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It's been a nail biting rollercoaster ride but Lewis Hamilton edges out his Mercedes teammate and title rival Nico Rosberg to win the 2014 Formula One World Championship.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":true,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":1,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round one: Nico Rosberg rules in Australia. His Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton had started the race from pole position but retired because of an engine problem.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":2,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round two: Hamilton was quick to make amends, controlling the Malaysian Grand Prix as he led from start to finish with Rosberg taking second place.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":3,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round three: Hamilton gets the better of Rosberg in Bahrain. The German had started on pole but Hamilton took the lead at the first corner.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":4,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round four: It's three in a row for Hamilton in Shanghai. Victory at the Chinese Grand Prix sees the Briton win three straight races for the first time in his career.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":5,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round five: Hamilton rains on Rosberg's parade in Spain as he wins to take the lead in the world championship standings for the first time.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":6,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round six: Monaco mayhem saw Rosberg survive an investigation into claims he had impeded Hamilton in qualifying. He went on to win the race and regain the championship lead.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":7,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round seven: Oh Canada! There are reliability problems for Hamilton as brake failure puts him out of the Canadian race. Rosberg finishes second.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":8,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round eight: Rosberg gets back on track in Austria where another victory saw the German stretch his championship lead over Hamilton.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":9,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round nine: There's some home help for Hamilton as he wins the British Grand Prix while Rosberg retired with a gearbox problem.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":10,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round 10: Hamilton hangs tough in Hungary, choosing to ignore advice from his team to allow Rosberg to pass. The Briton finished the race in third, with his Mercedes teammate in fourth.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":11,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round 11: In Germany, Rosberg led from the start to the checkered flag to win his home grand prix at Hockenheim, with Hamilton finishing in third.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":12,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round 12: Sparks fly at Spa as Rosberg and Hamilton collide during the Belgian Grand Prix. The incident, which forced Hamilton to retire, is a major flashpoint in an increasingly strained season for the former teenage friends. Rosberg finished the race in second. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":13,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round 13: At the next race in Italy, Hamilton takes a crucial win when Rosberg makes a mistake when leading the race and runs wide down the escape road.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":14,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round 14: Rosberg joins Hamilton and his family for the celebrations in Singapore but another win for the Briton means Rosberg loses his championship lead.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":15,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round 15: Hamilton beats Rosberg again in Japan but the celebrations are muted on the podium following a serious crash involving Marussia driver Jules Bianchi. cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":16,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round 16: Hamilton's hot streak continues in Sochi where he wins the inaugural Russian Grand Prix to help Mercedes wrap up the team championship.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":17,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round 17: Hamilton fans have plenty to cheer about at the U.S. Grand Prix as the 2008 world champion wins his 10th race of the season and fifth in a row.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":18,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round 18: Rosberg is on song in Sao Paulo, winning the Brazilian Grand Prix to close the gap on Hamilton to 17 points in the title chase with one race to go.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":19,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}
Round 19: Hamilton passes Rosberg at the start of the final race in Abu Dhabi and there is more misery for the German when his engine loses power. The Briton takes the win and with it a second world title.cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList.length]={"currentPicture":false,"x":0,"y":0,"pos":20,"title":"How Hamilton beat Rosberg"}HIDE CAPTIONHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat RosbergHow Hamilton beat Rosberg<<<
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20>>>Event.observe(window,'load',function(){if(typeof(cnn_adbptrackpgalimg) == 'function' && typeof(cnnArticleGallery) != 'undefined'){cnn_adbptrackpgalimg(cnnArticleGallery.currentImageList[0].image,"Lewis Hamilton: "It was life or death"");}});STORY HIGHLIGHTSHamilton says it's like winning the title for the first time after topping Duel in the DesertBriton insists he never wanted to win the title easily and relished fighting to the last raceThe 29-year-old admits the idea of being a multiple world champion will take timeIt equals the record of six years for the longest wait between a first and second world titleFollow us at @WorldSportCNN and like us on Facebook (CNN) -- It is six years since Lewis Hamilton was first crowned world champion but the Briton is treating Sunday's title win in Abu Dhabi as though it was his maiden success all over again.
The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was billed as the "Duel in the Desert" as the battle between Hamilton and Nico Rosberg for the 2014 drivers' championship went down to the wire.Instead, it proved a solo march to glory.
"Winning the first world championship was something very, very special, it was obviously my dream as a kid and it was my dream to get this championship, it feels like it was the first time," Hamilton told CNN.
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The six-year gap between Hamilton's twin triumphs equals Graham Hill's previous record wait for a second drivers' title following his first victorious season in 1962.
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'Abu Double' title showdownHamilton is no stranger to championship deciders having been in title contention at the final race of his rookie season in 2007 only to be pipped by Kimi Raikkonen.The Briton went one better the following year, edging out Felipe Massa on the final lap of the season-ending Brazilian Grand Prix.
In 2010, he arrived in Abu Dhabi with a mathematical chance of winning the world title but came up short.
In contrast, his return to the Yas Marina Circuit at the weekend saw Rosberg finish outside of the points after his car suffered a significantly loss of power.
The German's frustrating race ensured a comfortable 64-point winning margin for Hamilton as a result of the double points on offer at the final race.
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— CNN World Sport (@WorldSportCNN) November 24, 2014"So I think the initial feeling is of relief, of course massively proud of the group of people that I have been working with and of course very much conscious of what we've achieved and what I've achieved. But I think the whole 'two-time champion' is going to take some time to kick in."
The margin of his victory in the points standings is not a complete reflection of a title race that ebbed and flowed between the formerly close friends, whose relationship fractured during the course of an occasionally tense season.
In the end, Hamilton proved victorious by virtue of his 11 grands prix victories to Rosberg's five, with the former clawing back a 29-point deficit following August's Belgian Grand Prix to win six of the last seven races.
Hamilton relished the battle.
"It makes no difference who are you competing with, you want to beat the guy with whoever you're fighting for the championship with," he said reflecting the morning after the night before.
Our story. Here it is. #TeamLHmovie. Thank you all so much #TeamLH @mercedesamgf1 https://t.co/HbuiT4jRrw
— Lewis Hamilton (@LewisHamilton) November 24, 2014"I had a great competitor throughout the year, I wouldn't want it any other way, I wouldn't want it easy that's for sure and I definitely don't feel I ever had it that way."
Rosberg was quick to overcome his own personal disappointment and congratulate his teammate ahead of the podium presentation, although Hamilton admitted he had not seen him again bar a brief passing in the Mercedes team garage.
Hamilton likened their championship fight to "life or death, we both wanted it more than anything we'd ever desired in our life."
Mercedes, with the same driver line-up in 2015, look set to dominate the sport once more next season, leaving Hamilton and Rosberg as that likely title protagonists.
Asked how long it would take for title number three after enduring such a long wait for his second title success, Hamilton added: "Oh geez, I have no idea. I'm just going to enjoy this one."
Read: How Hamilton won the title
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