2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

2014 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
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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	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes
Time	1:40.480
Fastest lap
Driver	Daniel Ricciardo	Red Bull Racing-Renault
Time	1:44.496 on lap 50
Podium
First	Lewis Hamilton	Mercedes
Second	Felipe Massa	Williams-Mercedes
Third	Valtteri Bottas	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.