Carlos Sainz wins the Singapore Grand Prix in a truඣl༒y spectacular race!

Lando No🅺rris takes second ahead of Lewis Hamilton, after George Russe🐬ll crashes out on the final lap!

Smoꦡoth Operator is amptly sung on Sainz's radio, after arguably his best drive and weekend in F1. The Spaniard drove a perfect and intelligent race to take the chequered flag and become the first non-Red Bull to win in 2023.

Liam Lawson takes his first points whil๊e Max Verstappen recovers﷽ to P5, just behind Charles Leclerc.

Full finishing order: SAI, NOꦐR, HAM, LEC,ܫ VER, GAS, PIA, PER, LAW, MAG, ALB, ZHO, HUL, SAR, ALO.

RUS, BOT, OCO and TSU did not finish. 

Sainz has dropped back again to help Norris. You cannot take 🅺your eyes o🔴ff this one!

I♊t's still Sainz, Norris, Russell and 𒈔Hamilton as lap 61 begins.

They're𒆙 running out of laps here at Singapore as Russell is now under threat from Hamilton!

Russell looked to have Norris🥂 but the McLaren defends wel🧔l! He's now lost the DRS margin to Sainz, though!

"Front tyres are finished" - Sainz

This is incredible. Sainz has seemingly given Norris DRS on purpose, who has♚ the Mercedes now on h𒉰is tail!

Norris is under a second from Sainz!

Sainz asks for updates on the gap to Norris every lap from now on, as Martin Brundle questions whether the Ferrari driver is aware of the oncoming M🔜ercedes threat.

The top four are covered by four seconds now!

The striking distance is quoted 🐟as 3 laps for Ruღssell to Norris, who is just a second shy of Sainz now.

Norris is quietly closing in on Saꦑinಌz, as the Mercedes are giving it everything but slowing ever so slightly

Verstappen passes Piastri for P7.

That's one down, t🍬hree to go for the marching Mercedes!

🐲It's lap 54 of 62 and they're seven seconds off Sainz in the 🎃lead!

He's in P3 as Hamilton now closes in!

The Brit is inꦰ DRS rang🍸e of Leclerc, with Hamilton just behind!

The Mercedes continue to close in as Hamilt꧅on is now even quicker tha🍎n Russell!

Sainz is c💃omfortable in the lead for now, 1.5s clear of Norris in second. Leclerc will be getting ready to defend Russell in the next lap or two...

Max is up to P8ꦅ after overtaking Lawson, who didn't make it easy for the Championship 🐼leader.

The Kiw🎶i is now in P9, once again staking a claim for a full-time F1 seat.

Russell is now 5 seconds behind Leꩵclerc, taking 8 seconds off the🅠 Ferrari in the past 4 laps.

His teammate is following suit. The front-runners on 30-lap-old tyres will be hꦑoping all that management will pay off!

Theꦦ order is changing all the time, b🐭ut as it stands, the top 10 is: SAI, NOR, LEC, RUS, HAM, GAS, PIA, LAW, HUL, VER.

Verstappen is constantly maki𒊎ng up places on fresh tyr♑es, but is probably still too far back to threaten the leaders.

Russell and Hamilton however are still insanely fa🌟st, and this 🤡could really be a Mercedes 1-2...

Alonso momentarily went sꦡtraight on at the corner, but has turned it around and got back racing.

It's lap 47 of 62, and Russell and Hamilto🥃n are two seconds a lap quicker than the leaders!

Some catꦺching up to do for Russ𓆉ell and Hamilton, who are around 14 seconds off the top 3 of Sainz, Norris and Leclerc.

It seems Leclerc want🎶ed to come in but has be𝄹en told to stay out.

A nightmare for Alonso who came in during the VSC for fresh tyres, but a 25 second stop๊ has put him down i𒊎n P15.

They're double stacking for fresh mediums and they've nailed it! They come out in P4 and P5 in an abundance of clear ai𒊎r🍌!