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Ben Parsons

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Lewis hamilton gets revenge on nico rosberg as extreme e team claims title | History Defined

Lewis Hamilton avenged his fierce former F1 rival Nico Rosberg - with his team's dramatic victory in the thrilling new Extreme E series.

Seven-time F1 champion Hamilton 's X44 team snatched victory from Rosberg's inaugural champions in an action-packed season finale in Uruguay. The X44 drivers Sebastien Loeb and Critisina Gutierrez were 17 points behind the Rosberg X Racing team heading into Sunday's final race in Punta del Este.

But the duo delighted avid fan and X44 owner Hamilton by completing the most unlikely of comebacks to defeat Rosberg's side by two points in the overall standings of the groundbreaking new series. Loeb and Gutierrez finished third in the final round to shock Rosberg's drivers Johan Kristoffersson and Mikaela Åhlin-Kottulinsky.

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