Lewis Hamilton, Felipe Massa, Championship Turn In Singapore?

The first thing I would like to say is congratulations to Lewis Hamilton, in my personal opinion (and this is coming from a member of the tifosi!) Lewis will have the championship this year.

What a race Singapore was!

On Saturday, Felipe Massa drove his Ferrari to perfection and seemed to be gliding round the circuit, with Lewis coming close but not close enough.

Then on Sunday, when the lights went out, Massa shot ahead in one of his best race starts I have seen him have.

Then, the nightmare scenario played out.

Nelson Piquet (don't call me) Jr. crashed into the wall, bringing out the safety car. All of Massa's work and the whole pack bunches back up.

Then came that nightmare of a pit stop. The green light went on and, once again, a driver is not going to be told twice. He was away, taking half the pit equipment with him! At that point, the championship fell firmly in the arms of Lewis.

Everything went well for the British driver. Because of the safety cars, the pit stops changed, and Lewis did the best he and the McLaren team could do.

Settling for that third place has shown that maybe Lewis has started putting a more mature hat on his head; if this had have been last year he might have went for win rather than a solid podium in the wake of a rival's trouble. It's better to have six points than none.

Nobody, though, can take away the drive that put Alonso on the top step of the podium. He drove with such a clear head and a clear goal; he was always going to win that race. Renault risky pit strategy paid off... and well.

It is such a joy to watch a driver and car working perfectly together on the race track, and that is what we saw on race day.

Then for no reason (or none that I could see) apart from a brief lapse in concentration, Kimi Raikkonen under steered into a wall, ending to his race.

Apart from the obvious big things, we saw some fantastic driving from a few others. Nico Rosberg got a very strong and well deserved second place. His overcoming of a 10 second stop-and-go penalty proved he does deserve to be in Formula One and could be a future star.

Lewis Hamilton kept his head together while everyone around him was losing theirs, and took the last spot on the podium.

Another very good drive from young Sebastian Vettel saw him finish a very firm fifth place; and I can't forget Timo Glock’s fourth place after keeping his nose clean all the way through.

So now, the lights have all gone out, and we have finally put to bed the most unique race of the year. We walk into the last three races of the season looking to see if Lewis can take the crown from Kimi, but will he succeed? I think he will.

You can see that he wants it this year; last year he thought he had the title before he got it and blew it. I don’t think he will make that mistake this year.

There is still everything to play for and the only way Lewis will lose it is if Ferrari come and take it, a feat which I think is going to be more difficult than people think.