2014 Formula One season



The 2014 Formula One season is the 65th season of the Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars which is recognised by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars. The season started in Australia on 16 March and will conclude in Abu Dhabi on 23 November. Eleven teams and twenty-two drivers will compete in nineteen Grands Prix for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' Championships.

In 2014, the championship saw the introduction of a revised engine formula, in which the 2.4 litre V8 engine configuration—previously used between 2006 and 2013—has been replaced with a new formula specifying a 1.6 litre turbocharged V6 engine that incorporates an energy recovery system into its build. The 2014 calendar features substantial revisions from the 2013 season; the Russian Grand Prix will be held for the first time in a century at the Sochi Autodrom in Sochi, and the Austrian Grand Prix will be revived, with the race to be held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. The Indian Grand Prix will be put on hiatus, whilst the Korean Grand Prix has been removed from the schedule entirely.

Sebastian Vettel started the season as the defending Drivers' Champion after securing his fourth consecutive title at the 2013 Indian Grand Prix. His team, Red Bull Racing, began the season as the defending Constructors' Champions, having also won their fourth consecutive championship in India.

Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg leads the Drivers' Championship after eleven rounds, ahead of his team-mate, Lewis Hamilton, and Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo. Mercedes leads the constructors' standings by 174 points from Red Bull Racing.