A close run thing
The stat books will show that Lewis Hamilton scored the fifth place he needed to secure the world championship, but it won't show perhaps the greatest title finale of them all, or just how close he came to it having it slip away for the second year in a row
Brazil was without doubt the most amazing world championship finale we've ever seen, and it's still hard to quite believe that the race unfolded in the way it did.
We'd known for a fortnight that if Felipe Massa won, Lewis Hamilton had to finish fifth to secure the title. But who would have bet on just such an outcome transpiring?
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