All (boring) things come to an end That was the final race for this season and the final double victory for Mercedes (12 in total). Race Results 1 Rosberg Mercedes 2 Hamilton Mercedes 3 Raikkonen Ferrari 4 Vettel Ferrari 5 Perez Force India 6 Ricciardo Red Bull 7 Hulkenberg Force India 8 Massa Williams 9 Grosjean Lotus 10 Kvyat Red Bull Fastest men FP1 Hamilton FP2 Rosberg FP3 Rosberg QP Rosberg Race Final Standings of the season Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 381 2 Rosberg 322 3 Vettel 278 4 Bottas 136 5 Raikkonen 150 6 Massa 121 7 Kvyat 95 8 Ricciardo 92 9 Perez 78 10 Verstappen 49 14 Grosjean 51 11 Hulkenberg 58 12 Nasr 27 13 Maldonado 27 18 Sainz 20 15 Button 14 16 Alonso 11 17 Ericsson 9 19 Stevens 0 20 Merhi 0 Constructors' Championship P

"Pointless" race It was a boring race. Verstappen's efforts to win some points was the only memorable thing. Race Results 1 Rosberg Mercedes 2 Hamilton Mercedes 3 Vettel Ferrari 4 Raikkonen Ferrari 5 Bottas Williams 6 Hulkenberg Force India 7 Kvyat Red Bull 8 Grosjean Lotus 9 Verstappen Toro Rosso 10 Maldonado Lotus Fastest men FP1 Hamilton FP2 Rosberg FP3 Hamilton QP Rosberg Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 363 2 Rosberg 297 3 Vettel 266 4 Bottas 136 5 Raikkonen 135 6 Massa 117 7 Kvyat 94 8 Ricciardo 84 9 Perez 68 10 Verstappen 49 14 Grosjean 49 11 Hulkenberg 52 12 Nasr 27 13 Maldonado 27 18 Sainz 20 15 Button 14 16 Alonso 11 17 Ericsson 9 19 Stevens 0 20 Merhi 0 Constructors' Championship Pos Team Poin

Just cruising The champion decided to relax and just finish second, behind his teammate, Rosberg. Williams bounced back from a disastrous American GP, while the Ferrari team would like to forget this race as soon as possible. Race Results 1 Rosberg Mercedes 2 Hamilton Mercedes 3 Bottas Williams 4 Kvyat Red Bull 5 Ricciardo Red Bull 6 Massa Williams 7 Hulkenberg Force India 8 Perez Force India 9 Verstappen Toro Rosso 10 Grosjean Lotus Fastest men FP1 Verstappen FP2 Rosberg FP3 Rosberg QP Rosberg Race Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 345 2 Rosberg 272 3 Vettel 251 4 Bottas 126 5 Raikkonen 123 6 Massa 117 7 Kvyat 88 8 Ricciardo 84 9 Perez 68 10 Verstappen 47 14 Grosjean 45 11 Hulkenberg 44 12 Nasr 27 13 Maldonado 26 18 Sainz 20 15 Button 14 16 Alonso 11 17 Ericsson

Hamilton wins the Championship After an eventful race, with many safety cars and virtual safety cars, the finish was very similar. Hamilton won, Rosberg was 2nd and Vettel 3rd. That means Hamilton secured his 3rd title, 2nd in row (first English driver to achieve 2 consecutive titles). The track was wet at the beginning, due to heavy rains all weekend. Because of the bad weather conditions, Free Practice 2 was canceled, Qualifying was held on Sunday morning and ended earlier, with Q2. Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Vettel Ferrari 4 Verstappen Toro Rosso 5 Perez Force India 6 Sainz Toro Rosso 7 Button McLaren 8 Maldonado Lotus 9 Nasr Sauber 10 Ricciardo Red Bull Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 - FP3 Hamilton QP Rosberg Race Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 327 2 Vettel 251 3 Rosberg 247 4 R

Tsar Hamilton won again despite starting second, while his teammate and rival retired. On the last lap, Raikkonen tried to pass Bottas and pushed him off track. The Williams driver was forced to retire and Raikkonen was given a penalty. Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Vettel Ferrari 3 Perez Force India 4 Massa Williams 5 Kvyat Red Bull 6 Nasr Sauber 7 Maldonado Lotus 8 Raikkonen Ferrari 9 Button McLaren 10 Verstappen Toro Rosso Fastest men FP1 Hulkenberg FP2 Massa FP3 Rosberg QP Rosberg Race Vettel Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 302 2 Vettel 236 3 Rosberg 229 4 Raikkonen 123 5 Bottas 111 6 Massa 109 7 Kvyat 76 8 Ricciardo 73 9 Perez 54 10 Grosjean 44 14 Hulkenberg 38 11 Verstappen 33 12 Nasr 25 13 Maldonado 22 18 Sainz 12 15 Alonso 11 16 Ericsson 9 17 Butto

Big in Japan Hamilton won his 41st GP, matching legend Ayrton Senna. Although he didn't start from pole, he passed his teammate at the first corner and never looked back. On the other hand, Rosberg who was fastest at Qualifying, dropped a few places and managed to finish second thanks to pit-stop strategy. After a short break, Mercedes returned to winning, with their 8th 1-2 victory this year. Now they have to score 3 points more than Ferrari to secure the Constructors' Championship. Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Vettel Ferrari 4 Raikkonen Ferrari 5 Bottas Williams 6 Hulkenberg Force India 7 Grosjean Lotus 8 Maldonado Lotus 9 Verstappen Toro Rosso 10 Sainz Toro Rosso Fastest men FP1 Sainz FP2 Kvyat FP3 Rosberg QP Rosberg Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 277 2 Rosberg

Dominant Vettel That was the first DNF for championship leader, Hamilton. But he still has a big difference, bigger than 1 victory. Race Results 1 Vettel Ferrari 2 Ricciardo Red Bull 3 Raikkonen Ferrari 4 Rosberg Mercedes 5 Bottas Williams 6 Kvyat Red Bull 7 Perez Force India 8 Verstappen Toro Rosso 9 Sainz Toro Rosso 10 Nasr Sauber Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Kvyat FP3 Vettel QP Vettel Race Ricciardo Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 252 2 Rosberg 211 3 Vettel 203 4 Raikkonen 107 5 Bottas 101 6 Massa 97 7 Ricciardo 73 8 Kvyat 66 9 Perez 39 10 Grosjean 38 14 Hulkenberg 30 11 Verstappen 30 12 Nasr 17 13 Maldonado 12 18 Alonso 11 15 Sainz 11 16 Ericsson 9 17 Button 6 19 Stevens 0 20 Merhi 0 Constructors' Championship Pos Team Points

Faster than the fastest Hamilton was unstoppable in Italy. He set the fastest lap in each session (3* FP, Qualifying and Race) of the fastest track and of course he won. Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Vettel Ferrari 3 Massa Williams 4 Bottas Williams 5 Raikkonen Ferrari 6 Perez Force India 7 Hulkenberg Force India 8 Ricciardo Red Bull 9 Ericsson Sauber 10 Kvyat Red Bull Fastest men FP1 Hamilton FP2 Hamilton FP3 Hamilton QP Hamilton Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 252 2 Rosberg 199 3 Vettel 178 4 Massa 97 5 Raikkonen 92 6 Bottas 91 7 Kvyat 58 8 Ricciardo 55 9 Grosjean 38 10 Perez 33 14 Hulkenberg 30 11 Verstappen 26 12 Nasr 16 13 Maldonado 12 18 Alonso 11 15 Sainz 9 16 Ericsson 9 17 Button 6 19 Stevens 0 20 Merhi 0 Constructors&#

Back in action Another 1-2 victory (the seventh this year) for Mercedes. Tough luck for Vettel, who had a puncture towards the end of the race, while he was 3rd. At least it occurred right after the Eau Rouge. Race Results Pos Driver Team 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Grosjean Lotus 4 Kvyat Red Bull 5 Perez Force India 6 Massa Williams 7 Raikkonen Ferrari 8 Verstappen Toro Rosso 9 Bottas Williams 10 Ericsson Sauber Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Rosberg FP3 Hamilton QP Hamilton Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 227 2 Rosberg 199 3 Vettel 160 4 Raikkonen 82 5 Massa 82 6 Bottas 79 7 Kvyat 57 8 Ricciardo 51 9 Grosjean 38 10 Verstappen 26 14 Perez 25 11 Hulkenberg 24 12 Nasr 16 13 Maldonado 12 18 Alonso 11 15 Sainz 9 16 Ericsson 7 17 Button 6 19 St

In memory of Jules The slow track of Hungary was suitable for other teams to shine. To start of, the two Ferraris as soon as the red lights turned off, passed the front row drivers (Hamilton and Rosberg). Contrary to what happened in Silverstone, the drivers of Ferrari had a good pace and didn't worry about being passed. Hamilton, although the previous days was fastest in each session, didn't make a good start and also went off track, costing him many places. The Briton didn't give up and managed to reach fourth place when the safety car was deployed (because a Force India driver had an accident). When the track was cleared, Hamilton made another mistake and lost more places. His rival and team mate also lost many places, because of a collision with Ricciardo, which resulted a puncture for the German. In the meantime, Raikkonen had a mechanical failure and was forced to retire. With all that going on, Alonso and Button had the opportunity to bring their McLare

2014 GP of Japan Unfortunately Jules Bianchi passed away today. The 25 year old promising driver was in a coma since last year's GP of Japan: http://mechathletic.blogspot.gr/2014/10/gp-of-japan.html

Mixed conditions... and feelings The drivers of Williams made a brilliant start and took by surprise the drivers of Mercedes. Massa and Bottas qualified in positions 3 and 4, but they were first and second respectively during the first stint. Hamilton was the first to stop for a tire change and after that he had no one in front of him, so he could pick up the pace. The strategy was successful and the Briton was the leader, after the first round of pit stops. The victory was gone for Williams, but more drama was on the way. Rain started at the last stint and Rosberg drove fearlessly and passed both Massa and Bottas. With the rain getting stronger, all drivers switched to Intermediates. Under those conditions, Vettel had a good pace and passed the drivers of Williams, to claim third place. Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Vettel Ferrari 4 Massa Williams 5 Bottas Williams 6 Kvyat Red Bull 7 Hulkenberg Force India 8 Raik

Rosberg's turn Rosberg passed pole-man Hamilton at the very first corner and won the Austrian grand prix. During the practice sessions, Ferrari showed good pace, but at the race Vettel couldn't match the speed of the Silver arrows. Race Results 1 Rosberg Mercedes 2 Hamilton Mercedes 3 Massa Williams 4 Vettel Ferrari 5 Bottas Williams 6 Hulkenberg Force India 7 Maldonado Lotus 8 Verstappen Toro Rosso 9 Perez Force India 10 Ricciardo Red Bull Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Vettel FP3 Vettel QP Hamilton Race Rosberg Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 169 2 Rosberg 159 3 Vettel 120 4 Raikkonen 72 5 Bottas 67 6 Massa 62 7 Ricciardo 36 8 Kvyat 19 9 Hulkenberg 18 10 Grosjean 17 11 Nasr 16 12 Perez 13 13 Maldonado 12 14 Verstappen 10 15 Sainz 9 16 Ericsson 5 17 Button 4 18

Back to reality After a short break, Hamilton returned to victory. Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Bottas Williams 4 Raikkonen Ferrari 5 Vettel Ferrari 6 Massa Williams 7 Maldonado Lotus 8 Hulkenberg Force India 9 Kvyat Red Bull 10 Grosjean Lotus Fastest men FP1 Hamilton FP2 Hamilton FP3 Rosberg QP Hamilton Race Raikkonen Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 151 2 Rosberg 134 3 Vettel 108 4 Raikkonen 72 5 Bottas 57 6 Massa 47 7 Ricciardo 35 8 Kvyat 19 9 Grosjean 17 10 Nasr 16 11 Perez 11 12 Hulkenberg 10 13 Sainz 9 14 Verstappen 6 15 Maldonado 6 16 Ericsson 5 17 Button 4 18 Alonso 0 19 Stevens 0 20 Merhi 0 Constructors' Championship Pos Team Points 1 Mercedes 285 2 Ferrari 180 3 Williams 104 4

After the penalties of Verstapen and Vettel, the starting grid was altered: Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Räikkönen Ferrari 4 Bottas Williams 5 Grosjean Lotus 6 Maldonado Lotus 7 Hulkenberg Force India 8 Kvyat Red Bull 9 Ricciardo Red Bull 10 Perez Force India 11 Sainz Toro Rosso 12 Ericsson Sauber 13 Alonso McLaren 14 Nasr Sauber 15 Massa Williams 16 Merhi Marussia 17 Stevens Marussia 18 Vettel Ferrari 19 Verstappen Toro Rosso 20 Button McLaren

Own goal from Hamilton's team Hamilton was heading for his fourth victory this year, but a misjudgement by his team forced him to finish third. 14 laps were remaining, when rookie Verstappen -after a few unfair passes- was trying to pass Grosjean, but hit the French and crashed into the barriers. Hamilton's team called him into the pits for a tire change, just to be on the safe side, while the safety car was deployed. They thought there was enough time for him to return to track in front of his rivals. But there wasn't... Hamilton is still leading the championship, but he lost a great opportunity to win the most prestigious GP of the calendar and extend his lead. Surprisingly, Ricciardo was not penalized for hitting Raikkonen in order to pass him, whereas when Alonso did something similar, was given a five second penalty. Strong appearance from Sainz, who started last and finished 10th. Some improvement for McLaren, with Button finishing 8th. But it's not

This is Rosberg Rosberg won his first race this year. Ferrari seemed unable to keep up with the pace of the 2 Mercedes, that finished once again 1st and 2nd McLaren raced with the new livery with no success whatsoever! Race Results 1 Rosberg Mercedes 2 Hamilton Mercedes 3 Vettel Ferrari 4 Bottas Williams 5 Raikkonen Ferrari 6 Massa Williams 7 Ricciardo Red Bull 8 Grosjean Lotus 9 Sainz Toro Rosso 10 Kvyat Red Bull Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Hamilton FP3 Rosberg QP Rosberg Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 111 2 Rosberg 91 3 Vettel 80 4 Raikkonen 52 5 Bottas 42 6 Massa 39 7 Ricciardo 25 8 Grosjean 16 9 Nasr 14 10 Sainz 8 11 Hulkenberg 6 12 Verstappen 6 13 Ericsson 5 14 Perez 5 15 Kvyat 5 16 Alonso 0 17 Button 0 18 Maldonado 0 19 Stevens 0 20 Merhi

Master Hamilton Nice race, with some action, but the end Hamilton won again. Vettel finished 5th, because he was forced to pit for a wing change. That means that now he has dropped a place in the championship standings. Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Raikkonen Ferrari 3 Rosberg Mercedes 4 Bottas Williams 5 Vettel Ferrari 6 Ricciardo Red Bull 7 Grosjean Lotus 8 Perez Force India 9 Kvyat Red Bull 10 Massa Williams Fastest men FP1 Raikkonen FP2 Rosberg FP3 Hamilton QP Hamilton Race Raikkonen Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 93 2 Rosberg 66 3 Vettel 65 4 Raikkonen 42 5 Massa 31 6 Bottas 30 7 Ricciardo 19 8 Nasr 14 9 Grosjean 12 10 Hulkenberg 6 11 Sainz 6 12 Verstappen 6 13 Ericsson 5 14 Perez 5 15 Kvyat 4 16 Alonso 0 17 Button 0 18 Maldonado 0 19 Stevens 0 20 Mer

TOO FAST Hamilton was the fastest man in each session of the Chinese Grand Prix, leading another 1-2 victory for Mercedes. Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Vettel Ferrari 4 Raikkonen Ferrari 5 Massa Williams 6 Bottas Williams 7 Grosjean Lotus 8 Nasr Sauber 9 Ricciardo Red Bull 10 Ericsson Sauber Fastest men FP1 Hamilton FP2 Hamilton FP3 Hamilton QP Hamilton Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 68 2 Vettel 55 3 Rosberg 51 4 Massa 30 5 Raikkonen 24 6 Bottas 18 7 Nasr 14 8 Ricciardo 11 9 Hulkenberg 6 10 Sainz 6 11 Verstappen 6 12 Grosjean 6 13 Ericsson 5 14 Kvyat 2 15 Perez 1 16 Alonso 0 17 Button 0 18 Maldonado 0 19 Stevens 0 20 Merhi 0 Constructors' Championship Pos Team Points 1 Mercedes 119

They're back! Vettel and Ferrari found in each other what they were looking for. It seems that this year there will be some competition for the titles. Race Results 1 Vettel Ferrari 2 Hamilton Mercedes 3 Rosberg Mercedes 4 Raikkonen Ferrari 5 Bottas Williams 6 Massa Williams 7 Verstappen Toro Rosso 8 Sainz Toro Rosso 9 Kvyat Red Bull 10 Ricciardo Red Bull Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Hamilton FP3 Rosberg QP Hamilton Race Rosberg Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 43 2 Vettel 40 3 Rosberg 33 4 Massa 20 5 Raikkonen 12 6 Nasr 10 7 Bottas 10 8 Ricciardo 9 9 Hulkenberg 6 10 Sainz 6 11 Verstappen 6 12 Ericsson 4 13 Kvyat 2 14 Perez 1 15 Alonso 0 16 Button 0 17 Grosjean 0 18 Maldonado 0 19 Stevens 0 20 Merhi 0 Constructors' Championship Pos Te

The Mercedes/Hamilton dominance continues Race Results 1 Hamilton Mercedes 2 Rosberg Mercedes 3 Vettel Ferrari 4 Massa Williams 5 Nasr Sauber 6 Ricciardo Red Bull 7 Hulkenberg Force India 8 Ericsson Sauber 9 Sainz Toro Rosso 10 Perez Force India Fastest men FP1 Rosberg FP2 Rosberg FP3 Hamilton QP Hamilton Race Hamilton Standings after the race Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Points 1 Hamilton 25 2 Rosberg 18 3 Vettel 15 4 Massa 12 5 Nasr 10 6 Ricciardo 8 7 Hulkenberg 6 8 Ericsson 4 9 Sainz 2 10 Perez 1 11 Kvyat 0 12 Bottas 0 13 Raikkonen 0 14 Alonso 0 15 Button 0 16 Verstappen 0 17 Grosjean 0 18 Maldonado 0 19 Stevens 0 20 Merhi 0 Constructors' Championship Pos Team Points 1 Mercedes 43 2 Ferrari 15 3 Sauber 14 4 Williams 12 5 Red Bull 8 6 Force India

Just a couple of weeks remain until the start of the new season. Here is this year's schedule: # Date NAT Race 1 Mar 15 AUS Grand Prix of Australia 2 Mar 29 MYS Grand Prix of Malaysia 3 Apr 12 CHN Grand Prix of China 4 Apr 19 BHR Grand Prix of Bahrain 5 May 10 ESP Grand Prix of Spain 6 May 24 MCO Grand Prix of Monaco 7 Jun 7 CAN Grand Prix of Canada 8 Jun 21 AUT Grand Prix of Austria 9 Jul 5 GBR Grand Prix of Great Britain 10 Jul 19 DEU Grand Prix of Germany 11 Jul 26 HUN Grand Prix of Hungary 12 Aug 23 BEL Grand Prix of Belgium 13 Sep 6 ITA Grand Prix of Italy 14 Sep 20 SGP Grand Prix of Singapore 15 Sep 27 JPN Grand Prix of Japan 16 Oct 11 RUS Grand Prix of Russia (Sochi) 17 Oct 25 USA Grand Prix of USA (Austin) 18 Nov 1 MEX Grand Prix of Mexico 19 Nov 15 BRA Grand Prix of Brazil 20 Nov 29 ARE Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi