“It’s okay, they can take one” – Verstappen after P5 finish

Max Verstappen failed to extend his record-breaking winning streaks to 11 after finishing 5th in the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday.

Carlos Sainz win the race ahead of Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton.

Verstappen though, recovered from a P11 starting position to take fifth, with his teammate Sergio Perez finishing 8th.

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Both Red Bulls had dropped out in Q2 after struggling at the famously tricky street circuit.

Verstappen’s winning streak ends

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With both Perez and Verstappen opting to start the race on the hard tyres before switching to mediums, the pair were able to work their way up the order, but ultimately failed to challenge for the podium, Verstappen ultimately coming home just 0.264s behind Charles Leclerc in fifth place – as the longest winning streaks in F1 history for both team and driver came to an end.

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“It’s okay, they can take one. We’ll go again next week,” said Verstappen after the race.

“I had quite a bit of fun out there but two times the Safety Car didn’t help us,” said Verstappen of the Safety Car and Virtual Safety Car interventions for separate incidents involving Logan Sargeant and Esteban Ocon.

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“The first one was at the wrong point [in the lap to pit] and then also the second one also came again at the wrong point for us, so a bit of a shame. But I had fun on the second stint – I think we were quite fast on that medium compound.

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