ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates—The most dramatic Formula One season in years ended, of course, in one of the most dramatic finishes possible when Max Verstappen snatched the world championship away from Lewis Hamilton with a pass on the final lap of the Abu Dhabi GP. Mercedes filed two protests after the race, which were dismissed more than four hours after the race and Verstappen’s first world championship was upheld. Hamilton led 51 of the 58 laps and was only five trips around Yas Marina Circuit away from passing Michael Schumacher in the record books with an eighth championship Sunday. Then a crash gave Verstappen and Red Bull one final chance. Whatever Hamilton said over his radio when Nicholas Latifi’s spin into the wall brought out the safety car was only replayed as one long bleep to cover the expletives. F1 race director Michael Masi took his time figuring out …