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F1: Carlos Sainz Jr. wins Singapore GP for Ferrari, ending Red Bull's winning streak; Max Verstappen increases championship lead. Sainz wins thrilling Singapore GP for Ferrari, ending Red Bull's record-breaking winning streak. Norris and Hamilton finish 2nd and 3rd as Verstappen increases championship lead to 151 points.

Norris had been running third in the lead train of cars during the second stint of the Marina Bay race, as polesitter Carlos Sainz controlled the pace at the front to bunch the field up.

Ferrari star holds off Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell in a captivating finish at Marina Bay

Norris finished second to Ferrari's Carlos Sainz at the Marina Bay circuit after a tense end to the 62-lap race, as fresher medium tyres brought Russell and Lewis Hamilton onto the tail of the two leaders struggling on older hard compound rubber.

The Spaniard led all 62 laps under the lights at the Marina Bay track, producing an inch-perfect tactical drive to convert pole position into his second F1 win by 0.812s.

Carlos Sainz edged out second-place Lando Norris, Lewis Hamilton finished third after his Mercedes teammate, George Russell, crashed on the final lap

The Spaniard led every lap of a slow-burning race from pole position, and delivered a tactical masterclass to ward off a rapidly approaching Mercedes duo in the race's second half by employing Lando Norris as a bodyguard.

The Spaniard led every lap of a slow-burning race from pole position, and delivered a tactical masterclass to ward off a rapidly approaching Mercedes duo in the race's second half by employing Norris as a bodyguard.

Sainz collected his second consecutive F1 pole having managed to head qualifying in Monza, and starts alongside George Russell on the front row of the grid.