Pre-GP Stats Analysis: Brazil
Heading into the 2008 season finale, Michele Merlino assesses the facts and figures for the forthcoming Brazilian Grand Prix
It's the 25th time in history that the world drivers' championship has gone down to the wire.
These are the previous occurrences:
(*) Pironi was injured and thus unable to fight for the Championship;
(**) Schumacher was stripped of his second place after his collision in the last race with championship contender Villeneuve.
Britain for 200
Lewis Hamilton's win in China was the 199th by a British driver. The country with the next most wins is Germany with 104 (91 of them Michael Schumacher's).
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