Verstappen handed brilliant news from Red Bull after Singapore GP

“For sure for us being able to fight for the win here means a lot,” the Frenchman said after the race.

However, Red Bull will continue to take things one race at a time and draw conclusions only at the end of the season: “We will not change our approach. We will continue to take it race by race. We’ll continue to take the learnings. There are probably quite a few lessons we can take from this race, on some small pockets of performance that we may be able to unlock for the future.”

Finally, shifting the focus to the upcoming races, Mekies added: “Austin will be a very different equation. Again, it’s back to the famous mid-speed corners where McLaren was also very strong here. They have been very, very strong all weekend against us, and you have a lot of them in Austin and in Mexico. So we take it race by race, and then we’ll see.”

Although the win slipped away — thanks to a weekend of pure brilliance from George Russell — Max Verstappen can still be fairly satisfied with the points haul he took from Singapore. The Dutchman successfully held off a faster Lando Norris behind him until the very end, earning three valuable points — and, more importantly, six over championship leader Oscar Piastri, who endured a rather anonymous race.

With six Grands Prix and three sprints remaining, Verstappen now heads into the final stretch of the season within closer reach, even if the gap remains considerable.