{"id":3562,"date":"2026-10-08T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=3562"},"modified":"2026-10-07T19:06:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T22:06:47","slug":"hamilton-leads-singapores-active-f1-winners-as-verstappen-is-still-chasing-his-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/hamilton-leads-singapores-active-f1-winners-as-verstappen-is-still-chasing-his-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton leads Singapore&#8217;s active F1 winners as Verstappen is still chasing his first"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">News Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Lewis Hamilton leads all active drivers with four Singapore GP victories<\/strong>, one short of Sebastian Vettel&#8217;s record of five.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fernando Alonso has won twice, while Sergio P\u00e9rez, Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris and George Russell have one victory each.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Max Verstappen has never won or taken pole at Marina Bay<\/strong>, despite four podium finishes across nine appearances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lewis Hamilton arrives at the 2026 Singapore GP with the strongest winning record of any driver on the current Formula 1 grid. The Ferrari driver has won four times at Marina Bay and needs only one more victory to equal Sebastian Vettel&#8217;s all-time record of five.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contrast with Max Verstappen is particularly striking. The four-time world champion has collected 72 career victories but <strong>has never won the Singapore GP<\/strong>, despite finishing on the podium four times. He heads to Marina Bay after his first victory of 2026 at Sepang, where Red Bull demonstrated a significant improvement in performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fernando Alonso is another former Singapore winner, while George Russell returns as defending champion after taking pole and victory for Mercedes in 2025. The historical records provide several points of comparison ahead of a weekend in which Singapore hosts its first Formula 1 sprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Which active F1 drivers have won the Singapore GP?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Six drivers on the 2026 grid have previously won at Marina Bay, with Hamilton accounting for four of those victories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Driver<\/th><th class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">Singapore wins<\/th><th>Winning years<\/th><\/tr><tr><td><strong>Lewis Hamilton<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\"><strong>4<\/strong><\/td><td>2009, 2014, 2017, 2018<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Fernando Alonso<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">2<\/td><td>2008, 2010<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Sergio P\u00e9rez<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><td>2022<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Carlos Sainz<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><td>2023<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Lando Norris<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><td>2024<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>George Russell<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-right\" data-align=\"right\">1<\/td><td>2025<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hamilton&#8217;s first Singapore victory came with McLaren in 2009, before three further wins with Mercedes. His 2017 triumph was particularly significant because he started fifth and took advantage of the first-lap collision involving Vettel, Kimi R\u00e4ikk\u00f6nen and Verstappen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alonso&#8217;s victories came with Renault in 2008 and Ferrari in 2010. His first win remains one of the most controversial results in Formula 1 history because of the deliberate crash by teammate Nelson Piquet Jr., which later became known as Crashgate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The last four editions have produced four different winners: P\u00e9rez in 2022, Sainz in 2023, Norris in 2024 and Russell in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Vettel remains Singapore&#8217;s most successful driver<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sebastian Vettel holds the outright Singapore GP record with <strong>five victories<\/strong>, three achieved consecutively with Red Bull between 2011 and 2013 and another two with Ferrari in 2015 and 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His final Singapore victory was also the last win of his Formula 1 career. In 2019, Vettel started third behind teammate Charles Leclerc and Hamilton but moved ahead through pit-stop strategy before securing his fifth triumph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vettel also shares the record for most Singapore pole positions with Hamilton, both having started from the front <strong>four times<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That leaves Hamilton with two significant records in reach during the 2026 weekend: equalling Vettel&#8217;s five victories and becoming the first driver to take five Singapore GP poles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Verstappen has four podiums but no Singapore victory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verstappen&#8217;s record is unusual given his success elsewhere in Formula 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dutchman has contested nine Singapore Grands Prix and finished on the podium four times, taking second in 2018, 2024 and 2025 and third in 2019. However, <strong>he has never won or qualified on pole at Marina Bay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That makes Singapore one of the remaining gaps in his career record. Red Bull itself has won four times at the circuit, with Vettel responsible for three victories and P\u00e9rez adding another in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verstappen&#8217;s return to winning form at Sepang provides a new opportunity, although Marina Bay places greater emphasis on low-speed traction, mechanical grip and stability over bumps than the Malaysian circuit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/was-verstappens-sepang-win-a-one-off-singapore-will-provide-the-answer\/\">GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/was-verstappens-sepang-win-a-one-off-singapore-will-provide-the-answer\/\">examined after Sepang<\/a>, Singapore will help establish whether Red Bull&#8217;s recent improvement extends beyond circuits that particularly suit the RB22.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Russell returns as defending winner \u2014 but faces a penalty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">George Russell won the 2025 Singapore GP from pole, beating Verstappen by 5.430 seconds to secure his first victory at Marina Bay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mercedes driver returns under very different circumstances. His power-unit failure at Sepang exhausted his permitted engine allocation, meaning <strong>Russell faces a grid penalty for Sunday&#8217;s race<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That is particularly significant at a circuit where qualifying position has historically played a major role in determining the winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/russell-faces-singapore-grid-penalty-after-sepang-engine-failure\/\">GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/russell-faces-singapore-grid-penalty-after-sepang-engine-failure\/\">analysed how far Russell could realistically recover at Singapore<\/a>, with the sprint providing a separate opportunity to score points before his Grand Prix penalty takes effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"646\" src=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/singapura-2025-f1-classificacao-mercedes-george-russell-afp-20-e1759848865145-1024x646.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1010368583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/singapura-2025-f1-classificacao-mercedes-george-russell-afp-20-e1759848865145-1024x646.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/singapura-2025-f1-classificacao-mercedes-george-russell-afp-20-e1759848865145-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/singapura-2025-f1-classificacao-mercedes-george-russell-afp-20-e1759848865145-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/singapura-2025-f1-classificacao-mercedes-george-russell-afp-20-e1759848865145-150x95.jpg 150w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/singapura-2025-f1-classificacao-mercedes-george-russell-afp-20-e1759848865145.jpg 1483w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">George Russell (Photo: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Leclerc has two Singapore poles but no victory<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charles Leclerc provides another notable contrast between qualifying performance and race results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ferrari driver took consecutive Singapore poles in <strong>2019 and 2022<\/strong>, but neither produced a victory. In 2019, Vettel overtook him through pit-stop strategy, while the wet 2022 race ended with P\u00e9rez winning ahead of Leclerc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ferrari arrives this year encouraged by Hamilton&#8217;s third place and Leclerc&#8217;s fourth at Sepang. The SF-26 showed competitive pace in Malaysia despite a compromised opening strategy, and Singapore&#8217;s slower layout may provide another opportunity. <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/why-singapore-could-suit-ferrari-better-than-sepang\/\">Read why Ferrari could be particularly competitive at Marina Bay<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Singapore GP winners since 2008<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Singapore GP joined the Formula 1 calendar in 2008 as the championship&#8217;s first night race. Sixteen editions have taken place through 2025, with no Grands Prix held in 2020 or 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Year<\/th><th>Winner<\/th><th>Team<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>2008<\/td><td>Fernando Alonso<\/td><td>Renault<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2009<\/td><td>Lewis Hamilton<\/td><td>McLaren<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2010<\/td><td>Fernando Alonso<\/td><td>Ferrari<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2011<\/td><td>Sebastian Vettel<\/td><td>Red Bull<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2012<\/td><td>Sebastian Vettel<\/td><td>Red Bull<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2013<\/td><td>Sebastian Vettel<\/td><td>Red Bull<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2014<\/td><td>Lewis Hamilton<\/td><td>Mercedes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2015<\/td><td>Sebastian Vettel<\/td><td>Ferrari<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2016<\/td><td>Nico Rosberg<\/td><td>Mercedes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2017<\/td><td>Lewis Hamilton<\/td><td>Mercedes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2018<\/td><td>Lewis Hamilton<\/td><td>Mercedes<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2019<\/td><td>Sebastian Vettel<\/td><td>Ferrari<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2022<\/td><td>Sergio P\u00e9rez<\/td><td>Red Bull<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2023<\/td><td>Carlos Sainz<\/td><td>Ferrari<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2024<\/td><td>Lando Norris<\/td><td>McLaren<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2025<\/td><td>George Russell<\/td><td>Mercedes<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercedes leads the constructors&#8217; victory count at Singapore with five, followed by Red Bull with four and Ferrari with three. McLaren has two, while Renault has one victory and Mercedes-powered McLaren also won in 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/singapore-gp-2026-f1-start-times-sprint-schedule-and-how-to-watch\/\">2026 Singapore GP takes place from October 9-11<\/a>, with Sunday&#8217;s race scheduled for 20:00 local time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong> follows all the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/\">Formula 1<\/a> news throughout the Singapore GP weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">F1 today: FAQ<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What time is the 2026 Singapore GP?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Singapore GP starts at <strong>20:00 local time on Sunday, October 11<\/strong>. That is <strong>13:00 in the UK, 08:00 ET in the US and Canada and 17:30 in India<\/strong>. Singapore is a sprint weekend, with sprint qualifying on Friday and the sprint on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why does George Russell have a grid penalty in Singapore?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Russell has exhausted his permitted allocation of four engines after suffering a power-unit failure at Sepang. Mercedes must introduce another unit, triggering a grid penalty for <strong>Sunday&#8217;s Grand Prix<\/strong>. The penalty does not apply to Saturday&#8217;s sprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can Kimi Antonelli win the F1 championship in Singapore?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No. Antonelli leads Russell by <strong>84 points, 320 to 236<\/strong>, but cannot mathematically secure the 2026 title in Singapore. His first opportunity to become world champion comes at the <strong>United States GP in Austin<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Who has won the most Singapore Grands Prix?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sebastian Vettel holds the record with five victories<\/strong>, achieved in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2019. 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