Overview

• McLaren can seal back-to-back constructors’ titles with as few as 13 points in Singapore, with alternative scenarios keeping Mercedes and Ferrari at bay even if McLaren score none.
• Max Verstappen sits 69 points behind leader Oscar Piastri after wins at Monza and Baku and quipped his title odds are “50%” as he returns to the only 2025 venue he has never won.
• Oscar Piastri topped Friday’s second practice by 0.132s, with Isack Hadjar second and Verstappen third after also placing third in FP1; Fernando Alonso led the opening session.
• Charles Leclerc was fined €10,000 for an unsafe pit-lane release that pushed Lando Norris into the wall during FP2, with Norris later expressing frustration over his session.
• Helmut Marko hailed Red Bull’s best Friday in Singapore in years after fitting a new front wing, saying qualifying will hinge on finding the final “hundredths,” as the FIA conducted a routine car display check on Verstappen’s RB21.