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Sergio Perez keeps Singapore Grand Prix win despite being given penalty
Red Bull man won by 7.5 seconds from pole-sitter Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, that Perez faced a probe for infringements while leading behind the safety car.Perez was indeed found guilty and hit with a time penalty, but the gap he built up over Leclerc in the final laps proved crucial and he keeps his second win of the season. His first came in similarly wet-dry conditions in Monaco in May. READ MORE: Lewis Hamilton tells Mercedes he 'f***** up big time' after Singapore GP crash Perez was warned twice for dropping too far behind the safety car on separate occasions during the race before a third transgression, which resulted in his time penalty.A statement from the stewards said: “The track was wet in parts, [but] we do not accept that the conditions were such as to make it impossible or dangerous for Perez to have maintained the required less than 10 car length gap."However, they deemed a five-second penalty to be a suitable punishment.Speaking after the race, before the stewards’ decision was announced, Perez said there had been "miscommunication" between him and the safety car driver, Bernd Maylander.“There was a bit of miscommunication with Bernd and I think on the places where I could keep up with him, he was super slow, on the places I could not keep up with him, he was fast,” said Perez.“Bit of a miscommunication there.
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