Sergio Perez’s Singapore Grand Prix victory was “world class” and his greatest drive but in Method One, Pink Bull group boss Christian Horner mentioned on Sunday.

The race ended with Perez topic to a stewards’ investigation for potential security automobile infringements, however with the eventual five-second time penalty making no distinction to the outcome.

“That’s with no shadow of a doubt the perfect drive of his profession,” Horner instructed Sky Sports activities.

“Tough situations, he’d nailed the beginning, transformed the beginning, settled himself into the race, he taken care of these intermediate tyres, security automobiles coming and going, re-starts, and he simply was all the time in management, super-cool.

“That is world class, that’s proper up there. That is for certain his greatest victory, I feel it even surpasses his Monaco victory and below large strain he is gone out and delivered. Simply tremendous, tremendous pleased with him. He is executed an exquisite job.”

The victory was the fourth of Perez’s profession and third for the reason that 32-year-old joined Pink Bull in 2021 simply when it appeared his F1 profession had reached the top of the street. He agreed with Horner’s evaluation.

“It was actually, I feel, my greatest efficiency. I managed the race… the previous couple of laps was so intense,” Perez mentioned.

“I did not really feel it that a lot within the automobile however after I acquired out of it, I felt it. You recognize, I pushed. I gave all the things for the win at this time.”

The Mexican poured extra water over his head than he drank within the cooling down room earlier than stepping as much as the highest of the rostrum.

“This win is absolutely particular for me, as a result of I’ve had a little bit of a tough patch in the previous couple of races,” he mentioned, referring to latest media protection.

“If I am not two races in a row within the podium, then I am having a worst season ever and Pink Bull ought to drop me and all that kind of stuff that you just get to see.

“It isn’t a reminder to anybody of how good I’m. But it surely’s simply all the time good to have the ability to put collectively this kind of performances.”

Perez received this 12 months’s Monaco Grand Prix, one other tight road race the place the smallest of errors can carry a hefty worth, however had completed fifth and sixth in his earlier two races whereas Verstappen dominated.

Beginning on the entrance row with Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc on pole, he seized the lead initially and completed with a 7.5 second benefit.