Singapore Grand Prix

SINGAPORE: Red Bull's Sergio Perez scored his second win of the season in Sunday's (Oct 2) Singapore Grand Prix ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc as title ...

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Sergio Perez held off Charles Leclerc for his first-ever win on the streets of Singapore, while Carlos Sainz completed the podium and Max Verstappen ...

Magnussen had to pit after his Lap 1 collision in avoidance of Verstappen and the Danish driver finished 12th on a disappointing day for Haas. Perez and Leclerc were blazing ahead of Sainz and Norris, the leader shrugging off a couple of lock-ups on Laps 45 and 46 while his pursuer managed to rescue a small trip off the dry line on Lap 47. With Perez facing the stewards after the flag, he continued to ramp up the pace and eventually won by 7.5s over Leclerc in a truly stunning show of defence. In the other Red Bull, Verstappen had passed Schumacher, Magnussen and Bottas to make it into P10, with Gasly his next victim on Lap 50 – with 13 minutes remaining. Another VSC on Lap 28, then, and Ferrari’s pit crew emerged with a new set of intermediates – but neither Sainz - with Hamilton hustling him for position – nor Leclerc entered the pits. Well, that was until Lap 33 when Hamilton went straight on into the barriers at Turn 7 and rejoined between Verstappen and Norris, telling his team that the car looked “intact”. Albon pitted for slicks and a new nose following his contact with the walls, but was soon given the signal to stop. Lap 8 saw Latifi and Zhou scrap for P18, the Williams driver cutting off the Alfa Romeo on the entry to Turn 5 and forcing Zhou into the wall. Gasly was the next target for Verstappen, the Red Bull driver up into seventh with a pass down the inside at Turn 13. The Red Bull driver then pried P7 off Vettel with a pass on the very last lap of the race. The race restarted on Lap 39 for Perez to continue leading. Crucially, the McLaren drivers hadn’t; Lando Norris came in for a new set of mediums and Daniel Ricciardo opted for slicks as they emerged fourth and sixth for the restart.

Red Bull's Sergio Perez won the Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay on Sunday, a rain-delayed Formula 1 race punctuated by safety cars for multiple crashes ...

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