With Ferrari, Mercedes pushing hard, McLaren will still have to battle at a track where Red Bull is off the pace and Verstappen has never won.

A large lizard scampered onto the track and stopped the third and final Formula 1 practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday. The session was briefly red-flagged after Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso reported over the radio that he'd seen the lizard in the middle of the track.

A large lizard scampered onto the track and stopped the third and final Formula 1 practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday

Follow live coverage of qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix ahead of round 18 of the 2024 Formula 1 world championship.

McLaren is ahead of Red Bull in the Formula 1 constructors’ race. Now for Lando Norris to put pressure on Max Verstappen for the drivers’ title. Oscar Piastri’s win last week at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix put McLaren top in the teams’ standings — the key to F1’s lavish prize money — but teammate Norris only took a small bite out of Verstappen’s lead.

Lando Norris boosted his world championship hopes by securing an impressive pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix. Under the thousands of bulbs that light up the Marina Bay circuit, Norris posted a dazzling lap to beat rival Max Verstappen by 0.

When Formula 1 was preparing for the first Singapore Grand Prix 16 years ago, many working within the sport were not convinced that a night race on a city track would ever work. “When people see this,

A lizard stopped the action in the concluding practice for this weekend’s F1 Singapore Grand Prix. McLaren’s Lando Norris led the way, four-tenths clear of Mercedes’ George Russell, with Oscar Piastri third.