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SINGAPORE - Mexican Sergio Perez put in the drive of his life to take victory ahead of Charles Leclerc in Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix but his victory margin was later slashed as he collected a five-second time penalty for a safety car infringement. The RePerez keeps Singapore Grand Prix win as Verstappen puts title celebrations on ice
SINGAPORE - Mexican Sergio Perez put in the drive of his life to take victory ahead of Charles Leclerc in Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix but his victory margin was later slashed as he collected a five-second time penalty for a safety car infringement. The Red Bull driver took the chequered flag 7.5 seconds ahead of his Monegasque rival after a slow burner, rain-delayed race interrupted by two safety car and five virtual safety car periods and called at its two-hour time limit after 59 of 61 laps. The penalty meant Perez was still classified ahead of Leclerc in the final results, albeit by only 2.5 seconds. Carlos Sainz in the other Ferrari was third. Perez, whose win forced Red Bull team mate Max Verstappen, who finished seventh, to put his championship celebrations on ice, was found to have fallen more than 10 car lengths behind the safety car on three occasions over the course of two safety car periods. He also collected a reprimand and two penalty points. «I controlled the race,» said the 32-year-old, who started alongside pole-sitter Leclerc on the front row and snatched the lead from him off the line on a wet track. Read more