Formula 1

Oscar Piastri admitted that he was surprised to see the Mercedes of George Russell outpace McLaren to take pole position in Qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix, with the Australian having to settle for third while team mate Lando Norris was fifth on a day where he said the squad “weren’t quick enough”.

George Russell claimed pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix, denying Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri top spot under the floodlights.

George Russell posted a couple of stunning Q3 laps to claim pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix, eclipsing Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri in another pulsating Qualifying session at the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

Live coverage of the Formula 1 Qualifying session for the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen set the pace in Free Practice 3 for the Singapore Grand Prix as the top five drivers were covered by less than one-tenth of a second.

Max Verstappen has set the pace during the third and final practice session ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, the Red Bull driver leading the way from McLaren’s Oscar Piastri and the Mercedes of George Russell.

Liam Lawson suffered his second crash ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix after putting his Racing Bulls car into the wall during Free Practice 3.

Williams-backed racer Lia Block expertly sealed her first win in F1 ACADEMY around the Marina Bay Street Circuit.

Live coverage of the third Formula 1 practice session for the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix.

It wasn't the smoothest of days for Formula 1's 10 teams in Singapore as a disrupted second practice – which is the only practice session to take place at night and thus the only representative running drivers will get before Qualifying – meant very few long runs were completed, while multiple drivers had to abort their soft-tyre runs because of stoppages or yellow flags. That makes it's very tricky to work out a pecking order – but there are a few trends that emerged...

The drivers and teams report back on all the action from Friday practice at the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix.

Drivers' Championship leader Oscar Piastri set the pace on Friday ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, posting a 1m 30.714s as the quickest time.

Ferrari's Charles Leclerc admits that his Free Practice 2 running for the Singapore Grand Prix, which included a bizarre pit lane collision with Lando Norris, was "very messy" but believes "the pace is in the car".

When F1 drivers crash, the FIA Medical Car rushes to the scene. It's a high-performance machine with a racing driver at the wheel and a doctor in the passenger seat.

Isack Hadjar has moved to play down his pace after setting the second-fastest time in Friday practice at the Singapore Grand Prix, with the Racing Bulls driver insisting that “we’re not as fast as we look”.

George Russell has apologised to Mercedes after crashing out of second practice for the Singapore Grand Prix, having lost some track time and left his mechanics with some more work to do overnight.

Max Verstappen was left "quite satisfied" with his Friday running ahead of the Singapore Grand Prix, but admits that he and Red Bull "definitely need a bit more pace to fight up at the front tomorrow".

Oscar Piastri topped Free Practice 2 for the Singapore Grand Prix as the one-hour session was disrupted by two red flags.

Lando Norris was left to rue a “difficult” day after Friday’s track action at the Singapore Grand Prix, with the 2024 race winner stating that he is “missing all of the feelings that I had here last year”.

Fernando Alonso was naturally encouraged by his and Aston Martin’s performance on the first day of practice for the Singapore Grand Prix, saying the team feel “more optimistic” about their chances than at the last two races.