Singapore Grand Prix: Formula One 2026 race updates – dwell
Key occasions
Lap 4/62 Hamilton units a quickest lap however is full second behind Leclerc in third -though, as I kind, he trims that by a tenth. Unless he’s made a superb alternative along with his mediums, it’s onerous to see how will get by Verstappen, even when he finds a well past Leclerc.
Lap 3/62 Russell is motoring, now as much as seventeenth, whereas Bearman assaults his teammate, Ocon who began sixteenth and is now eleventh. He will get previous, then cedes the place once more … then passes once more! Bearman takes eleventh, Ocon twelfth whereas, on the entrance, the highest six are pulling away – there’s 4.1s separating them, then one other 2.7s to Lawson in seventh.
Lap 2/62 Antonelli chases Hamilton, whereas Hulkenberg has handed Bearman. Lawson is now eighth and, again on the entrance, Verstappen extends the gam from 0.4 to 0.6.
Lap 1/62 Leclerc is away rapidly and is he passing Verstappen? Not fairly, the door expertly shut, and the 1-2-3 is identical now as was once we began, whereas Norris couldn’t sneak by Antonelli.
Lights out and away we go!
If Antonelli outscores Russell by 12 factors right now, he can win the championship in Austin, Texas, the week after subsequent.
Off goes the formation lap; Verstappen, Leclerc, Antonelli, Norris and Piastri are on softs, with Hamilto,n Gasly and Russell on mediums.
The engines hearth up, the grid totally clears, and pace is nearly upon us,
Verstappen, by the best way, has by no means gained this race.
The grid is emptying as we put together to get going, and our consultants are backing Verstappen. If he comes out of the primary nook in entrance, he’ll be onerous to catch.
Lando Norris thinks he has a shot, although the Ferraris can be powerful. I’d be stunned, however we will see.
Antonelli has a difficulty along with his automobile – the brakes aren’t getting data, so it’s a sensor drawback, apparently, they usually’re taking stuff aside to exchange it, on the grid, Those mechanics are incomes their cash right now.
Anthem time…
Now Brundle tells Alonso he’s ranging from the pitlane – presumably in case he was unaware, he’s good like that. Alonso airs him, I can’t suppose why.
Eileen Gu is in attendance. I can’t lie, I like her – and he or she’s coming quickly to as Joy of Six close to you – and I feel Martin Brundle is charmed too, turning away as a result of Antonelli goes previous, then returning to apologise for not saying goodbye. Gu was, I’m positive, completely bereft.
Zak Brown of McLaren confirms he has had a stern one along with his drivers after they go in one another’s manner yesterday. “I didn’t say please,” he laughs. “It’s an order.”
Our race includes 62 laps and the comparatively lengthy observe means it’ll final roundabout two hours. It’s scorching, too, which means a correct bodily wrestle for our drivers.
Hamilton thinks he’s received an excellent automobile and has an excellent probability to place stress on Verstappen. If he will get one in every of his begins, he can win this from the entrance.
Yet one other manner by which The Clash have been visionaries.
Constructor standings
1 Mercedes 🇩🇪 556pts
2 Ferrari 🇮🇹 405
3 McLaren 🇬🇧 316
4 Red Bull 🇦🇹 298
5 Racing Bulls 🇮🇹 90
6 Alpine 🇫🇷 68
7 Haas 🇺🇸 27
8 Audi 🇩🇪 17
9 Williams 🇬🇧 12
10 Aston Martin 🇬🇧 7
11 Cadillac 🇺🇸 0
Driver standings
1 Kimi Antonelli 🇮🇹 Mercedes 325 pts
2 George Russell 🇬🇧 Mercedes 236
3 Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 Ferrari 221
4 Charles Leclerc 🇲🇨 Ferrari 191
5 Lando Norris 🇬🇧 McLaren 188
6 Max Verstappen 🇳🇱 Red Bull 188
7 Oscar Piastri 🇦🇺 McLaren 128
8 Isack Hadjar 🇫🇷 Red Bull 96
9 Liam Lawson 🇳🇿 Racing Bulls 65
10 Pierre Gasly 🇫🇷 Alpine 41
11 Arvid Lindblad 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls 38
12 Franco Colapinto 🇦🇷 Alpine 27
13 Oliver Bearman 🇬🇧 Haas 20
14 Gabriel Bortoleto 🇧🇷 Audi 10
15 Nico Hülkenberg 🇩🇪 Audi 7
16 Esteban Ocon 🇫🇷 Haas 7
17 Fernando Alonso 🇪🇸 Aston Martin 7
18 Carlos Sainz 🇪🇸 Williams 7
19 Alexander Albon 🇹🇭 Williams 5
20 Yuki Tsunoda 🇯🇵 Racing Bulls 1
Yet to attain:
Lance Stroll 🇨🇦 Aston Martin
Valtteri Bottas 🇫🇮 Cadillac
Sergio Pérez 🇲🇽 Cadillac
Qualifying
1 Max Verstappen 🇳🇱 Red Bull 1:31.373
2 Charles Leclerc 🇲🇨 Ferrari 1:31.427
3 Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 Ferrari 1:31.496
4 Kimi Antonelli 🇮🇹 Mercedes 1:31.562
5 Lando Norris 🇬🇧 McLaren 1:31.712
6 George Russell 🇬🇧 Mercedes 1:31.712
7 Oscar Piastri 🇦🇺 McLaren 1:31.860
8 Pierre Gasly 🇫🇷 Alpine 1:32.225
9 Liam Lawson 🇳🇿 Racing Bulls 1:32.369
10 Arvid Lindblad 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls 1:32.781
Q2 eliminations
11 Nico Hülkenberg 🇩🇪 Audi 1:32.784
12 Oliver Bearman 🇬🇧 Haas 1:32.908
13 Esteban Ocon 🇫🇷 Haas 1:33.323
14 Carlos Sainz 🇪🇸 Williams 1:33.526
15 Gabriel Bortoleto 🇧🇷 Audi 1:33.658
16 Franco Colapinto 🇦🇷 Alpine 1:33.787
Q1 eliminations
17 Fernando Alonso 🇪🇸 Aston Martin 1:34.223
18 Alexander Albon 🇹🇭 Williams 1:34.289
19 Lance Stroll 🇨🇦 Aston Martin 1:34.946
20 Sergio Pérez 🇲🇽 Cadillac 1:35.123
21 Valtteri Bottas 🇫🇮 Cadillac 1:35.984
22 Isack Hadjar 🇫🇷 Red Bull no time
The beginning grid
1 Max Verstappen 🇳🇱 Red Bull 1:31.373
2 Charles Leclerc 🇲🇨 Ferrari 1:31.427
3 Lewis Hamilton 🇬🇧 Ferrari 1:31.496
4 Kimi Antonelli 🇮🇹 Mercedes 1:31.562
5 Lando Norris 🇬🇧 McLaren 1:31.712
6 Oscar Piastri 🇦🇺 McLaren 1:31.860
7 Pierre Gasly 🇫🇷 Alpine 1:32.225
8 Liam Lawson 🇳🇿 Racing Bulls 1:32.369
9 Arvid Lindblad 🇬🇧 Racing Bulls 1:32.781
10 Nico Hülkenberg 🇩🇪 Audi 1:32.784
11 Oliver Bearman 🇬🇧 Haas 1:32.908
12 Esteban Ocon 🇫🇷 Haas 1:33.323
13 Carlos Sainz 🇪🇸 Williams 1:33.526
14 Gabriel Bortoleto 🇧🇷 Audi 1:33.658
15 Franco Colapinto 🇦🇷 Alpine 1:33.787
16 Alexander Albon 🇹🇭 Williams 1:34.289
17 Sergio Pérez 🇲🇽 Cadillac 1:35.123
18 Valtteri Bottas 🇫🇮 Cadillac 1:35.984
*19 George Russell 🇬🇧 Mercedes 1:31.712
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Starting from the pitlane
*Isack Hadjar 🇫🇷 Red Bull no time
*Fernando Alonso 🇪🇸 Aston Martin 1:34.223
*Lance Stroll 🇨🇦 Aston Martin 1:34.946
* Dropped to the again of the grid for taking new parts
Also occurring:
Preamble
Sport loves hyperbole, however typically, that hyperbole is true: we stand on the cusp of historical past. At some level quickly, maybe this month, we’ll bathe within the gentle of the F1’s youngest globe champion, when Kimi Antonelli will get the 100 factors he must elevate this 12 months’s driver championship. When you’re bousting automobiles round twisty tracks at 225mph, stuff can occur – and we don’t even know what number of extra races there’ll be this season – besides, it’s certainly coming.
Antonelli begins this race from fourth on the grid, suboptimal however for the truth that an enormous penalty for taking a brand new energy unit leaves George Russell, his closest challenger, in P21. And, although Lewis Hamilton, the one different driver nonetheless with a shot of thwarting him, goes from third, with just one race-win this season, it appears inconceivable that he instantly hits the form of streak that closes a 104-point hole in 4 or 5 races.
Max Verstappen, in the meantime, is doing his greatest to redeem a depressing season – in a way, he’s already began subsequent. His Red Bull is starting to purr and, having first gained yesterday’s dash, he subsequently secured pole; if he will get away properly, he’ll take some catching.
Lights out: 8pm native, 1pm BST
