Last year's surprise champion with Brawn GP came to McLaren under intense pressure, with even ardent admirers expecting him to crumble alongside Hamilton, McLaren's golden boy. Here, then, is a look at the four men who ALMOST made it.
Back then Alain Prost won by two points, and this year has belonged to the man sitting under a prophetic V sign, but the victory then and now has been ours, as we've been watching five drivers battle tooth and nail to make the championship a truly special one. In 1986 it was a close battle between Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Nelson Piquet. So as we see this memorable photograph of the five 2010 contenders - Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber, Jenson Button and Sebastien Vettel - we realise it's been over two decades since we had a prizefight this close. It has been an absolute thrill, and a very unpredictable ride. We're traditionally used to seeing two racers duel for the title, or even long spells of one man domination, but this year thanks to new rules, a new scoring system, and all of F1s young talent apparently hitting puberty in unison has given us a bonafide five-way fight to the title.
This has indeed been a remarkable season, with the best slugfest in decades.
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