I know rjbetty used to do this last year. I don't know if he will pop out again, but thought I'd come and share my prediction of the 2014 F1 season.

Well, last time we had significant rule changes - 2009 - I got all predictions horribly wrong. Eager to see, what comes out of this.

In my mind played through all the races, including double points at Abu Dhabi, and the final score looks like the following:

1. Lewis Hamilton GBR Mercedes 286
2. Sebastian Vettel GER RBR Renault 275
3. Fernando Alonso ESP Ferrari 266
4. Nico Rosberg GER Mercedes 253
5. Kimi Räikkönen FIN Ferrari 210
6. Daniel Ricciardo AUS RBR Renault 137
7. Jenson Button GBR McLaren Mercedes 120
8. Nico Hülkenberg GER Force India Mercedes 101
9. Romain Grosjean FRA Lotus Renault 70
10. Kevin Magnussen* DEN McLaren Mercedes 67
11. Sergio Pérez MEX Force India Mercedes 63
12. Pastor Maldonado VEN Lotus Renault 45
13. Valtteri Bottas FIN Williams Mercedes 33
14. Felipe Massa BRA Williams Mercedes 28
15. Adrian Sutil GER Sauber Ferrari 25
16. Esteban Gutiérrez MEX Sauber Ferrari 20
17. Jean-Èric Vergne FRA STR Renault 12
18. Daniil Kvyat* RUS STR Renault 8
19. Jules Bianchi FRA Marussia Ferrari 1
20. Max Chilton GBR Marussia Ferrari 0
21. Kamui Kobayashi JPN Caterham Renault 0
22. Marcus Ericsson* SWE Caterham Renault 0

1. Mercedes (M) 539
2. Ferrari (F) 476
3. Red Bull (R) 412
4. McLaren (M) 187
5. Force India (M) 164
6. Lotus (R) 115
7. Williams (M) 61
8. Sauber (F) 45
9. STR (R) 20
10. Marussia (F) 1


Vettel had a storming end to the season again, including winning the double points in Abu Dhabi, but this time it wasn't quite enough. Four drivers were within a shot of a WDC before the title decider, which had the maximum of 50 points on offer.

So, waiting for your predictions before the winter testing begins.