ABU DHABI -- The main talking points from qualifying from the final race of the 2017 season, where Valtteri Bottas beat teammate and new world champion Lewis Hamilton to the final pole position of the year.
Shock: Lewis Hamilton has looked like the Mercedes driver to beat all weekend but it was teammate Valtteri Bottas, (who has endured a difficult second half of the season, to say the least) who stole it at the end. It's his second pole in a row after Brazil, where Hamilton spun out in Q1, but beating the new four-time world champion in a straight fight in Q3 will be a welcome boost for the Finn going into Sunday's race and into the long months of F1's off-season.