The 2025 Formula One season continues with the Singapore Grand Prix this weekend as the business end of a thrilling campaign fast approaches, and George Russell is back on pole position.
We are a fortnight removed from a chaotic few days in Azerbaijan, where Max Verstappen led from start to finish after an incident-packed qualifying session and championship leader Oscar Piastri dramatically crashed out early.
Thankfully for the Australian, his McLaren team-mate and title rival Lando Norris was unable to take much advantage of his error, finishing only seventh to move within 25 points of the lead with seven races remaining this term.
Reigning four-time world champion Verstappen, meanwhile, is now 69 off the pace in third after winning back-to-back races at Monza and on the streets of Baku, leading to suggestions that he could yet spoil McLaren’s hopes.
Verstappen again got the better of his title rivals during qualifying at the Marina Bay Street Circuit, but Russell nabbed his second pole of the season. Russell was 0.182 of a second faster than Verstappen in Saturday's qualifying session. Piastri qualified third, with his McLaren teammate Norris fifth.
Singapore Grand Prix start time
The 2025 Singapore Grand Prix takes place on Sunday, October 5 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. The race is due to begin at 1pm BST, which is 8pm local time.
Singapore Grand Prix schedule
The first practice session for the Singapore Grand Prix takes place from 10:30am BST on Friday morning, followed by FP2 from 2pm BST.
FP3 is at 10:30am BST on Saturday, followed by qualifying at 2pm BST. The race itself is at 1pm BST on Sunday.
Singapore Grand Prix grid order
1 George Russell
2 Max Verstappen
3 Oscar Piastri
4 Andrea Kimi Antonelli
5 Lando Norris
6 Lewis Hamilton
7 Charles Leclerc
8 Isack Hadjar
9 Oliver Bearman
10 Fernando Alonso
11 Nico Hulkenberg
12 Alexander Albon
13 Carlos Sainz Jr.
14 Liam Lawson
15 Yuki Tsunoda
16 Gabriel Bortoleto
17 Lance Stroll
18 Franco Colapinto
19 Esteban Ocon
20 Pierre Gasly
How to watch Singapore Grand Prix
TV channel: Every session from the Singapore Grand Prix is available to watch live in the UK on Sky Sports’ dedicated F1 channel.
Live stream: Sky Sports subscribers can also watch every session from Singapore live online via the Sky Go app.
Free highlights: Channel 4 will show free-to-air highlights of the race from 5:30pm BST on Sunday evening.
Singapore Grand Prix weather forecast
As ever there will be hot conditions across the race weekend in Singapore, with temperatures reaching 31 degrees and humidity at around 75 per cent.
However, there will be plenty of cloud around and a small chance of the odd shower, potentially with some thunder on Friday.
