By Leonard Lim

FOR the second year in a row, the Formula One drivers' championship was decided by a single point, and in the last race of the season.

But, as McLaren's Lewis Hamilton basks in the adulation of winning the title he lost out on so narrowly last year, arch-rivals Ferrari will be kicking themselves for their part in crowning the sport's youngest champion.

Their driver Felipe Massa accumulated six podium finishes over the 18-race season, one more than Hamilton.

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