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Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton sorely wanted to win in Singapore after his slip up recently at Monza, and on Sunday evening he drove a pluperfect race for McLaren to deliver a richly deserved triumph.
The McLaren-Mercedes driver took the lead at the start, and led throughout apart from a four-lap period from 47 to 50 when Renault’s Fernando Alonso went ahead before making his own final pit stop.
After a safety car period between the 21st and 25th laps had reduced his advantage after Force India’s Adrian Sutil collided with Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari and then collected BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld after spinning, Hamilton coped with massive pressure from Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, but it was an illusion.
Vettel refuelled for the second time on the 39th lap, whereas Hamilton had sufficient fuel to run through to the 46th, and thereafter all he had to do was conserve his brakes in a race that finished just before the two-hour time limit.
Hamilton had to disengage and reboot his KERS system after the telemetry suggested a possible impending glitch, but otherwise his MP4-24 performed faultlessly.
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Reigning World Champion Lewis Hamilton sorely wanted to win in Singapore after his slip up recently at Monza, and on Sunday evening he drove a pluperfect race for McLaren to deliver a richly deserved triumph.
The McLaren-Mercedes driver took the lead at the start, and led throughout apart from a four-lap period from 47 to 50 when Renault’s Fernando Alonso went ahead before making his own final pit stop.
After a safety car period between the 21st and 25th laps had reduced his advantage after Force India’s Adrian Sutil collided with Toro Rosso’s Jaime Alguersuari and then collected BMW Sauber’s Nick Heidfeld after spinning, Hamilton coped with massive pressure from Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel, but it was an illusion.
Vettel refuelled for the second time on the 39th lap, whereas Hamilton had sufficient fuel to run through to the 46th, and thereafter all he had to do was conserve his brakes in a race that finished just before the two-hour time limit.
Hamilton had to disengage and reboot his KERS system after the telemetry suggested a possible impending glitch, but otherwise his MP4-24 performed faultlessly.
Click on the link on top of the page top see our photo album.
photo:WRI2
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