George Russell delivered a virtuous performance under the lights to claim a stunning pole for Mercedes for the Singapore Grand Prix as second-placed Max Verstappen also outqualified the title-leading McLaren drivers.

Claiming just Mercedes' second pole of the season and first since June, Russell delivered two laps in the Q3 shootout that were good enough for pole - with his first even including a whack against the wall at the penultimate corner.

Russell's final time of 1:29.158 proved to be just under two tenths of a second quicker than Verstappen, who can take solace from the fact he outqualified both Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris as McLaren failed to match their rivals' speed.

Title leader Piastri will start at the head of the second row next to Kimi Antonelli in the second Mercedes

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