F1 Singapore GP LIVE: Race result as Lando Norris wins ahead of Max Verstappen

Lewis Hamilton has urged Max Verstappen to snub his community service order – after his Dutch rival took on Formula One’s rulemakers by refusing to answer questions in the FIA’s press conference for Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix.

Lando Norris kept his cool in the heat and humidity of the Marina Bay circuit to put his McLaren on pole position. He will be joined on the front row by Verstappen, who he trails by 59 points, with Hamilton third.

An extraordinary press conference, featuring Norris, Verstappen and Hamilton, then followed, which the triple world champion effectively boycotted, 24 hours after he was sanctioned by F1’s governing boy for swearing in Thursday’s media call.

Full piece below:

1. Lando Norris

2. Max Verstappen

3. Lewis Hamilton

4. George Russell

5. Oscar Piastri

6. Nico Hulkenberg

7. Fernando Alonso

8. Yuki Tsunoda

9. Charles Leclerc

10. Carlos Sainz

11. Alex Albon

12. Franco Colapinto

13. Sergio Perez

14. Kevin Magnussen

15. Esteban Ocon

16. Daniel Ricciardo

17. Lance Stroll

18. Pierre Gasly

19. Valtteri Bottas

20. Zhou Guanyu

Lando Norris boosted his world championship hopes by securing an impressive pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix.

Under the thousands of bulbs that light up the Marina Bay circuit, Norris posted a dazzling lap to beat rival Max Verstappen by 0.203 seconds.

Full report below:

“A problem that we’ve never had, front tyres not working properly. Had to push like crazy on the out-lap to get temperature but it never happened. That’s it.

“P6, P5, if a miracle P3 for tomorrow, I dunno.”

“Ah man, qualifying has been a disaster for me all year long. I’ve been working and working, all of a sudden it came alive in qualifying for the first time in qualifying. I think there was a tiny bit more left in the car, but I’m grateful for it.

“We’re in a good position to fight tomorrow.”

“The whole of qualifying went well. Q3 was tough, lap gets cancelled. Then everyone has one run, you want to stay in the limit. I take second, I’m happy with that.

“Tomorrow is difficult to say... a lot can happen in Singapore!”

“It was tough. I was finding it difficult to progress much and get lap time. It was good enough for pole and I’m happy with that, especially here in Singapore.

“My lap wasn’t as good as my lap previous to the red flag. The car is feeling good, did the job today, excited to see what we can do tomorrow.

“I had faith we were quick, I didn’t have to overpush. That’s a nice feeling.”

1. Lando Norris

2. Max Verstappen

3. Lewis Hamilton

4. George Russell

5. Oscar Piastri

6. Nico Hulkenberg

7. Fernando Alonso

8. Yuki Tsunoda

9. Charles Leclerc

10. Carlos Sainz

Lando Norris has done it!

The McLaren takes pole position with a 1:29:525, 0.203 seconds ahead of Max Verstappen in second!

Lewis Hamilton takes third place, three-tenths off Norris!

And Charles Leclerc’s lap-time is deleted so he’s only P9!

4-10: Russell, Piastri, Hulkenberg, Alonso, Tsunoda, Leclerc, Sainz