Sergio Perez Wins Wet, High-Attrition Singapore Grand Prix

When today's Singapore Grand Prix was scheduled to start, torrential rains had left racing safely unviable and the race's tradition of being run at night made made track drying a slower process than in a more traditional race. After a delay of an over an hour, the wet track was dried by the field over the course of the time-certain 2-hour race. That process led to more than a normal GP's fair share of on-track incidents.

For Sergio Perez, that chaos was opportunity. While his teammate Max Verstappen was forced to start eighth after losing his shot at pole in qualifying, Perez was able to start second and pull away from pole sitter Charles Leclerc to take an early lead. Perez incurred a potential penalty by jumping a safety car start, but he was able to build a gap of seven seconds by the end of the race and protect himself from the expect five second penalty.

The actual has not yet been announced, so it is still possible that the stewards could choose to give Perez an unusual ten second time penalty for the infraction and change the result of the race.

Leclerc and his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. completed the podium, while the McLarens of Lando Norris and Daniel Ricciardo used a well-timed virtual safety car to get onto slicks at the last possible moment and grab fourth and fifth. Lance Stroll finished sixth for Aston Martin.