Start of the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix
Start of the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix

2025 F1 Singapore Grand Prix LIVE: Oscar Piastri fumes after McLaren pair clash

Follow Crash.net's live coverage of the 2025 F1 Singapore Grand Prix.

The 2025 F1 season continues with the Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

George Russell starts on pole position, with Max Verstappen alongside him on the front row. 

F1 title leader Oscar Piastri goes from third, with championship rival and McLaren teammate Lando Norris two places behind him in fifth. 

Piastri is 25 points ahead of Norris at the top of the F1 drivers' championship with seven rounds to go.

McLaren will win the constructors' championship today if they score just 13 points.

 

05 Oct 2025
14:41
Hamilton goes off at Turn 16

Lap 60/62: Hamilton's chance might have just gone. He's gone deep at Turn 16 and drops two seconds behind Kimi Antonelli. 

14:39
Hamilton in Antonelli's DRS

Lap 59/62: Lewis Hamilton is within DRS range of Kimi Antonelli heading into the final few laps. Can he grab fifth place? 

14:35
Leclerc lets Hamilton through

Lap 56/62: Charles Leclerc moves out of the way to release Lewis Hamilton into P6 on the start-finish straight. 

Hamilton is now 2.8s behind Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli with seven laps left to run. 

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14:33
Piastri catching Norris and Verstappen

Lap 55/62: Oscar Piastri, who has had a very frustrating evening, is now catching Lando Norris and Max Verstappen.

Piastri was 10 seconds behind Norris after his pit stop. It's now just 3s. 

14:32
Antonelli passes Leclerc

Lap 54/62: Kimi Antonelli has just overtaken Charles Leclerc for fifth place.

Hamilton now has his Ferrari teammate ahead of him and is much faster than both Antonelli and Leclerc. 

Remember what happened in Baku between the Ferrari pair. Will Ferrari be asking Leclerc to give way to Hamilton again? 

14:29
Russell on course for Singapore win

10 laps to go in Singapore and George Russell continues to lead the way out front as he closes in on a first win at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. 

Russell
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14:26
Hamilton flying on softs

Lap 51/62: Lewis Hamilton is absolutely flying on soft tyres. He's just set the fastest lap of the race and has cut the gap to Kimi Antonelli down to 13.3s. It was over 20 when he made his second stop. 

If Hamilton can keep this pace up, he will be on the back of Antonelli's Mercedes by the end of the race. 

14:23
Norris putting Verstappen under pressure

Lap 49/62: Lando Norris has been hustling and harrying the back of Max Verstappen's car but so far, cannot get close enough to make a move as he continues to run in DRS range. 

14:20
Hamilton pits for softs

Lap 47/62: Lewis Hamilton has made a second pit stop to put some soft tyres on for the final stint. He's still seventh so had nothing to lose there. 

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14:19
Norris within DRS range of Verstappen

Lap 46/62: Max Verstappen is losing heaps of time as he continues to battle car issues. 

Lando Norris is now within DRS range of the Red Bull driver. 

"I'm struggling a lot now," Verstappen complains over team radio. 

14:17
Hulkenberg spins!

Lap 45/62: Nico Hulkenberg has gone for a spin in his Sauber but manages to avoid the barriers. 

14:16
Five seconds covers top three

Lap 45/62: Just five seconds covers the top three as the leaders deal with traffic

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14:12
Now Norris makes error

Lap 42/62: Now it's Lando Norris's turn to make a mistake as he runs wide in the final sector and has a scruffy lap.

Norris loses a full second to Verstappen and his recent hard work to close the gap is undone. 

14:10
Norris closing on Verstappen

Lap 41/62: Lando Norris is starting to close in on Max Verstappen as the Red Bull driver continues to struggle. The gap is just 1.5s as things stand. 

14:08
Verstappen off again

Lap 39/62: Max Verstappen has had another off-track excursion, this time down at Turn 2. 

He is not happy with his Red Bull at the minute. 

"The rear is like a handbrake, please help," he asks. 

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14:04
Verstappen makes error!

Lap 37/62: : Max Verstappen has just had a big lock up down at Turn 14 but manages to keep his Red Bull out of the wall. 

That his given George Russell some breathing space. Russell is now five seconds clear of Verstappen.

13:59
Verstappen catching Russell

Lap 35/62: Max Verstappen is catching George Russell. 

The four-time world champion is lapping faster than the Mercedes driver at the moment, having just taken half a second out of Russell last time around. 

The gap is now down to 2.8s - are things starting to hot up out front? 

13:58
The current state of play

Lap 33/62: So, after all the pit stops it's George Russell still leading by 3.3s from Red Bull's Max Verstappen.

Lando Norris is 4.3s back in third, with McLaren teammate and title rival Oscar Piastri 10s further back. 

Charles Leclerc still holds fifth for Ferrari, ahead of Kimi Antonelli, who is being caught by Lewis Hamilton. 

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13:52
Classic Fernando Alonso radio

Lap 29/62: Fernando Alonso delivers another classic radio message after being updated by his race engineer. 

"If you speak to me every lap, I will disconnect the radio," the Spaniard replies. 

Alonso suffered a slow pit stop and is currently down in 15th. 

13:50
Problems for Piastri in pits

Lap 27/62: It's a slow stop for Oscar Piastri due to an issue with the left rear. A 5.2s pit stop for Piastri here in Singapore.

That won't improve Piastri's mood. The Australian is now 10 seconds back from Norris. Crucially, he has not lost any positions. 

13:48
Norris pits

Lap 26/62: Norris pits and rejoins behind Verstappen. He's further behind Verstappen than he was before the stops were made. 

Interestingly, McLaren had asked Norris if he would be happy for Piastri to pit first to help him cover Leclerc. Unlike in Monza, Norris said no, and subsequently was the first McLaren to stop. 

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13:45
Russell pits from lead

Lap 25/52: George Russell pits from the lead. 

A solid stop from Mercedes, as Russell returns out in third place, behind only the two McLaren drivers who are yet to pit. 

13:44
Slow stop for Hamilton

Lap 25/62: Ferrari pit Lewis Hamilton from seventh but it is a slow pit stop at 3.5 seconds. His front right was slow off there. 

Hamilton pitting releases Max Verstappen into fifth as he chases down his next target, Kimi Antonelli. 

13:41
Verstappen battling car problems?

Lap 23/62: Max Verstappen is told he is free to push now. 

"I'll try mate but everything is working against me this race," Verstappen responds. 

Charles Leclerc has pitted from fifth and comes back out in P9. 

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13:37
Norris stays out

Lap 21/62: Lando Norris stays out as McLaren opt against responding immediately.