Antonelli heads list of F1's youngest champions

First championship: 2021

Age: 24 years and 73 days

Stage of his F1 career when title was won: Seventh full season

F1 debut: 2015 Australian Grand Prix (aged 17)

Hamilton won the title on the final lap of the 2008 season but he would lose it on the final lap in 2021 in circumstances that remain a source of huge controversy.

His rival in a thrilling and intense season-long duel was Red Bull's Max Verstappen. There were plenty of flashpoints along the way and it all came to a climax in Abu Dhabi.

Verstappen and Hamilton went into the final race of the season level on points.