Identifying the Turning Point in Lewis Hamilton-Nico Rosberg F1 Title Battle

In the end, Lewis Hamilton won the 2014 Formula One World Championship with ease. A run of six wins in the final seven races of the season in a period which saw Nico Rosberg, his Mercedes team-mate and title rival, suffer two crippling mechanical problems, allowed the British driver to claim his second title by a margin of 67 points. Rosberg's cruel luck—which led to him retiring from September's Singapore Grand Prix and finishing a lowly 14th in the double-points finale that was Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix—left the German somewhat isolated in the final standings, just 79 points ahead of Daniel Ricciardo, the Red Bull driver. The gap between the new world champion and the runner-up has had the unfortunate effect of disto...

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