Lewis Hamilton returns to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this weekend 11 months after one of the most rancorous days in Formula One history and insists he has put the past behind him.

Hamilton's bid for an unprecedented eighth drivers' world title at the Yas Marina circuit last December was thwarted by a combination of incorrect decisions by race officials, wretched bad luck and the opportunism of Max Verstappen.

As a result, while his Mercedes team triumphed in the constructors' title race for an eighth consecutive season, Hamilton was left to digest the outcome of a sporting injustice which has reverberated ever since.