SINGAPORE: George Russell put Mercedes on pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix on Saturday with Red Bull’s Max Verstappen taking the second spot on the front row and complaining of being obstructed as he tried to chase down the Englishman. Russell crashed in practice on Friday but drove brilliantly around the Marina Bay track in the final round of qualifying to put in two laps worthy of pole, his best timed at one minute 29.158 seconds. “Amazing to be on pole position,” said Russell.

The Mercedes driver held off Max Verstappen, who claimed that Lando Norris impeded his final qualifying lap

Singapur (dpa) - Mit einem fulminanten Streckenrekord ist Mercedes-Pilot George Russell überraschend zur Pole Position für das Formel-1-Nachtrennen in Singapur gestürmt. Der Brite…