Kimi Antonelli became Formula 1's youngest world champion in Mexico on Sunday. Here are six other title stories that sound too strange to be true.
1. A champion who never knew he had won
Jochen Rindt won five races for Lotus in 1970, then crashed at the Parabolica during practice for the Italian Grand Prix at Monza on 5 September. He died on the way to hospital.
Jacky Ickx needed to win both of the last two races to catch him, but finished fourth in the United States. Rindt remains the only driver to win the title after his death.
2. One win beat four
Mike Hawthorn won only one race in 1958, the French Grand Prix. Stirling Moss won four, yet Hawthorn took the title by a single point.
Moss even helped his rival. When Hawthorn was disqualified in Portugal for restarting his car against the direction of the track, Moss spoke up for him and the decision was reversed.
3. Eleven winners, one-win champion
The 1982 season had 11 different race winners from seven teams.
Keke Rosberg won just one of them, the Swiss Grand Prix, but his consistency gave him the title with 44 points, five clear of Didier Pironi and John Watson.
4. The title decided by half a point
Niki Lauda beat his McLaren team-mate Alain Prost to the 1984 title by 72 points to 71.5, the smallest margin in the championship's history.
The half point came from Monaco. Heavy rain stopped the race long before full distance, so only half points were given. Prost won it, and took 4.5 points instead of nine.
5. More points, no title
Prost scored 105 points in 1988 to Ayrton Senna's 94. Senna was still champion.
Only each driver's best 11 results counted, so Prost had to drop 18 points and Senna only four. That left Senna ahead, 90 to 87. Between them, the McLaren pair won 15 of the 16 races.
6. A 26-year age gap between record holders
Juan Manuel Fangio won his fifth title in 1957 at 46 years and 41 days old, and is still the oldest champion.
Antonelli was 20 years and 68 days old when he sealed this year's title, which makes him more than 26 years younger than Fangio was.
Race it on Late Brake
Two of these stories happened at circuits in Late Brake: Monaco, where the half points of 1984 were scored, and Monza, where Rindt's season ended. Both are among the six real circuits in the free browser game. Take on the AI rivals around Monaco's barriers and see how few tenths separate a medal from nothing.
Sources: Wikipedia: Jochen Rindt, Wikipedia: Mike Hawthorn, Wikipedia: 1982 season, Wikipedia: 1984 season, Wikipedia: 1984 Monaco Grand Prix, Wikipedia: 1988 season, Wikipedia: list of world champions