Sebastian Vettel scored his fourth victory of the season in Abu Dhabi to tie up second place in the drivers championship.
The German finished out the season in style after inheriting the lead on lap 20 when Lewis Hamilton retired with brake problems.
McLaren called him into the pits for safety reasons.
Teammate Mark Webber followed Vettel home to record Red Bull's fourth clean sweep of the year.
"You beauty Seb, you are fantastic. Thankyou," said team boss Christian Horner over the radio
And the German shouted back in delight after securing runners-up spot in the driver’s championship.
"Thankyou for a fantastic car guys, it was a pleasure."
Despite a valiant effort to steal runners up spot on the very last lap new champion Jenson Button had to be content with third place.
He ends the season with an 11 point lead, over VetteL second and teammate Rubens Barrichello, who was fourth on the track, third overall on 77 points.
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There was next to no drama in one hour and 43 minutes of what only an ardent fan could call "action".
Nick Heidfeld was fifth and Kamui Kobayashi one of the heros of the day as he handed Japan its only points of the year in sixth.
This performance will have done a power of good for his chances of retaining his seat at Toyota, assuming they reappear in 2010.
Jarno Trulli was seventh in the other Toyota and Sebastien Buemi eighth, both of them searching for drives next year.
Hamilton was disappointed not to have teed up next year with victory that was easily within his grasp at the start, despite the hovering attentions of Vetel.
"There was a problem with the brakes. I couldn't stop the car," said Hamilton.
" I was locking and locking and locking it was harder than ever to drive the car.
"It's a shame as the car felt so good these last couple of days, but we haven't had many brake problems this year so there you go.
"But I still think the whole team should be really proud of how we have recovered this season."
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File photo of Sebastian Vettel (2009) 
File photo of Michael Schumacher (2007)
Seven-time Formula One world champion Michael Schumacher together with F1 racer Sebastian Vettel won the Nations Cup for Germany at the Race of Champions on Tuesday. The event was held at the Bird’s Nest stadium in Beijing, China.

The winning duo beat the Brittish team of the new Formula One world champion Jenson Button and three-time World Touring Car champion Andy Priaulx.

The individual contest was won by Mattias Ekstrom, former DTM champion, who defeated Schumacher on Wednesday.

Red Bull driver Vettel also won the FIA Formula One 2009 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix earlier on November 1st at Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

Pole-sitter Lewis Hamilton was overtaken by Vettel after his first pit stop and then was forced to return to the pits soon after and quit the race after suffering a brakes problem.

Sebastian Vettel driving at 2009 Abu Dhabi GP 
Vettel's teammate and winner of the previous Grand Prix Mark Webber came second and the current season champion Jenson Button won the third place on the podium for Brawn GP after pushing Webber very hard on the dying laps of the race with a gap of about half a second at the finish line.


Rubens Barrichello was able to mantain 4th place, having been overtaken only by his teammate Button.

Nick Heidfeld took fifth in BMW 's final race. Both Toyota cars of Kamui Kobayashi and Jarno Trulli also drove the full race to finish on the back of Heidfeld. Sébastien Buemi closed the top eight for Toro Rosso.

Thus, Sebastian Vettel took the second place in the championship from Barrichello at the finale of 2009 season. Vettel claimed he will aim to become a champion next year. "There is only one step we can make for the team ranking, for the constructors, as well as for the drivers' championship, for myself. So there is no question about the target," Vettel said after the race.