In a historic twist, the Singapore Grand Prix concluded without the deployment of a safety car, marking a first in its storied history.
Statistics After Each Grand Prix: Key Figures, Record Breaks, and Notable Streaks
Qualifying Highlights
Norris secured McLaren’s first pole position at Marina Bay since Lewis Hamilton’s in 2012.
This marks the sixth pole of his Grand Prix career.
For Max Verstappen, it was only the second front-row start in the last seven races.
In 15 Singapore qualifiers, Hamilton has always been in the top five.
This is the first time Hamilton has ranked in the top three in qualifying since the Belgian Grand Prix.
For Mercedes, it’s the first instance of both drivers starting in the top 4 since they took the front row at Silverstone.
Oscar Piastri’s Q2 time of 1m 29.640s could have placed him 2nd in Q3…
Like last year, a Haas F1 started in the top 6 at Singapore (though last year, it was Kevin Magnussen, not Nico Hülkenberg).
Fernando Alonso qualified 7th, marking the 4th time in the last six Grands Prix.
After a series of challenging races, Yuki Tsunoda achieved his best start in Singapore by reaching Q3 for only the second time in the last nine Grands Prix.
Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz finished only 9th and 10th, marking Ferrari’s worst performance in Singapore since 2009, when Kimi Raikkonen and Giancarlo Fisichella started 13th and 18th.
Qualifying was tight for Williams, with Alex Albon missing Q3 by just 0.024s and Franco Colapinto trailing by a mere 0.007s.
This also marks Williams’ best qualifying at the circuit since Valtteri Bottas and Felipe Massa started 11th and 12th in 2016.
Sergio Perez was eliminated in Q2, as in 2023 (13th place)… In the 12 races he has competed in at Marina Bay, Perez has only made it to Q3 three times.
Lance Stroll ranked 17th, suffering his fifth Q1 elimination in six visits to Singapore.
Pierre Gasly had the worst qualifying performance of his career at this circuit, placing 18th.
Since Bottas joined Sauber in 2022, he has been eliminated in Q1 every time he has raced in Singapore.
Zhou was the slowest qualifier for the fifth consecutive race weekend.
The Race
The race was led from start to finish by a single driver for the third consecutive year in Singapore.
This was Norris’s third Grand Prix victory.
He is the fifth different winner in the last five Singapore Grands Prix, following Lewis Hamilton, Sebastian Vettel, Sergio Perez, and Carlos Sainz.
Norris is the only driver to have won from pole position in the last ten Grands Prix, doing so in the Netherlands and Singapore.
Finally! For the first time in seven attempts, Lando Norris did not lose the race lead (in the first lap) after starting from pole position (in a sprint or Grand Prix).
In every Singapore Grand Prix, Lando Norris has improved his finish (seventh, fourth, second, first).
Norris holds the largest winning margin of the season (22.946s in the Netherlands) and the second-largest margin (20.945s in Singapore).
Verstappen finished 2nd for Red Bull, meaning Marina Bay remains the only circuit on the calendar where he has never won.
Verstappen has only led three laps in Singapore throughout his F1 career.
The reigning world champion is now winless in the last eight races.
For the first time, McLaren placed both cars on the podium in Singapore.
Piastri has completed all the laps of the Grands Prix this season (1,083 laps).
He is the top scorer over the last nine Grands Prix (156 points).
With a fourth-place finish for Mercedes, George Russell scored points in Singapore for the first time in his career.
Russell has closed the gap to his teammate Hamilton in the championship to 19 points.
Leclerc ended a streak of four consecutive podiums for himself.
Ferrari missed the podium in Singapore for the first time since 2017.
Nico Hulkenberg’s 9th place is Haas’s best result in Singapore’s history.
Hamilton participated in his 350th Grand Prix, placing him second on the all-time list (Fernando Alonso leads with 395).
Carlos Sainz took 7th place in his 200th Grand Prix start.
Alonso scored his first points in Singapore since 2018, marking his fourth points finish in the last five Grands Prix.
With 9th place for Haas, Nico Hulkenberg secured his sixth points finish of the season, and his first since Silverstone. He also recorded seven 11th places this year.
Sergio Perez finished 10th for Red Bull and scored just one point over the last two Grands Prix.
With 12th place for RB, Yuki Tsunoda finishes a Singapore Grand Prix for the first time in his career.
Esteban Ocon’s 13th place for Alpine is his best result since the summer break (Belgium).
Daniel Ricciardo finished 18th for RB, setting the fastest lap against his former team McLaren in the final moments of the race. This marks his first fastest lap since his victory at the Italian Grand Prix in 2021. Possibly his last lap in F1 as well…
Ricciardo’s fastest lap means Verstappen will be champion if he finishes second behind Norris in the remaining Grands Prix and Sprints, regardless of the fastest lap bonuses.
Had he kept the fastest lap, Norris would have been the first McLaren driver to achieve a “grand slam” from pole position, with the fastest lap, and leading every lap since… Mika Hakkinen at the Monaco Grand Prix in 1998.
This marks the first time the Singapore Grand Prix (held since 2008) has concluded without any appearance of the safety car, not even a virtual safety car!
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