Marina Bay Street Circuit, Sunday, 16 September

Hear from McLaren Formula 1 drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, and Team Principal Andrea Stella after the Singapore Grand Prix.

As it happened

• Lando briefly drops to P5 behind Hamilton after the start, but the Mercedes driver allows him back through into P4 as he had taken the position whilst off the track  
• Oscar gets a great launch off the line, climbing from P17 to P14 
• The race settles down with Lando in P4, in front of Hamilton and behind Russell. Oscar is in P14, ahead of Albon but behind Pérez
• A Safety Car spices up proceedings and sparks multiple pitstops. Lando and Oscar both switch to the Hard tyre
• Oscar gains two places to move up to P12 ahead of Bottas, whilst Lando passes Pérez and Verstappen for P3
• Oscar overtakes Magnussen for P11 and then gains P10 from Perez, who pits for fresh boots
• Ocon stops on track, which promotes Oscar to P8 
• With 17 laps to go, a Virtual Safety Car gives the teams a decision to make. Lando and Sainz stay out in P2 and P1, respectively, but Russell and Hamilton roll the dice and pit for Mediums, coming out P4 and P5. Alonso boxes, handing P7 to Oscar 
• After passing Leclerc, Russell and Hamilton begin to catch up with Lando, who is chasing down Sainz
• Both drivers keep their positions during a tense end to the race, as Russell’s late crash promotes Hamilton to P3, with Lando on the podium in P2. Oscar finished in P7, 10 places up from where he started the race

“Incredible. Carlos, Charles, Lewis, George, and I really pushed each other hard all evening. The end of the race was very stressful, but it paid off. We knew it was going to be tough as soon as Mercedes boxed, especially with only a couple of cars for them to overtake – but we held them off, did what we needed to do and we’re on the podium with P2, so I’m super happy this evening.

“The team is amazing, and I can’t thank them enough for their hard work in giving me this car. It was good to see Oscar fighting his way through to P7, cementing the points for the team also. The car looked great in the Stealth Mode livery and it’s just a great result for the team tonight. I’m looking forward to seeing what we can do in Japan.”

“P7. Not a bad night’s work! Obviously, our pace was decent, and I feel that I took advantage of the stuff going on around me after a good first lap. All-in-all, pretty happy with that. I don’t think there was too much left on the table there. It’s great to see Lando on the podium and for the team to be rewarded for all their hard work. I’m looking forward to the upgrades next week and hopefully we can have some more fun.”

“Tonight, we are celebrating a very good result for the team here in Singapore. Our aim for Oscar was to get him into the points, he did an excellent job, rising from P17 to P7. Our decision to leave Lando out at the VSC paid off with P2. It worked out well, but it was marginal and could have easily gone the other way, the end of the race was very tense! We had great pit-stops today, good strategy and everyone on the race team has worked very hard all weekend in tough conditions – but I want to take the opportunity to thank everyone at the factory for getting this upgrade onto Lando’s car and making this possible. We’re heading to Suzuka now, where we look forward to another good race!”