The title battle between Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg went to the final race
It was a thrilling Formula 1 season in which Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg's title battle went to the final race in Abu Dhabi, with the Briton finally clinching his second world championship with his 11th win of the year.
BBC Sport has compiled all the key numbers for the 2014 season, with a strong focus on Hamilton and Rosberg as well as some interesting numbers on the other drivers on the grid.
Find out who was the best starter, which driver accumulated the most penalties and who completed the most laps.
As well as looking in detail in 2014, we also put Hamilton's achievements in a historical context by seeing how he compares to previous champions.
Lewis Hamilton is the fourth British multiple world champion
LEWIS HAMILTON
43: Years since last British multi-world champion (Sir Jackie Stewart, 1969, 1971 and 1973)
33: Overall race wins, the most by a British driver
11: Wins this season (only Sebastian Vettel and Michael Schumacher have more in a season, having managed 13 in 2013 and 2004 respectively)
15: World championships won by British drivers (Mike Hawthorn, 1958; Graham Hill, 1962 and 1968; Jim Clark, 1963 and 1965; John Surtees, 1964; Sir Jackie Stewart, 1969, 1971, 1973; James Hunt, 1976; Nigel Mansell, 1992; Damon Hill, 1996; Lewis Hamilton, 2008 and 2014, Jenson Button, 2009).
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He is the only driver to win at least one race in his first eight seasons in F1. Alain Prost, Michael Schumacher and Sebastian Vettel all raced for parts of a season before going on a similar run. (Prost took part in 11 races in 1980, before winning every year from 1981-90. Schumacher took part in six races in 1991, before winning every year from 1992-2006. Vettel took part in eight races in 2007, and won at least one race from 2008-13, but failed to claim a victory in 2014.
He becomes the fourth British multi-F1 champion. The others are: Graham Hill (1962, 1968), Jim Clark (1963, 1965), Sir Jackie Stewart (1969, 1971, 1973).
He has 33 wins from 148 starts (22.30% success rate). Drivers with a better win percentage: Juan Manuel Fangio, Alberto Ascari, Jim Clark, Michael Schumacher, Sebastian Vettel, Sir Jackie Stewart, Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Sir Stirling Moss.
Only man to finish on the podium in his first nine grands prix.
Nigel Mansell was 32 when he won his first GP in 1985 and went on to win 31 of them. Hamilton is 29 and has 33 race wins.
He has one more race win than Fernando Alonso (the Spaniard was aged 32 when he won his last race). The only drivers to have won more grands prix than Hamilton are Schumacher (91), Prost (51), Senna (41) and Vettel (39).
NICO ROSBERG
1: The German missed the chance to become only the second son-of-a-world-champion to win the title himself. His father, Keke, won in 1982. The only father-son pairing to both become world champions remains Graham and Damon Hill. Damon won the title in 1996 with his father, Graham, triumphing in 1962 and 1968.
11: Pole positions in 2014, the most by any driver
166: Race starts - only Nigel Mansell and Jenson Button have won their first title after more GP starts
SEBASTIAN VETTEL
1: Laps led in 2014, 683 fewer than 2013 when he won 13 races
10: The German is one of 10 drivers to fail to win a race when defending their world title. The others are: Juan Manuel Fangio (only competed in two races in 1958), Sir Jack Brabham (1961), Phil Hill (1962), John Surtees (1965), Mario Andretti (1979), Jody Scheckter (1980), Nelson Piquet (1988), Damon Hill (1997) and Jacques Villeneuve (1998)NOTE: Mike Hawthorn, the 1958 champion, retired before being killed in a road accident in January 1959. Jochen Rindt, the 1970 champion, was killed in qualifying for the Italian Grand Prix that year. Nigel Mansell (1992 champion) and Alain Prost (1993 champion) did not compete in 1993 and 1994 respectively.
JENSON BUTTON
266: Race starts
15: Grand prix wins
50: Grand prix podiums
8: Pole positions
20 years and 67 days: Button became the youngest driver to score world championship points when he finished sixth at the 2000 Brazilian Grand Prix. His record has since been broken by Daniil Kvyat, Sebastian Vettel and Jaime Alguersuari. However, they first gained points for finishing ninth, eighth and ninth respectively after points-scoring positions were extended to the top eight in 2003 and top 10 from 2010. Button remains the youngest driver to finish in the top six.
113: Grand prix starts it took Button to win his first race, at Hungary in 2006
Formula 1 2014 season in numbers
MERCEDES
59: Years since one of their drivers (Juan Manuel Fangio, 1955) last won the world championship. They did not run a works team from 1956 to 2009. Their engines did power McLaren's Mika Hakkinen to the title in 1998 and 1999, plus Brawn's Jenson Button in 2009.
11: The number of 1-2s they achieved in 2014 - a new F1 record.
16: race wins for Mercedes (This is a new record. The previous best had been 15, set by McLaren in 1988 (16-race season), Ferrari in 2002 (17-race season) and Ferrari in 2004 (18-race season)
18: pole positions for Mercedes (equalling Red Bull's record from 2011, also a 19-race season)
CONSTRUCTORS
Biggest improvement in 2014: Williams won 320 points in 2014 and finished third in the constructors' championship. In 2013 they managed only five points, their worst season in F1. Only Marussia and Caterham, who failed to score, finished behind them in the constructors' championship.
Biggest drop in 2014: Last year Lotus picked up 315 points and finished fourth in the constructors' championship. In 2014 they only scored only 10 points.
2014 DRIVER STATS
LEWIS HAMILTON
GRAND PRIX
GRID POSITION
RACE RESULT
RACE POINTS
TOTAL POINTS
Australia
1
Retired
0
0
Malaysia
1
1
25
25
Bahrain
2
1
25
50
China
1
1
25
75
Spain
1
1
25
100
Monaco
2
2
18
118
Canada
2
Retired
0
118
Austria
9
2
18
136
Britain
6
1
25
161
Germany
20
3
15
176
Hungary
22
3
15
191
Belgium
2
Retired
0
191
Italy
1
1
25
216
Singapore
1
1
25
241
Japan
2
1
25
266
Russia
1
1
25
291
United States
2
1
25
316
Brazil
2
2
18
334
Abu Dhabi
2
1
50
384
NICO ROSBERG
GRAND PRIX
GRID POSITION
RACE RESULT
RACE POINTS
TOTAL POINTS
Australia
3
1
25
25
Malaysia
3
2
18
43
Bahrain
1
2
18
61
China
4
2
18
79
Spain
2
2
18
97
Monaco
1
1
25
122
Canada
1
2
18
140
Austria
3
1
25
165
Britain
1
Retired
0
165
Germany
1
1
25
190
Hungary
1
4
12
202
Belgium
1
2
18
220
Italy
2
2
18
238
Singapore
2
Retired
0
238
Japan
1
2
18
256
Russia
2
2
18
274
United States
1
2
18
292
Brazil
1
1
25
317
Abu Dhabi
1
14
0
317
DANIEL RICCIARDO
GRAND PRIX
GRID POSITION
RACE RESULT
RACE POINTS
TOTAL POINTS
Australia
2
Disqualified
0
0
Malaysia
5
Retired
0
0
Bahrain
13
4
12
12
China
2
4
12
24
Spain
3
3
15
39
Monaco
3
3
15
54
Canada
6
1
25
79
Austria
5
8
4
83
Britain
8
3
15
98
Germany
5
6
8
106
Hungary
4
1
25
131
Belgium
5
1
25
156
Italy
9
5
10
166
Singapore
3
3
15
181
Japan
6
4
12
193
Russia
6
7
6
199
United States
5
3
15
214
Brazil
9
Retired
0
214
Abu Dhabi
20
4
24
238
Rosberg, Hamilton and Ricciardo were the only drivers to stand on the top step of the podium in 2014
WINS
Lewis Hamilton
11
Nico Rosberg
5
Daniel Ricciardo
3
POLE POSITIONS
Lewis Hamilton
7
Nico Rosberg
11
Felipe Massa
1
FASTEST LAPS
Lewis Hamilton
7
Nico Rosberg
5
Sebastian Vettel
2
Kimi Raikkonen
1
Felipe Massa
1
Sergio Perez
1
Valtteri Bottas
1
Daniel Ricciardo
1
Jenson Button's McLaren could not win any races but the Briton completed the most laps in 2014
LAPS COMPLETED
Jenson Button
1120
Kevin Magnussen
1111
Valtteri Bottas
1110
Daniel Ricciardo
1095
Kimi Raikkonen
1076
Fernando Alonso
1066
Nico Rosberg
1063
Lewis Hamilton
1048
Nico Hulkenberg
1036
Jean-Eric Vergne
971
Sebastian Vettel
970
Romain Grosjean
953
Felipe Massa
954
Esteban Gutierrez
933
Daniil Kvyat
924
Sergio Perez
891
Adrian Sutil
858
Pastor Maldonado
847
Max Chilton
769
Jules Bianchi
754
Marcus Ericsson
714
Kamui Kobayashi
663
Will Stevens
54
Andre Lotterer
1
LAPS LED (1,134 raced in 2014):
Lewis Hamilton
495 (43.65%)
Nico Rosberg
483 (42.59%)
Daniel Ricciardo
72 (6.35%)
Fernando Alonso
32 (2.82%)
Felipe Massa
30 (2.65%)
Sergio Perez
11 (0.97%)
Nico Hulkenberg
5 (0.44%)
Valtteri Bottas
4 (0.35%)
Jenson Button
1 (0.09%)
Sebastian Vettel
1 (0.09%)
*Vettel led 684 laps in 2013 (60.84%)
Sauber did not score a point in 2014, but Esteban Gutierrez gained an average of 1.89 positions at race starts - the best on the grid
PLACES GAINED / LOST ON LAP ONE IN TOTAL ACROSS 2014
TOTAL PLACES
RACE AVERAGE
Esteban Gutierrez
38
1.89
Nico Hulkenberg
33
1.74
Pastor Maldonado
24
1.33
Marcus Ericsson
23
1.44
Kamui Kobayashi
22
1.57
Max Chilton
16
1.07
Felipe Massa
14
0.88
Fernando Alonso
13
0.68
Kimi Raikkonen
12
0.67
Lewis Hamilton
7
0.37
Jenson Button
7
0.37
Sebastian Vettel
6
0.32
Andre Lotterer
3
3
Sergio Perez
2
0.12
Jules Bianchi
1
0.07
Valtteri Bottas
1
0.05
Will Stevens
-3
-3
Adrian Sutil
-8
-0.44
Kevin Magnussen
-13
-0.68
Daniil Kvyat
-15
-0.79
Romain Grosjean
-15
-0.79
Nico Rosberg
-24
-1.26
Jean-Eric Vergne
-25
-1.32
Daniel Ricciardo
-25
-1.32
PENALTIES
Pastor Maldonado
10
Esteban Gutierrez
8
Jean-Eric Vergne
8
Romain Grosjaen
6
Max Chilton
4
Jules Bianchi
4
Daniil Kvyat
3
Kevin Magnussen
3
Sebastian Vettel
2
Daniel Ricciardo
2
Adrian Sutil
2
Sergio Perez
2
Fernando Alonso
2
Nico Hulkenberg
2
Valtteri Bottas
1
Kamui Kobayashi
1
Marcus Ericsson
1
Lewis Hamilton
1
Jenson Button
1
Felipe Massa
1
Nico Rosberg
0
Kimi Raikkonen
0
Andre Lotterer
0
Will Stevens
0
RETIREMENTS
DRIVER
ACCIDENT
TECHNICAL FAILURE
NOT CLASSIFIED
DQ
DNQ
DNS
WITHDRAWN
Sebastian Vettel
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
Daniel Ricciardo
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
Lewis Hamilton
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
Nico Rosberg
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Fernando Alonso
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Kimi Raikkonen
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Romain Grosjean
1
5
0
0
0
0
0
Pastor Maldonado
0
6
0
0
0
0
0
Jenson Button
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
Kevin Magnussen
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Nico Hulkenberg
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Sergio Perez
3
0
0
0
0
1
0
Adrian Sutil
4
3
0
0
0
0
0
Esteban Gutierrez
3
3
0
0
0
0
0
Jean-Eric Vergne
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
Daniil Kvyat
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
Felipe Massa
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
Valtteri Bottas
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Jules Bianchi
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
Max Chilton
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
Kamui Kobayashi
1
5
0
0
0
1
0
Marcus Ericsson
1
4
0
0
0
0
0
Andre Lotterer
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Will Stevens
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Hamilton and Rosberg were on the front row in 15 of the 19 races
