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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Lap 21/62: Lando Norris stays out as McLaren opt against responding immediately.
Lap 20/62: Max Verstappen pits from second place to get rid of his soft tyres. He comes back out in seventh, ahead of Aston Martin's Fernando Alonso.
Now is the time for McLarens drivers to push hard as they look to get ahead of Verstappen.
Verstappen is told his out lap is "critical".
Lap 18/62: Lando Norris had been told to box to overtake Max Verstappen, but then was later told to stay out. Was that an attempted dummy from McLaren?
A frustrated Oscar Piastri, meanwhile, has dropped nearly five seconds behind his McLaren teammate in fourth.
Lap 17/62: Lewis Hamilton is having a bit of a frustrating night.
The seven-time world champion is within DRS range of Kimi Antonelli's Mercedes, but cannot get close enough to make a move.
Hamilton dropped behind Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc at the start.
Antonelli is battling a problem with his steering and doing a fine job so far.
Lap 15/62: Lando Norris has just had a glance up against the wall at Turn 17, but looks to have escaped without any damage to his McLaren.
He is pushing hard in his pursuit of Max Verstappen's Red Bull.
Lap 11/62: Max Verstappen is not happy with his downshifts at the moment.
"Really ****" the Dutchman responds when asked by his race engineer Gianpiero Lambiase how the downshifts on his Red Bull car have been.
Lando Norris feels he is quicker than Max Verstappen at the moment.
Asked how his tyres are, Norris replies: "Pace is good. I think I'm a lot quicker."
Verstappen is 1.7s clear of Norris as things stand.
Lap 10/62: Meanwhile, out front, George Russell looks to be in complete control.
The Mercedes driver has been setting a succession of fastest laps to gradually pull clear of Red Bull's Max Verstappen.
The gap is currently 4.6 seconds.
Lap 7/62: McLaren's phone is ringing again as Piastri continues to berate what happened at the start.
When informed that McLaren will take no action in-race and review it internally afterwards, Piastri responded: ""That's not fair. I'm sorry, that's not fair.
"If he has to avoid another car by crashing into his team-mate, then that's a pretty **** job of avoiding."
Has the 2025 title fight just turned nasty? This is getting spicy.
The stewards have announced that there will be no investigation on that controversial first-lap tangle between McLaren pair Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri.
McLaren are looking at it internally, with Piastri told: “We’re looking at it. Let me get back to you.”
Lap 4/62: Good news for Lando Norris, who has just been informed that his front wing damage is nothing to worry about it.
Oscar Piastri is not happy with his McLaren teammate.
"Yeah I mean that wasn't very team like, but sure," Piastri complains over team radio.
He later adds: "So, are we cool with Lando just barging me out of the way or? What's the go there."
Lando Norris has picked up damage to his front wing.
That looks to have happened as he battled past Piastri at the start.
Norris actually tagged the back of Max Verstappen, before sliding into Piastri.
Charles Leclerc made a great start and jumps up two places into fifth.
He's got ahead of Ferrari teammate Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli.
The Singapore Grand Prix is go!
George Russell retains his lead from Max Verstappen as Lando Norris sneaks past Oscar Piastri at Turn 2 to grab third.
