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For two successive weekends now the previously dominant Mercedes has looked vulnerable, a fact demonstrated by the team going back to an older specification on George Russell's car for the Singapore Grand Prix weekend.
Russell qualified second for the sprint race while championship leader Kimi Antonelli laboured to seventh place, half a second off his team-mate. But Russell only scraped through ...Keep reading

Honda riders were left to lament what they described as a “super bad” Indonesian Grand Prix practice, with factory rider Luca Marini even going slower than 2025.
The Japanese manufacturer struggled for performance on the opening day of action in Mandalika, with Marini finishing 1.3s down in 14th on the best of the four RC213Vs. LCR’s Johann Zarco ended up even further behind in 18th ...Keep reading

Although it will not officially go down in the history books as a pole position, Friday in Singapore did produce a first: for the first time in his Formula 1 career, Max Verstappen finished a qualifying session at the Marina Bay Street Circuit on top.
It underlines the RB22’s strength in slow-speed corners, of which there are plenty around the Singapore street track, although Verstappen ...Keep reading

Hurricane Isaias -- the first hurricane of the entire 2026 Atlantic season -- has grown into a dangerous Category 3. As it moves north after making landfall in the Florida panhandle, it will dump rain in Charlotte during NASCAR's triple-header race weekend.
NASCAR has already suffered practice and qualifying rainouts for three of the first five Chase races in the NASCAR Cup Series.
In an ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton has conceded he made the ‘wrong choice’ when deciding on the SQ3 run plan at Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix.
Ferrari took a 1-2 in the second phase of qualifying with Charles Leclerc on top and Hamilton three tenths adrift, and the Scuderia went for a different strategy to its rivals in the top-10 shootout, as all cars switched from medium to soft tyres as per the ...Keep reading

For Nolan Siegel, the IndyCar chapter is far from closed.
In the midst of free agency and exploring his next steps following his two-and-a-half-year stint with Arrow McLaren – highlighted by three top-10 finishes this year and a career-best sixth on the streets of Washington, D.C. – the 21-year-old California native has eyes locked on securing a seat on the 2027 grid.
With the driver ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen has been cleared of any wrongdoing regarding his potential yellow-flag breach in sprint qualifying at Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix.
Verstappen was reported to have overtaken Lewis Hamilton in a yellow-flag zone in SQ1, after Sergio Perez crashed in Turn 5 and ended up losing his front wing on the racing line. The incident ended up triggering a red flag.
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A race control error that left cars down on power in sprint qualifying at F1's Singapore GP has left several teams frustrated, with Aston Martin still considering its options.
The first segment of sprint qualifying at the Singapore Marina Bay circuit was red-flagged to clear up debris from Sergio Perez's front wing. Once the session resumed, a human error in race control meant that overtake ...Keep reading

Isack Hadjar was left dumbfounded by his Red Bull car in sprint qualifying at Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix, unable to explain his lack of performance.
Hadjar complained that his RB22 was bottoming out too much in the only free practice session, where he was fourth-fastest on hard rubber – quicker than Max Verstappen – but seven tenths down on the Dutchman when they switched to the ...Keep reading

The FIA has confirmed the existence of a second error during sprint qualifying for the Singapore GP, on top of a glitch in the timing and scoring system which caused some drivers' times to not be displayed.
SQ1 was halted by a red flag when Sergio Perez hit the barrier at Turn 5, then extracted his car and made his way back to the pits, losing his damaged front wing in the process. This forced ...Keep reading

Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli has been left bemoaning his updated Mercedes package after qualifying just seventh for the Singapore Grand Prix sprint race.
The 20-year-old has been the dominant driver of 2026 as he holds an 86-point advantage over team-mate George Russell in second, but the last week has been difficult for Antonelli.
That’s because Sepang last weekend saw ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen followed up on his first victory of the 2026 season by securing pole position for the Singapore Sprint.

Live coverage of the Sprint Qualifying session at the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix.

Sami Pajari has already identified the area where he needs to improve after missing out on a maiden World Rally Championship title by six points.
The Toyota driver headed into last weekend’s title decider in Sardinia as the nearest rival to eventual champion Elfyn Evans, sitting 17 points adrift, but ultimately ended the year third in the standings.
Pajari and co-driver Marko Salminen were ...Keep reading

Red Bull's Max Verstappen beats Mercedes driver George Russell to sprint pole at the Singapore Grand Prix.

After every Formula 1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.
This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.
When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.
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Max Verstappen topped sprint qualifying for Formula 1’s Singapore Grand Prix after a stellar final lap, where he will be joined on the front row by George Russell.
This is the first time Verstappen has come first in a qualifying session of any sort at Marina Bay Street Circuit, though he will be investigated afterwards for an alledged yellow flag infringement.
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Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff rejects accusations of team of bias against George Russell, calling critics "brainless".

At the end of the first day's action at the Indonesian Grand Prix, it looked like a year had made little difference as far as the form book was concerned. Aprilias held the first three spots in Practice as Raul Fernandez (Trackhouse) led the factory bikes of Marco Bezzecchi and Jorge Martin.
More telling was the advantage on the stopwatch. Only Fernandez's fellow Aprilias managed to get within ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen is set to be investigated after sprint qualifying for the Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix following an alleged yellow flag infringement.
The Red Bull driver was reported to have overtaken Ferrari driver Lewis Hamilton during a yellow flag zone that was caused by Sergio Perez’s damaged Cadillac.
Perez went straight into the Turn 5 barrier and subsequently broke his front wing ...Keep reading