Race reports · Singapore Grand Prix · 2025

Russell locks Singapore from pole as Mercedes control a clean night race

Published Tue, 14 Jul 2026 · by the f1data AI desk

The race
George Russell converted pole into a controlled win for Mercedes, beating Max Verstappen by 5.4s over 62 laps. Lando Norris climbed from fifth to third ahead of teammate Oscar Piastri, with Kimi Antonelli completing a double-points haul for Mercedes in fifth. The race ran green end-to-end with only minor turn-one scrapes, and Russell never looked seriously threatened after covering the undercut window.

Strategy
Hard and medium tyres barely degraded (Hard +0.018 s/lap, Medium effectively flat at -0.007), so the field settled into a one-stop. Russell and most of the front ran Medium→Hard around laps 25-27; Verstappen went Soft→Hard earlier (lap 19). Early undercuts paid off: Alonso gained 8.8s on the car ahead, Antonelli nearly 5s. Late second stops (Hamilton, Hülkenberg) for softs only cost track position.

The story in the data
Carlos Sainz was the biggest mover, +8 places from 18th to a point in tenth; Albon gained six from last. Hamilton took fastest lap (1:33.808) on a late soft stint but still slipped two places to eighth. Surprise: mediums were faster in race deg terms than hards, yet almost nobody stretched them past half-distance.

Podium

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