The Singapore GP delivered a race of each technique and outright tempo at varied instances due to security automotive durations on the streets of the Marina Bay circuit.
From Sainz’s backing up of the pack to protect his tyre life to him additionally slowing to provide Lando Norris DRS to defend in opposition to the pair of charging Mercedes on youthful tyres on the finish, the Spaniard didn’t put a wheel fallacious to clinch an outstanding victory.
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George Russell, who led the late Mercedes assault, might be lamenting his last-lap bash with the barrier which threw away a sure podium as he grasped at temporary victory hopes.
In the meantime it was the primary off-colour Pink Bull efficiency all season, with Max Verstappen solely recovering to fifth and Sergio Perez to eighth, however each had their very own travails.
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