This is it – the epic Formula One title race will be decided this weekend, with both Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen having given their all throughout the season to win the sport's ultimate prize.
The Briton heads into the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix wanting to make F1 history, again, by winning the drivers' championship for the eighth time – surpassing the great Michael Schumacher 's total.
Meanwhile, his much younger challenger is bidding for his first world title, and hoping victory over one of the greatest drivers of all time will kickstart his own bid to win multiple crowns. He will also benefit from starting on pole following a brilliant lap in qualifying.
Neither has allowed the other to gain too much of an advantage throughout the whole year, with the single biggest lead being 32 points after the Austrian Grand Prix and the lead changing hands no fewer than five times.
Verstappen's 21-point advantage after Sprint Qualifying in Brazil looked for a while as though it would be too big of a mountain for Hamilton to climb, but the Mercedes man has won every race since.
It means they are now level on points heading into the decider, though it is the Red Bull star who has the small advantage of having won one more races this season – if neither scores a single point, then he will be the champion.
And there isn't exactly a lot of love lost between Hamilton and Verstappen, with both racers now barely bothering to hide their contempt for each other as the title race takes on a personal edge.
That has led to speculation that the Dutchman might be willing to take his rival out of the race if need be, setting up a tense finale with the potential for plenty of controversy.
When is it?
The race weekend began properly on Friday, with the first two practice sessions giving the drivers their first chance to experience for the first time the new track layout in Abu Dhabi.
The Yas Marina Circuit is 10 seconds or more per lap faster this year, after changes to Turn 5, Turn 9 and smaller refinements to the final sector.
Their final opportunity to gain more experience and data from the new track was on Saturday morning in final practice, before qualifying took place in the afternoon.
Just like qualifying did, the race itself will get underway for early afternoon in the UK with lights out scheduled for 1pm on Sunday.
How can I watch the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix?
As usual, Sky Sports have the rights to show live F1 action and will be broadcasting once again for this title decider.
Race coverage is scheduled to begin at 11.30pm on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports F1, while the action will also be shown on Sky Showcase so that those who have Sky TV but not the sports package will still be able to watch.
Those without a Sky subscription would ordinarily have been forced to buy a Now TV pass to watch the action, but that is not the case for this race.
Sky and Channel 4 struck a deal in the past few days which allows the free broadcaster to also show the race live – previously it had been limited to a highlights show after the conclusion of the action.
Channel 4 will begin broadcasting at midday, with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix set to begin an hour later.
