Overview
- McLaren can clinch a 10th constructors’ crown this weekend by scoring about 13 points, which a single podium would secure.
- Verstappen enters on back‑to‑back wins in Monza and Baku after a floor upgrade boosted Red Bull’s pace on low‑downforce circuits.
- Singapore’s high‑downforce, sweltering street course with scarce overtaking has troubled Red Bull, and Verstappen has never won there.
- Red Bull’s Laurent Mekies says Hungary‑style struggles should not recur, while Helmut Marko labels Marina Bay the true measure of recent gains.
- Lando Norris, last year’s Singapore winner, calls Verstappen “genuinely a challenger,” as McLaren signals no team orders between its drivers.