With only three races remaining in the current 2008 drivers championship, the drivers battle has come down to a two man affair with the fight continuing between McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Felipe Massa. After failing to finish in the points in Sunday’s Singapore GP, BMW’s Robert Kubica dropped to twenty points behind Hamilton and while still mathematically doable, it is not all that probable that the BMW will finish on top.

That leaves Hamilton and Massa, who at just seven points apart, are set for an epic battle in the final events. At this stage Lewis can afford to come second to Massa in all three races and still win the crown, but he is not looking at it like that, instead he is concentrating on just taking things one race at a time.

“Obviously, the six points we got on Sunday were pretty important to our title chances. We’re ahead now in both world championships and have to keep focused during these next three races,” he said on his official website. “I’ve said before that consistency is what will win this world championship and I feel really pleased that we did that in Singapore.”

“We only finished third, but we couldn’t really have asked for more from that result – I didn’t want to risk throwing those points away with any kind of move as you never know what might happen. We also made all the right decisions at the right moments in the race. And the car still feels fantastic to drive. All I can do is take one race at a time while keeping one eye on the final result at the end of the year.”