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In 2011, former British American Racing team principal Craig Pollock announced the formation of Propulsion Universelle et Récuperation d'Énergie-commonly known by its acronym, PURE-and signalled his intentions to enter the sport in 2014 as a customer engine supplier, with the full support of the FIA.The deal came after Renault publicised their intentions to reduce their engine supply to three teams in 2014, before the French manufacturer ultimately settled on supplying four. Williams parted ways with Renault after two seasons, switching to Mercedes power in what the team described as a "long-term deal".Toro Rosso secured an agreement with Renault for engines in 2014, ending their seven-year arrangement with Ferrari.They joined Ferrari's customer programme with Ferrari providing the team with both engine and powertrain for 2014 and beyond.
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This decision prompted Marussia, the only team using Cosworth engines during the 2013 season, to seek out a new engine supplier.
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Teams competed with tyres supplied by Pirelli.Ħ teams used free practice drivers over the course of the season. The following teams and drivers took part in the 2014 season. 5.4 World Constructors' Championship standings.5.3 World Drivers' Championship standings.The season also saw the first three wins of Daniel Ricciardo, who finished third in the championship for Red Bull Racing. Mercedes secured their first World Constructors' Championship in Russia, and finished the season with 701 points, 296 points ahead of Red Bull Racing. Rosberg also won the inaugural FIA Pole Trophy having amassed a total of 11 pole positions over the course of the season.
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Mercedes driver Lewis Hamilton won his second World Drivers' Championship with 384 points and 11 victories having previously won his first Drivers' title in 2008, ahead of his teammate, Nico Rosberg with 317 points and 5 victories. His team, Infiniti Red Bull Racing, also started the season as defending World Constructors' Champion having secured its fourth consecutive Constructors' title last season at the same Grand Prix in which its lead driver secured his title. Sebastian Vettel started the season as defending World Drivers' Champion having secured his fourth consecutive Drivers' title the previous season at the 2013 Indian Grand Prix. The Indian Grand Prix was put on hiatus before being removed from the schedule entirely along with the Korean Grand Prix. The 2014 calendar featured substantial revisions from the 2013 season the Russian Grand Prix (held the first time in a century) was held at the Sochi Autodrom, and the Austrian Grand Prix was revived with the race held at the Red Bull Ring in Spielberg. In 2014, the championship saw the introduction of a revised engine formula, in which the 2.4-litre V8 engine configuration-previously used between 20-was replaced with a new formula specifying a 1.6-litre (97.6 cu in) turbocharged V6 engine that incorporated an energy recovery system into its build. He died on 17 July 2015 after spending nine months in a coma following the accident. It was the first Formula One season since 1994 to see an accident with ultimately fatal consequences as Jules Bianchi succumbed to the injuries he sustained during the 2014 Japanese Grand Prix. In the nineteen Grands Prix of the season, a total of eleven teams and twenty-four drivers competed for the World Drivers' and World Constructors' championships. The season commenced in Australia on 16 March and concluded in Abu Dhabi on 23 November. It featured the 65th Formula One World Championship, a motor racing championship for Formula One cars, 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 2014 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 68th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. Daniel Ricciardo finished third in his first season with Red Bull.