{"id":3719,"date":"2026-10-10T07:45:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T10:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/?p=3719"},"modified":"2026-10-10T07:48:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T10:48:01","slug":"antonelli-extends-f1-title-lead-to-89-points-as-russell-crashes-and-verstappen-closes-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/antonelli-extends-f1-title-lead-to-89-points-as-russell-crashes-and-verstappen-closes-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Antonelli extends F1 title lead to 89 points as Russell crashes and Verstappen closes in"},"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>Kimi Antonelli leads the championship with 325 points<\/strong>, 89 ahead of George Russell after the Singapore sprint.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Max Verstappen moves into fifth place with 196 points<\/strong>, overtaking Lando Norris following his victory at Marina Bay.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Mercedes leads Ferrari by 143 points<\/strong> in the Constructors&#8217; Championship, while Red Bull closes to within 11 of McLaren.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kimi Antonelli extended his lead in the <strong>2026 Formula 1 Drivers&#8217; Championship to 89 points<\/strong> after finishing fourth in Saturday&#8217;s Singapore GP sprint, while Mercedes teammate George Russell crashed out shortly after taking the lead from Max Verstappen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Antonelli now has <strong>325 points against Russell&#8217;s 236<\/strong>, with the Briton failing to score for the second consecutive race weekend following his retirement at Sepang. Russell had started second at Marina Bay and overtook Verstappen at the start, but <a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/russell-crashes-out-of-singapore-f1-sprint-after-overtaking-verstappen\/\">crashed into the barriers on the second lap<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video class=\"video-js vjs-big-play-centered\" data-gp-vjs=\"1\" controls src=\"https:\/\/grandepremio-portal.b-cdn.net\/2026\/10\/Batida-George-Russell-sprint-F1-Singapura-Video-Reproducao-F1TV.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">George Russell crashed on lap 2 in Singapura&#8217;s Sprint Race (Video: F1TV)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verstappen went on to win the sprint, collecting eight points and moving ahead of Lando Norris in the championship. The Red Bull driver now has <strong>196 points, seven more than Norris<\/strong>, who finished eighth after colliding with McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri on the final lap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lewis Hamilton strengthened his hold on third place with seven points for finishing second, reaching 221. Ferrari teammate Charles Leclerc collected six points for third and moved to 197, just one ahead of Verstappen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">F1 2026 drivers&#8217; championship standings after Singapore sprint<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Pos.<\/th><th>Driver<\/th><th>Team<\/th><th>Points<\/th><th>Gap<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td>K. ANTONELLI<\/td><td>Mercedes<\/td><td>325<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>G. RUSSELL<\/td><td>Mercedes<\/td><td>236<\/td><td>-89<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>L. HAMILTON<\/td><td>Ferrari<\/td><td>221<\/td><td>-104<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>C. LECLERC<\/td><td>Ferrari<\/td><td>197<\/td><td>-128<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>M. VERSTAPPEN<\/td><td>Red Bull Ford<\/td><td>196<\/td><td>-129<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>L. NORRIS<\/td><td>McLaren Mercedes<\/td><td>189<\/td><td>-136<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>O. PIASTRI<\/td><td>McLaren Mercedes<\/td><td>128<\/td><td>-197<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>I. HADJAR<\/td><td>Red Bull Ford<\/td><td>96<\/td><td>-229<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>L. LAWSON<\/td><td>Racing Bulls RBPT Ford<\/td><td>69<\/td><td>-256<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>P. GASLY<\/td><td>Alpine Mercedes<\/td><td>41<\/td><td>-284<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td>A. LINDBLAD<\/td><td>Racing Bulls RBPT Ford<\/td><td>38<\/td><td>-287<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>12<\/td><td>F. COLAPINTO<\/td><td>Alpine Mercedes<\/td><td>27<\/td><td>-298<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>13<\/td><td>O. BEARMAN<\/td><td>Haas Ferrari<\/td><td>23<\/td><td>-302<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>14<\/td><td>G. BORTOLETO<\/td><td>Audi<\/td><td>10<\/td><td>-315<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>15<\/td><td>N. H\u00dcLKENBERG<\/td><td>Audi<\/td><td>9<\/td><td>-316<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>16<\/td><td>E. OCON<\/td><td>Haas Ferrari<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>-318<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>17<\/td><td>C. SAINZ<\/td><td>Williams Mercedes<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>-318<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>18<\/td><td>F. ALONSO<\/td><td>Aston Martin Honda<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>-318<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>19<\/td><td>A. ALBON<\/td><td>Williams Mercedes<\/td><td>5<\/td><td>-320<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>20<\/td><td>Y. TSUNODA<\/td><td>Racing Bulls RBPT Ford<\/td><td>1<\/td><td>-324<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>21<\/td><td>L. STROLL<\/td><td>Aston Martin Honda<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>-325<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>22<\/td><td>V. BOTTAS<\/td><td>Cadillac Ferrari<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>-325<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>23<\/td><td>S. P\u00c9REZ<\/td><td>Cadillac Ferrari<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>-325<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Verstappen-Sprint-Singapur-ES-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1020317709\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Verstappen-Sprint-Singapur-ES-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Verstappen-Sprint-Singapur-ES-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Verstappen-Sprint-Singapur-ES-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Verstappen-Sprint-Singapur-ES-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Verstappen-Sprint-Singapur-ES-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Verstappen-Sprint-Singapur-ES-150x100.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Max Verstappen (Photo: Red Bull Content Pool)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ferrari cuts Mercedes&#8217; lead as Red Bull approaches McLaren<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mercedes remains comfortably ahead in the Constructors&#8217; Championship with <strong>561 points<\/strong>, but Ferrari reduced the deficit to 143 after Hamilton and Leclerc delivered a double podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ferrari added 13 points, reaching 418, while Mercedes scored five through Antonelli&#8217;s fourth place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">McLaren suffered a particularly costly sprint. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/norris-and-piastri-collide-on-final-lap-of-singapore-f1-sprint-as-mclaren-disaster-unfolds\/\">Norris and Piastri collided on the final lap<\/a><\/strong>, leaving the Australian out of the race and Norris eighth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The result means McLaren has <strong>317 points, only 11 ahead of Red Bull<\/strong>, which reached 306 through Verstappen&#8217;s victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Bulls strengthened fifth place with Liam Lawson&#8217;s fifth-place finish, reaching 94 points. Haas increased its total to 30 through Oliver Bearman, while Nico H\u00fclkenberg added two points for Audi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">F1 2026 constructors&#8217; championship standings after Singapore sprint<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-fixed-layout\"><tbody><tr><th>Pos.<\/th><th>Team<\/th><th>Points<\/th><th>Gap<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>1<\/td><td>Mercedes<\/td><td>561<\/td><td>\u2014<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>2<\/td><td>Ferrari<\/td><td>418<\/td><td>-143<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>3<\/td><td>McLaren Mercedes<\/td><td>317<\/td><td>-244<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>4<\/td><td>Red Bull Ford<\/td><td>306<\/td><td>-255<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>5<\/td><td>Racing Bulls RBPT Ford<\/td><td>94<\/td><td>-467<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>6<\/td><td>Alpine Mercedes<\/td><td>68<\/td><td>-493<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>7<\/td><td>Haas Ferrari<\/td><td>30<\/td><td>-531<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>8<\/td><td>Audi<\/td><td>19<\/td><td>-542<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>9<\/td><td>Williams Mercedes<\/td><td>12<\/td><td>-549<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>10<\/td><td>Aston Martin Honda<\/td><td>7<\/td><td>-554<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>11<\/td><td>Cadillac Ferrari<\/td><td>0<\/td><td>-561<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/verstappen-finally-wins-in-singapore-as-rain-crashes-and-mclaren-chaos-wreck-f1-sprint\/\">complete Singapore sprint results, including all 22 drivers<\/a><\/strong> are available in <strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/singapore-gp-2026-f1-start-times-sprint-schedule-and-how-to-watch\/\">complete Singapore GP schedule, including qualifying and broadcast information<\/a><\/strong> is available in <strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong>&#8216;s weekend guide. <strong>GRANDE PR\u00caMIO<\/strong> follows the latest <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/f1\/\">Formula 1<\/a><\/strong> news throughout the Singapore GP weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kimi Antonelli strengthens his championship advantage after George Russell&#8217;s Singapore sprint retirement, while Max Verstappen overtakes Lando Norris and Ferrari closes the gap to Mercedes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1020317558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"42wp_featured_image_caption":"Andrea Kimi Antonelli ","42wp_featured_image_credits":"Mercedes","42wp_featured_video":"","42wp_featured_image_hidden":false,"42wp_authors_list":[{"id":7,"location":""}],"footnotes":"","42wp_breaking_news":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[17,314,64,248],"42wp_author":[7],"class_list":["post-3719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-f1","tag-george-russell","tag-kimi-antonelli","tag-max-verstappen","tag-singapore-gp","42wp_author-victor-martins"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3719","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3719"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3719\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3720,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3719\/revisions\/3720"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1020317558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3719"},{"taxonomy":"42wp_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/grandepremio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/42wp_author?post=3719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}