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Singapore GP

2026 Formula 1 Singapore GP

Singapore
Oct 8, 2026 to Oct 11, 2026
Marina Bay Street Circuit, SG

F1 Singapore GP: Follow qualifying at Marina Bay circuit with live timing

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And Hamilton goes P2 with 1m31.496s! Purple through sector two but it got away from him in the final sector.

Verstappen sets a 1m31.373s. Leclerc responds with a 1m31.661s. Norris P3 with 1m31.712s. Piastri P4 on 1m32.193s.

And now Hamilton and Gasly exit the pits. All runners on new softs apart from Lindblad and Lawson, who had to throw an extra set of softs at their cars to ensure they made Q3.

Q3 IS GO!

All drivers except Hamilton and Gasly out on track as soon as the pitlane opens.

Gasly found seven tenths on his final push. Good work! Bearman improved by half a second but it wasn't enough.  Ocon, Sainz and Bortoleto didn't improve.

So that's Hulkenberg, Bearman, Ocon, Sainz, Bortoleto and Colapinto eliminated in Q2. 

All of them will gain a position tomorrow, though, as a result of Russell taking a big grid penalty for an engine change.

Gasly breaks into the top 10 with a 1m32.602s. That nudges Hulkenberg out. Lawson improves to 1m32.319s.

Colapinto does a1m33.787s but it's not enough - and he pings the barrier at the end of the lap, albeit not hard enough to stop him crossing the line.

Lando Norris does another push lap on the same set of softs and it's not an improvement.

P8 southward is looking a little shaky - Lawson is 1.212s off the frontrunning pace on 1m32.741s. You can see why McLaren sent Piastri out again.

Verstappen on a quick lap now so Piastri might be about to head south.

Piastri trying to improve on his earlier 1m32.420s, so clearly not thinking he's too safe. 1m32.245s is an improvement and he goes P5 for now.

Gasly's best so far is 1m33.174s, Ocon's is 1m33.323s, Bearman's is 1m33.492s, Sainz's is 1m33.526s, Bortoleto's is 1m33.658s, Colapinto's is 1m33.866s.

Bortoleto got a tankslapper on as he left the Anderson Bridge there.

Norris now joins Hamilton in the sub-32 club: 1m31.895s, 0.129s off Lewis.

Hulkenberg's 1m33.165s is the threshold for elimination. He's P10 for now.

Gasly, Ocon, Bearman, Colapinto, Bortoleto and Sainz currently in the drop zone.

"Insanely bad shifts," complains Verstappen. At least his gearbox is still working, sort of...

Verstappen slots into P2 with 1m32.165s, 0.399s off Hamilton's benchmark.

Norris and Piastri paired again in P4 and P5 with 1m32.368s and 1,32.420s.

Hamilton goes purple in the final two sectors to be first into the 1m31s bracket - 1m31.66s.

Looked like just one flying lap for Verstappen on his way to P8 in that session.

Hamilton set a 1m32.429s on his final push lap to close the session 0.345s quicker than his team-mate.

Bortleto scrapes through to Q2. Alonso, Albon, Stroll, Perez and Bottas are eliminated in Q1 along with Hadjar.

Albon and Alonso improved on their final runs, but not enough to escape.

Antonelli says "I need to abort the lap. Are we safe?" Channelling Lord Olivier in Marathon Man...

Hamilton and Leclerc rise to the top with a 1m32.680s and 1m32.774s.

And Hadjar is out of the car. He's definitely out in Q1. Ocon, Stroll, Lindblad, Perez and Bottas are the drivers under threat.

The finding on Norris: "The Stewards considered that both drivers had contributed to the incident and that neither driver was wholly or predominantly to blame for the collision. Therefore the Stewards determined to take no further action."

Antonelli does a 1m32.818s but it's immediately deleted for a track-limits infraction, leaving him on his previous 1m33.601s.

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By: Stuart Codling

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