Lewis Hamilton told to sort it out by Red Bull boss Christian Horner
From IAN GORDON
IN A SPIN ... Hamilton has been frustrated
LEWIS HAMILTON was last night told to get his act together after a season of smashes.
Red Bull chief Christian Horner reckons the misfiring Brit needs to stop taking out his frustration on the track.
McLaren ace Hamilton has been in trouble with F1 stewards after a series of crashes.
And his mood could get worse at the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday if reigning champ Sebastian Vettel finally ends the Brit's slim title hopes.
Vettel's boss Horner said: "It has been a poor spell for Lewis.
"You can sense a degree of frustration in his driving. He is on first-name terms with most of the stewards this year.
"He is still a great driver, it is just for some reason not happening for him. A driver has to be at ease with himself and his surroundings.
"But while you can sense frustration with Lewis, for Jenson Button you can see a driver at ease with himself — and his driving reflects that."
Button is third in the drivers' standings, 117 points behind Vettel going into the Singapore race, while team-mate Hamilton is 126 adrift.
With 150 points left to play for, Hamilton could be formally counted out of the title chase at the Marina Bay complex.
The 2008 world-beater crashed in Monaco, Canada and Belgium and faces being beaten by a team-mate for the first time since his F1 career began in 2007.
Hamilton, 26, has been linked with a move to Red Bull. But the Milton Keynes outfit could instead go for Button in 2013 as they look for a new partner for Vettel.
Horner added: "Both are out of contract at the end of next year, but they are McLaren drivers so it's not for us to get involved. But both are phenomenal drivers."
Credit: The Sun (www.thesun.co.uk)
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