Lando Norris has raised the heat on Max Verstappen by insisting it is his rival’s world championship to lose. Norris will head into Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix cauldron – regarded as the toughest physical and mental challenge on the Formula One calendar – still trailing Verstappen by 59 points.

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.

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.