Saudi F1 safety car block on Sainz “done in all fairness”

Perez was leading the Jeddah race comfortably when he became the first of the frontrunners to make a pitstop.

However, shortly after he emerged, a safety car period enabled other drivers to pit with a minimal loss of time.

Charles Leclerc and eventual winner Max Verstappen easily jumped him, and as Perez entered the first corner he could see Sainz emerging from the pits.

Perez stuck to the racing line, giving the Ferrari driver no room in the pit exit lane, and duly claimed…