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

And here's your race report from Singapore. Join us again in a couple of weeks from Texas!

Our writers have come up with five quick takeaways from that race. What - there were five?

Well, what to say about the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix? I'm reminded of 2018, which was such a bore that I'd filed my report before the cool-down lap had finished.

Lewis Hamilton apologised to his team on the radio during his slow-down lap, taking responsibility for the strategy. We can surmise he overruled a call to pit under the VSC, but that's one for the track team to put to him and Fred Vasseur in the next hour or so.

Lewis likes to go for a shower after the race so he's usually last to arrive in the 'pen', much to the chagrin of waiting journalists since this then clashes with the team principal press conferences (feel free to play the smallest violin in the world).

In other news nobody cares about, as with Monza, the old media centre has now been co-opted for hospitality so the scribes are stuck in a windowless room somewhere.

We jest, it's just a needlessly extravagant firework display to add to the haze in the air.

Explosions in the air! Is Indonesia invading?

Had that VSC ended 30s later, the world championship battle might have rolled on a bit longer. But, even though Red Bull is on the up, Antonelli is well on course to put this to bed in Austin.

So your top 10 is Verstappen, Leclerc, Antonelli, Norris, Piastri, Hamilton, Lawson, Hulkenberg, Russell, Hadjar.

"A good race," says Leclerc, "We were just not fast enough. Good call for the strategy, at least we tried something different."

We look forward to Fred Vasseur's explanation for Ferrari's strategy after this.

Piastri sweeps by Hamilton on the approach to Turn 16.

To the relief of everyone, Verstappen opens the final lap of this race.

Norris was 1.5s slower than Antonelli around the last lap so even if a penalty were to eventuate, he wouldn't gain from it.

Piastri now bothering Hamilton for P5 as leader Verstappen opens the penultimate lap.

Norris is warned about a potential brake sensor issue.

What can we say about this race? At least we've got the battery graphic back, no?

Two laps to go and Perez is about 10s away from lapping team-mate Bottas.

Russell now 1.3s behind Hulkenberg in P9. If Nico can stay ahead, this could be Audi's best finish of the year.

Isack Hadjar passes Gasly for P10.

Norris asking if he can help "behind" given that he doesn't have a chance of catching the cars ahead. That's a helping hand for Piastri on Hamilton, of course.

But he's told to push on and get within 5s of Antonelli - who is being serenaded on the radio by 'Bono': "Track limits, track limits, track limits."

'No further action' on Hamilton leaving the track and gaining an advantage at Turn 2. Well, it certainly wasn't a lasting advantage...

Replay shows Norris also went straight off-track at Turn 2.

Norris now trying to find his way by Hamilton - and he does it into Turn 10.

This is going to be problematic because Hamilton has been 'noted' for leaving the track and gaining an advantage. This has now been upgraded to an investigation.

Antonelli passes Hamilton at Turn 4.

Hamilton goes off at Turn 2 while trying to fend Norris off! He returns still in P3, but Antonelli seizes the moment to pass Norris for P4.

Norris has caught Hamilton for P3, who says "I'm losing these tyres, mate" on the radio.

So Verstappen still having radio issues rather than trying to re-enact the famous last words of Michael Hutchence.

GP is expressing his concerns to Verstappen about what might happen if there is a late-race safety car; he doesn't fancy the chances on those tyres at a restart, but pitting would put Max behind Leclerc.

"Mmmmmnnnnffffff fff mmmmffnnfffnsmmff" comes the response.

Whether Bottas is 19th or 21st, or both at the same time, he's still circulating slower than his team-mate, who could conceivably lap him in this race.

"Why is the leaderboard showing Bottas in both 19th and 21st?" asks Lotus109. A very good question! But one for Erwin Schrodinger rather than a humble non-coding reporter perhaps.

Antonelli has had a laptime deleted for another track limits ping at Turn 7 - looks like his lap out of the pits when he was suffering brake issues.

Russell tries to send it up the inside of Gasly into the chicane at the end of lap 46. Pierre stays ahead while still leaving 'racing room'. This is how you race, kids!

Russell then makes a move stick into Turn 7 on the following lap.

At that point they were 4.4s apart, so theoretically a double-stack stop would have been on.

Hamilton was 2.7s behind Leclerc on track when Stroll ground to a halt, by the way. The yellow flag was upgraded to a VSC as they were going through Turns 10-11.

21-lap tyre offset between the two Ferraris. Hamilton has now done 26 laps on those scrubbed softs.

Whatever alphabet Ferrari is running through, one has to ponder the wisdom of not stopping Hamilton in that VSC, who is now "six laps away from Plan C".

Antonelli told his brake issue was likely heat soak (i.e.from the pitstop) and normal function should be resumed.

Alpine reports a suspected driveline issue for Colapinto. Aston Martin say suspected clutch issue for Stroll.

"Something's happened, I don't know what. Car isn't stopping," says Hamilton.