Max Verstappen said he hopes to have "a bit more fun" for the rest of the Formula One season after storming to his first victory at the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday. 

Verstappen put together back-to-back victories for the first time this season with a fine drive, finishing ahead of Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli. 

The Dutchman, who also won the sprint race around the Marina Bay Street Circuit on Saturday, is now up to fourth in the Drivers' Championship after overtaking Leclerc. 

Verstappen has now claimed 73 race wins, all of them with Red Bull. He became the driver with the second-most victories for a single team in the history of the championship, surpassing Michael Schumacher's 72 wins with Ferrari. 

But, more importantly, it saw Red Bull close the gap to McLaren in the Constructors' Championship. There are now just seven points between the two teams in the standings. 

And with six more races before the 2026 season comes to an end, Verstappen is hopeful Red Bull's momentum will continue, starting off in Austin in two weeks' time. 

"I think the last few races have been really positive for us, and it is just great to see, and we have a lot of motivation in the team to try and deliver even more results," he said. 

"It is a really good group of people. I really enjoy working with them, and hopefully we can have a bit more fun until the end of the year.

"It has taken a while, but I think this race was very good. We had pace when we needed to have it on the soft tyre and on the medium, even though I think the medium tyre for everyone was a bit more of a struggle, but it worked out, so, of course, I'm very happy to win here."

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Red Bull team principal Laurent Mekies echoed Verstappen's comments, though he believes the team can improve even further for the races that remain. 

"A very strongly executed race. A big well done to the team; they always perform extremely strongly," Mekies said. 

"It may have not been that visible at the beginning of the year when the car had a little bit less pace. But they have been faultless this weekend. We will take it race by race.

"We have performed well now in quite a few layouts, which is encouraging. We think if we do the right job, we should be in the fight to be fighting for the top positions on the track.

"The important thing is we take the learnings, even on a weekend like this, with the two poles and the two wins.

"Many, many things we want to improve in, many things we want to do better if we have to come back here. That is the spirit of the team and learn for this year and next year."

For Antonelli, meanwhile, his dreams of becoming F1's youngest world champion edged closer to reality after he finished on the podium for the 14th time this season. 

George Russell could only finish ninth, having started from 19th, with the gap between the two Mercedes now 102 points.

To become champion in Austin, he would need to win the race with Russell finishing ninth or lower and Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton fifth or lower.

"Can I? Really?" Antonelli said when asked about winning the title in Austin. "Let's not worry about that, let's try to do the best weekend possible and finish the job."

"All in all, I feel like we're doing a great job. At the end, you look at the season, and we've always been there.

"Obviously, we've had a great car, and now we're trying to understand this new package. I'm very proud of the team this weekend, and we've pushed through the difficulties. 

"Now, we've started to see the light at the end of the tunnel, so it's just a matter of time. Now we go back to Austin. A normal weekend where we can do a lot of changes and understand this package more."