F1 Singapore GP LIVE: Practice schedule, start time and results in Marina Bay
F1 live updates from the Marina Bay Street Circuit as all 20 drivers take to the track for the first time
F1 heads to the original ‘night race’ as the Marina Bay Street Circuit hosts the Singapore Grand Prix and round 18 of the 2024 season.
McLaren’s Oscar Piastri won an enthralling Azerbaijan Grand Prix last time out, with the McLaren star producing one of the drives of the year to beat Charles Leclerc, with George Russell taking third after a late crash between Carlos Sainz and Sergio Perez.
Lando Norris, despite starting 15th, finished a spot ahead of Max Verstappen in fourth to cut the Dutchman’s lead in the world championship to 59 points with seven races - and three sprint races - remaining.
It was, however, a difficult weekend for Lewis Hamilton, who finished ninth after starting from the pit-lane. Last year in Singapore, Sainz claimed a famous victory for Ferrari in what was the only 2023 race not won by a Red Bull car.
Follow live updates from the Singapore Grand Prix
F1 Singapore Grand Prix LIVE: Charles Leclerc quickest in FP1!
Charles Leclerc, the man who stood out over one lap in Baku last week, sets the tone this weekend with the fastest lap, with the Ferrari’s time of 1:31:763 just 0.076 secs quicker than Lando Norris in second!
Carlos Sainz is third, 0.189 secs off his team-mate, with Max Verstappen in fourth - three-tenths off.
5-10: Tsunoda, Piastri, Ricciardo, Albon, Alonsom Ocon
Lewis Hamilton down in P12, with George Russell P16!
Constructors’ Championship heading into Singapore:
1. McLaren - 476 points
2. Red Bull - 456 points
3. Ferrari - 425 points
4. Mercedes - 309 points
5. Aston Martin - 82 points
6. RB - 34 points
7. Haas - 29 points
8. Williams - 16 points
9. Alpine - 13 points
What are the timings for the Singapore Grand Prix?
All times BST
Friday 20 September
- Free practice 2: 2pm
Saturday 21 September
- Free practice 3: 10:30am
- Qualifying: 2pm
Sunday 22 September
- Race: 1pm
F1 Singapore Grand Prix LIVE: NEW - Max Verstappen summoned to see the stewards...
Max Verstappen has been summoned to the race stewards for an alleged breach of the International Sporting Code, relating to “language used during the FIA Thursday driver press conference.”
The Red Bull driver swore during yesterday’s press conference.
Christian Horner reveals when Red Bull’s F1 decline started – and it’s not even this year
Christian Horner says Red Bull have traced their decline all the way back to the 2023 Spanish Grand Prix last June, despite the dozen-plus races Max Verstappen won after that event.
Horner insists it was race seven of 22 last year which saw Red Bull make their first error, but the team didn’t take it seriously “because Max kept winning.”
“We traced the development history back and it turned out that the first mistake we made was with an underbody upgrade in 2023 in Barcelona,” Horner told German outlet Auto Motor und Sport.
Full story below:
Horner reveals when Red Bull’s F1 decline started – and it’s not even this year
Red Bull have not won since Barcelona but Horner says it was last year’s Spanish GP where the issues started
F1 Singapore Grand Prix LIVE: FP1 RESULTS IN FULL...
F1 Singapore Grand Prix LIVE: Carlos Sainz...
“We need to sort out the brakes. It cannot be that we changed the brake balance so much.”
Fine-tuning for the Ferrari man despite his third-quickest time.
F1 Singapore Grand Prix LIVE: Sergio Perez having issues too..
Perez: “I can’t stop the car with the front right.”
F1 Singapore Grand Prix LIVE: Lewis Hamilton not happy
“Too much understeer.”
Top-10: Leclerc, Norris, Sainz, Verstappen, Tsunoda, Piastri, Ricciardo, Albon, Alonso, Ocon
10 mins to go, with all three tyre compounds now in use...
F1 Singapore Grand Prix LIVE: RB team principal Laurent Mekies on Ricciardo’s future:
“Reviewing drivers performance is something normal. We will sit down together after Singapore, that’s where we are really - nothing decided so far.”
Mekies was speaking to Sky Sports F1 in FP1...
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