Overview

• George Russell controlled the race for a pole-to-flag victory, with Max Verstappen second, Lando Norris third and Oscar Piastri fourth as Mercedes showed surprising pace.
• McLaren sealed the 2025 Constructors' Championship with P3 and P4 in Singapore, locking up the team crown with six rounds remaining.
• Norris and Piastri made light contact at the start, prompting repeated radio complaints from Piastri as McLaren declined to order a position swap.
• Race control activated the new heat rule allowing cooling vests and adding 5 kg to minimum car weight; Verstappen called the measure “ridiculous” and refused to wear the vest.
• Stewards issued Alexander Albon a warning over a pre-start practice-start infringement, while Lewis Hamilton’s track-limits case was under review; Piastri leads the drivers’ standings by 22 points over Norris, with Verstappen 63 back.