Carlos Sainz withstood a thrilling finish to the Singapore Grand Prix to claim Ferrari's first win since July 2022 and end Red Bull's victory run.
Sainz led from lights out to the chequered flag as he cleverly managed the race to secure the second F1 win of his career by just 0.812 seconds from Lando Norris.Mercedes had set up a grandstand finish by pitting both George Russell and Lewis Hamilton for fresh medium tyres under a Virtual Safety Car with 18 laps to go.
Verstappen eventually came home fifth, behind Leclerc in the second Ferrari who had lost out in the pit stops during an early Safety Car period.Pierre Gasly was sixth in the Alpine - whose team-mate Esteban Ocon had caused the late VSC after stopping on track - ahead of Oscar Piastri who drove a brilliant recovery from 17th on the grid.Sergio Perez was eighth in the second Red Bull ahead of Liam Lawson, who claimed his first points in Formula 1.
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