Singapore Grand Prix: Lando Norris wins to reduce Max Verstappen Championship lead

Lando Norris has won Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix to further reduce the gap to Championship leader Max Verstappen.

When holding pole position on the grid, the McLaren driver has not always been able to convert that advantage into a win.

However, this was very much a precession for the British representative, who led from start to finish and comprehensively got the better of his rival for his third triumph of the season.

Verstappen would finish almost 21 seconds adrift of Norris, despite his nearest challenger for the title being able to ease up during the final laps.

McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri would secure third place, also with relative ease, as fourth-placed George Russell and the chasing pack finished more than a minute behind the winner.

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Ricciardo makes his mark

The shine was taken off Norris's win by RB driver Daniel Ricciardo - in a sister car to the Red Bull - who took the fastest lap and bonus point away from Norris on the final lap having switched to soft tyres.

As a result, Verstappen holds a 52-point lead over Norris in the standings with six laps remaining, there now being a four-week gap to the United States Grand Prix.

Charles Leclerc, who is third in the title race, had to make do with fifth position having been unable to overtake Russell during the closing laps.

Piastri now sits just eight points adrift of him in the drivers' rankings, the pair now seemingly locked in a straight battle for third.

Lewis Hamilton defied using a more complex tyre strategy to claim sixth, with seventh-placed Carlos Sainz Jr the only other driver not to get lapped.

Fernando Alonso, Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez would complete the top 10, Williams newcomer Franco Colapinto missing out on picking up points in his second successive race.

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