Formula 1’s 75 years of competition have delivered some incredible World Championship battles – but as always, there can only be one winner at the end of it all.
In a special summer break compilation video, we go back in time and remember 12 occasions where drivers’ hopes of lifting the championship trophy were shattered.
From Michael Schumacher’s heartbreaking engine failure at the 2006 Japanese Grand Prix to Sebastian Vettel’s agonising spin on home soil in Germany 2018, some of the sport’s most dramatic moments are captured.
Ready to relive that drama? Simply hit go on the video player at the top of the page.
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