#singapore gp 2008

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Sir Lewis Hamilton & Nico Rosberg (2008)

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crashgate but it's just brocedes mating rituals

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sebastian vettel and lewis hamilton in the paddock on qualifying day, singapore - september 27, 2008 📷 frank may / alamy

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Red Bull Party at Sentosa Island: Mark Webber, Sebastian Vettel and David Coulthard (25/09/08 📸Gepa pictures)

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SINGAPORE, 2008 by XPB Images

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delighted to inform you that ted and dc had a slapfight via itv column after singapore 2008

ted:

It seems pointless to criticise a man who’s only got three more races to go in his F1 career, but since he may well be dishing plenty of criticism out to others next year, I’ll start now: he was mediocre in Singapore.

David was handed a gilt-edged opportunity by his team, who made the right call when Piquet crashed. When the safety car came in, he was looking good – running right behind Alonso and Webber, yet he finished the race behind Rosberg (with a 10 second stop & go), Hamilton, Glock, Vettel and Heidfeld.

David will argue that he lost time on his in-lap due to Alonso coming out of the pits and blocking him on lap 42. But he lost four seconds. A good in-lap was 1m50s, a decent one 1m52s, David’s was 1m56s. Could he not have overtaken the Renault?

And he’ll point to the three or four seconds lost in the pit stop (through no fault of his own), but David finished 16 seconds behind and could only manage the 13th quickest lap.

I don’t mean to sound picky, but it just seems that David is a shadow of the driver he was this time last year.

dc’s response:

However my fellow itv.com/f1 columnist Ted Kravitz — who I think I may have met in the Formula 1 paddock at some point, although I’d have to check — has thrown down the gauntlet by suggesting that my performance was “mediocre” and that I’m now in retirement mode.

Having now had the opportunity to read Ted’s column, I’m afraid there are several inaccuracies that I need to correct to give a true picture of how my race unfolded.

First off, he criticises my slow in-lap before my second pit stop and asks why I was unable to overtake Fernando Alonso, who had just emerged from the pits.

Well, Lewis Hamilton — in one of the fastest cars out there — couldn’t pass me for more than 20 laps, so why would I be able to pass Alonso, who went on to win the grand prix?

If Lewis is as good as we all think he is, why did he spend more than 20 laps behind me?

Could he not have overtaken a driver in the twilight of his career if it was as easy as Ted imagines? How many people have you, Ted Kravitz, overtaken?

I’m entirely comfortable being in the category of has-been because the other options are to be a wannabe or a never-has-been.

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lewis hamilton, p3, during the post-race press conference, singapore // september 28, 2008

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2 by Scanner

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Sir Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel at Singapore Grand prix (2008)

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fernando alonso | 1st place | singapore 2008 | podium no.50

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sebastian vettel mlems during qualifying, singapore - september 27, 2008 📷 sutton images / motorsport images

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Sebastian Vettel & Mark Webber on top of the Swiss Hotel in Singapore (24/09/08 📸GEPA pictures/motorsport.com)

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singapore, p3 // september 28, 2008

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Kimi Räikkönen | Singapore GP | 2008