Verstappen's Form Continues Taking Singapore Sprint Pole
McLaren will test changes to Norris’ fuel system after a persistent top-speed deficit cost him positions in recent races.
- On Friday, Max Verstappen secured pole position for Saturday's sprint race at Singapore's Marina Bay Street Circuit, clocking 1min 31.156sec and finishing 0.120 seconds ahead of Mercedes' George Russell.
- McLaren driver Lando Norris remains hopeful the team has resolved a fuel-system fault that cost him straight-line speed in Azerbaijan and Malaysia. The fix targets performance recovery ahead of this weekend's demanding street circuit.
- Race organizers declared a 'heat hazard' for Singapore, with heat indices forecast to exceed 31C, while unhealthy air quality from Indonesia's wildfires prompted the FIA to permit drivers cooling vests to manage physical strain.
- Stewards are investigating Max Verstappen for allegedly overtaking Lewis Hamilton under yellow flags during sprint qualifying. Meanwhile, George Russell will start Sunday's Grand Prix from the back of the grid after Mercedes took a new power unit.
- The sprint format restricts practice to 60 minutes, pressuring teams to validate technical fixes quickly before competitive racing at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. This compressed schedule heightens stakes for championship contenders Kimi Antonelli and George Russell, separated by 84 points.
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Max Verstappen continues to squeeze the single-place of Red Bull to the maximum. The Dutchman has taken the pole to the sprint of the Singapore GP with an imposing 1’31′′156. George Russell and Charles Leclerc complete the podium of Marina Bay. Andrea Kimi Antonelli will have to go up from the seventh square. Regarding the Spaniards, Fernando Alonso ... Continue reading "Max Verstappen takes the pole to the Sprint in Singapore: Alonso arrives at…
Verstappen on pole for F1’s Singapore sprint as Russell makes up ground on teammate Antonelli
Max Verstappen snatched pole position for the Formula 1 Singapore sprint race in a hectic qualifying session Friday, while Mercedes’ George Russell seized a chance to make up ground on standings leader Kimi Antonelli. Verstappen went fastest by 0.120 of a second from Russell, whose strategy of “all-out attack” this week leaves him starting Saturday’s...
Max Verstappen has never won in Singapore. Tomorrow he has the chance. He starts first in the sprint. – I'm very happy about that, he says.
As in Sepang, so also in Singapore: The Dutch Red Bull driver drives out another top starting position.
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