Fernando Alonso bemoaned the appearance of the safety car at the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix.

In comments made to the Spanish media at the Marina Bay circuit the Spaniard said, "Sometimes the safety car helps you, but it can hinder, and this time it probably cost us second place".

"We started the race well, up until the safety car we were securing second place", the Ferrari driver said, who won in Singapore In 2008 and 2010.

"We were going round three of four seconds slower than other years, the race was easier", Alonso explained when talking about how the drivers dealt with the suffocating humidity and heat.

"We didn't know how many laps the super-softs would last. Hamilton's (who had to stop again, because he'd put on super-soft tyres in his first two pitstops) were ok (to continue), because his car has a nearly two second advantage each lap", stated the Spaniard.

Fernando Alonso wasn't happy with his start, where he managed to jump from fifth to second place but was then forced to allow others to pass for having missed a bend. "The start was ok, I got off well, but then I made a mistake, I braked too hard and I had to let others pass". The Spanish driver also commented on the result of his teammate, Kimi Räikkönen, who was eighth in Singapore. "The other Ferrari is 45 seconds behind".