Statistics: The best season in Formula 1 history

Championship fight: Giuseppe Farina (Alfa Romeo) vs. Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo) vs. Luigi Fagioli (Alfa Romeo)

Championship fight: Juan Manuel Fangio (Alfa Romeo) vs. Alberto Ascari (Ferrari) vs. José Froilan González (Ferrari)

Championship fight: Juan Manuel Fangio (Ferrari) vs. Peter Collins (Ferrari) vs. Jean Behr (Maserati)

Championship fight: Mike Hawthorn (Ferrari) vs. Stirling Moss (Vanwall)

Championship Challenge: Jack Brabham (Cooper) vs. Tony Brooks (Ferrari) vs. Stirling Moss (Cooper/BRM)

Championship Challenge: Graham Hill (BRM) vs. Jim Clark (Lotus) Constructors' Championship: BRM (Hill, Richie Ginther) vs. Lotus (Clarke, Trevor Taylor)

Championship Challenge: John Surtees (Ferrari) vs. Graham Hill (BRM) vs. Jim Clark (Lotus)

Championship Challenge: Danny Hulme (Brabham) vs. Jack Brabham

Championship fight: Graham Hill (Lotus) vs. Jackie Stewart (Matra) vs. Denny Hulme (McLaren). Constructors' Championship: Lotus (Hill, Jackie Oliver) vs. McLaren (Hulme, Bruce McLaren)

Championship fight: Emerson Fittipaldi (McLaren) vs. Clay Regazzoni (Ferrari) vs. Jody Scheckter (Tyrrell)

Championship fight: James Hunt (McLaren) vs. Niki Lauda (Ferrari)

Championship Challenge: Nelson Piquet (Brabham) vs. Carlos Reutemann (Williams) vs. Jacques Laffitte (Ligier)

Championship fight: Keke Rosberg (Williams) vs. John Watson (McLaren). Constructors' Championship Challenge: Ferrari (Tambe, Pironi) vs. McLaren (Watson, Lauda) vs. Renault (Prost, Arnoux)

Championship fight: Nelson Piquet (Brabham) vs. Alain Prost (Renault) vs. René Arnoux (Ferrari). Constructors' Championship Challenge: Ferrari (Arnoux, Patrick Tambe) vs. Renault (Prost, Eddie Cheever)

Championship fight: Niki Lauda (McLaren) vs. Alain Prost (McLaren)

Championship fight: Alain Prost (McLaren) vs. Nigel Mansell (Williams) vs. Nelson Piquet (Williams)

Championship Challenge: Michael Schumacher (Benetton) vs. Damon Hill (Williams)

Championship Challenge: Jacques Villeneuve (Williams) vs. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)

Championship Challenge: Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) vs. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari)

Championship Challenge: Mika Häkkinen (McLaren) vs. Eddie Irvine (Ferrari) Constructors' Championship Challenge: Ferrari (Irvine, Michael Schumacher) vs. McLaren (Häkkinen, David Coulthard)

Championship Challenge: Michael Schumacher (Ferrari) vs. Kimi Räikkönen (McLaren). Constructors' Championship: Ferrari (Schumacher, Rubens Barrichello) vs. McLaren (Raikkonen, David Coulthard)

Constructors' Championship: Renault (Fernando Alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella) vs. McLaren (Kimi Raikkonen, Juan Pablo Montoya)

Championship Challenge: Fernando Alonso (Renault) vs. Michael Schumacher (Ferrari). Constructors' Championship: Renault (Alonso, Giancarlo Fisichella) vs. Ferrari (Schumacher, Felipe Massa)

Championship fight: Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari) vs. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) vs. Fernando Alonso (McLaren)

Championship Challenge: Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) vs. Felipe Massa (Ferrari). Constructors' Championship: Ferrari (Massa, Kimi Raikkonen) vs. McLaren (Hamilton, Heikki Kovalainen)

Championship Challenge: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) vs. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) vs. Mark Webber (Red Bull) vs. Lewis Hamilton (McLaren)

Championship Challenge: Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) vs. Fernando Alonso (Ferrari)

Championship fight: Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) vs. Nico Rosberg (Mercedes)

Championship title: Nico Rosberg (Mercedes) vs. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)

Championship Challenge: Max Verstappen (Red Bull) vs. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) Constructors' Championship Challenge: Mercedes (Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas) vs. Red Bull (Verstappen, Sergio Perez)

Constructors' Championship: McLaren (Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri) vs. Ferrari (Charles Leclerc, Carlos Sainz Jr.)

Championship fight: Lando Norris (McLaren) vs. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) vs. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)