W ith no little pleasing symmetry, seventy five years on from a three-way fight for the inaugural Formula One title, the championship is entering its decisive phase once more with three protagonists in the running and the promise of an enthralling denouement of the kind that has graced some of the sport’s greatest seasons.

Heading into this weekend’s São Paulo Grand Prix, McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri and Red Bull’s Max Verstappen all remain in the hunt. Norris leads Piastri by just one point, with the defending champion, Verstappen, 36 points back, after a late-season resurgence.

In 1950 the dominant Alfa Romeo 158 in the hands of Juan Manuel Fangio, Nino Farina and Luigi Fagioli held sway. Fangio entered the final round at Monza two points ahead of Fagioli with Farina f

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