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A tense and enthralling Singapore Grand Prix ended with a brawl for the win with Carlos Sainz leading and holding off Lando Norris and the charging George Russell and Lewis Hamilton behind him

Max Verstappen struggled in practice as Red Bull opened the door for the likes of Lewis Hamilton, Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris to snatch pole for the Singapore race

Before the F1 summer break, at the Belgian Grand Prix, team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane were axed – the latest big names to leave in-crisis Alpine in the last two years

Carlos Sainz started on pole as Ferrari dreamed of a famous Monza win which would finally end both Max Verstappen and his Red Bull team's respective winning streaks

Max Verstappen was favourite for pole position as always, but Ferrari were hopeful of a very popular result at their home race after Carlos Sainz showed great pace in practice

Red Bull's long-serving team adviser Marko thinks selling the Alpine team to Michael Andretti would provide the best outcome for all the parties involved, including current owner Renault

F1 is a cut-throat business with drivers and team members regularly on the chopping block, and Alpine were the latest to wield the axe as two more top staff left after the Belgian Grand Prix

Alpine have suffered a mass exodus of top staff over the last 18 months with team principal Otmar Szafnauer, sporting director Alan Permane and technical chief Pat Fry the latest to exit

Team principal Otmar Szafnauer and sporting director Alan Permane were sacked by Alpine at the Belgian Grand Prix after a disagreement over the F1 team's ambitions

Binotto has been out of a job since he resigned as Ferrari team principal at the end of last season, feeling he had lost the full backing of the iconic brand's top brass

Abbi Pulling, star of the all-female F1 Academy racing for Rodin Carlin, three-time W Series podium-sitter and member of the Alpine F1 driver academy, is now a Mirror Sport columnist

Szafnauer spent just 18 months as team principal of the Alpine F1 team before he was axed during the Belgian Grand Prix weekend over disagreements with the Renault board

The current break in the Formula One season has allowed pause for thought at Alpine, who have undergone major changes, but Cyril Abiteboul has suggested a new driver might also be needed

Alonso has given his verdict on Red Bull's unstoppable title charger Verstappen, in the same interview in which he directed his wrath at former Alpine chief Szafnauer

Bruno Famin has taken interim charge of the Alpine Formula 1 team, following the dismissal of their former team principal Otmar Szafnauer at the Belgian Grand Prix

Alonso drove under Szafnauer at Alpine last season, but announced his intention to leave mid-way through the campaign having grown impatient over the lack of a contract offer

A year has passed since Alpine tried and so publicly failed to promote junior driver Oscar Piastri to an F1 race seat, but the Aussie and his new McLaren employers had other ideas

Former Ferrari chief Binotto has been on gardening leave away from the Formula 1 world since he resigned as the Scuderia's team principal at the end of last season

Perez's former boss from his time at Racing Point, Otmar Szafnauer, is out of a job as of this week after becoming the latest in a long line of high-profile figures axed by Alpine

The Belgian Grand Prix was Szafnauer's last as team principal of the Alpine team, axed along with long-serving sporting director Alan Permane as the latest high profile exits at Enstone

Szafnauer was team principal at the Enstone-based team for just 18 months before he was ruthlessly axed at the Belgian Grand Prix, along with sporting director Alan Permane

Szafnauer will leave Alpine after this weekend's Belgian Grand Prix, axed by Alpine over a disagreement between the two parties in regard to short-term expectations for the team

Lewis Hamilton, Sergio Perez and Charles Leclerc were among those who started ahead of Verstappen at Spa-Francorchamps, but none had a prayer of stopping Verstappen

The first four racing laps of the Sprint took place behind the safety car after heavy rain at Spa-Francorchamps, followed by a rolling start with Max Verstappen leading the pack

Prost became F1 world champion in a Renault-powered Williams and has a long-standing affiliation with the French carmaker, but did not hesitate to launch a full-scale attack on its Alpine F1 team