Singapore Grand Prix review

F1: Chequered Flag

BBC

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4.2 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2025

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Are tensions starting to simmer at McLaren despite the team clinching their tenth constructors’ championship? Harry Benjamin and Sam Bird look back on the race and hear from both McLaren drivers after they made contact on the first lap. Team principal Andrea Stella joins the pod to put the team’s achievements into perspective. Plus, we hear from race winner George Russell and runner-up Max Verstappen.

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0:39.8	Hello, welcome to your Check a Flag podcast post-Singapore.
0:43.9	After an intense night under the lights at Marina Bay,
0:47.5	George Russell took a magnificent win for Mercedes,
0:51.3	comfortably ahead of Max Vastappen,
0:53.8	who held off late pressure from Lando Norris's
0:56.9	McLaren, despite Norris having a lap one clash with teammate Oscar Piastri. Despite the contact,
1:03.4	McLaren still seal the Constructors' Championship, but there'll be some tense conversations
1:09.7	in Papaya tonight. We're going to unpack
1:12.1	all of the drama. It's Harry Benjamin with you, and alongside me is racing driver Sam Bird.
1:18.1	An intense night, a hot night, Sam Bird, and I think we've got to get straight to it and talk
1:24.5	McLaren. First of all, let's do the good side. Ten times Constructors World
1:29.8	Champions. I mean, when you look at where they were just in 2023 and times before that,
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