2024 Singapore Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 18 of 24 in the 2024 Formula One World Championship
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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) | ||||
Weather | Clear | ||||
Attendance | 269,072 [2] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
Time | 1:29.525 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver | Daniel Ricciardo | RB-Honda RBPT | |||
Time | 1:34.486 on lap 60 (lap record) | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
Second | Red Bull Racing-Honda RBPT | ||||
Third | McLaren-Mercedes | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2024 Singapore Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix 2024) was a Formula One motor race that was held on 22 September 2024 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Marina Bay, Singapore. It was the eighteenth round of the 2024 Formula One World Championship.
A disrupted qualifying session was topped by Lando Norris of McLaren, taking his sixth career pole position; he went on to lead all laps of the race to take a dominant victory over Max Verstappen of Red Bull Racing and Norris' teammate Oscar Piastri. This was McLaren's second win at the Marina Bay Street Circuit following the 2009 race. It was the fastest Singapore Grand Prix over the race distance, as well as the first not to feature at least one safety car period. [3]
The event was 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. [4] The Grand Prix was 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. [5]
Going into the weekend, Max Verstappen led 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, entered this round as the leader of the Constructors' Championship from Red Bull Racing and Ferrari, who were second and third with 456 and 425 points, respectively. [6]
The drivers and teams were 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. [7] [8] Kevin Magnussen of Haas returned to the grid, having served his one-race ban during the preceding Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with reserve driver Oliver Bearman taking his place. [9]
The Grand Prix marked Lewis Hamilton's 350th and Carlos Sainz Jr.'s 200th Grand Prix starts, respectively. [10]
Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4 and C5 tyre compounds (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively) for teams to use at the event. [11]
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. [12]
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. [13]
Qualifying was held on 21 September 2024, at 21:00 local time (UTC+8). [13]
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 | ||
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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: [14] [15] |
The race was held on 22 September 2024, at 20:00 local time (UTC+8), and was run for 62 laps. [13]
The race was won by polesitter Lando Norris in his McLaren, his third of the season. Championship leader Max Verstappen and Norris's teammate Oscar Piastri rounded out the podium. It was the fastest Singapore Grand Prix over the race distance, as well as the first not to feature at least one safety car, with the only retirements of Alexander Albon and Kevin Magnussen. Daniel Ricciardo finished with the fastest lap, but was ineligible for the bonus point, coming home outside the top ten in 18th. Norris's win took seven points out of Verstappen's Drivers' Championship lead, with 52 points separating the two drivers with six rounds to go. Verstappen's Red Bull teammate Sergio Pérez's tenth place finish increased McLaren's Constructors' Championship lead to 41 points. [16] [17] [18]
Notes
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