Russell mentioned he believed Singapore had been “most likely my most dominant weekend” however hesitated to classify it as his finest win, saying final yr’s victory in Las Vegas was “fairly cool”.

He additionally mentioned that successful in Singapore had been “so sudden” – Mercedes have had a troublesome run of races and their second place within the constructors’ championship was coming beneath risk.

He mentioned: “We have to sit down tomorrow and Tuesday to type of perceive why the efficiency was so good.”

Russell received pole by 0.182 seconds from Verstappen, though the Dutchman felt he would have been in competition to beat his time if he had not run into soiled air from Lando Norris’ McLaren on his closing lap and slid huge on the closing chicane.

Russell’s drive to victory was helped by Verstappen’s option to run gentle tyres at the beginning of the race.

As soon as Russell saved the lead on the first nook, it meant Verstappen lacked the tempo to problem him. And he held again Norris’ McLaren, which seemed to have the tempo to problem Russell, for the remainder of the race.

“Realistically, Lando seemed extremely quick,” Russell mentioned. “He was inside a second of Max the entire race. And round this circuit, that is not straightforward. So, we’ll take the efficiency for at this time, rejoice it, and I will not assume an excessive amount of about (the subsequent race in) Austin but.”