George Russell said, “That’s how you win in Singapore.”
He led from start to finish for Mercedes.
It was his second win of the season.
“Perfect race, perfect car,” he added.
Behind him, chaos hit McLaren.
Lando Norris forced his way past teammate Oscar Piastri at turn three.
The move shocked everyone.
“He just barged me out of the way,” Piastri told his team.
“That wasn’t very team-like, but sure.”
The team replied they’d review it later.
Piastri snapped, “That’s not fair. He hit me avoiding Verstappen? Terrible job avoiding him.”
McLaren tried to manage both drivers equally all season.
Now that policy backfired.
Norris kept third place.
Piastri finished fourth and furious.
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff warned after Monza, “Fairness gets messy when you set precedents.”
He was right.
During the race, Piastri refused to discuss tactics.
“You do whatever you think is best,” he told his engineer coldly.
Norris defended himself.
“It was hard but clean racing,” he said.
Russell extended his lead.
Verstappen pitted first.
Norris refused to let Piastri pit before him.
McLaren’s pit stop delay cost Piastri more time.
Russell finished five seconds ahead of Verstappen.
Norris took third.
Piastri fumed in fourth.
“Redemption,” Russell said after the flag.
He had crashed from the lead here last year.
Antonelli finished fifth, Leclerc sixth, Hamilton seventh.
Alonso, Bearman, and Sainz completed the top ten.
Hamilton faced investigation for exceeding track limits late in the race.
