Singapore Grand Prix 2026: Verstappen Wins, Results and Standings
Max Verstappen won the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday October 11, from pole and leading every lap despite a radio failure, 7.335s ahead of Charles Leclerc, with Kimi Antonelli third. It is his 73rd career win and his first in Singapore, on his 250th grand prix start, after he also won Saturday's sprint. Lewis Hamilton slipped to sixth after a strategy call he apologised for, and George Russell recovered from the back to ninth. Antonelli now leads Russell by 102 points with six races and 150 points left, and can clinch the title at the next round in Austin (October 23-25). Sources: Formula1.com, RaceFans, Sky Sports.
The context
Verstappen conquers Singapore at last
Max Verstappen finally has his Singapore win. On Sunday October 11, he converted his 50th career pole into a lights-to-flag victory at the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix, leading all 62 laps and finishing 7.335s ahead of Charles Leclerc, with championship leader Kimi Antonelli third. His winning time was 1:42:00.785. It is his 73rd grand prix win, it came on his 250th start, and it was achieved with a broken radio: Red Bull had to communicate with him using the pit board. Add Saturday’s sprint victory and the Dutchman swept the weekend, one week after winning the Bahrain Grand Prix held at Sepang.
Behind him, Ferrari’s evening went two ways. Leclerc drove a clean race to second and set the fastest lap, a 1:35.202 on lap 41. Lewis Hamilton, third on the grid, made a single stop on lap 19 for soft tyres and stayed out when others pitted under the virtual safety car. On older rubber he was passed in the closing stages by Leclerc, Antonelli, Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri, and finished sixth. On the radio he apologised for a call that had cost points. Piastri’s fifth place came despite two stops and a slow puncture on lap 42.
The race had no full safety car, a third straight year without one in Singapore, but two virtual safety cars: on lap 7, when Gabriel Bortoleto’s Audi stopped with a gearbox problem and caught fire, and later when Lance Stroll parked his Aston Martin at Turn 15 with a clutch failure. Franco Colapinto also retired with a driveline issue, while Alex Albon stopped late but was classified 18th. Further back, Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) took seventh and Nico Hülkenberg eighth for Audi. George Russell, last year’s winner, came through from the back of the grid after his power unit penalty to finish ninth, and Isack Hadjar went from the pit lane to tenth.
The result tightens Antonelli’s grip on the title. Third place, after fourth in the sprint, took him to 340 points, 102 clear of Russell (238), with Hamilton on 229, Verstappen on 221 and Leclerc on 215. Antonelli was shown the black-and-white flag for track limits but escaped a penalty. Six grands prix remain, worth up to 150 points, with no more sprints. The next one is the United States Grand Prix in Austin on October 23-25, where, according to Sky Sports, he will be champion if he outscores Russell by 23 points and Hamilton by 14.
Sources: Formula1.com, RaceFans, Sky Sports, The Race, Motorsport.com, Crash.net, Wikipedia.
People also ask
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His October 11, 2026 victory is his first in Singapore and his 73rd in F1, on his 250th start. (Formula1.com)
His 1:31.373 on October 10 was his first Singapore pole and the 50th of his career. (Formula1.com)
He started from the back after a power unit penalty and finished ninth. (Formula1.com, The Race)
There was no full safety car, only two virtual safety cars, for Bortoleto's fire and Stroll's stopped car. (Formula1.com)
2026 was the first sprint in the race's history, won by Verstappen, and the last sprint of the season. (Formula1.com)
Lights out at 20:00 local, a tradition since the first F1 night race in 2008. (Formula1.com)
He left Singapore 102 points ahead of Russell, but six grands prix and 150 points remained. (Formula1.com, Sky Sports)
He clinches if he outscores Russell by 23 points and Hamilton by 14 in Austin, in practice a win with Russell ninth or lower and Hamilton fifth or lower. (Sky Sports; calculation by stats-data)
Every edition from 2008 to 2023 had one, but 2024, 2025 and 2026 ran without a full safety car. (Wikipedia, Formula1.com)