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Lewis Hamilton has been voted the best driver in the annual Autosport Formula 1 team principals' poll, but Nico Rosberg didn't fare well.

In a secret ballot, 10 team bosses polled their drivers of the season under the 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 scoring system and it is no surprise that Hamilton came out tops having won this year's Drivers' Championship.

The 29-year-old claimed 194 points with Fernando Alonso slotting in behind him despite not winning a race in his final season for Ferrari while Daniel Ricciardo, who tasted success three times in his debut campaign with Red Bull, completed the top three.

Williams' impressive youngster Valtteri Bottas was fourth on the back of six podiums while Hamilton's team-mate Rosberg was surprisingly only fifth despite winning five races and finishing second in the Drivers' standings.

According to Autosport, Caterham were not included in the poll "due to multiple changes of management".

AUTOSPORT TEAM PRINCIPALS' TOP 10 2014

Autosport Team Principals' Top 10 2014
1 Lewis Hamilton (194 points)
2 Fernando Alonso (155 points)
3 Daniel Ricciardo (135 points)
4 Valtteri Bottas (119 points)
5 Nico Rosberg (115 points)
6 Felipe Massa (55 points)
7 Sebastian Vettel (53 points)
8 Jules Bianchi (44 points)
9 Jenson Button (40 points)
10 Daniil Kvyat (28 points)

Come on Lotus. Get thsi guy back on the podium. Alongside Dan you would have the two biggest smiles in F1

http://plus.autosport.com/premium/feature/6314/autosport-2014-f1-driver-ratings/?_ga=1.218624601.1552146118.1407816397

11. ROMAIN GROSJEAN
Average rating: 7.1
Grosjean remains one of the best drivers in the field, although there were moments when frustration seemed to get the better of him during a trying 2014 season for Lotus.

Yet in a car that couldn't decide how it wanted to handle from corner to corner and lap to lap, at times Grosjean extracted stunning performances from it.

Next year, the Lotus-Mercedes package should allow him to achieve the results his ability deserves.

The Red Bull Formula 1 team has recovered some of the trophies stolen from its factory earlier this month.


Over 60 trophies were stolen from its Milton Keynes factory at the start of December after a vehicle drove through the front entrance of the building.


Red Bull said around 20 of the trophies were found in the Horseshoe Lake near Sandhurst, around 60 miles from the factory.


"It's good news that some of our trophies have been found and thanks to the police for all their help so far," said team boss Christian Horner.


"The fact that some of the trophies were discarded in a lake and damaged shows how senseless this crime was.


"While the trophies mean an enormous amount to the team, their intrinsic value is low - and the extent of the damage that was caused to the factory by the offenders during the break-in was significant.


"Hopefully we can get the trophies back to our factory where they belong and get replicas made of those that we can't."



http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/117170


Lewis Hamilton has been voted the best driver in the annual Autosport Formula 1 team principals' poll, but Nico Rosberg didn't fare well.

In a secret ballot, 10 team bosses polled their drivers of the season under the 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 scoring system and it is no surprise that Hamilton came out tops having won this year's Drivers' Championship.

The 29-year-old claimed 194 points with Fernando Alonso slotting in behind him despite not winning a race in his final season for Ferrari while Daniel Ricciardo, who tasted success three times in his debut campaign with Red Bull, completed the top three.

Williams' impressive youngster Valtteri Bottas was fourth on the back of six podiums while Hamilton's team-mate Rosberg was surprisingly only fifth despite winning five races and finishing second in the Drivers' standings.

According to Autosport, Caterham were not included in the poll "due to multiple changes of management".

AUTOSPORT TEAM PRINCIPALS' TOP 10 2014

Autosport Team Principals' Top 10 2014

1 Lewis Hamilton (194 points)

2 Fernando Alonso (155 points)

3 Daniel Ricciardo (135 points)

4 Valtteri Bottas (119 points)

5 Nico Rosberg (115 points)

6 Felipe Massa (55 points)

7 Sebastian Vettel (53 points)

8 Jules Bianchi (44 points)

9 Jenson Button (40 points)

10 Daniil Kvyat (28 points)

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