Verstappen continues resurgence with pole for Singapore sprint

Formula One F1 - Singapore Grand Prix - Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore - October 9, 2026 Red Bull's Max Verstappen during the sprint qualifying Pool via REUTERS/Ng Han Guan

SINGAPORE: Max Verstappen scorched to Singapore sprint race pole position in his Red Bull on Friday (Oct 9) after a thrilling qualifying session at the Marina Bay Street circuit.

George Russell's Mercedes joined Verstappen on the front row for the 21-lap dash on Saturday with the Ferrari of Charles Leclerc third and Oscar Piastri's McLaren fourth.

A resurgent Verstappen, who won for the first time this season in Malaysia last weekend, clocked 1min 31.156sec under lights at a Marina Bay Circuit enveloped in haze caused by fires in Indonesia, 0.120sec quicker than Russell.

"It's always close here in Singapore. And also your lap itself, you're pushing as hard as you think is possible, close to the walls in places," said the four-time world champion.

CNA Games Guess Word Crack the word, one row at a time Buzzword Create words using the given letters Mini Sudoku Tiny puzzle, mighty brain teaser Mini Crossword Small grid, big challenge Word Search Spot as many words as you can Show More Show Less "Once we bolted on the soft tyres (for SQ3), it felt like the car was coming alive a little bit more, but I did not expect this. "Of course, very happy to be first." Fifth was the McLaren of Lando Norris, followed by the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton. Championship leader Kimi Antonelli, sporting a new aerodynamic package, was only seventh in his Mercedes, with Liam Lawson (RB), Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine) completing the top 10 on the grid. Verstappen has never won in Singapore, where extremes of heat and humidity play a part in the most physically attritional race of the season. He was buoyed by the pace of his Red Bull, which traditionally struggles on slower speed and bumpy street circuits. "I think the last few races we have been a lot stronger," said Verstappen. "But this track still highlights a few little weaknesses in the car, but we manage to drive with them as well as possible." However the Dutchman could face a grid penalty as he was being investigated by stewards after the session for allegedly overtaking Hamilton under yellow flag conditions during SQ1. Russell said of P2: "It is going to be challenging, the grip here (means) the drivers on the pole side have a big advantage." "DIFFICULT WEEKEND" Antonelli admitted he struggled throughout the session. "Still a lot to understand about this package, the car is very unpredictable and it is very hard to put a lap together," said the Italian, who is 84 points ahead of Russell in the drivers' standings. "I came with high hopes. But I think it will be a difficult weekend. I don't really see where we can find seven tenths." Singapore is featuring a sprint race for the first time, on a track that is notoriously difficult for overtaking. The only practice session for the teams to get to grips with the idiosyncrasies of the Marina Bay Street Circuit took place on a dusty track before sunset earlier on Friday, hardly ideal preparation for a 62-lap night race on Sunday. Singapore is exteremly tough on drivers, who can shed up to 3kg during the Grand Prix from sweating alone, and the race weekend has been declared a "heat hazard" by organisers allowing drivers to wear cooling vests. The teams also have to contend with the thick haze caused by wildfires in nearby Indonesia, which saw Singapore's air quality plunge to an "unhealthy" 205 on Friday according to the IQAir tracking website. Readings above 150 are classified as unhealthy, while levels above 300 are considered hazardous. Motorsport's governing body told AFP the race was not under threat from the haze.

"Once we bolted on the soft tyres (for SQ3), it felt like the car was coming alive a little bit more, but I did not expect this.

"Of course, very happy to be first."

Fifth was the McLaren of Lando Norris, followed by the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton.

Championship leader Kimi Antonelli, sporting a new aerodynamic package, was only seventh in his Mercedes, with Liam Lawson (RB), Isack Hadjar (Red Bull) and Pierre Gasly (Alpine) completing the top 10 on the grid.

Verstappen has never won in Singapore, where extremes of heat and humidity play a part in the most physically attritional race of the season.

He was buoyed by the pace of his Red Bull, which traditionally struggles on slower speed and bumpy street circuits.

"I think the last few races we have been a lot stronger," said Verstappen.

"But this track still highlights a few little weaknesses in the car, but we manage to drive with them as well as possible."

However the Dutchman could face a grid penalty as he was being investigated by stewards after the session for allegedly overtaking Hamilton under yellow flag conditions during SQ1.

Russell said of P2: "It is going to be challenging, the grip here (means) the drivers on the pole side have a big advantage."

Antonelli admitted he struggled throughout the session.

"Still a lot to understand about this package, the car is very unpredictable and it is very hard to put a lap together," said the Italian, who is 84 points ahead of Russell in the drivers' standings.

"I came with high hopes. But I think it will be a difficult weekend. I don't really see where we can find seven tenths."

Singapore is featuring a sprint race for the first time, on a track that is notoriously difficult for overtaking.

The only practice session for the teams to get to grips with the idiosyncrasies of the Marina Bay Street Circuit took place on a dusty track before sunset earlier on Friday, hardly ideal preparation for a 62-lap night race on Sunday.

Singapore is exteremly tough on drivers, who can shed up to 3kg during the Grand Prix from sweating alone, and the race weekend has been declared a "heat hazard" by organisers allowing drivers to wear cooling vests.

The teams also have to contend with the thick haze caused by wildfires in nearby Indonesia, which saw Singapore's air quality plunge to an "unhealthy" 205 on Friday according to the IQAir tracking website.

Readings above 150 are classified as unhealthy, while levels above 300 are considered hazardous.

Motorsport's governing body told AFP the race was not under threat from the haze.

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一级方程式赛车（F1）——新加坡大奖赛——新加坡滨海湾街道赛道——2026年10月9日，红牛车队的马克斯·维斯塔潘在冲刺排位赛中。（图片来自路透社/Ng Han Guan）

新加坡：周五（10 月 9 日），马克斯·维斯塔潘驾驶红牛赛车在滨海湾街赛道经过激动人心的排位赛后，夺得新加坡冲刺赛杆位。

周六，乔治·拉塞尔的梅赛德斯赛车与维斯塔潘并列头排发车，参加 21 圈的冲刺赛，查尔斯·勒克莱尔的法拉利赛车位列第三，奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里的迈凯伦赛车位列第四。

上周末在马来西亚赢得本赛季首胜的维斯塔潘状态回勇，在被印尼火灾造成的烟雾笼罩的滨海湾赛道上，他在灯光下跑出了 1 分 31.156 秒的成绩，比拉塞尔快了 0.120 秒。

“在新加坡，比赛总是非常胶着。而且在赛道上，你必须竭尽全力，有些地方甚至会贴着赛道边缘，”这位四届世界冠军说道。

CNA游戏 猜词游戏 逐行破解单词 流行词游戏 用给定的字母组成单词 迷你数独 小谜题，脑力挑战 迷你填字游戏 小方格，大挑战 单词搜索 尽可能多地找出单词 显示更多 显示更少 “一旦我们换上软胎（用于SQ3），感觉赛车好像更有活力了，但我没想到会这样。” “当然，非常高兴能拿到第一名。” 第五名是兰多·诺里斯的迈凯伦赛车，紧随其后的是刘易斯·汉密尔顿的法拉利赛车。锦标赛领头羊基米·安东内利驾驶着配备全新空气动力学套件的梅赛德斯赛车，仅获得第七名，利亚姆·劳森（红牛）、伊萨克·哈贾尔（红牛）和皮埃尔·加斯利（阿尔派）位列前十。维斯塔潘从未在新加坡赢得过比赛，那里极端的高温高湿天气使这场赛季中最具体能消耗的比赛更加激烈。他的红牛赛车的速度让他信心倍增，这款赛车通常在低速和颠簸的路面上表现不佳。街道赛道。“我认为最近几场比赛我们表现得更强了，”维斯塔潘说道。“但这条赛道仍然暴露出赛车的一些小弱点，不过我们尽力克服了这些弱点。”然而，这位荷兰车手可能面临发车位处罚，因为他在排位赛第一阶段（SQ1）中涉嫌在黄旗下超越汉密尔顿，赛后正接受赛事干事的调查。拉塞尔谈到第二发车位时说：“这将是一场挑战，这里的抓地力意味着杆位车手拥有巨大的优势。”“艰难的周末”安东内利承认他在整个排位赛中都表现挣扎。“我对这套赛车还有很多需要了解的地方，赛车非常难以预测，很难跑出一个完整的圈速，”这位在车手积分榜上领先拉塞尔84分的意大利车手说道。“我带着很高的期望而来。但我认为这将是一个艰难的周末。” “我实在看不出我们还能从哪里找到0.7秒的优势。”新加坡大奖赛首次举办短程冲刺赛，而这条赛道以难以超车而闻名。各车队唯一一次熟悉滨海湾街道赛道特性的练习赛是在周五日落前进行的，当时赛道尘土飞扬，这对于周日62圈的夜间比赛来说显然不是理想的准备。新加坡对车手来说极其严苛，仅靠出汗，车手在比赛期间就可能减重高达3公斤。赛事组织方已将比赛周末列为“高温危险”地区，并允许车手穿着降温背心。此外，各车队还必须应对邻近印尼山火造成的浓重烟霾。根据IQAir空气质量追踪网站的数据，新加坡周五的空气质量指数骤降至“不健康”的205。高于150的读数被归类为不健康，而高于300则被认为是危险的。赛车运动管理机构告诉法新社，比赛不会受到威胁。薄雾。

“换上软胎（SQ3）之后，感觉这辆车好像变得更有活力了，但我没想到会这样。

“当然，非常高兴能获得第一名。”

第五名是兰多·诺里斯的迈凯伦赛车，紧随其后的是刘易斯·汉密尔顿的法拉利赛车。

锦标赛领头羊基米·安东内利身披全新的空气动力学套件，驾驶梅赛德斯赛车仅获得第七名，利亚姆·劳森（红牛）、伊萨克·哈贾尔（红牛）和皮埃尔·加斯利（阿尔派）位列发车位前十。

维斯塔潘从未在新加坡赢得过比赛，那里极端的高温高湿天气是本赛季对车手体能消耗最大的比赛之一。

他的红牛赛车速度很快，这让他信心倍增，因为红牛赛车通常在速度较慢、路面颠簸的街道赛道上表现不佳。

“我认为我们最近几场比赛表现得更强了，”维斯塔潘说道。

“但这条赛道仍然暴露出赛车的一些小弱点，不过我们尽力克服这些弱点，做到最好。”

然而，这位荷兰车手可能会面临发车位处罚，因为在排位赛第一阶段（SQ1）中，他被指控在黄旗条件下超越汉密尔顿，赛后他正在接受赛事干事的调查。

拉塞尔谈到第二杆位时说：“这将是一场挑战，这里的抓地力意味着杆位发车的车手拥有很大的优势。”

安东内利承认他在整个训练过程中都表现得很挣扎。

“我对这套赛车还有很多需要了解的地方，这辆车非常难以预测，很难跑出一个完美的单圈，”这位意大利车手说道，他在车手积分榜上领先拉塞尔 84 分。

“我满怀希望而来。但我认为这将是一个艰难的周末。我实在看不出我们能在哪里拿到七成胜率。”

新加坡首次举办短距离冲刺赛，而这条赛道以超车困难而闻名。

各车队唯一一次熟悉滨海湾街道赛道特点的练习赛是在周五日落前在尘土飞扬的赛道上进行的，这对于周日的 62 圈夜间比赛来说，显然不是理想的准备。

新加坡对车手来说极其严苛，他们在比赛期间仅靠出汗就能减重高达 3 公斤，赛事组织者已宣布比赛周末为“高温危险期”，并允许车手穿着降温背心。

各队还必须应对邻近印度尼西亚山火造成的浓烟，据 IQAir 追踪网站显示，新加坡的空气质量在周五骤降至“不健康”的 205。

读数高于 150 即为不健康，高于 300 则被认为是有害的。

赛车运动管理机构告诉法新社，雾霾不会对比赛构成威胁。

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