McLaren secures 2025 F1 Constructors Championship in Singapore

McLaren secured the 2025 Constructors Championship at the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday, wrapping up the team title with six races remaining after Lando Norris finished third and Oscar Piastri fourth at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Mercedes driver George Russell won the race, with Max Verstappen second, but the night belonged to McLaren as the Wokingbased team clinched a consecutive title for the first time since 1991.

The result extended McLaren's advantage in the standings to an unassailable 650 points, with Mercedes second on 325, Ferrari 300 and Red Bull 290. Piastri remains the drivers championship leader on 336 points, but Norris narrowed the gap to 22 with his podium, leaving the drivers fight very much alive with six rounds left on the calendar, beginning in Austin on October 19.

The early laps in Singapore produced the race's most talkedabout moment when Norris, who started fifth, dived up the inside of Piastri at Turn 3 and briefly made contact with his teammate while also clipping Verstappen. Both McLaren cars continued and no penalty was applied after a stewards review. Piastri voiced his anger over the team radio at the time, saying, "That's not fair. I'm sorry,...