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Lewis must win war on errors

Two races in seven days. Lewis Hamilton in the thick of both. And errors both times. I found myself thinking - again - of something Alain Prost said 15 years ago. He was on the way to his fourth title, and retirement, with a young Michael Schumacher in the ascendancy. Talking about a champion's make-up, Prost said that you could afford one mistake a year, maybe two, but no more. He hinted that when Michael stopped making his, the rest were in trouble.

Brilliant, but ragged

Hamilton has been the standout driver in 2008 but has made a lot of mistakes - Bahrain, Canada, France, Belgium (harsh, but true) and Italy. Five in 14 races, a 35 per cent error rate. Massa and Ferrari have made mistakes too, and Raikkonen has been below par. Lewis and McLaren must be thanking their lucky stars that Schumacher sits on a prat perch these days, and not in a Ferrari cockpit. He'd be out of sight by now.