Nigel Mansell won the 1992 Formula 1 World Championshipafter finishing second on three occasions (1986, 1987 and 1991).
One year later he won the CART World Series becoming the only man in history to hold the F1 and CART World Series championships simultaneously.
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Lewis hamilton became the F1 world champion at the end of the Brazilian grand prix in the year 2008. The championship fight was very close and both Massa and Lewis were close contenders for the title. During the last round of the F1 2008 event, hamilton finished fifth with the exact number of points required to win the title and won the title beating Massa by a difference of one point.