09–11 Oct · Marina Bay · Round 17
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Gasly finished 11th after starting seventh in Singapore. He says Alpine's tyres overheated within three laps of a stint, leaving him short of traction out of slow corners. Hadjar took the final point as Gasly's pace fell away late in the race.
Bottas began lifting and coasting on lap two to control brake temperatures, despite Cadillac's recent cooling upgrades. Both cars finished, and he believes the problem is nearly resolved for the remaining races, with a different brake design planned for 2027.
A brake sensor issue left Antonelli without temperature data as he followed other cars in Singapore's heat. He reported a long pedal and poor stopping power after a virtual safety car restart, then lifted and coasted before braking to manage the problem on his way to third.
Honda says its data had not shown a turbo failure before Alonso's Singapore replacement, despite his belief that the unit was broken. Chief engineer Shintaro Orihara says the change followed Alonso's feedback, with further checks planned during the break before Austin.
Mekies says Red Bull will bring no further substantial upgrades this season as development turns to 2027. The team will keep improving how it uses the car and learning from the remaining races, but rivals' upgrades could change the order after its recent wins.
Leclerc held back his battery power because he thought Verstappen's early deployment problems would be brief. By the time he recognised another chance to attack, it was too late to use his energy. He still believes Red Bull's stronger race pace would probably have decided the result.
Hadjar must start from the pit lane after Red Bull changed his car under parc fermé and fitted additional power-unit elements. He retains permission to race after failing to set a qualifying time.
Stroll moves from 18th on the provisional grid to a pit-lane start after Aston Martin changed his suspension setup under parc fermé. The team also continued working on his car beyond the covers-on time.
Alonso moves from 16th on the provisional grid to a pit-lane start after Aston Martin changed his suspension setup under parc fermé and worked beyond the covers-on time. He also has a new turbocharger, his sixth of the season.
Verstappen and Leclerc share the front row, ahead of Hamilton and Antonelli. Russell starts 19th with a combined 60-place power-unit penalty. Alonso, Stroll and Hadjar start from the pit lane after car changes under parc fermé.
Russell has received another 20-place grid penalty for using his fourth energy store and control electronics unit. That brings his combined Singapore penalty to 60 places.
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Hülkenberg finished seventh in the sprint and eighth in the Grand Prix, making Singapore his highest-scoring round of 2026. He held off Russell in the closing laps, using a tow from Lawson ahead to help defend on the straights.
The sold-out Singapore weekend drew an attendance of 301,294, the event's second-highest total and its largest since the 2023 track change. Hospitality attendance also reached a record as Singapore hosted its first F1 sprint.
Lawson scored in both the sprint and Grand Prix, taking ten points from Singapore after finishing fifth in the sprint. He says his focus remains on scoring each weekend, with Racing Bulls expected to decide its 2027 driver line-up in the coming weeks.
Alonso passed Hadjar on the opening lap but lost the position when racing resumed after the first virtual safety car. He repeatedly complained about power and energy delivery over the radio, alongside understeer after pushing his tyres early in the race.
Ferrari told Hamilton to hold position when Leclerc rejoined ahead after their first pit stops. Hamilton, on soft tyres while Leclerc warmed his mediums, repeatedly asked to pass and offered to give the place back if he could not pull away. Ferrari kept the order unchanged.
Leclerc's Ferrari slowed without warning at a slow corner on lap 46, prompting him to warn that a repeat elsewhere could send him into the wall. His engineer supplied a settings change two laps later, and Leclerc reported no further recurrence.
Antonelli had four laps deleted for track limits in the Singapore Grand Prix, one more than the three that bring a five-second penalty. The Race understands Mercedes challenged the fourth, at Turn 7 on the virtual safety car restart where he reported a brake problem, and the stewards revoked it. He has had more race deletions this season than any other driver.
Sainz climbed to tenth at the start but lost two places after battery trouble in the opening laps. Williams then lacked the pace to fight for points, and he finished 14th.
Russell expects to take another engine-related grid penalty before the end of the season. Mercedes may choose Las Vegas, but the round has not been settled.
Mercedes' comparison of its two specifications showed Antonelli's updated package was faster by the end of the weekend. The team found more performance in qualifying and the race as it moved closer to the right setup window, but says further work is needed ahead of Austin.
Norris finished fourth but said McLaren has slipped behind Red Bull, Ferrari and Mercedes on pace. He wants more upgrades after finishing 40 seconds behind Verstappen, while Piastri also felt the car lacked the speed to finish higher.
Leclerc took his first Grand Prix podium since Belgium but said Ferrari still needs more upgrades to match its rivals. He pushed hard after his final stop in Singapore, then suffered more tyre degradation as Verstappen held on to win.
Verstappen struggled to speak to Red Bull during the race and had to respond to coded messages from his engineer. Early energy-deployment problems also gave Leclerc a chance to attack before Verstappen brought them under control.
Hamilton felt unwell after the Singapore Grand Prix and was seen by the FIA medical team. He was excused from his post-race media duties.
Antonelli leaves Singapore 102 points clear of Russell, with six races and 150 points still available. He has his first chance to clinch the drivers' title at the next round in Austin.
Albon managed fuel and brake issues throughout the race, backing off when his brakes overheated behind other cars. Williams retired him late to protect the car; he is classified 18th.
Stroll received a warning after leaving the pit lane on a reconnaissance lap without performing a practice start or crossing the white line at the exit.
Hamilton faces no penalty after he and Norris both ran off at Turn 1 while fighting for position. They rejoined in the correct order and both subsequently lost out to Antonelli.
Russell finished ninth after starting 19th, with Hülkenberg holding him off for eighth. Hadjar recovered from a pit-lane start to take tenth and the final point.
Hamilton took responsibility for staying out under the Virtual Safety Car and apologised to Ferrari after finishing sixth. Vasseur said the team had called him in, but he missed the pit entry.
Verstappen took his first Singapore Grand Prix victory on his 250th Grand Prix start, completing a weekend of two poles and two wins. Leclerc and Antonelli completed the podium, with Norris fourth and Piastri fifth.
Piastri made an extra pit stop after reporting a slow front-right puncture. He passed Hamilton at Turn 16 on the final lap to finish fifth, behind team-mate Norris.
Stroll retired at Turn 15 with a suspected clutch issue, bringing out a Virtual Safety Car.
Colapinto stopped on track before moving his Alpine into a run-off area to retire. Alpine suspects a driveline issue and will investigate when the car is recovered.
Bortoleto stopped with a suspected gearbox issue, triggering a Virtual Safety Car. His Audi later caught fire in the pit lane; marshals extinguished it and the pit lane entry was briefly closed.
Gasly questioned the decision to take no action over Norris and Piastri's sprint collision, saying he would have scored a point if Norris had been penalised. He wants to discuss consistency with the stewards after Colapinto received a penalty for hitting him in Baku; Singapore's ruling remains unchanged.
Hamilton wants a longer straight and further layout changes at Marina Bay to create better overtaking chances. Verstappen and Leclerc also questioned holding sprints at circuits where passing is so difficult; no circuit change has been announced.
Russell qualified sixth after Mercedes repaired his sprint crash damage, but said the car no longer felt as it had on Friday. He is trying to understand the loss of pace and expects a difficult recovery from the back of the grid on a track where passing is hard.
Verstappen started the wet Sepang race and Singapore sprint in second gear on Red Bull's advice, but says that approach is not working well enough. He would consider a different gear if Sunday's start is wet, while hoping for a dry race.
Pirelli expects the soft tyre's early grip to make it the preferred starting compound, followed by medium or hard tyres. Low degradation could let drivers extend the opening stint while waiting for a Safety Car; a two-stop race is estimated to be around ten seconds slower than the one-stop options.
Hadjar has been granted permission to start the Singapore Grand Prix.
Hülkenberg received no penalty after blocking Sainz's push lap at Turn 5. Inconsistent timing information had led both teams to believe Sainz had already taken the chequered flag, leaving Audi no reasonable chance to correct its message to Hülkenberg.
Stella says both McLaren drivers agree their Singapore sprint collision was unacceptable. Further discussions will focus on putting the team's interests first, and he welcomed Norris' offer to help Piastri during the Grand Prix.
Hadjar's engine switched off in Q1 and he failed to set a representative qualifying lap. He also reported a gearbox failure and called for a fresh power unit for Sunday's race, but a change had not been confirmed.
Leclerc missed pole by 0.054s after struggling with the car pulling under braking in Q1 and Q2, then making mistakes on his final Q3 lap. Hamilton topped Q1 and Q2 but lost the car's balance in Q3, with snaps of oversteer leaving him third.
Antonelli qualified fourth after setup changes helped him find a better balance with Mercedes' Singapore upgrades. The car's operating window remains small, but he felt more comfortable than he had earlier in the weekend.
Verstappen took pole for the Singapore Grand Prix with a 1:31.373, just 0.054s ahead of Leclerc. Hamilton qualified third and Antonelli fourth, with Norris fifth and Russell sixth before his grid penalty.
Albon and Bottas received no penalty after the Turn 16 chain collision involving Bortoleto before the Safety Car restart. Albon hit Bortoleto and Bottas hit Albon as the queue of cars slowed at different rates.
Colapinto's Alpine shut down and stopped on track during the early Safety Car period, ending his sprint. The cause had yet to be diagnosed.
Hadjar retired early in the Singapore sprint after struggling with a lack of power from the start. Red Bull told him to stop the car.
Stroll and Perez received no penalty after their first-lap collision at Turn 16, which ended both drivers' sprints. Stroll was not at fault for the contact.
Russell passed Verstappen at the start but lost control at the final corner and hit the wall, ending his sprint. His retirement brought out the Safety Car and returned the lead to Verstappen.
Norris has taken responsibility for attempting the move that caused his final-lap collision with Piastri at Turn 5 and apologised to McLaren. Piastri retired and Norris finished eighth; the stewards treated the contact as a racing incident and imposed no penalty.
Verstappen won the rain-delayed Singapore sprint ahead of Hamilton and Leclerc. Antonelli finished fourth, followed by Lawson, Bearman, Hülkenberg and Norris in the remaining points places.
Heavy rain delayed the sprint's scheduled 17:00 local start at Marina Bay. Race Control moved the formation lap to 17:30 local (09:30 UTC), and the field set off behind the Safety Car on intermediate tyres.
Red Bull fitted Hadjar's car with a previously used engine and turbo, replaced the fuel collector assembly and adjusted the related power-unit parameters before the sprint. The changes were approved by the FIA technical delegate.
Williams changed Sainz's suspension setup under parc fermé without the technical delegate's approval. The stewards require him to start the sprint from the pit lane.
Pirelli says both medium and soft tyres appear viable for the Singapore sprint after Friday's limited degradation. Tyre warm-up made a significant difference in qualifying, and the soft compound was around eight to nine tenths quicker than the medium.
Hamilton qualified sixth after Ferrari's switch from medium to soft tyres left him struggling with rear grip. He said his different run plan was the wrong choice, while Leclerc qualified third and felt he had extracted the car's available pace.
Hadjar reported engine issues and a difficult car on his final sprint qualifying run in Singapore. His SQ3 lap was deleted for track limits, leaving him ninth after a practice session in which he had felt comfortable on the hard tyres.
The FIA says a missed race-control prompt left Overtake Mode disabled after the SQ1 red flag. Briefly switching it back on for 27 seconds affected drivers unequally; single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis acknowledged that the error interfered with the results and said it is being analysed to prevent a repeat.
The final sprint qualifying classification confirms Verstappen on pole with a 1:31.156, 0.120s ahead of Russell. Leclerc is third, Piastri fourth and Norris fifth, with Antonelli seventh.
Verstappen keeps pole for the Singapore sprint after the stewards imposed no penalty for passing Hamilton under yellow flags in SQ1. They found a breach of the regulations but accepted that he had slowed appropriately and that the large closing-speed difference made the pass difficult to avoid safely.
Perez hit the barriers in SQ1, broke his front wing and brought out a red flag with debris on the track. He rejoined and qualified 20th, ahead of Bottas; Lindblad, Stroll, Albon and Sainz were also eliminated in SQ1.
Antonelli will keep Mercedes' upgraded car package for the rest of the Singapore weekend, despite switching back to the older front wing before sprint qualifying. Bradley Lord says converting the full car back would take two days; the new package has left its balance less stable and harder to manage through slow corners.
Audi fixed the gearbox issue that stopped Hülkenberg in Singapore practice in time for sprint qualifying. Despite limited practice running, he reached SQ2 and qualified 12th, two places ahead of Bortoleto.
George Russell led Singapore's only practice session by 0.198s from Charles Leclerc, with Lando Norris third. Russell set his 1:32.274 on soft tyres; Max Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli were sixth and seventh with their best laps on mediums.
A sprint qualifying or qualifying period interrupted with less than 90 seconds remaining will not resume under Singapore's race-director notes. The pit wall has also moved one metre to widen the pit lane, and the main straight has been resurfaced.
Williams' drivers and entire trackside team will wear a special Pattern of Thought kit throughout the Singapore weekend. Its teal, blue and clay design interprets the team's thinking through Claude, with the final design created by Williams' creative team.
Carlos Sainz says Williams' Baku upgrade has improved the car but has not put the team within consistent reach of the points. He expects Williams to keep fighting for Q2 appearances and occasional points over the remaining rounds.
McLaren has brought a new front brake duct to increase cooling airflow. The change is designed for the high brake-cooling demands of Singapore and upcoming circuits.
Red Bull has revised its front-wing flaps and endplates to add aerodynamic load while maintaining stable airflow. It has also enlarged the rear brake-cooling outlets for Singapore's braking demands.
Hadjar wants cooling vests banned, arguing that the physical challenge is part of Formula 1. Verstappen also rejects them, saying the tubing restricts his movement. The systems remain optional when a heat hazard is declared, with drivers carrying ballast instead if they do not use one.
Hamilton hopes Singapore's high-downforce layout will reduce Ferrari's straight-line disadvantage and let its cornering pace show. Leclerc is more cautious: Ferrari has lost ground to the front-running teams in recent races, and he expects winning to be difficult despite its strong history at Marina Bay.
Alex Albon will wear a special helmet inspired by durian at the Singapore Grand Prix. The design uses the fruit's spiky appearance and price tags from local markets, alongside his racing number and a tribute to Marina Bay.
Singapore is the fourth heat hazard race of the season, with temperatures forecast to exceed 31°C. Driver cooling kits are optional, but cars must carry 5kg of ballast if the driver goes without one. Formula 1 is also monitoring haze from fires in Indonesia and does not currently consider it a major concern.
Aston Martin expects Marina Bay's shorter straights and lower power demands to suit its car after Fernando Alonso finished eighth at Sepang. Alonso says the car, setup and power unit were unchanged from Baku, so the improvement came from the circuit rather than new parts. Mike Krack says the sprint format and evolving track leave little time to get the setup right.
Nico Hülkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto say Audi's engine loses power in extreme heat, leaving them cautious about Singapore despite its less power-sensitive layout. Bortoleto says the Baku aero upgrade worked as expected in back-to-back tests at Sepang, but the power unit remains the team's biggest limitation in these conditions.
Norris says McLaren has taken a step forward after working on the straight-line speed issue he experienced at Sepang. He qualified fifth for the Singapore sprint and said the car looked better, although the team was still checking the data.
Mercedes opted out of the FIA's cost cap allowance for liquid-cooled driver vests, saying it was too small to build one that would last a full race. Bradley Lord says the drivers accepted the discomfort in exchange for spending on car performance.
Singapore is the one Grand Prix Verstappen has never won. Helmut Marko says Verstappen believes he can win there this time, after Sepang gave Red Bull its first victory with its own engine.
Marina Bay runs the sprint format for the first time. Teams get a single hour of practice before Friday's Sprint Qualifying, instead of three sessions, on a street track where passing is rare and qualifying usually decides the race.
The forecast is hot and humid, with a 30% chance of rain on Friday and 40% on Saturday and Sunday, mostly in the afternoon. Track temperatures should cool well before the evening sessions.
Singapore gets the three softest compounds, the same range as last year. As a first Sprint weekend at Marina Bay, each driver has 12 sets of slicks instead of 13. Pirelli expects one stop on Sunday and more use of the soft than in past years.
Antonelli reverted to Mercedes' older front wing for sprint qualifying after trying the updated version in practice. Mercedes is running different car packages this weekend, with Russell using the older specification.
Valtteri Bottas has finished a 419.67km ride from the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur to Singapore, much of it on gravel, in four legs that started after the Sepang race. He is in Singapore in time for Thursday's media day. Bottas has yet to score a point in 16 races for Cadillac.
Audi's R26 will carry a Singapore-specific silver finish with a traditional Peranakan pattern on the sidepods and rear wing. The design, inspired by the city's transition from daylight to twilight, also appears on Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto's race suits.
Grid penalties don’t change qualifying results. How scoring works
The Sprint is the only race-pace evidence before Grand Prix Qualifying. It starts four hours earlier on Saturday, and its result does not set the Grand Prix grid. How sprint weekends are scored.
Marina Bay is 4.927 km long with 19 corners, down from 23 before the 2023 layout change, and the Grand Prix runs for 62 laps. The street surface is bumpy, and drivers are busy at the wheel for most of the lap. Formula 1’s circuit guide (opens in a new tab).
Singapore held the first Grand Prix run entirely at night, in 2008. Humidity is usually above 70% and the temperature sits between 24 and 31°C, and drivers can lose up to 3 kg over the race. The 2023 layout change made overtaking a little easier, but Pirelli still describes passing here as rather complicated. Pirelli on racing in the heat (opens in a new tab).
C1
Not used at Singapore
C2
Not used at Singapore
C3
Hard
C4
Medium
C5
Soft
Baku gets the same three. Pirelli’s selection (opens in a new tab). In 2025 Pirelli left out its softest compound, the C6, because of the forces and heat here, and it names thermal stress as the main cause of tyre degradation in Singapore. Pirelli’s 2025 preview (opens in a new tab).
George Russell took pole and led the race to win by 5.4 seconds from Max Verstappen, with Lando Norris third and Oscar Piastri fourth. Kimi Antonelli was fifth. The 2025 race result (opens in a new tab).
Pole counts for more at Marina Bay than at most circuits. Of the 15 Singapore Grands Prix before 2025, ten were won from pole. Verstappen had never won here going into that race, and second place kept it that way. The 2024 race was one of the few at this track to run without a Safety Car, and the pit lane speed limit went up from 60 to 80 km/h in 2025, which Pirelli expected to make a one-stop race almost obligatory. Pirelli’s 2025 preview (opens in a new tab).
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Yes. Singapore hosts its first Formula 1 sprint weekend in 2026. Sprint Qualifying follows the only practice session on Friday, the Sprint and Grand Prix Qualifying run on Saturday, and the Grand Prix is on Sunday.
The weekend runs from 9 to 11 October 2026 at Marina Bay. The Sprint starts at 17:00 Singapore time on Saturday and the 62-lap Grand Prix starts at 20:00 on Sunday.
One. Practice 1 runs on Friday before Sprint Qualifying. There is no second or third practice session on a sprint weekend.
You make four sets of picks instead of two: a Top 5 for Sprint Qualifying, the Sprint, Grand Prix Qualifying and the Grand Prix. Each set locks when its own session starts, so the Sprint has already run by the time your Grand Prix Qualifying picks close.