Lando Norris wins Singapore GP to narrow F1 title race with Max Verstappen

McLaren’s Norris completed his 3rd vocation triumph to chopped into Red Bull operator Verstappen’s pb connected apical of the F1 table.

Formula One rubric contender Lando Norris led from rod to chequered emblem to triumph the Singapore Grand Prix, narrowing the spread to title person Max Verstappen, who was second.

It was the McLaren driver’s 3rd vocation GP triumph and his archetypal from rod astatine his sixth attempt.

His McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri finished 3rd to widen their pb implicit Red Bull successful the constructors’ championship.

It was a remarkably incident-free tally astir the Marina Bay Street Circuit connected Sunday, the archetypal successful its 15-race past not to spot a information car deployed.

At the extremity of the 62 uninterrupted laps, Norris had reduced Verstappen’s rubric pb to 52 points with six races and 3 sprints to go.

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The spread betwixt the apical 2 narrows to 52 points 👀#F1 #SingaporeGP pic.twitter.com/MfpZSQcUmE

— Formula 1 (@F1) September 22, 2024

Piastri’s 3rd place, coupled with Sergio Perez lone managing 10th successful the 2nd Red Bull, meant McLaren’s pb successful the constructors’ title was raised to 41 points.

Norris got distant brilliantly from rod and was wide of Verstappen into the archetypal crook arsenic Lewis Hamilton, connected softer tyres, tried to enactment unit connected the Dutchman.

But the three-time satellite champion repelled the Englishman and each the cars completed the opening thigh safely.

Norris soon opened up a spread of much than a 2nd implicit Verstappen.

Hamilton from 3rd was the lone frontrunner to commencement connected brushed tyres, but helium paid a punishment for it aft helium had to pit aboriginal connected thigh 18.

The purpose was intelligibly to spell each the mode to the extremity but aft conscionable 5 laps connected the caller rubber helium complained connected squad radio: “I’m already struggling with this tyre.”

Norris was successful a league of his ain up beforehand arsenic helium stretched his pb implicit Verstappen to 20 seconds by thigh 26.

LANDO NORRIS WINS IN SINGAPORE!!! 🏆

What a thrust from @LandoNorris, bringing location his THIRD contention win! 👏#SingaporeGP 🇸🇬 pic.twitter.com/cRmjrwLyHP

— McLaren (@McLarenF1) September 22, 2024

Despite a fewer precocious brushes with the unforgiving Singapore thoroughfare circuit walls, the Englishman secured a ascendant victory.

“It was an astonishing race,” said Norris.

“A fewer excessively galore adjacent calls, I had a mates of adjacent moments successful the mediate but it was well-managed I think.

“I could push, we were flying the full race. Still tough, I’m a spot retired of breath, but a bully one.”

Piastri started from 5th but a superior strategy enabled him to overhaul Hamilton and the 2nd Mercedes of George Russell successful the precocious stages.

“It was a bully race, a bully betterment from qualifying – it wasn’t my champion day yesterday,” said Piastri.

“Big convey you to the squad arsenic intelligibly the car was exceptional this weekend, and immoderate large points.”

Verstappen’s lone accidental looked similar a information car that ne'er came.

“My contention was conscionable by myself, bash the champion I could, negociate my ain race,” said the three-time satellite champion.

“On a play we knew we were going to struggle, P2 is simply a bully achievement. But present we request to improve, and that’s what we’ll do.”

Hamilton connected overmuch older tyres than the tract was a sitting duck towards the extremity and mislaid different spot connected thigh 50 to the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc, who had begun from ninth connected the grid.

Leclerc finished up of Hamilton, with the 2nd Ferrari of Carlos Sainz successful seventh.

Fernando Alonso, Nico Hulkenberg and Perez rounded retired the apical 10.