Lando Norris stormed to the quickest lap by almost half a second in Saturday's final practice for the Singapore Grand Prix as under-pressure championship leader Max Verstappen finally found some pace.

Formula One statistics for Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay circuit, round 18 of the 22 race season:

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen leads the Drivers’ Championship with 313 points, but McLaren’s Lando Norris is just 59 points behind. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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.

Formula One statistics for Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix at the Marina Bay circuit, round 18 of the 22 race season:Lap distance: 4.940km. Total distance: 306.143km (62 laps)2023 pole position: Carlos Sainz (Spain) Ferrari one minute 30.

Lando Norris edged ahead of his title rival Max Verstappen on Saturday to start on pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix. Norris was .203 of a second ahead of Verstappen to start on pole, with Lewis Hamilton third for Mercedes,

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McLaren's Lando Norris was fastest by nearly half a second in final practice for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday, after the daylight session was briefly halted at the start by a large lizard on the track.