Formula One 2014

[SteveB]

" "The scrutineers found hidden in the wing a leaf spring attached to the end plate and covered in a rubber housing that was painted the same colour as the wing to disguise it. The spring was designed to flex after a certain load had been passed, conferring an aerodynamic advantage. This is why Red Bull were excluded - the infringement was considered much more serious than simply some overly flexible carbon-fibre - about which it can never be certain it was not simply a team going a bit too far by accident - because of its obvious deliberate nature." ""

Devious stuff. Was always the case in motorsport, at all levels.

[SteveB]

Latest Grid……..
1) Nico Rosberg
2) Lewis Hamilton
3) Valtteri Bottas
4) Felipe Massa
5) Daniil Kvyat
6) Jenson Button
7) Kimi Raikkonen
8) Fernando Alonso
9) Kevin Magnussen
10) Jean-Eric Vergne
11) Sergio Perez
12) Nico Hulkenberg
13) Adrian Sutil
14) Esteban Gutierrez
15) Pastor Maldonado
16) Kamui Kobayashi
17) Will Stevens
18) Romain Grosjean
Pit-lane start: Daniel Ricciardo and Sebastian Vettel

[SteveB]

2014 season all over.
LEWIS HAMILTON IS THE 2014 FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPION.
Mechanical problems for Nico Rosberg, but he was never really in contention.

[ocred]

2014 season all over.
LEWIS HAMILTON IS THE 2014 FORMULA 1 WORLD CHAMPION.

And deservedly so

[ocred]

And they are friends after all.....

[SteveB]

2014 FORMULA 1 ETIHAD AIRWAYS ABU DHABI GRAND PRIX - Race Result


1) 44 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes

2) 19 Felipe Massa Williams-Mercedes

3) 77 Valtteri Bottas Williams-Mercedes

4) 3 Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault

5) 22 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes

6) 27 Nico Hulkenberg Force India-Mercedes

7) 11 Sergio Perez Force India-Mercedes

8) 1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull Racing-Renault

9) 14 Fernando Alonso Ferrari

10) 7 Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari

11) 20 Kevin Magnussen McLaren-Mercedes

12) 25 Jean-Eric Vergne STR-Renault

13) 8 Romain Grosjean Lotus-Renault

14) 6 Nico Rosberg Mercedes

15) 21 Esteban Gutierrez Sauber-Ferrari

16) 99 Adrian Sutil Sauber-Ferrari

17) 46 Will Stevens Caterham-Renault

Retired 10 Kamui Kobayashi Caterham-Renault

Retired 13 Pastor Maldonado Lotus-Renault

Retired 26 Daniil Kvyat STR-Renault

[SteveB]

Final positions and Points == Drivers

1) Lewis Hamilton 334
2) Nico Rosberg 317
3) Daniel Ricciardo 214
4) Sebastian Vettel 159
5) Fernando Alonso 157
6) Valtteri Bottas 156
7) Jenson Button 106
8) Felipe Massa 98
9) Nico Hulkenberg 80
10) Kevin Magnussen 55
11) Kimi Räikkönen 53
12) Sergio Perez 47
13) Jean-Eric Vergne 22
14) Romain Grosjean 8
15) Daniil Kvyat 8
16) Pastor Maldonado 2
17) Jules Bianchi 2
18) Adrian Sutil 0
19) Marcus Ericsson 0
20) Esteban Gutierrez 0
21) Max Chilton 0
22) Kamui Kobayashi 0
23) Andre Lotterer 0

[SteveB]

Teams

1 Mercedes 701
2 Red Bull Racing-Renault 405
3 Williams-Mercedes 320
4 Ferrari 216
5 McLaren-Mercedes 181
6 Force India-Mercedes 155
7 STR-Renault 30
8 Lotus-Renault 10
9 Marussia-Ferrari 2
10 Sauber-Ferrari 0
11 Caterham-Renault 0

[SteveB]

And they are friends after all.....

Could be cynical and say they are friends now that it is all over!
But good sportsmanship from Rosberg.
Good hard racing during the season, that is what sport is all about.

[ocred]

is that the final points total? I thought hamilton had more than that.

Yeah he finished on 384