Mercedes’s George Russell eased to a comfortable win under the floodlights in Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix even as McLaren clinched their second successive constructors’ title. The Briton, who had started from pole, crossed the line 5.4 seconds clear of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who just about held on to second by a slim margin of 0.636 seconds over McLaren’s Lando Norris in third. Championship leader Oscar Piastri was fourth.

The result means McLaren, winners of 12 races this year, leave Singapore with a total haul of 27 points, more than the minimum 13 they needed, to secure the title with six races to spare. Piastri (336 pts) continues to lead the drivers standings, but by a smaller 22-point margin over Norris. “Pretty awesome,” McLaren chief executive Zak Brown declared of McLaren’s title win. “It is an incredible emotion and I want to share it with the team for their incredible work,” team principal Andrea Stella added.