Lewis Hamilton has received permission tꦰo race with #1 on his Me🍃rcedes Formula 1 car for the final race of the 2018 season in Abu Dhabi.

Hamilton was crowned F1 world champion for a fifth time at the Mexican Grand Prix🅷 in October, while Mercedes clinched its fifth straight constructors’ title one ra💮ce later in Brazil.

The use of #1 on c✅ars is reserved for the defending champion sho👍uld they wish, but Hamilton has preferred to retain his traditional number, #44.

However, #1 will make a return ♊to F1 in Abu Dhabi thisﷺ weekend after Hamilton was given permission by the FIA to run with it on the nose of his Mercedes W09 car.

“It is car 44 on the entry list and timing screens and races under this number - the number is still present on the engine cover,” Me🍨rcedes confirmed.