Overview

• McLaren lead the standings on 623 points and can seal a 10th constructors’ title by scoring 13 points in Singapore, with a single podium from either Oscar Piastri or Lando Norris enough to clinch it.
• Max Verstappen arrives on back‑to‑back wins at Monza and Baku, cutting his deficit to Piastri to 69 points with seven grands prix and three sprints remaining.
• Singapore’s bumpy, high‑downforce night race favors strong qualifying and offers scarce overtaking, and Verstappen has never won there with Red Bull taking only one victory in the past nine editions.
• Red Bull’s floor upgrade has unlocked pace, and team principal Laurent Mekies says a Hungary‑style struggle is unlikely, while Helmut Marko and Pierre Wache frame Singapore as the true benchmark of progress.
• Oscar Piastri seeks a reset after crashes in Baku and expects the heat to suit McLaren, Norris is the defending Singapore winner, and McLaren insist there will be no team orders in the drivers’ fight.