconds and they haven't even developed their car since August is definitely a concern. 

"We have learned a lot about the car and it's just down to the team now. They know what they need to do. Whether or not we will 👍get there, we will see.”