F1: George Russell wins the Grand Prix of Singapore; McLaren is a manufacturers champion

F1: George Russell wins the Grand Prix of Singapore; McLaren is a manufacturers champion


Russell won easily, followed by Verstappen and Norris. With Lando’s podium, McLaren becomes a manufacturers champion.




The tenth eighth phase of the 2025 season was played on Sunday 05, at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore. George Russell began in the end, followed by Verstappen and Pistra. The British dominated the race and won with a little tranquility. Since he dropped well and guided most of the laps. With the podium won by Norris and Oscar Pistar points, McLaren won his tenth title of manufacturers.

The beginning was given at 9:00 (Brasilia) and George Russell maintained the tip, also with the pressure of Max Verstappen, which fell with soft tires. Lando Norris started with everything, he climbed, forced and overcome Oscar Postri in third position. Another pilot who started very well was Charles Leclerc, who jumped from seventh to fifth place. Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto gained a position at the beginning and is the tenth fifth.



The touch between the McLarens generated disputes

Norris’ overtaking on Pasters, his teammate, generated radio complaints at McLaren. Pisters did not find Norris’ movement, which has forced a lot, including the wheels. Commissioners have no problems in the maneuver.

With 10 complete shifts, Russell had a 5S advantage for second place, Max Verstappen, who was more worried for Lando Norris, of average tires and approaching. Norris was still squeezing the rhythm and, on the 13th lap, he even played slightly on the wall.

From the 14th round, the first stops for the change of tires began. Tsunoda, Bortoleto and Colapinto were the first pilots who stopped. Some laps later, Max Verstappen made his pit stop, exchanging the soft tires for the hard. Norris and Russell continued on the track. Russell went to the pits on the 26th lap and Norris stopped the next lap, but he was unable to make a subsquarod (beyond the pits) on Verstappen.

With the stop of all the pilots, the classification of the top ten was: Russell, Verstappen, Norris, Postri, Leclerc, Antonelli, Hamilton, Lawson, Sainz and Bearman.

Arrived at the last third of the race, Lando Norris approached Max Verstappen’s second place, being 1.4 away and squeezing the rhythm. Shortly thereafter, English made a mistake and the difference rose to 2.5 seconds. Meanwhile, George Russell was still with a quiet leadership, keeping 3.8s by Max Verstappen.

On lap 47, with the latecomers who accumulate, Lando Norris touched Verstappen once and for all, reducing the difference to only half a second and can open DRS. However, due to the characteristics of the circuit, it is very complicated to overcome, even with a good advantage of the tires at that moment. Those who agreed with the dispute between Verstappen and Norris were Russell, who expanded the advantage to 6 seconds.



Lando Norris puts a car side by side with Verstappen

Despite all the effort, Lando Norris could not exceed Max Verstappen. George Russell won his second victory in the year, Max Verstappen his podium number 121 in his career. With the third and fourth place of Lando Norris and Oscar Pastri, McLaren has reached 653 points and has become the champion of builders for the tenth time in its history.

The next phase of Formula 1 takes place between 17, 18 and 19 October in the circuit of the Americas, in Texas, in the United States.

Source: Terra

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