2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Race 19 of 19 in the 2014 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1]
Date 23 November 2014 (2014-11-23)
Official name 2014 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Location Yas Marina Circuit
Yas Island, Abu Dhabi,
United Arab Emirates
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.554 km (3.451 miles)
Distance 55 laps, 305.355 km (189.739 miles)
Weather Clear skies; Air temp: 30 °C (86 °F) during the day, dropping to 24 °C (75.2 °F). Wind speed: 8 km/h (4.9 mph).[2] (Night race)
Attendance 60,000[3][4]
Pole position
Driver
Mercedes
Time 1:40.480
Fastest lap
Driver Australia Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-Renault
Time 1:44.496 on lap 50
Podium
First
Mercedes
Second
Williams-Mercedes
Third
Williams-Mercedes
Lap leaders

The 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (formally known as the 2014 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix)[1] was a Formula One motor race held at the Yas Marina Circuit on 23 November 2014. The race was the nineteenth and final round of the 2014 season, the 916th World Championship race, and marked the sixth running of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Double points were awarded for the first time at this race. This change to the points system was not well received in the months leading up to the race, and the implementation of this system turned out to be a one-off. The series would revert to the 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 system in use since 2010 for all races, beginning with the 2015 Australian Grand Prix.

The race determined the World Drivers' Championship between Mercedes drivers Nico Rosberg and Lewis Hamilton, with the latter winning both the race and the title.[5][6] This would prove to be the final Grand Prix for Jean-Éric Vergne, Adrian Sutil and Kamui Kobayashi as well as the last Grand Prix for the Caterham team, which collapsed before the start of the 2015 season.

  1. ^ a b "Race Preview 2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix" (PDF). FIA.com. Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile. 19 November 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2016.
  2. ^ "Weather information - Abu Dhabi GP". wunderground.com. Weather Underground. 23 November 2014. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  3. ^ "Biggest ever audience cheer Lewis Hamilton to F1 victory in Abu Dhabi as curtain falls on exhilarating weekend". WAM.ae. WAM (Emirates News Agency). 23 November 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  4. ^ "60,000 tickets sold out for Abu Dhabi Grand Prix". Hit967. Arabian Radio Network. Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  5. ^ Johnson, Daniel (23 November 2014). "Lewis Hamilton claims the 2014 F1 world drivers' title with win at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
  6. ^ Benson, Andrew (23 November 2014). "Lewis Hamilton wins World Championship in Abu Dhabi". BBC Sport. BBC. Retrieved 25 November 2014.