Sergio Perez is on the podium of the Singapore Grand Prix , 17th stage of the Formula 1 world championship. Despite being penalized by five seconds for not respecting the distance from the safety car, he concluded the race, which was postponed by over an hour to due to heavy rains, ahead of Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz.
"I think it was my best performance, I controlled the whole race, even if it was quite complicated", commented Perez.
There were six retirements in total : the two from Alpines, the two Williams (Nicholas Latifi and Alex Albon), Zhou Guanyu (Alfa Romeo) and Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri).
"I made a bad start that forced me to chase, it was a very difficult race", Leclerc's words; “It was very hard - said Sainz - I never managed to find the pace in the wet and I never managed to challenge the first two. When you lack confidence you have to be satisfied and I am satisfied with third place. Too bad we didn't win but it's an excellent result for the team. "
Max Verstappen instead experienced the worst race of his season. The Dutchman from Red Bull first got off to a bad start - falling from eighth to 12th in the space of a lap - and then, after recovering, he ruined everything by risking an overtaking aggressive overtaking against Lando Norris.
(Unioneonline / ss)
