Sergio Perez held onto his win at the Singapore Grand Prix after race stewards handed him a five-second penalty for two safety car infringements. | Sport24news
An official report by the race stewards read:"Article 55.10 of the FIA Formula 1 Sporting Regulations requires that the leader must keep within 10 car lengths of the Safety Car once deployed until the lights are extinguished.
"Car 11 [Perez] was the lead car on Lap 36 during the second Safety Car period in the race [brought out when Yuki Tsunoda hit the wall]. It was admitted that while the lights of the Safety Car were still on, PER failed to keep within 10 car lengths of the Safety Car between Turn 13 and Turn 14."This occurred notwithstanding the fact that the Race Director had issued a warning to the team that PER was not respecting the less than 10 car lengths regulation between Turns 9 and 10.
"We imposed a reprimand on PER for a breach of the same regulation during the first Safety Car deployment during the race. "As this was the second breach of Article 55.10 by PER during the race and followed an express warning from the Race Director, we determined to impose a five-second time penalty on PER."Once you're registered, go to '
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