The Dutchman seized the title after overtaking Hamilton on the last lap of the race amid uproar.
Max Verstappen took full advantage of an engine failure for Ferrari's Charles Leclerc to win the Azerbaijan Formula One Grand Prix.
Red Bull's Mexican Sergio Perez was a distant third, struggling with dehydration after a water bottle failure in the Texas heat.
IMAGES from the Azerbaijan F1 Grand Prix held at Baku City Circuit on Sunday
Max Verstappen won his home Dutch Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday and took the Formula One championship lead in front of a roaring, dancing army of fans hailing their hero with orange flags and flares.
Formula One's governing body will investigate Sunday's Italian Grand Prix crash between title contenders Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton because it was 'unusual', according to race director Michael Masi.
Carlos Sainz will start Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix from pole position after penalties reshuffled the grid
Ferrari's Carlos Sainz claimed his first Formula One victory on Sunday in a thrilling British Grand Prix halted by a first-lap crash and with the added mayhem of a track invasion by protesters.
Red Bull closed the gap to champions Mercedes in the constructors' standings to one point.
Mercedes drivers George Russell and Lewis Hamilton blamed miscommunication for a coming together in Spanish Grand Prix qualifying.
The track time will also help him earn enough points to apply for a Super Licence, which is needed to compete in Formula 1.
Max Verstappen won the Spanish Grand Prix in a Red Bull one-two on Sunday
Verstappen goes into the Formula One record books as the pole setter for the weekend, however, regardless of where he starts on Sunday.
Max Verstappen leads Red Bull front row sweep in Bahrain
Lewis Hamilton said he was working on the change and hoped to make it soon.
Hamilton decided to take matters into his own hands and pass several cars ahead of him, without gaining anything as Verstappen's time stood the test.
The pole was Leclerc's seventh of the season and 16th of his career.
Sergio Perez stormed to a stunning maiden pole position under the floodlights in a crash-interrupted qualifying session on Saturday
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc claimed pole position at the end of Qualifying at the Spanish Grand Prix.
The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is the penultimate race on this year's Formula One calendar
Formula One world champion Max Verstappen won the inaugural Miami Grand Prix for Red Bull on Sunday, slashing Ferrari rival Charles Leclerc's overall lead from 27 to 19 points after five races.
Bollywood star Ranveer Singh had a day to remember as he caught up with some of the world's greatest sportspeople at the Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix at the Yas Marina Circuit on Sunday.
Seven-times world champion Lewis Hamilton won the inaugural Qatar Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday to cut Max Verstappen's overall Formula One lead to eight points with two races remaining.
The Dutchman won a maiden Formula One title after a last-lap overtake on Mercedes rival Lewis Hamilton in Abu Dhabi.
Red Bull's Max Verstappen won the rain-hit Belgian Grand Prix on Sunday without racing even a single lap as half-points were awarded for only the sixth time in Formula One history.
Verstappen leads seven times world champion Hamilton by six points with six races remaining and the pole at Austin's Circuit of the Americas was the ninth of the season for the Dutch 24-year-old -- and eighth in the last 11 races.
Ferrari's Charles Leclerc claimed his second win of the Formula One season with a thumping, pole-to-flag victory at the Australian Grand Prix on Sunday as Red Bull's world champion Max Verstappen suffered "deja vu" with another retirement.
Hamilton held on for fourth, but slipped from 18 to 32 points behind Verstappen in the championship standings.
DS Penske's Jean-Eric Vergne won Formula E's first race in India
Lewis Hamilton won a crazy, twice-halted Saudi Arabian Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday to go level on points with Red Bull rival Max Verstappen and set up a winner-takes-all title showdown.
The front row lockout was a record-equalling 65th for champions Mercedes.
Charles Leclerc claimed pole position for his home race
Jehan made a lightning start off the line but was boxed in by the Campos cars of Ralph Boschung and compatriot Kush Maini.
Team boss Christian Horner said Verstappen's lap of one minute 22.109 seconds was one of his best of the year and the Dutch driver sounded remarkably relaxed given the amount of pressure on him.
IMAGES from the Belgian F1 Grand Prix
Ahead of the Jeddah Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton parted ways with long-term performance coach Angella Cullen.
Verstappen had started the race level on points with Hamilton but 9-8 ahead on wins, and there were fears a collision could settle the outcome.
Ajai Shukla reports from Bangalore, where Asia's biggest air show opened on Wednesday
"There's a lot of work that still needs to be done in this sport. "I can't retire now, because I'm only just embarking on helping create a more open and inclusive environment here in this sport and I've got to stay to help that continue." said Hamilton.
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