The highs and lows of F1 2018's top drivers
The 2018 Formula 1 season featured the fiercest battle for honours since the start of the V6 turbo-hybrid era - even if both titles were ultimately sealed comfortably - but who were the standout drivers over the course of the campaign?
They say the points table never lies, but in a sport dependent on the combination of human and machine it's rarely, if ever, the case that the top 10 in a championship are the best 10 performers.
Here, Autosport picks out the high and low points of the top 10 drivers we rate as the best performers from the 2018 Formula 1 season based on their achievements relative to the expectations of them and their machinery.
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