What the hell was Lewis Hamilton playing at on that outlap? He seriously compromised Felipe Massa's lap because Massa slowed right down to let Hamilton go. But speed is carried through that final corner, onto the main straight and into the flying lap. Since Massa slowed right down, he'd be slower going onto the straight, and thus set a slower flying lap. And that's not mentioning the way Hamilton nearly collided with him at Turn 19.
This isn't the first time we've seen Lewis Hamilton do this in qualifying. At the end of Q2 in Belgium, he muscled Pastor Maldonado wide coming out of the Bus Stop. Hamilton made it to Q3 with that lap, but Maldonado was elminated in 16th place. Maybe Maldonado would not have made it to Q3, but with the track drying out as that session went on, he stood a real chance of moving up a few rows - maybe even out-qualifying Rubens Barrichello for 14th on the grid. But Hamilton forced him wide, out onto the wet track, which would have cost Maldonado a lot of time.
Hamilton simply has no respect for the other drivers. When he joined the back of the queue in the Singapore pits, it was his mistake. All McLaren had to do was look down the end of the row and see the two Ferraris queued behind Button. Common sense dictated waiting, which Vettel did. But even then, what was stopping Hamilton from cruising around for an entire lap and letting the other three go? For some bizarre season, he felt he had to be sandwishced between two Ferraris in order to set a good lap time when he should have backed off and gotten himself into clear air.
It's been said before, and doubtless it will be said again: Hamilton simply cannot see beyond his front wing, and I'm having a really hard time justifying it when he does soemthing like this. His fans will doubtlessly come up with some inane excuse, but I'm losing a lot of respect for Hamilton he just doesn't care about anyone else on the track. His ans will say he has the right to set a competitive lap time - but if that's true, then so too do the other twenty-three drivers have that right.
Maybe it needs to go around the cathedral and along Northbridge road so it bypasses that corner completely. (Though that would probably block the other bridge, which would cause more traffic problems for road users). Or it could go an alternative route alongside 'Esplanade park' after turn 8, to bypass that section and rejoin at turn 13, though this might shorten the overall track length to below FIA requirements.
This (a rough approximation) is what needs to be done. If they're going to remove Turn 10, they might as well go all the way and get rid of all the chicanes along the waterfront.
