McLaren Racing heads into Sunday's Singapore Grand Prix as Formula 1's hot new darling and the team that just may be able to finally dethrone Red Bull, while ending the dominance of Max Verstappen.

McLaren Racing heads into the Singapore Grand Prix as Formula 1’s hot new darlings, the papaya-drenched team that just may be the ones to finally dethrone Red Bull and Max Verstappen.

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.

Initially there were doubts about holding events in the evening, and on the streets of a city, but they faded quickly.

McLaren will run a one-off livery at the Singapore Grand Prix inspired by its iconic Marlboro-sponsored cars that raced between 1981 and 1996.

A defiant Max Verstappen returns to Singapore with Red Bull behind in the standings for the first time in 55 races and braced for another tough battle at the scene of their worst weekend last season.

Verstappen is not upbeat about Red Bull's chances ahead of the Singapore GP, though he hopes for better fortunes than last year

Formula 1's governing body have announced the car of one of McLaren's star drivers has undergone an inspection ahead of this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix. The team go into the event at the Marina Bay Street Circuit off the back of a sensational weekend in Azerbaijan last time out.