Lewis Hamilton took his 10th win of the Formula 1 season at the Mexican Grand Prix, overcoming front row occupier Ferrari to achieve the feat for a fifth time in his career.

Despite this remarkable statistic, the race was notable for Hamilton failing to secure the title, having won it for the last two years at Autodromo Hermanos Rodríguez. On each of those occasions, it was Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen who had taken the race win, but a thoughtless admission to rulebreaking meant he was stripped of his pole position and lost two places from fourth on the grid.

Third place for Hamilton’s Mercedes-Benz team-mate Valtteri Bottas kept him in title contention, and marked the first time he has taken 14 podiums during a season. If he finishes all three of the remaining races in the top three, he could match the record for most podiums during an F1 season.

Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel finished second, but poleman team-mate Charles Leclerc could only manage fourth. His seventh pole of the season, inherited after Verstappen’s penalty, makes him the first non-Mercedes driver to achieve the feat since Vettel in 2013.

Racing Point’s Sergio Perez matched his best result on home soil in seventh.

At the end of Rally Catalunya, Ott Tanak became the first driver whose first name isn’t Sebastién to be crowned World Rally champion since 2003.

The Toyota driver finished the rally in second, 17.2 seconds behind Hyundai’s Thierry Neuville, and by taking the additional points that come with going fastest in the Power Stage he now has a lead in the standings that cannot be surpassed at Rally Australia.

Tanak has 18 wins in the WRC, 12 of which have come in top-tier machinery, and all but two have come in the last two seasons. His last titles came in the Estonian Rally Championship, in which he was the top in his class in 2008 and ‘09.

He’s had a rocky road to WRC glory since, starting his professional career with M-Sport but then being dropped twice by the team and finding solace at DMACK. On his second M-Sport return in 2017 he took his first two professional wins and finished third in the standings, a position he repeated with four wins last year.

Autosport has reported that Tanak will move to Hyundai next year to partner Neuville, which is also set to be Sebastien Ogier’s last WRC season. Could Tanak make it back-to-back titles with different manufacturers?

For a driver in his 50s who is also a double amputee, it’s impressive that it took just two races for Alex Zanardi to achieve a better result in the DTM than Aston Martin managed in a whole season. Outstanding performances is normality for Zanardi, whose expansive statistical achievements still don’t do justice for what he’s achieved in life.

His junior single-seater career included two International Formula 3000 wins, before a combined two-season Formula 1 spell with Jordan, Minardi and Lotus. His best result was sixth in the 1993 Brazilian Grand Prix, and two years later he was pursuing a drive in CART.

Chip Ganassi Racing took a punt for 1996, and he finished third in the standings with three wins. That was followed by back-to-back titles and 11 more wins. This prompted F1 to take notice again, and Williams signed him for 1999.

A pointless 19th in the standings left him reaching for CART again, and he joined Mo Nunn Racing for 2001. His season ended prematurely when a crash at the Lausitzring resulted in both of his legs being amputated.

He eventually returned to motorsport in modified cars, winning races in the World Touring Car Championship and Italian GT. His stunning DTM debut took place last year, and he was also competitive in this year’s Daytona 24 Hours.