Russell wins Singapore GP for Mercedes; McLaren secure constructors’ title

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Red Bull’s Verstappen finished second, and McLaren’s Norris, finishing third, present has a 22-point pb successful the drivers’ standings.

Published On 5 Oct 2025

George Russell of Mercedes has won the Singapore Grand Prix up of Max Verstappen and Lando Norris, arsenic McLaren clinched the Formula One constructors’ championship.

Red Bull’s satellite champion Max Verstappen and the 2 McLarens were to combat it retired for the different podium spots connected Sunday arsenic Briton Russell took the chequered emblem nether the lights of the Marina Bay Street Circuit to assertion his 2nd triumph of the season.

“It feels amazing,” said Russell. “We don’t truly cognize wherever this show came from, but really, truly happy.

“I was truly tense astatine the opening erstwhile I saw Max connected the brushed [tyres], but that archetypal stint was large from us.”

Norris enactment unit connected Verstappen towards the extremity of the race, but had to settee for 3rd up of teammate Oscar Piastri, the brace earning capable points to seal a 2nd consecutive constructors’ rubric for the team.

“It was a pugnacious race,” said Norris. “Max didn’t marque immoderate mistakes. I gave it my each today, and got close.

“I’m blessed with today. I got guardant 2 positions. We won arsenic a team, the constructors’ erstwhile again.”

Piastri’s pb implicit Norris successful the drivers’ standings was chopped to 22 points, portion Verstappen is 63 points down the Australian with six races remaining successful the season.

“I deliberation 2nd was the maximum effect today,” said Verstappen.

“I deliberation the full contention was rather difficult, much hard than I hoped for, for a batch of antithetic reasons.”

The celebrations for the constructors’ rubric successful the McLaren store mightiness beryllium muted, however, with Piastri fuming astatine the mode Norris forced his mode past his teammate connected the opening corner.

Kimi Antonelli was a distant 5th successful the different Mercedes with Charles Leclerc sixth up of his Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton.

Fernando Alonso was eighth for Aston Martin, portion Haas operator Oliver Bearman and Carlos Sainz, who started astatine the backmost of the grid aft the Williams cars were disqualified from qualifying, took the last points successful ninth and 10th.

The crown is secured 👑🔐

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— Formula 1 (@F1) October 5, 2025

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