Lewis Hamilton won the F1 title in 2008 season at 1 point difference. In the past there were other 7 season where the champion won in the same situation.
From this list Lewis Hamilton is the only F1 Champion who won and lost the Formula1 title by 1 point

Season
Champion
Points
2nd place
Points

2008
Lewis Hamilton
98
Felipe Massa
97

2007
Kimi Raikkonen
110
Lewis Hamilton
109

1994
Michael Schumacher
92
Damon Hill
91

1981
Nelson [...]

Last F1 race in 2008 season, Interlagos GP,  will decide the champion of this year.  Felipe Massa will start from pole position while Lewis Hamilton from position 4.  Who finish better in past races when Massa start in front of Lewis?
Massa and Lewis are the leader of this season standing,  Hamilton on 1st place with [...]

Only five drivers have more than one victory on Interlagos. The leader is Michael Schumacher with 4 victories followed by Senna, Fittipaldi, JP Montoya, and Hakkinen with 2 victories.
First F1 race on Interlagos was on 1973, won by Emerson Fittipaldi who start from the second place on grid. He won the 2nd race in [...]