Russell Dominates 2025 Singapore GP

Mercedes’ George Russell cruised to victory at 2025 Singapore Grand Prix as McLaren wrapped up the constructors’ title. 

Russell led from pole to flag except for laps 26 and 27 following his sole pit stop as the Brit claimed his first Singapore GP win.

Max Verstappen fought off Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri to finish second, but third and fourth for Norris and Piastri proved enough for McLaren to wrap up back-to-back constructor titles.

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Oliver Bearman and Carlos Sainz rounded out the top ten.

Hamilton however received a five-second time penalty post-race after he left the track and gained an advantage on Alonso, although the latter was promoted to seventh ahead of the seven-time champion once the penalty was applied to the classication.

In the drivers’ standings, Piastri’s title lead over Norris was trimmed to 22 points, whilst Verstappen found himself 63 points off the summit as he seeks an unlikely late title defence comeback.

At lights out, Russell fended off Verstappen who got a slow exit out of Turn 3 and was clipped by Norris who had made a fast start to clear Antonelli then passed Piastri on the inside of that corner for third.

Piastri subsequently fumed at Norris’ move which left him flirting with the outside wall but McLaren decided that their spat would be sorted internally post race much to the Australian’s chagrin.

Everyone soon settled down into a rhythm as Verstappen kept Norris at around 1.5 seconds gap until he pitted at the end of lap 19, just three laps after McLaren suggested Norris pit for the undercut.

Russell out in front controlled the pace until he pitted at the end of lap 25 whilst Norris followed suit a lap later, only for the overcut tactic to fail as he re-joined over four seconds behind Verstappen in third once Piastri pitted at the end of lap 27 from the lead and rejoined in fourth.

Alonso meanwhile pitted at the same time as Piastri on lap 28 but a slow stop due to a right-front tyre change dropped him down the order to 15th.

Alonso’s Aston Martin teammate, Lance Stroll too started on soft tyres but stayed out and worked his way up to ninth before he began to back up those behind him to allow Alonso to catch back up to his immediate rivals, prior to the Canadian’s stop on lap 39.

Alonso eventually recovered to eighth with a pass on Liam Lawson on lap 48 who hadn’t stopped at that point of the race nor had Carlos Sainz until they pitted on laps 50 and 51 respectively.

Up front, the front runners caught up to the backmarkers on lap 45 which helped Norris a lap later get within DRS range of Verstappen, as the reigning four-time champion complained of downshift and balance issues on his team radio amidst frantic attempts to pass lapped cars.

Verstappen however managed to keep Norris at bay under pressure of the Brit’s DRS as he finished second ahead of the McLaren pair.

Hamilton gambled on a second pit stop on lap 47 for soft tyres which allowed him to make up a position on Leclerc, after he failed to pass Antonelli before the checkered flag amidst a brief overtake on lap 54 which saw him quickly repassed.

Hamilton eventually suffered a brake issue which saw Leclerc repass him on the final lap to finish sixth but he fought off Alonso at the line for seventh, whilst Bearman and Sainz rounded out the top ten.

Alonso however was promoted to seventh ahead of Hamilton after a post-race investigation found that the Brit had left the track illegally to keep position from the Spaniard.

F1 now heads to the Americas starting with the US Grand Prix in Texas from 17-19 October which features the sprint weekend format, before a trip to Mexico City between 24-26 October.

Trips to Sao Paulo, Brazil, and Las Vegas, USA, follow in November before the season concludes with visits to Lusail, Qatar, and Yas Marina, Abu Dhabi, with the Sao Paulo and Qatar Grands Prix featuring the last two sprint races of the campaign.

Position	Driver	Team	Laps	Time
1	George Russell	Mercedes	62	1h 40m 22.367
2	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	62	+ 5.430
3	Lando Norris	McLaren	62	+ 6.066
4	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	62	+ 8.146
5	Andrea Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	62	+ 33.681
6	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	62	+ 45.996
7	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	62	+ 80.667
8	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	62	+ 85.251
9	Oliver Bearman	Haas	62	+ 93.527
10	Carlos Sainz	Williams	61	+ 1 Lap
11	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls	61	+ 1 Lap
12	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull	61	+ 1 Lap
13	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	61	+ 1 Lap
14	Alex Albon	Williams	61	+ 1 Lap
15	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	61	+ 1 Lap
16	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	61	+ 1 Lap
17	Gabriel Bortoleto	Sauber	61	+ 1 Lap
18	Esteban Ocon	Haas	61	+ 1 Lap
19	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	61	+ 1 Lap
20	Nico Hulkenberg	Sauber	61	+ 1 Lap