For a long time there was no real narrative to the 2016 British Touring Car Championship title battle. And then through the uncertainty came Gordon Shedden to clinch a third title.
The championship delivered its most-competitive season since the single-class format was introduced, with 13 different race winners and an unprecedented eight drivers going into that Brands Hatch showdown in with a sniff of the title.
They all left their mark on an engaging campaign, which is reviewed in the coming issues of Autosport (October 20) and Motorsport News (November 9, with an exclusive team managers' poll of the leading drivers).