Felipe Massa is the latest driver to call for a change in the current safety car rules, believing Fernando Alonso’s win in Singapore was down to luck rather than judgment.
Current regulations close the pit lane to refuelling under a caution period, only reopening it when all the cars are backed up behind the safety car, and any cars that do refuel while the pits are closed receive a stop-go penalty.
“This specific race did highlight the fact that the safety car rules still need to be looked at very carefully, because the idea of Formula 1 is that the race should be won by the best driver and car combination on the day,” he told Ferrari’s website.
“I know we made mistakes, but the current system, as you can see from the final result of Sunday's race, means that the safety car can promote someone from the middle of the grid to the lead, not because of a clever strategy but simply by luck.
“I think the system needs to be changed and this problem was highlighted by the difficult nature of the Singapore track.”
Now Massa is 7 points adrift from championship leader Lewis, with 3 races to go.
“As for the championship it depends how you look at it: a seven point gap can be a lot or it can be a little,” he said.
“If you look at what happened to me in Singapore where my gap went from one point to seven so suddenly, then you have to consider it could easily go the other way as well.
“The most important element to consider is that we have a very good car.
"Without that, my chances would be much smaller.
“We have two good cars and we can try and get both of us to finish ahead of our rivals.
“It can be done and we need to think positive and we need to keep fighting to the last race."
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