2024 Singapore Grand Prix

2024 Singapore Grand Prix
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Layout of the Marina Bay Street Circuit
Race details[1]
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 miles)
Distance	62 laps, 306.143 km (190.228 miles)
Pole position
Driver	Lando Norris	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.

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.^[2] 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

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.^[5][6] 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.^[7]

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4 and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event.^[8]

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.^[9]

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.^[10]

Qualifying was held on 21 September 2024, at 21:00 local time (UTC+8).^[10]

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.

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

The race will be held on 22 September 2024, at 20:00 local time (UTC+8), and is set to run for 62 laps.^[10]