Lando Norris eases to Singapore F1 GP win despite twice hitting wall

• McLaren driver beats Max Verstappen by 20 seconds
• Norris reduces drivers’ championship gap to 52 points

Lando Norris won the Singapore Grand Prix with a dominant drive from pole to flag for McLaren at the Marina Bay Circuit. Norris was all but untouchable out front in what was a somewhat processional race under the floodlights, although the 24-year-old was fortunate to escape with no damage to his car after twice clipping a wall.

Norris comfortably beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen into second, with the McLaren of Oscar Piastri in third. Mercedes’s George Russell was fourth, his teammate Lewis Hamilton in sixth and Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc in fifth.

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