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

Bearman, Ocon, Sainz, Perez, Alonso and Stroll on softs, the remainder of the grid on mediums.

Our current data is showing a split of soft and medium tyres among the starting compounds, but this generally doesn't become definitive until the tyre covers come off on the grid.

Still, indication is that Verstappen is on new softs, Leclerc on scrubbed softs, Hamilton on new mediums.

Antonelli also on scrubbed softs.

Norris and Piastri on new softs, Gasly on mediums, Lawson on scrubbed softs, Lindblad and Hulkenberg on new mediums.

Pirelli's pre-race prognostication is for this to be a one-stopper - you don't say - the fastest being soft-medium, with a pitstop window between laps 26 and 32.

Other permutations include soft-hard and medium-hard but it's looking like the hard isn't really the favoured race tyre here.

Grid order is: Verstappen, Leclerc, Hamilton, Antonelli, Norris, Piastri, Gasly, Lawson, Lindblad, Hulkenberg, Bearman, Ocon, Sainz, Bortoleto, Colapinto, Albon, Perez, Bottas and Russell. Alonso, Stroll and Hadjar will join the action from the pitlane.

Isack Hadjar will also be starting from the pitlane, we should point out.

Obviously you wouldn't put a wedding cake in one, otherwise it would all end in tiers.

The brake shrouds on an F1 car are widely referred to as 'cake tins', for obvious reasons.

There's some last-minute bursts of activity around the front end of Antonelli's Mercedes. The front wheels are off, as are the brake shrouds.

I've never heard a Ryanair cabin crew sing, but that's because I've been too busy picking my fillings up off the floor post-landing.

DOORS TO MANUAL AND CROSS-CHECK

The national anthem is being performed by Singapore Airlines cabin crew.

In other Mercedes news, championship leader Kimi Antonelli is locked into the new spec of W17, despite the upgrades making the car edgier. Here's why Merc can't revert to the previous spec on his car.

Looking further back, sprint qualifying was compromised by 'finger trouble' in race control. FIA single-seater director Nikolas Tombazis has explained what happened in more detail.

George Russell will be starting from 19th on the grid after changing a host of engine components. Isack Hadjar will also be starting in that vicinity after mechanical problems in qualifying which left him very disgruntled – not quite his exact words...

Lewis Hamilton has called for changes to the Singapore track, pointing out that the sprint race would have been rubbish if not for the rain which hit before the start.

Charles Leclerc, Ferrari, Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari

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Pierre Gasly, meanwhile, wonders why Lando Norris wasn't penalised for that collision with Oscar Piastri on the last lap of yesterday's sprint race.

In other news, both Aston Martins will start the race from the pitlane after the team made substantial changes overnight.

WELCOME TO RACE DAY IN SINGAPORE

And it's been an eventful weekend so far with internecine warfare at McLaren, Ferrari potentially underperforming in qualifying, and Max Verstappen extending his tally of sprint race wins.