Verstappen's Form Continues Taking Singapore Sprint Pole
McLaren will test the changes in Friday practice after Norris lost straight-line speed to a fuel-system problem that also hurt him in Bahrain and Azerbaijan.
- Max Verstappen, Red Bull driver, secured pole position for Saturday's 21-lap Sprint race at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, clocking 1:31.156 and finishing 0.120 seconds ahead of Mercedes' George Russell.
- Singapore's Sprint format limits teams to one 60-minute practice session before competitive racing, intensifying setup pressure under a 'heat hazard' declaration with temperatures forecast to exceed 31C.
- FIA stewards investigated Verstappen for allegedly overtaking Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari driver, under yellow flags; telemetry confirmed the driver lifted throttle within 40 metres of the yellow flag sector.
- Stewards cleared Verstappen of a penalty, ruling the overtake an 'unfortunate consequence' of significant closing speed differential, allowing him to retain pole position for Saturday's race.
- Championship leader Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes driver, enters with an 84-point lead over Russell, while smoggy haze from Indonesian wildfires continues impacting air quality around the Marina Bay circuit.
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Verstappen pips Russell to sprint pole at Singapore Grand Prix
Red Bull’s Max Verstappen took pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix sprint race on Friday, pipping Mercedes driver George Russell who will join him on the front row at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. Verstappen, who had never previously taken pole or won a race in Singapore, set the fastest time of one minute […]
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.
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