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Motor Racing: Coulthard predicts tight season in Formula One

More than 50,000 people, including petrolheads and curious onlookers, gathered at Orchard Road on Sunday to catch a whiff of Formula One action on Singapore's most famous strip.

They lined both sides of the famous street from Ion Orchard to Mandarin Gallery, as David Coulthard drove a Red Bull Racing showcar, at the Red Bull Speed Street event.

The former Formula One ace delighted the crowd down the 800-metre stretch with short sprints and manoeuvres
like burnouts and doughnuts in 20 minutes of action.

The 40-year-old Scot, who retired in 2008, has kept his eye on the first few races of this season's campaign, was hugely impressed with the drive of Lewis Hamilton at the last race in Shanghai, when the McLaren ace took the chequered flag ahead of Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel, who had seemed unbeatable after two wins out of two, in Australia and Malaysia, respectively. 

Said Coulthard: "It never is (a one-horse race). No one ever wins all the Grands Prix, and the championship last year was incredible as it went down to the last race. Whether it will happen this year, I don't know but I think Hamilton's win in Shanghai was one of the best victories that I remember seeing for some time because he had to pass his team-mate and came close to touching Jenson Button (McLaren)."

Coulthard chalked up 13 Grands Prix in 15 seasons in Formula One and was second in a McLaren in the drivers' championship in 2001, behind Ferrari's Michael Schumacher. 

He currently competes in the DTM racing series with Mercedes.

After three races, Red Bull's Vettel, the defending champion, leads the Formula One standings, 21 points ahead of Hamilton, with Button a further nine points behind in third place.

Coulthard predicts a close season, despite Vettel's Red Bull looking red-hot so far.

"You know, we get blase in life about watching these sort of things but it takes real commitment and skill. It will be a close season, which is great for the sport," he said. 

"You cannot underestimate anyone, even Ferrari, who are having a difficult start to the season. I think for the good of the sport, we need different people winning. Just like in football, if the same team wins all the time, it's boring."

Coulthard retired as a Red Bull driver and he had nothing but praise for Vettel, who broke through last year to become world champion at just 23.

"That's an incredible result, In sport, they keep getting younger and younger. 

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