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What really explains Piastri's podium celebration absence image Oscar Piastri’s absence from McLaren’s hastily arranged podium celebrations for its constructors’ championship success immediately after Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix prompted a fair deal of intrigue on Sunday. With senior team figures CEO Zak Brown and team boss Andrea Stella leading out members of the McLaren crew, who were joined by Lando Norris, it did appear unusual that its drivers’ champ... Read more:
What's really at stake with McLaren's Norris/Piastri clash review image McLaren’s promise to Oscar Piastri of a “detailed” and “very analytical” review of his Singapore Grand Prix clash with Lando Norris shows there is more at stake right now than just the few championship points lost.Piastri’s annoyance at what he felt was a “not fair” decision by McLaren to allow his team-mate to keep the place gained, after the pair banged wheels on the exit of Turn 3 on the openin... Read more:
10 things we learned from F1's 2025 Singapore Grand Prix image The 18th round of the 2025 Formula 1 season at the Singapore Grand Prix had big title fight implications and some important drives for those fighting to save their F1 careers.Here's what we learned from the Singapore weekend: The gloves are off in McLaren's title fightOscar Piastri's radio messages during the Singapore GP hint that McLaren has a new, unfamiliar tension to deal with in the final si... Read more:
'He's really grumpy' - Under-the-radar Singapore spat explained image Isack Hadjar shrugged off complaints from a “grumpy” Fernando Alonso, who believes the Racing Bulls driver defended too much during Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix. Having run eighth early on, slow pitstop (9.33 seconds) for Alonso dropped him to 15th behind Hadjar, who was nursing an engine issue aboard his Racing Bulls for “the whole second half of the race or more”.That left Hadjar down on pow... Read more:
Verstappen neutralised Russell's biggest Singapore GP threat image The overtaking delta around Singapore – how much quicker you need to be than another car to make an overtake – is around 1.5s. That’s feasible when you are comparing new tyres with old. But when Singapore is a one-stop race, then cars which have qualified together will essentially sort themselves out in the opportunities of the first lap and then remain in that position. Just circulating at high s... Read more:
What we learned from Piastri's reaction to Norris clash image Despite a number of flashpoints in races this year, Oscar Piastri has never let his emotions get the better of him and thrown McLaren under the bus when it comes to his post-race interviews.So, despite the clear annoyance in his Singapore GP radio messages about it being “not fair” that Norris kept position after they made contact on the opening lap in Singapore, he was always going to behave a bi... Read more:
Hamilton loses points to Singapore GP penalty he didn't fight image Lewis Hamilton has lost his seventh-place finish in Formula 1's Singapore Grand Prix to Fernando Alonso due to a post-race penalty.Hamilton was coasting his Ferrari to the finish in the closing laps in Singapore, struggling with braking woes that ended his chase of Kimi Antonelli's Mercedes, cost him a position to team-mate Charles Leclerc, and left him vulnerable to Alonso in the closing laps of ... Read more:
Winners and losers from F1's 2025 Singapore GP image A Singapore Grand Prix featuring a surprise winner, a first-lap collision between Formula 1 title rivals and team-mates, and plenty of winners and losers in an F1 race that didn't feature its customary safety car.Winner - Lando Norris (3rd)You can argue whether the stewards or McLaren should have intervened for that first-lap collision with Oscar Piastri, but Lando Norris is undeniably a winner fr... Read more:
F1 Singapore Grand Prix 2025 race results image George Russell led Max Verstappen and Lando Norris in Formula 1 2025's Singapore Grand Prix. Russell earned his and Mercedes' second victory of the season, while Norris gained an extra three points on his McLaren title rival Oscar Piastri. Below you'll find the results of the Singapore Grand Prix.George Russell (Mercedes) Max Verstappen (Red Bull) +5.4sLando Norris (McLaren) +6.0sOscar Piastri (Mc... Read more:
McLaren's 'not fair' start clash overshadows constructors' title win image McLaren secured the 2025 Formula 1 constructors' championship in the Singapore Grand Prix but the celebrations will be dampened after a recalcitrant Oscar Piastri fumed at being hit by team-mate Lando Norris on lap one of a race won by Mercedes' George Russell.Norris got a great start from fifth and went around the outside through Turn 2 to have the inside line on Piastri into Turn 3.But Norris br... Read more:
Our verdict on Piastri and Norris's Singapore GP clash image McLaren is facing an awkward post-race debrief amid the championship celebrations at the Singapore Grand Prix as Lando Norris's forceful opening lap overtake left Oscar Piastri frustrated.Piastri asked his team “so are we cool with Lando just barging me out of the way?”. Does Piastri have a point? Were the stewards right to rule that no further action was needed, and does McLaren need to take any ... Read more:
How McLaren can seal F1 2025 constructors' championship image A second Formula 1 constructors' championship in two years seems only a matter of time now for McLaren, which can seal the title in Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix.It actually had its first chance to wrap it up at the Azerbaijan GP two weeks ago - just as the final third of the 2025 F1 season kicked off - but its worst weekend of the campaign by some stretch prolonged the inevitable for at least one... Read more:
We simulate F1's 'heat hazard' Singapore GP conditions image This could be Singapore. Or anywhere.If you'll pardon the slightly tortured, tangential Beautiful South reference, the environmental chamber at the University of Roehampton is our gateway to 'anywhere' - in this case the streets of Singapore and the hot, humid conditions Formula 1 drivers are grappling with this weekend.And I am the guinea pig - so ascribed by environmental physiologist Dr Chris T... Read more:
F1 Singapore Grand Prix starting grid after two disqualifications image George Russell will start Formula 1's 2025 Singapore Grand Prix from pole position ahead of championship chasers Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri.After qualifying Williams drivers Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz - originally 12th and 13th - were thrown out of qualifying for rear wing infringements. Sainz will now start from the grid, Albon from the pitlane after Williams took the chance to make suspe... Read more:
Where FIA will + won't cede ground on vests after F1 teams' 'tardiness' image The FIA is ready to discuss with Formula 1 drivers what to do with rules regarding cooling vests for 2026 in the wake of criticisms voiced at the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend.However, despite complaints from several drivers about the devices being uncomfortable and not operating problem-free, motor racing's governing body has made clear it will not back down in its push to make the technology... Read more:
Williams drivers thrown out of Singapore GP qualifying image Williams has had both cars disqualified from Singapore Grand Prix qualifying for a technical infringement.Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz qualified a surprisingly muted 12th and 13th for Sunday's race at the Marina Bay circuit.But they were referred to the stewards after their cars failed post-qualifying inspections.When the DRS flap was checked, both cars exceeded the maximum limit of 85mm on both si... Read more:
F1 Singapore Grand Prix starting grid after two disqualifications image George Russell will start Formula 1's 2025 Singapore Grand Prix from pole position ahead of championship chasers Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri.After qualifying Williams drivers Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz - originally 12th and 13th - were thrown out of qualifying for rear wing infringements. Below you'll find the full starting grid. Starting grid George Russell (Mercedes) Max Verstappen (Red Bu... Read more:
Why McLaren's gone from dominating Singapore to third-best image Lando Norris conceded the "tables have turned" on McLaren after last year's dominant Singapore Grand Prix winner felt George Russell's 2025 pole lap was "out of our league".McLaren was beaten to pole for the third event running as this time Mercedes emerged as the team to beat in qualifying in Singapore, with Max Verstappen, the winner of the last two races, qualifying second for Red Bull.Champion... Read more:
Leclerc tried 'stupid' experiment to stop Ferrari slump image Ferrari has been left with “no way out” of its struggles at Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix despite Charles Leclerc trying a “stupid” experiment.Lewis Hamilton and Leclerc ended up sixth and seventh in Q3 in Singapore, never looking like they had the pace to challenge Mercedes, Red Bull or McLaren.Hamilton, the faster Ferrari driver for the first time since Silverstone, was over half a second adr... Read more:
Why five drivers were cleared over yellow flag rules breach image Yuki Tsunoda was one of several drivers who faced a post-qualifying investigation for potential yellow flag infringements in Q1 at the Singapore Grand Prix.Pierre Gasly caused a yellow flag in the final seconds of Q1 when he suffered a technical problem in his Alpine and came to a stop partly down a small escape road to the left on the entry to the tight Turn 11-12 sequence.Several drivers - Tsuno... Read more: