In addition to the DHL Fastest Lap trophy F1 will award a trophy for the most poles of the year, starting in 2014.

The driver who racks up the most pole positions during the season will be awarded with a special Pole Position Trophy after its addition to the sporting regulations.

In the event of a tie a countback to the most second places will be done in order to determine a winner. Should this final to identify a clear winner this new regulation states that “the FIA will nominate the winner according to such criteria as it thinks fit”.

Sebastian Vettel, with 45 pole positions to his name, would have been the recipient of the trophy for four of last five years.