George Russell dominated the Singapore Grand Prix as Lando Norris trimmed Oscar Piastri’s championship lead after the McLaren pair made contact early on.Norris had a storming begin however calmly collided with team-mate Piastri on the opening lap to take third the place he would end the race, behind Max Verstappen following a hard-fought battle for second.
Piastri needed to accept fourth and sees his benefit over Norris minimize to 22 factors within the title race however McLaren sealed the defence of their Constructors’ Championship with six rounds to go – a joint-record for the earliest that title has been gained.The celebrations had been barely overshadowed although by the early McLaren drama the place Norris acquired his elbows out from fifth on the grid by overtaking Kimi Antonelli instantly after which team-mate Piastri into Flip 3, brushing the again of Verstappen and, crucially, nudging Piastri out extensive.The Australian was livid with the transfer, stating “that is not honest” on the radio and hinted Norris had damaged McLaren’s racing guidelines of engagement.
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Oscar Piastri fumes on the radio as Lando Norris will get previous after contact
The highest 4 completed the place they ended the primary lap as Russell waltzed to his second win of the 12 months, following his triumph in June’s Canadian Grand Prix, and Verstappen held off Norris to additionally trim his deficit to Piastri to 63 factors.
Piastri suffered a sluggish pit cease which prevented him from becoming a member of the rostrum battle, with Kimi Antonelli taking fifth on his first Singapore outing.
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Oscar Piastri troubles worsened with 5.2 second pit cease on the Singapore GP
Lewis Hamilton suffered a late brake subject however simply managed to complete the race in seventh, behind Ferrari team-mate Charles Leclerc.Nonetheless, Hamilton is beneath investigation for exceeding monitor limits on the final lap as he battled Fernando Alonso who recovered from a sluggish pit cease to complete eighth forward of Haas’ Oliver Bearman and Williams’ Carlos Sainz who made use of the choice technique by operating lengthy within the first stint.
Singapore GP Outcome: High 10
1) George Russell, Mercedes2) Max Verstappen, Purple Bull3) Lando Norris, McLaren4) Oscar Piastri, McLaren5) Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes6) Charles Leclerc, Ferrari7) Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari8) Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin9) Oliver Bearman, Haas10) Carlos Sainz, Williams
Norris’ daring overtake leaves Piastri furiousMcLaren’s tenth Constructors’ Championship is a testomony to the tradition and atmosphere created by McLaren chief govt Zak Brown and workforce principal Andrea Stella however the pair maybe face their greatest check but following Norris’ aggressive overtake on Piastri on the opening lap.Norris suffered minor entrance wing harm however was in a position to proceed with out pitting after brushing the again of Verstappen and making aspect to aspect contact with Piastri, who practically additionally tapped the wall and made his emotions clear on the radio.
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Lando Norris poked enjoyable at Max Verstappen, joking he’d tried to ‘puncture’ the Purple Bull driver’s tyre of their battle for second
Piastri: “So are we cool with Lando simply barging me out of the way in which or? What is the go there?”Piastri’s engineer Tom Stallard: “We’re taking a look at it. Let me get again to you.”Stallard later says: “No additional motion from the stewards. As a workforce, we will see Lando needed to keep away from Verstappen, so we can’t take any motion throughout the race. We will assessment additional afterwards.”Piastri responded: “That is not honest. I am sorry, that is not honest. If he has to keep away from one other automobile by crashing into his team-mate, then that is a fairly **** job of avoiding.”
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Following profitable the 2025 Constructors’ Championship, McLaren CEO Zak Brown and workforce principal Andrea Stella have a good time their workforce’s victory and set their sights on a THIRD straight title
Though McLaren have by no means made their ‘Papaya Guidelines’, also referred to as racing guidelines of engagement, public, it is largely thought that contact just isn’t allowed between the duo. Piastri was warned about practically hitting Norris in Austria and Hungary, which underlines this.The transfer largely dictated the place the McLarens completed given overtaking was so tough across the tight Marina Bay Road Circuit.Norris tried to place strain on Verstappen, who began on the softs in comparison with the opposite front-runners on mediums, throughout the first stint however was unable to get shut sufficient.An analogous sample adopted when the drivers pitted for the arduous tyres however Norris couldn’t make a critical overtaking try regardless of operating inside one second of Verstappen for a lot of the final 15 laps.
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McLaren win F1 constructors’ championship as George Russell dominates the Singapore Grand Prix
Piastri ran in a lonely fourth as he didn’t fairly have the tempo of the automobiles in entrance and was additionally harm by a 5.2-second pit cease, the third consecutive race McLaren have suffered a sluggish cease.On the entrance, Russell managed proceedings and, apart from calling for blue flags when going by means of visitors, by no means regarded flustered.The 62-lap Singapore Grand Prix is notoriously the hardest race on the calendar it ran largely incident-free with no Security Automobiles and all 20 drivers completed the race.
Singapore GP Outcome
Driver
Workforce
Time
1) George Russell
Mercedes
1:40:22.367
2) Max Verstappen
Purple Bull
+5.430
3) Lando Norris
McLaren
+6.066
4) Oscar Piastri
McLaren
+8.146
5) Kimi Antonelli
Williams
+33.681
6) Charles Leclerc
Ferrari
+45.996
7) Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari
+80.251
8) Fernando Alonso
Aston Martin
+80.667
9) Oliver Bearman
Haas
+93.527
10) Carlos Sainz
Williams
+1 lap
11) Isack Hadjar
Racing Bulls
+1 lap
12) Yuki Tsunoda
Purple Bull
+1 lap
13) Lance Stroll
Aston Martin
+1 lap
14) Alex Albon
Williams
+1 lap
15) Liam Lawson
Racing Bulls
+1 lap
16) Franco Colapinto
Alpine
+1 lap
17) Gabriel Bortoleto
Sauber
+1 lap
18) Esteban Ocon
Haas
+1 lap
19) Pierre Gasly
Alpine
+1 lap
20) Nico Hulkenberg
Sauber
+1 lap
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