“Coming into the weekend we thought that Singapore could fit our package and our car. But after FP1, FP2, FP3, I think we went into qualifying knowing that Q3 was maybe already a difficult task to be in the top 10.

“So at the end, P7 feels okay. The lap in Q3 was very good, one of the best laps of qualifying of this year, in my opinion. Nothing more today on the car.”

Alonso remains third in the Drivers’ Championship ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, but Hamilton is just six points behind his former team-mate.