Overview

• George Russell won Singapore from pole and led every lap, while McLaren’s third and fourth places secured the Constructors’ Championship.
• On lap one Lando Norris passed Oscar Piastri at Turn 3 with contact that also involved Max Verstappen; stewards took no action and McLaren declined Piastri’s appeal to reverse the order.
• Oscar Piastri leads the standings by 22 points over Norris with six rounds remaining, including three sprints, with 174 points still available to each driver; Verstappen sits 63 points off the lead.
• Martin Brundle says the intra-team dynamic will change after Singapore and urges McLaren to let the pair race “gloves off” with zero interference.
• Earlier team-order decisions, notably the Monza swap, have intensified scrutiny of McLaren’s fairness policies and how pit-stop priority and management calls could shape the remaining title run-in.