This is the first time that a McLaren driver has won the Singapore race since 2009.
Fans catching a glimpse of the Singapore Grand Prix from the link bridge between Millenia Walk and Marina Square on Sept 22.SINGAPORE – McLaren reigned supreme in Singapore for the first time since 2009, as Lando Norris won the Formula One Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix on Sept 22. The papaya-clad McLaren driver turnedAs fireworks lit up the Marina Bay skyline, Norris took the chequered flag in 1hr 40min 52.571sec, finishing 20.945sec ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and 41.
It is the 10th time in 15 editions of the night race that the pole-sitter has gone on to win the race. After a strong start, Norris was rarely troubled as he led from start to finish in a drama-free grand prix. The 24-year-old also improves his record, having won only one race from his previous five pole positions, and becomes the seventh different winner of the Singapore Grand Prix. The 2023 winner, Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, was fifth, behind Mercedes’ George Russell.McLaren have not finished on the podium here since Jenson Button in 2012. The last McLaren driver to win the Singapore Grand Prix was Lewis Hamilton won triumphed in 2009. Hamilton finished sixth.
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