The 2025 Singapore Grand Prix Thread

[cmlean]

This is the place to discuss everything related to the 18th round of the 2025 season taking place in Singapore between the 3rd and 5th of October.

The event timetable for the Singapore Grand Prix.

Friday
1st Practice 17:30 local time - 09:30 GMT
2nd Practice 21:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

Saturday
Practice 17:30 local time - 09:30 GMT
Qualifying 21:00 local time - 13:00 GMT

Sunday
Race 20:00 local time - 12:00 GMT

[cmlean]

FP1

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:31.116	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
2	1:31.266	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
3	1:31.392	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:31.480	Lewis Hamilton	  Ferrari
5	1:31.481	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
6	1:31.698	Lando Norris	  McLaren
7	1:31.755	Isack Hadjar	  Racing Bulls
8	1:31.812	Carlos Sainz	  Williams
9	1:31.860	Yuki Tsunoda	  Red Bull Racing
10	1:32.128	Esteban Ocon	  Haas
11	1:32.139	George Russell	  Mercedes
12	1:32.315	Nico Hulkenberg	  Sauber
13	1:32.378	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
14	1:32.399	Kimi Antonelli	  Mercedes
15	1:32.461	Liam Lawson	  Racing Bulls
16	1:32.538	Oliver Bearman	  Haas
17	1:32.611	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
18	1:33.034	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
19	1:33.324	Franco Colapinto  Alpine
20	No Time		Alexander Albon	  Williams

[cmlean]

A fairly typical FP1 with all drivers struggling for grip until the track rubbers in.
Alex Albon had a rear brake problem with a major overheating necessitating fire extinguishers to bring the temperatures down. The damage was substantial and he took no further part in the session.

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FP2

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Pos	Time		Driver	  	  Team
1	1:30.714	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
2	1:30.846	Isack Hadjar	  Racing Bulls
3	1:30.857	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
4	1:30.877	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
5	1:31.197	Lando Norris	  McLaren
6	1:31.222	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
7	1:31.298	Esteban Ocon	  Haas
8	1:31.299	Carlos Sainz	  Williams
9	1:31.466	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
10	1:31.491	Lewis Hamilton	  Ferrari
11	1:31.708	Yuki Tsunoda	  Red Bull Racing
12	1:31.711	Oliver Bearman	  Haas
13	1:32.060	Alexander Albon	  Williams
14	1:32.069	Nico Hulkenberg	  Sauber
15	1:32.319	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
16	1:32.458	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
17	1:32.645	Liam Lawson	  Racing Bulls
18	1:32.719	Kimi Antonelli	  Mercedes
19	1:33.139	Franco Colapinto  Alpine
20	1:33.231	George Russell	  Mercedes

[cmlean]

A couple of red flags limited running in the session.
George Russell lost the rear of his Mercedes entering the last chicane. The car straightened and he went in nose first. Damage, aside from the the front wing, looked to include front suspension. He did return to the pits but additional damage was discovered and he took no further part in the session.
Next to hit the barriers was Liam Lawson when his Racing Bull straddled the kerb and was then pitched into the outside wall. Damage was substantial with the right front tyre ripped off the rim and damage to the right rear corner.

[cmlean]

FP3

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:30.148	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
2	1:30.165	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
3	1:30.197	George Russell	  Mercedes
4	1:30.237	Kimi Antonelli	  Mercedes
5	1:30.237	Lando Norris	  McLaren
6	1:30.392	Carlos Sainz	  Williams
7	1:30.489	Isack Hadjar	  Racing Bulls
8	1:30.559	Lewis Hamilton	  Ferrari
9	1:30.637	Nico Hulkenberg	  Sauber
10	1:30.651	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
11	1:30.668	Alexander Albon	  Williams
12	1:30.697	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
13	1:30.784	Esteban Ocon	  Haas
14	1:30.799	Oliver Bearman	  Haas
15	1:30.923	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
16	1:31.047	Franco Colapinto  Alpine
17	1:31.260	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
18	1:31.440	Yuki Tsunoda	  Red Bull Racing
19	1:31.643	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
20	1:33.628	Liam Lawson	  Racing Bulls

[cmlean]

Liam Lawson had a session to forget. After the crew repaired the damage from Friday, Lawson had another similar incident, again ripping the right front off and damaging the right rear corner. Let's hope the team have enough spares to fix the car again.

[cmlean]

Qualifying

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Pos	Time		Driver		  Team
1	1:29.158	George Russell	  Mercedes
2	1:29.340	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
3	1:29.524	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
4	1:29.537	Kimi Antonelli	  Mercedes
5	1:29.586	Lando Norris	  McLaren
6	1:29.688	Lewis Hamilton	  Ferrari
7	1:29.784	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
8	1:29.846	Isack Hadjar	  Racing Bulls
9	1:29.868	Oliver Bearman	  Haas
10	1:29.955	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
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11	1:30.141	Nico Hulkenberg	  Sauber
12	1:30.202	Alexander Albon	  Williams
13	1:30.235	Carlos Sainz	  Williams
14	1:30.320	Liam Lawson	  Racing Bulls
15	1:30.353	Yuki Tsunoda	  Red Bull Racing
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16	1:30.820	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
17	1:30.949	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
18	1:30.982	Franco Colapinto  Alpine
19	1:30.989	Esteban Ocon	  Haas
20	1:31.261	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine

[cmlean]

Following qualifying, both Williams were deemed to have the DRS slot in their rear wings larger than the nominal 85mm. Both were disqualified from the results however will be allowed to start the race from the rear of the grid.

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Race

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Pos	Driver		  Team
1	George Russell	  Mercedes
2	Max Verstappen	  Red Bull Racing
3	Lando Norris	  McLaren
4	Oscar Piastri	  McLaren
5	Kimi Antonelli	  Mercedes
6	Charles Leclerc	  Ferrari
7	Fernando Alonso	  Aston Martin
8	Lewis Hamilton	  Ferrari
9	Oliver Bearman	  Haas
10	Carlos Sainz	  Williams
11	Isack Hadjar	  Racing Bulls
12	Yuki Tsunoda	  Red Bull Racing
13	Lance Stroll	  Aston Martin
14	Alexander Albon	  Williams
15	Liam Lawson	  Racing Bulls
16	Franco Colapinto  Alpine
17	Gabriel Bortoleto Sauber
18	Esteban Ocon	  Haas
19	Pierre Gasly	  Alpine
20	Nico Hulkenberg	  Sauber

Next: Round of USA '25
Date: October 18th-20th 2025

[cmlean]

Lewis Hamilton and his Ferrari were given a post race 5 second penalty for exceeding track limits. Given that he had run out of brakes, getting the car to the finish was a remarkable effort. The penalty cost him one position.