Sao Paulo: Lewis Hamilton can still recall with clarity the day he ‘lost’ and won his only Formula One world title.

It was six years ago Hamilton was crowned world champion in Brazil, but only after one of the most dramatic endings in the history of the sport. With title rival Felipe Massa in his Ferrari crossing the line nearly 40 seconds up the road, many people in the Ferrari garage and across the grandstands at Interlagos began celebrating the success of one of their own.