George Russell clinched victory from pole at the Singapore Grand Prix as McLaren secured a second Formula 1 world constructors’ championship victory on the trot.Russell built an early lead over fellow front-row starter Max Verstappen to present a significant advantage to ward off a potential undercut, and then preserved that throughContinue Reading
McLaren says it is aiming to implement hardware fixes for its Formula 1 pitstop issues in time for 2026 as it explains why Lando Norris bearing the brunt of its slower stops is just a coincidence.As Norris’ title battle against team-mate Oscar Piastri enters its final stages, the Briton suffered slowerContinue Reading
After struggling through the first half of the season with a car that operated in a very narrow window, Red Bull has turned a corner in recent races. Max Verstappen took back-to-back Formula 1 victories, and he says the step in performance is about more than just new parts. With twoContinue Reading
Strategy for the Singapore Grand Prix has always been built around maintaining track position, given the difficulty of overtaking, but it also has to take into account the high possibility of a safety car deployment. Last year’s race was an outlier – maybe – in that for the first timeContinue Reading
For Max Verstappen and Red Bull Racing, the qualifying session in Singapore has gone according to plan – and given recent history at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, perhaps even better than expected. Just like last year, the Dutchman secured second place on the grid under the floodlights, although theContinue Reading
After Friday’s practice sessions, George Russell had never really factored in the discussion for pole at the Singapore Grand Prix pole – particularly after his FP2 shunt.Thus, a day made all the difference, as he reeled off two laps that were ultimately good enough to start from the front inContinue Reading
McLaren only needs to score 13 points in Singapore to wrap up its second consecutive constructors’ crown with five rounds to spare, but if you were looking for any lingering signs of that early season dominance you wouldn’t have been able to spot it over the last few weekends.Championship leaderContinue Reading
When your team-mate is sitting on pole position and you aren’t at least alongside them, you will have questions to answer – even in the modern era of convergence when the gaps are that much tighter.Mercedes’ Andrea Kimi Antonelli turned that scrutiny on himself as he qualified fourth in Singapore,Continue Reading
Williams Formula 1 drivers Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz have been disqualified from the Singapore Grand Prix qualifying session for a DRS technical infringement.Albon and Sainz qualified 12th and 13th respectively at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, but a breach of F1’s technical regulations was spotted in parc ferme byContinue Reading
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has lamented a poor Singapore Grand Prix weekend so far, having qualified seventh at a Formula 1 track where he is a two-time polesitter.Leclerc was second-fastest in Free Practice 1 but dropped to ninth and 10th in the next two sessions, before taking eighth, sixth andContinue Reading