The 2024 title fight is getting heated between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris - here are eight other memorable championship battles.
The 2024 title race is getting increasingly heated as Red Bull's Max Verstappen and McLaren's Lando Norris battle on track for the drivers' championship.
Hamilton collided into the back of Verstappen's Red Bull, which had slowed - Verstappen was given a 10-second penalty for this. Mercedes as they prepared for a restart after a safety car. The German pulled alongside Lewis Hamilton and drove into his car, banging wheels. Rosberg was 12 points ahead of Hamilton and a podium finish in Abu Dhabi would secure the championship.
However, a retirement at the Chinese Grand Prix and a seventh-placed finish at Interlagos - following a technical problem - meant HamiltonMcLaren were fined $100m and excluded from the constructors' championship after being found guilty of having confidential Ferrari documents.Michael Schumacher was disqualified for his actions in the 1997 drivers' championship
The German had built an early lead but Hill caught up by lap 36. Schumacher's Benetton then ran wide and hit the wall, but managed to rejoin the race.Both drivers retired because of damage and Schumacher was named champion.Ayrton Senna won the championship in 1988, 1990 and 1991 and Alain Prost won in 1985, 1986, 1989 and 1993
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