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Live Reporting

Lorraine McKenna

  1. 'Most gruelling race on the calendar'

    Harry Benjamin
    BBC F1 Commentator

    This is the most gruelling race on the calendar for the drivers. They are losing three to four kilograms from perspiration alone.

  2. Lap 36/62

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    Liam Lawson is doing a great job in eighth place after starting 12th, but the Racing Bulls driver is still riding aroumd on his starting medium tyres. If he can stay in the points it'll be a big boost for the team's ambitions of finishing sixth this season.

  3. Lap 35/62

    Kimi Antonelli is still the fastest man on the Marina Bay street circuit as his team-mate George Russell puts his foot down slightly to bat away any future attack by Max Verstappen.

  4. Lap 34/62

    The gap between George Russell and Max Verstappen is coming down. The Red Bull has taken a couple of tenths out of the Mercedes driver's lead and Russell might need to start looking in his mirrors for the oncoming threat of the four-time world champion.

  5. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on Radio 5 Sports Extra

    It looks like the cars behind George Russell are starting to pick up the pace.

    Max Verstappen, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri are coming for the Mercedes driver, they are hunting him down.

  6. Lap 33/62

    Charles Leclerc is in the top five but he's not yet able to break away from the Mercedes of Kimi Antonelli. His Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton, on the other hand, is finding pace on his nine-lap old hard rubber, and is inching closer to the Italian rookie in the fight for sixth.

  7. Lap 32/62

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    We're back to a top three of George Russell, Max Verstappen and Lando Norris as the laps continue to tick down in Singapore. The Mercedes of Russell is over three seconds clear of the Red Bull of Verstappen, with Norris keeping up with the pace seven seconds back.

  8. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on Radio 5 Sports Extra

    We're not seeing the degradation that we've seen in previous years here in Singapore.

    Everybody just seems to be status quo at the moment with regards to their tyre life and tyre management.

  9. Top five

    Lap 31/62

    1. George Russell (Mercedes)

    2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull)

    3. Lando Norris (McLaren)

    4. Oscar Piastri (McLaren)

    5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)

  10. Lap 30/62

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    Mercedes did a bit of double-stack with their pit stops earlier and now Kimi Antonelli, on the hards and in sixth, is collecting the fastest lap purple stopwatch. The Italian rookie might be able to get the jump on Charles Leclerc ahead of him, who is now running in fifth place following Ferrari's pit action.

  11. Team radio - Aston Martin to Alonso

    Engineer: "34 to go."

    Alonso: "If you speak to me every lap, I will disconnect the radio."

  12. Lap 29/62

    Fernando Alonso is, understandably, not in a good mood after that sluggish stop and he tells his engineer he will disconnect the radio if he is spoken to again. Ouch.

  13. Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on Radio 5 Sports Extra

    The McLarens pitting when they did hasn't hurt them but they haven't gained anything, so strategy for them was a case of just staying where they were.

  14. Team radio - Racing Bulls to Hadjar

    Engineer: "Okay, listen carefully, we have an engine issue. Three to four tenths a lap. I'm really sorry, it's back."

    Hadjar: "Mate, what the hell is wrong with this engine? Again."

  15. Lap 28/62

    Aston Martin also make a bit of a hash of their pit stop and Fernando Alonso has to twiddle his thumbs and wait to be released. The Spaniard is out of the top 10 and in 15th place.

  16. Slow stop for Piastri

    Lap 27/62

    And here comes the second McLaren of Oscar Piastri. Should be a quick stop for the championship leader. Wait a minute, there's an issue! The Australian is stopped for longer than he would've liked and he heads into battle in fourth place behind Lando Norris. The left rear didn't want to play ball.

  17. Team radio - McLaren to Piastri

    'Box, box."

  18. Team radio - McLaren to Norris

    Engineer: "Lando, the gap to Oscar is 4.7. He is going to have to pit soon to cover Leclerc. Are you willing to let Oscar pit the lap before you?"

    Norris: "Yes. No, I wouldn't."

  19. Norris comes in to pit

    Lap 27/62

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    McLaren have just delivered a long radio message to Lando Norris about when to pit. There's a lot to think about for the man sitting in second place in the title race, but he heads in and takes the hard tyre anyway. Out he comes in fourth place, making Oscar Piastri the defacto leader.

  20. 'Russell doing a solid job'

    Sam Bird
    Formula E driver on Radio 5 Sports Extra

    There should be no concern for George Russell at this stage, he's building himself up a gap over Lando Norris.

    Even if Norris comes towards him a little bit, the Mercedes going into this weekend wasn't supposed to have great tyre longevity in comparison to the McLaren. Russell is doing a solid job.