Horror weekend for Max Verstappen: Carlos Sainz stops the winning streak of Dutch world champion in Formula 1 with victory in the Singapore GP

rewrite this content and keep HTML tags After a long, grueling race on Singapore’s challenging Marina Bay Street Circuit, Carlos Sainz took victory. It is only the second victory in his career. The Spaniard thus stops the winning streak of world champion Max Verstappen. Red Bull had already won every GP so far this season, but Verstappen only finished fifth this time. Things did not go smoothly for the Dutchman during qualifying either.READ ALSO. No grid penalty, but two warnings: Max Verstappen is not sanctioned after several incidents during qualifyingREAD ALSO. Sensational qualifying for Singapore GP: Carlos Sainz takes pole, Max Verstappen does not make it to Q3 and mega crash by Lance StrollThe Singapore Grand Prix and Max Verstappen are still not a good marriage. The Dutchman – who has never won – was unable to win during Sunday’s race after a dramatic qualifying from P11. The World Cup leader won 10 Formula 1 races, but that came to an end on the Marina Bay circuit. Carlos Sainz (Ferrari) won the race, ahead of Lando Norris and Lewis Hamilton. Verstappen finished the race in fifth despite a good catch-up race.The Ferraris shot away when the red lights went out, with the two Mercedes in 3rd and 4th place. A strange picture, no Red Bull among the top four. Verstappen had ‘only’ moved up one spot, to P10. Slowly but surely, the Limburger passed some ‘competitors’ in midfield.Meanwhile, his Red Bull Racing teammate Sergio Pérez was far from having an impressive catch-up race. The Mexican was still 13th after 8 rounds. In the meantime, Lando Norris had squeezed himself between the two Mercedes and was in P4.Logan Sargeant hit the wall on lap 20, sending parts of his car flying across the track. It caused a safety car situation and a change in the race. The Ferraris made a ‘double stack’, both drivers went into the pits.That was especially advantageous for the Spaniard, because Leclerd had to wait a while. Verstappen did not enter and was suddenly in P2, behind Sainz. Not much later, Russell, riding on fresh tyres, overtook the World Cup leader, just like Norris, Hamilton and Leclerc. The latter was obvious and a victim of Ferrari’s ‘Double Stack’.Driving on ice Verstappen was – just like the rest of the race weekend – not at all satisfied with his RB19. “It’s like I’m driving on ice,” he shouted over the board radio.Both Verstappen and Pérez were the only ones who had to pit and fell back to P15 and P17. Drama weekend complete, you might say. However, Esteban Ocon retired on lap 44, which again led to a safety car situation. With grip finally in place, the Red Bulls were able to start a catch-up race. The Dutchman passed old-fashioned again and saw himself back in P6 towards the end of the race. Pérez lagged behind in P9. Meanwhile, Sainz continued to lead, ahead of Norris, Russell, Hamilton and Leclerc. A very exciting ending, even for the final victory. The first foursome fought like a team in the last lap for the GP victory, where the Spaniard recorded the second F1 victory of his career. Russell made a mistake on the final lap, allowing Hamilton to move up to the podium. Verstappen eventually finished fifth. © REUTERS© REUTERS© REUTERS