2024 Singapore Grand Prix

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  2024 Singapore Grand Prix
Race details[1]
Race 18 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One season
Layout of the Marina Bay Street Circuit
Layout of the Marina Bay Street Circuit
Date 22 September 2024
Official name Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2024
Location Marina Bay Street Circuit
Marina Bay, Singapore
Course Temporary street circuit
Course length 4.940 km (3.070 mi)
Distance 62 laps, 306.143 km (190.228 mi)
Weather Clear
Attendance 269,072[2]
Pole position
Driver
McLaren-Mercedes
Time 1:29.525

The 2024 Singapore Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2024) is an upcoming Formula One motor race set to be held on 22 September 2024 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. It will be the eighteenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship. A disrupted qualifying session was topped by Lando Norris for McLaren, taking his sixth career pole position.

Background

The event will be held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay for the 15th time in the circuit's history, across the weekend of 20–22 September.[3] The Grand Prix will be the eighteenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship and the 15th running of the Singapore Grand Prix as a round of the Formula One World Championship.[4]

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen leads the Drivers' Championship with 313 points, 59 points ahead of Lando Norris in second, and 78 ahead of Charles Leclerc in third. McLaren, holding 476 points, enters this round as the leader of the Constructors' Championship from Red Bull Racing and Ferrari, who are second and third with 456 and 425 points, respectively.[5]

Entrants

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See also: 2024 Formula One World Championship § Entries

The drivers and teams are the same as the season entry list with the exception of Franco Colapinto, who replaced Logan Sargeant at Williams from the Italian Grand Prix onwards.[6][7] Kevin Magnussen of Haas, having served his one-race ban during the preceding Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with reserve driver Oliver Bearman taking his place, returned for this event.[8]

Tyre choices

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Further information: Formula One tyres

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4 and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.[9]

Track changes

A fourth DRS zone was added between turns 14 and 16 in the same section of the circuit that was reconfigured for the previous iteration.[10]

Practice

Three free practice sessions were held for the event. The first free practice session was held on 20 September 2024, at 17:30 local time (UTC+8), and was topped by Charles Leclerc of Ferrari ahead of Lando Norris of McLaren and Leclerc's teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. The second free practice session was held on the same day, at 21:00 local time, and was topped by Norris ahead of Leclerc and Sainz. The third practice session was held on 21 September 2024, at 17:30 local time, and was topped by Norris ahead of George Russell of Mercedes and Norris' teammate Oscar Piastri.[11]

Qualifying

Qualifying was held on 21 September 2024, at 21:00 local time (UTC+8).[11]

Qualifying report

A red flag was observed during Q3 for Carlos Sainz Jr.'s crash into the walls as he started his lap, damaging his car and forcing him out of further runs. Lando Norris took pole position for McLaren, his sixth career pole position and fifth of the season, ahead of Max Verstappen in second and Lewis Hamilton in third.

Qualifying classification

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Qualifying times Final
grid
Q1 Q2 Q3
1 4 United Kingdom Lando Norris McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.002 1:30.007 1:29.525 1
2 1 Netherlands Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:30.157 1:29.680 1:29.728 2
3 44 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:30.393 1:29.929 1:29.841 3
4 63 United Kingdom George Russell Mercedes 1:30.811 1:30.153 1:29.867 4
5 81 Australia Oscar Piastri McLaren-Mercedes 1:30.258 1:29.640 1:29.953 5
6 27 Germany Nico Hülkenberg Haas-Ferrari 1:30.724 1:30.150 1:30.115 6
7 14 Spain Fernando Alonso Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:30.684 1:30.450 1:30.214 7
8 22 Japan Yuki Tsunoda RB-Honda RBPT 1:30.716 1:30.289 1:30.354 8
9 16 Monaco Charles Leclerc Ferrari 1:30.786 1:29.747 No time 9
10 55 Spain Carlos Sainz Jr. Ferrari 1:30.670 1:30.108 No time 10
11 23 Thailand Alexander Albon Williams-Mercedes 1:30.679 1:30.474 N/A 11
12 43 Argentina Franco Colapinto Williams-Mercedes 1:30.704 1:30.481 N/A 12
13 11 Mexico Sergio Pérez Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT 1:30.624 1:30.579 N/A 13
14 20 Denmark Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:30.829 1:30.653 N/A 14
15 31 France Esteban Ocon Alpine-Renault 1:30.958 1:30.769 N/A 15
16 3 Australia Daniel Ricciardo RB-Honda RBPT 1:31.085 N/A N/A 16
17 18 Canada Lance Stroll Aston Martin Aramco-Mercedes 1:31.094 N/A N/A 17
18 10 France Pierre Gasly Alpine-Renault 1:31.312 N/A N/A 18
19 77 Finland Valtteri Bottas Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:31.572 N/A N/A 19
20 24 China Zhou Guanyu Kick Sauber-Ferrari 1:32.054 N/A N/A 20
107% time: 1:36.302
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Race

The race will be held on 22 September 2024, at 20:00 local time (UTC+8), and is set to run for 62 laps.[11]

References

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