Singapore 2026: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.241	1:31.639	1:31.373
2	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:32.774	1:31.953	1:31.427	+0.054
3	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:32.429	1:31.529	1:31.496	+0.123
4	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:33.601	1:32.079	1:31.562	+0.189
5	Norris	McLaren	1:32.775	1:31.895	1:31.712	+0.339
6	Russell	Mercedes	1:33.617	1:32.212	1:31.747	+0.374
7	Piastri	McLaren	1:33.076	1:32.245	1:31.860	+0.487
8	Gasly	Alpine	1:33.182	1:32.602	1:32.225	+0.852
9	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:32.885	1:32.319	1:32.369	+0.996
10	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:33.288	1:32.498	1:32.781	+1.408
11	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:33.147	1:32.784		+1.255
12	Bearman	Haas	1:33.356	1:32.908		+1.379
13	Ocon	Haas	1:33.803	1:33.323		+1.794
14	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:33.774	1:33.526		+1.997
15	Bortoleto	Audi	1:34.169	1:33.658		+2.129
16	Colapinto	Alpine	1:33.261	1:33.787		+2.258
17	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:34.223			+1.794
18	Albon	Williams	1:34.289			+1.860
19	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:34.946			+2.517
20	Pérez	Cadillac	1:35.123			+2.694
21	Bottas	Cadillac	1:35.984			+3.555
NC	Hadjar	Red Bull

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Gap
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:33.477	1:32.701	1:31.156
2	Russell	Mercedes	1:33.573	1:32.614	1:31.276	+0.120
3	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:33.495	1:32.246	1:31.399	+0.243
4	Piastri	McLaren	1:34.277	1:33.106	1:31.454	+0.298
5	Norris	McLaren	1:34.257	1:32.572	1:31.587	+0.431
6	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:33.748	1:32.562	1:31.702	+0.546
7	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:34.392	1:32.998	1:31.849	+0.693
8	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:34.855	1:33.133	1:32.341	+1.185
9	Hadjar	Red Bull	1:34.182	1:32.947		+0.701
10	Gasly	Alpine	1:34.673	1:33.155		+0.909
11	Colapinto	Alpine	1:35.048	1:33.249		+1.003
12	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:34.128	1:33.420		+1.174
13	Bearman	Haas	1:34.950	1:33.423		+1.177
14	Bortoleto	Audi	1:34.690	1:33.466		+1.220
15	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:34.960	1:33.734		+1.488
16	Ocon	Haas	1:35.004	1:34.368		+2.122
17	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:35.136			+1.659
18	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:35.662			+2.185
19	Albon	Williams	1:36.130			+2.653
20	Pérez	Cadillac	1:36.760			+3.283
21	Bottas	Cadillac	1:36.868			+3.391
22	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:37.376			+3.899

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Gap	Points
1	Verstappen	Red Bull	1	39:48.162	8
2	Hamilton	Ferrari	6	+2.591	7
3	Leclerc	Ferrari	3	+16.871	6
4	Antonelli	Mercedes	7	+17.238	5
5	Lawson	Racing Bulls	8	+20.632	4
6	Bearman	Haas	13	+24.321	3
7	Hülkenberg	Audi	12	+27.525	2
8	Norris	McLaren	5	+28.272	1
9	Gasly	Alpine	10	+36.220
10	Ocon	Haas	16	+37.640
11	Alonso	Aston Martin	15	+50.464
12	Sainz Jr.	Williams	22	+52.467
13	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	17	+55.792
14	Piastri	McLaren	4
DNF	Albon	Williams	19
DNF	Bortoleto	Audi	14
DNF	Bottas	Cadillac	21
DNF	Hadjar	Red Bull	9
DNF	Colapinto	Alpine	11
DNF	Russell	Mercedes	2
DNF	Pérez	Cadillac	20
DNF	Stroll	Aston Martin	18

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Max VerstappenDriver of the Day	Red Bull	1	62	1:42:00.785	1	Red Bull Ford
2	Charles LeclercFastest lap	Ferrari	2	62	+7.335	2	Ferrari
3	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	4	62	+24.573	2	Mercedes
4	Lando Norris	McLaren	5	62	+40.506	1	Mercedes
5	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	6	62	+49.644	2	Mercedes
6	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	3	62	+53.188	1	Ferrari
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	8	62	+1:21.666	1	Red Bull Ford
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	10	62	+1:23.386	1	Audi
9	George Russell	Mercedes	19	62	+1:24.677	1	Mercedes
10	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	PL	62	+1:30.862	1	Red Bull Ford
11	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	7	61	+1 lap	1	Mercedes
12	Oliver Bearman	Haas	11	61	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
13	Esteban Ocon	Haas	12	61	+1 lap	1	Ferrari
14	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	13	61	+1 lap	1	Mercedes
15	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	9	61	+1 lap	1	Red Bull Ford
16	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	PL	61	+1 lap	1	Honda
17	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	17	60	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
18	Alexander Albon	Williams	16	59	Overheating	2	Mercedes
19	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	18	59	+3 laps	1	Ferrari
DNF	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	PL	36	Clutch	1	Honda
DNF	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	15	29	Transmission	0	Mercedes
DNF	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	14	7	Gearbox	0	Audi

Starting grid vs qualifying

Russell Qualified 6, started 19 · Penalty: start from the back of the grid
Alonso Qualified 17, started PL
Stroll Qualified 19, started PL
Hadjar Qualified NC, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

HadjarPL→10+12
Russell19→9+10
AlonsoPL→16+4
Hülkenberg10→8+2
Antonelli4→3+1
Norris5→4+1
Piastri6→5+1
Lawson8→7+1
Verstappen1→10
Leclerc2→20
Pérez17→170
Bearman11→12-1
Ocon12→13-1
Sainz Jr.13→14-1
Bottas18→19-1
Albon16→18-2
Hamilton3→6-3
Gasly7→11-4
Lindblad9→15-6

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Antonelli23.591R39
2Stroll23.601R26
3Russell23.648R39
4Verstappen23.698R32
5Norris23.922R32
6Hamilton24.048R18
7Piastri24.076R41
8Albon24.093R22
9Leclerc24.109R39
10Antonelli24.115R23

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Verstappen32301 stop
Leclerc2415232 stops
Antonelli2316232 stops
Norris32301 stop
Piastri338212 stops
Hamilton18441 stop
Lawson31311 stop
Hülkenberg30321 stop
Russell39231 stop
Hadjar33291 stop

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

AlbonOverheating, classified P18Williams
StrollClutchAston Martin
ColapintoTransmissionAlpine
BortoletoGearboxAudi

This race in history

16 races here since 2008Won from pole: 11 of 16

Win from furthest back (P15): Fernando Alonso 2008

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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