Ferrari address F1 safety concern after dangerous Lewis Hamilton failure

Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur has insisted Lewis Hamilton's car remained in a safe condition to complete the Singapore Grand Prix, after his brake failure.

After a late change to soft tyres, Hamilton carved multiple seconds per lap out of Charles Leclerc and Kimi Antonelli, with Leclerc waving him through to try and attack the Mercedes in the fight for second in the constructors'.

Just as he caught up to Antonelli, Hamilton's front left-brake failed, with sparks flowing as Hamilton eased off and allowed Leclerc back through, but looked set for seventh with Fernando Alonso 43s behind with three laps to go. 

However, Hamilton then proceeded to cut multiple corners and exceed track limits, copping a five-second time penalty and dropping to eighth after initially beating a furious Alonso to the line by 0.4s.

Reacting to the situation, Vasseur felt the SF-25 of Hamilton remained in a safe condition as he had backed off and was not at full racing speed for the final laps.

"From lap two or three, we had to do lift and coast for most of the race, and it is not easy to drive as you have to adapt your braking point," Vasseur told media, including RacingNews365.

"Clearly, when we pushed those few laps with Lewis, the pace was decent, but we can't do 95% of the race on the back foot.

"We all know that in Singapore, when you are in the middle of the pack, it is critical for the brakes, and it was good we didn't have a DNF at the end, but it was not expected.

"In terms of safety, yes [it was okay], because we adapted the pace, it is not like Lewis was pushing like hell in the last lap, he was 30 seconds slower. 

"So yes, in terms of safety, it was on the safe side."