2012 – Sebastian Vettel
A person who is aware of all about title comebacks is Sebastian Vettel, whose first championship in 2010 – a 12 months that additionally witnessed a change within the points-scoring system, with 25 now awarded for a win – noticed him overturn Lewis Hamilton’s earlier benefit and take his debut title by simply 4 factors from Fernando Alonso.
However by way of bouncing again in significantly dramatic model, the 2012 season was particularly memorable. An eventful begin to the marketing campaign noticed a special driver take victory at every of the opening seven races, with one in every of these claimed by Vettel.
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Alonso, in the meantime, went on to construct a lead within the championship and, with eight races remaining, held 164 factors to Vettel’s 140. The German then bolstered his problem by embarking on a run of 4 consecutive wins within the latter a part of the season, which means that he led Alonso by 13 factors getting into into the finale in Brazil.
That benefit appeared to have shortly evaporated just some moments into the race, with Vettel dropping to the again of the sector following a first-lap incident with Bruno Senna. Regardless of sustaining injury to his automobile – and enduring a prolonged pit cease amid the arrival of rain – the Crimson Bull driver in the end crossed the road in sixth, sufficient to beat second-placed Alonso to the title by simply three factors.
