FACTS AND STATS: McLaren match Red Bull for earliest title triumph

There were big celebrations for the team in papaya in Singapore as they wrapped up their second championship in as many years. But theirs were far from the only notable numbers generated from a frenetic 62 laps under the Marina Bay floodlights. Here’s our round-up…

• McLaren have won back-to-back Teams’ Championships for the first time since 1988-1991.

• McLaren have won the Teams’ Championship with six Grands Prix remaining, tying Red Bull’s 2023 record.

• The top four in the Drivers’ Championship finished in the top four tonight, but in reverse order of their championship positions.

• There were no Safety Car interventions for the second consecutive year in Singapore.

• It was the first-ever Singapore Grand Prix without a retirement.

• Mercedes' George Russell is the sixth different winner in the last six Singapore Grands Prix.

• Russell started from pole, meaning the polesitter won for the 11th time in 16 Singapore Grands Prix.

• It was Russell’s fifth career race win.

• It was Russell’s eighth podium finish of the season and ties his career-best tally set in 2022.

• Russell had never previously finished on the podium in Singapore.

• It was Russell’s second win of the season after Canada.

• For Mercedes, it was their first win in Singapore since 2018.

• Mercedes are currently second in the Teams’ Championship, behind winners McLaren – who use Mercedes engines. Mercedes-powered teams have never finished 1-2 in the championship.

• Max Verstappen took P2 for Red Bull, meaning Marina Bay remains the only current circuit on which he has never won.

• Verstappen has now finished second in Marina Bay three times without ever winning.

• Verstappen now trails leader Oscar Piastri by 63 points in the title race.

• Lando Norris took P3 for McLaren and has now finished first, second, third and fourth across the last four Singapore Grands Prix.

• Norris now trails team mate Oscar Piastri by 22 points (less than a Grand Prix win) in the Drivers' Championship.

• Norris reduced the championship gap to Piastri for the third consecutive race weekend.

• Piastri, who took P4, has missed the podium in consecutive races for the first time this season.

• With P5 for Mercedes, Kimi Antonelli has scored consecutive top-five finishes for the first time in his F1 career.

• P6 for Ferrari means Charles Leclerc has gone five races without a podium finish.

• Team mate Lewis Hamilton was finally classified P8 after he suffered brake problems while running in fifth place.

• Hamilton has not finished on the podium in 18 starts for Ferrari, a team record.

• With P7 for Aston Martin, Fernando Alonso has moved ahead of team mate Lance Stroll in the championship.

• With P9 for Haas, Oliver Bearman scored his fifth Grand Prix points finish of the season.

• In P10 for Williams, Carlos Sainz scored a point from the back of the grid.

• Sainz has scored in consecutive races for the first time since Imola-Monaco.