Top 10 greatest Formula 1 seasons to end in Championship heartbreak

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7: Nigel Mansell, 1987

Mansell was still chasing his first Championship in 1987 and, with two races remaining, he was in the hunt, 12 points behind his Brazilian team-mate. However, a massive accident in practice at Suzuka ended his tilt, handing Piquet the title.Ferrari’s last era of dominance had already been broken the previous year, but Michael Schumacher was back in a contending car for 2006 and ready to throw everything at defending champion Fernando Alonso.

Kimi Raikkonen had narrowly missed out on the title two years earlier, but McLaren were prepared to mount another challenge. Fernando Alonso quickly emerged as their biggest rival, and the pair won all but five of the 19 rounds. A driver needs world-beating pace as well as ruthless consistency to win the Formula 1 title, and Prost had both in 1988. Across 16 rounds, Prost won seven races, finished second seven times, and retired from the remaining two rounds. And yet, still, Senna was three Championship points better.Alain Prost ended his racing career with four Formula 1 titles, but it could so easily have been six. At least two of his four second-places in the Championship deserved more.

The 21st Century’s greatest Formula 1 season saw Hamilton pitted against Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who had finally been blessed with a car worthy of his talent and capable of breaking Mercedes’ seven-year stranglehold. Hamilton pulled out a healthy advantage over the Dutchman, but a bizarre sequence of decisions by race control under a late safety car handed Verstappen the chance to pass Hamilton with fresher tyres on the final lap, winning his first title.The greatest Formula 1 season by a Championship runner-up is undoubtedly Lewis Hamilton’s in 2016.

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Well, LewisHamilton technically DID come first in 2021. I think you need to ask Max33Verstappen how he feels about almost beating Lewis, and how it feels to be forever known as a HumanErrorChampion

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