Race Report: Victory in Singapore

George Russell took victory in Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix with Kimi Antonelli coming home a strong P5.

Starting from pole position, George controlled the race from start-to-finish on a Medium-Hard one-stop strategy, to take his second victory of the season and fifth of his career.

The team was represented on the podium by Tengu Muhammad Taufik, President & Group Chief Executive Officer of our title partner, PETRONAS.

Kimi meanwhile lost a couple of positions at the start but confounded the difficulty of overtaking in Singapore to reclaim P5 from the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc with a beautiful move into turn 16 in his second stint.

He then resisted the Soft tyre shod Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton to hold onto the position at the flag.

The team extends its advantage over Ferrari for second in the Constructor’s Championship to 25 points with six races remaining.

McLaren meanwhile secured the 2025 Constructor’s title; congratulations to them along with our team-mates at Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains on a 10^th Mercedes powered Constructor’s Crown in the 12 years of the current turbo-hybrid era.

Kimi Antonelli

I struggled with some wheelspin in the second phase of my start and that cost me into turn one. I lost two positions, and my race was a fightback from there. It was a tough race physically but I’m happy with how I managed to battle back. The pace was good, and I was able to gain a position back with a good move on Leclerc. We could have achieved more tonight but P5 is still OK.

Congratulations to George on a great win and a brilliant drive. That is a great result for the team and really helps us out in the Constructor’s. Congratulations to McLaren too and everyone at Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains on another Mercedes powered title.

Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director

That was a great result for the team and congratulations to George on another win. We didn't really know what to expect in terms of pace going into the race; we didn't have any good long run data but it was really encouraging to see George able to pull a decent gap in stint one and keep the tyres in a decent temperature window.

Kimi lost a couple of places at the start; one of those was on the initial getaway and then another around the first corners where he was struggling for grip on the inside. He drove a very impressive race to finish ahead of both Ferraris though and was able to show good pace once he was in free air.

It was fun to be fighting at the front again, but we've got a lot of hard work ahead if we want to keep second place in this championship. It will be a tough fight with Ferrari and Red Bull, but we will be pushing to the chequered flag in Abu Dhabi. Finally, congratulations to McLaren on their Constructor’s Championship and Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains for powering their success.