Wolff hails Russell’s turnaround from 'Netflix drama' to Singapore win

Wolff admitted that, ahead of the weekend, he never expected such a dominant performance from Mercedes and Russell, given that the W16 has historically struggled in very hot conditions.

If you would have told me that we’re dominating in the way we did today, I would have not believed it. But from the get-go, on both tyres, driver and car were just in sync and not to be beaten.”

When it came to Russell’s performance, the Austrian pointed out that while he used to make the odd mistake in the past, that’s no longer the case this year — a sign of the significant step forward he has made in terms of maturity.

The Mercedes driver’s perfect weekend naturally drew plenty of attention from the British media, who could do nothing but praise his stunning victory under the lights of Marina Bay.

Russell’s triumph began on Saturday, when he delivered a flawless pole lap — breaking the track record twice in the process.

In the race, despite the looming threat of Max Verstappen, who started on soft tyres, the Brit was never truly under pressure, controlling proceedings from start to finish and crossing the line in dominant fashion to claim his second win of the season.