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#4 Sebastian Vettel, 2012
Out of the 4 consecutive championships of Vettel, the most hard-fought one would definitely be the championship of the 2012 season where the German completed his hat-trick. In the first 13 races of the season, Vettel could manage only one win, which left him 39 points behind Alonso, who was initially destined to win that season's title comfortably.
Pirelli's inconsistency was established through their degrading tire range as Red Bull struggled quite evidently. Vettel revived his form in the Asian leg of the calendar, and streaked 4 wins consecutively at Singapore, Japan, Korean and Indian Grands Prix. Then, he finished sixth in the last round at Interlagos, thereby stealing the title off Alonso, with a 3 point lead. Despite 13 podium finishes that season, Alonso finished the season as the second best.
