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Formula 1 said goodbye to Daniel Ricciardo at last weekend’s Singapore Grand Prix, as it became increasingly clear that the RB driver was set to be replaced by Liam Lawson.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has asked for a "civilised" approach to the current controversy over swearing, in the wake of the FIA punishing Max Verstappen for use of a swear word.

As a triple world champion Verstappen is used to being the focal point of attention on a grand prix weekend, but in Singapore the Red Bull driver caught the spotlights for the wrong reasons, caught up in a controversy with the FIA over swearing in the Thursday press conference.

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff has asked for a "civilised" approach to the current controversy over swearing, in the wake of the FIA punishing Max Verstappen for use of a swear word.

With Red Bull’s RB20 known to have weaknesses over bumps and kerbs, the mindset heading into the event had always been one of damage limitation.

In a year when the fight at the front of Formula 1 has closed up perhaps like never before, the scale of McLaren's advantage in Singapore went against the grain.

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The McLaren CEO shared a snap with the Red Bull boss, revealing they cleared the air following a fastest lap fiasco in Singapore.

Proceedings in Singapore were not quite as compelling compared to those in Azerbaijan a week ago. There was no battle for the lead, nor was there a real three-team battle at the front; instead, this was a championship big-picture race.

Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes his Red Bull Formula 1 rival Christian Horner is just "stirring sh*t up" by namechecking George Russell as a future Red Bull option.

Max Verstappen's rift with the FIA over their decision to hand him a community service sanction for swearing, is poised to fizzle out.