Formula 1
Singapore GP: Verstappen winsMax Verstappen finally cracked Singapore. The Red Bull driver took pole, won Saturday's rain-hit sprint and then Sunday's race by 7.335 seconds from Ferrari's Charles Leclerc, his first win at Marina Bay in nine tries and his second in a row after Malaysia a week earlier. Kimi Antonelli was third.
Lewis Hamilton started third but fell to sixth after a poor tyre strategy and apologised on the radio, while George Russell recovered from the back of the grid to finish ninth.
Antonelli still leads the championship on 340 points, 102 clear of Russell, with Mercedes on 578 in the constructors' table, well ahead of Ferrari on 444. The next race is the United States Grand Prix in Austin on Sunday 25 October.
- Singapore GP: 1 Verstappen, 2 Leclerc, 3 Antonelli, 4 Norris, 5 Piastri
- Drivers: Antonelli 340, Russell 238, Hamilton 229
- Constructors: Mercedes 578, Ferrari 444, McLaren 339
- Next: US Grand Prix, Austin, Sun 25 Oct
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Formula 1 is a world championship for single-seater racing cars. Each season has around two dozen race weekends across the world, called Grands Prix. Ten teams used to compete, and the 2026 grid has 11, with Audi and Cadillac among the newer names.
Drivers score points in each race: 25 for a win, then 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 for places two to ten. Some weekends also include a shorter sprint race with a smaller points scale. Points add up across the season, and the driver with the most is world champion.
A separate constructors' championship adds up both of a team's drivers' points. Teams care about it because the prize money depends on it.
The sport changed its rules for 2026, with new engines and chassis regulations, which is one reason the order at the front looks different from recent years.