Ferrari’s 2014 Formula One car will be called the F14 T after an online poll of fans, the Italian team said yesterday.

Ferrari said 1,123,741 votes were cast from 208 countries – as far afield as Palau, Greenland and Equatorial Guinea – over nine days between January 15 and 23 with the winning designation beating F166 Turbo by just 19,104.

Fans were given a choice of five names to vote for.

“It’s nice to know the name of the racer has been chosen by our fans,” team principal Stefano Domenicali told the F1 team website (www.ferrari.com).

“The amazing number of votes shows just how popular Ferrari has always been and this will be, as always, a further impetus for us to do well this year.”

Ferrari have a line-up of cham-pions this season with 2007 champion Kimi Raikkonen returning to Maranello from Lotus as team-mate to double champion Fernando Alonso.

The Italian team, who finished third overall last year, will unveil the new car online today.

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