Singapore GP

Sergio Perez took victory at the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix from Charles Leclerc, but only after a stewards investigation which delayed the result for ...

But after catching the eye outside of the F1 sphere, before his stunning impromptu grand prix debut in Italy, will it lead to a delayed full-time race seat? In a marathon Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix, Sergio Perez’s victory was only assured hours after the race due to a stewards investigation. A testing return to the Singapore Grand Prix in tricky conditions created plenty of hazards and mistakes for the Formula 1 drivers to fall into.

Despite praising Ferrari's pace at the Singapore Grand Prix, Charles Leclerc was ultimately left disappointed after being unable to convert pole position ...

"Then in the last 10 laps, I think he started to pull away again. But of course frustrated with the second place today." "The performance was there. But it's a good step in the right direction. "I tried to put quite a lot of pressure on Checo. "The pace was really good today.

Max Verstappen's Formula One title celebrations were put on hold after the Red Bull driver placed seventh at...

Hamilton made a rare mistake on Lap 33 and thudded into the crash barrier. Verstappen made a mistake after the second safety car restart, following AlphaTauri driver Yuki Tsunoda's crash on Lap 36. Soon after, the leading drivers changed tyres in a flurry of stops. The race start was delayed more than an hour to clear water off the Marina Bay Circuit track following heavy rainfall. That could happen next weekend at the Japanese GP. That's world class."

Winner: Sergio Perez · Loser: Max Verstappen · Winners: Ferrari · Losers: Alpine · Winner: Lando Norris · Loser: Lewis Hamilton.

Aston Martin secured their best result of the season, with Lance Stroll adding sixth to his five 10th place finishes this year. This was Red Bull’s first win in Singapore since Vettel in 2012 and only Perez’s second podium in seven races. He then had a poor getaway because of anti-stall, dropping him four places to 12th and while he recovered well, a lock-up when trying to pass Lando Norris undid all that hard work to date. A deluge just before the Singapore Grand Prix created the conditions for an entertaining race under the lights at Marina Bay. For the first time since France and only the sixth time this season, Daniel Ricciardo brought his McLaren home in the points, finishing fifth in what was his best drive of the season. [FACTS AND STATS: Perez first man in over a decade to do Monaco-Singapore double](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.facts-and-stats-perez-first-man-in-over-a-decade-to-do-monaco-singapore.2NAFspcpYnd1DdSBANcZ5t.html) His team mate Sebastian Vettel made up five places at the start to limit the damage of his qualifying pain and went on to finish eighth – his fourth top-eight finish of the season. Lando Norris is the only driver outside the top-three teams to score a podium this year (at Imola) and at one stage in Singapore, he was hustling Sainz in a bid to make it two. It was the second time in a row Alpine have failed to score – and as a result, the Enstone-based team have dropped behind McLaren into fifth in the standings. [READ MORE: What the teams said - Race day in Singapore](https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article.what-the-teams-said-race-day-in-singapore-2022.7jaGhyvisu9c7OCdYfN8PL.html) He becomes the first person since four-time world champion Sebastian Vettel in 2011 to win street races in Monaco and Singapore in the same year, and the 58th driver to lead a race from start-to-finish. Sergio Perez has come in for a fair bit of criticism of late, the Mexican struggling to match Red Bull team mate Max Verstappen – but he silenced those doubters with aplomb in Singapore, delivering an assured and savvy drive to take his second win of the year.

Formula 1's first Singapore Grand Prix since 2019 took a while to get underway, but once it did it produced a multitude of talking points.

Sergio Perez kept his head in an incident filled race as Max Verstappen's second Formula 1 world championship must wait, at least for another week...

They restarted fourth and fifth and that’s where they stayed until the end, for a decent points haul. McLaren’s double points has suddenly changed the complexion of the teams’ fight for fourth place in the constructors’ standings, McLaren leapfrogging Alpine to lead the Anglo-French team by four points with five races to go. In the closing stages, Vettel led his two fellow world champions in a three-car train and Hamilton couldn’t resist a look at Turn Three, got it wrong and handed eighth to Verstappen. After a quick spin-turn he charged back from 14th and picked up eighth with a minute and a half left on the clock when Lewis Hamilton ran wide while attacking Vettel. After the first safety car, he passed both Sebastian Vettel and Pierre Gasly on a single lap, such was his determination. But then came another error when, after the second safety car, he tried a dive on Lando Norris’s McLaren on newly fitted slicks and slid straight on at Turn Seven. Having dropped to ninth, he picked up a place when Verstappen made his mistake in challenging Norris, only to lose it again. Verstappen was left venting expletives on the radio on Saturday when he was called off from what looked certain to be a pole-winning lap. ‘Checo’ clung on to it too, despite a nervous wait post-race as the stewards debated how to penalise him for not one but two infringements behind the safety car, on a convoluted wet-dry night-time marathon on the streets of Singapore. He’d been made to sweat in more ways than one, during and after the best performance of his career so far. Out front, Perez kept his cool and was never headed despite pressure from Leclerc, with two full safety car periods and three Virtual Safety Cars pock-marking a strange race that was processional for long periods, before it came alive in the final act. Fortunately, his team had told him a post-race investigation was pending during the race and after valiantly soaking up pressure from Leclerc after the final restart, the Mexican was able to stretch away and open up a winning gap of 7.5 seconds.

Sergio Perez has kept his Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix victory despite receiving a penalty and a reprimand for two separate safety car rule infringements.

But after catching the eye outside of the F1 sphere, before his stunning impromptu grand prix debut in Italy, will it lead to a delayed full-time race seat? The new plan will allow the series to pump up the volume The Australian rising star is fast, consistent, confident, adaptable and has shown excellent racecraft, but there’s already a taint to his reputation.