Verstappen breaks Singapore duck in wild sprint after Russell crashes out of the lead

Max Verstappen secured victory in a wet and eventful Singapore sprint race for Red Bull, following an early crash involving George Russell's Mercedes.

Despite close competition, Verstappen outpaced Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton by 2.50 seconds, with Charles Leclerc taking third place.

The race concluded dramatically as McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided and crashed on the final lap.

SINGAPORE, Oct 10 — Dark clouds and a gloomy haze hung over the Marina Bay Street Circuit today, setting an unlikely stage for Singapore’s first-ever Formula One Sprint race, which Red Bull’s Max Verstappen won after George Russell crashed out of the lead.

What was expected to be a scorching afternoon for the first competitive F1 race held in daylight in Singapore instead began with a downpour, delaying the scheduled 5pm start by 30 minutes.

But the rain-soaked build-up gave way to drama within seconds of the start. Mercedes’ Russell snatched the lead from pole-sitter Verstappen off the line, only to lose control at the final corner of the opening lap and slam into the wall.

“Miscalculation. Came through the corner, had a little more battery deployment than I thought, (and it) sent me wide,” said Russell.

“Silly mistake, big consequences.”

Verstappen inherited the lead and never lost it, finishing 2.5 seconds ahead of Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton for his first victory at Marina Bay. Hamilton’s teammate Charles Leclerc was a distant third, 16.8 seconds behind the winner.

It was also the Dutchman’s first Sprint win of the season, at a circuit where he has never won the grand prix. This follows a week after he gave Red Bull their first grand prix win of the year in Malaysia.

There was a final twist on the last lap, when McLaren teammates Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris, the reigning world champion, collided while fighting over fourth place.

That promoted championship leader Kimi Antonelli to fourth in the other Mercedes, stretching his lead over Russell from 84 points to 89.

The start had been pushed back after motorsport’s world governing body FIA reported “a large amount of standing water around Turns 2 and 3”. The race eventually began at 5.35pm and was run over 20 laps instead of the scheduled 21.

Russell was the first of several casualties. Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll and Cadillac’s Sergio Perez also collided, and eight of the 22 starters were out by Lap 15.

Hamilton, who had jumped from sixth on the grid, stayed within 1.3 seconds of Verstappen until half-distance. But nobody gambled on slick tyres as the track dried, and the Dutchman pulled almost five seconds clear before easing to the flag.

Russell, who won here in 2025, leaves with no points and a damaged car that Mercedes must repair before qualifying at 9pm. He will start the October 11 grand prix from the back of the grid after a power unit penalty.

Sprint result: 1 Max Verstappen (Red Bull), 2 Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) +2.591sec, 3 Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) +16.871sec, 4 Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes), 5 Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls), 6 Oliver Bearman (Haas), 7 Nico Hulkenberg (Audi), 8 Lando Norris (McLaren). — AsiaOne

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在新加坡湿滑且充满变数的冲刺赛中，马克斯·维斯塔潘驾驶红牛赛车取得胜利，此前乔治·拉塞尔的梅赛德斯赛车在比赛初期发生撞车事故。

尽管竞争激烈，维斯塔潘还是以 2.50 秒的优势击败了法拉利的刘易斯·汉密尔顿，查尔斯·勒克莱尔获得第三名。

比赛以戏剧性的方式结束，迈凯伦车队的兰多·诺里斯和奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里在最后一圈发生碰撞并撞车。

新加坡，10 月 10 日——今天，滨海湾街道赛道上空乌云密布，雾霾笼罩，为新加坡首届一级方程式冲刺赛营造了一个不太寻常的氛围。红牛车队的马克斯·维斯塔潘在乔治·拉塞尔领先时发生撞车事故后赢得了比赛。

原本预计新加坡将迎来首场在白天举行的F1正式比赛，届时将是一个炎热的下午，但比赛却以倾盆大雨开始，导致原定于下午5点开始的比赛推迟了30分钟。

但雨中湿滑的赛前准备在发车后几秒钟就演变成了戏剧性的场面。梅赛德斯车队的拉塞尔起步后就从杆位发车的维斯塔潘手中夺得领先位置，却在第一圈的最后一个弯道失控撞墙。

“判断失误。过弯的时候，电池电量释放得比我想象的要多一些，（结果）让我冲出了赛道，”拉塞尔说道。

“愚蠢的错误，后果严重。”

维斯塔潘从领先位置一路保持到终点，最终以2.5秒的优势力压法拉利车手刘易斯·汉密尔顿，赢得了他在滨海湾赛道的首场胜利。汉密尔顿的队友查尔斯·勒克莱尔落后冠军16.8秒，位列第三。

这也是这位荷兰车手本赛季的首个冲刺赛冠军，而他此前从未在这条赛道上赢得过大奖赛冠军。就在一周前，他还在马来西亚为红牛车队赢得了本赛季的首个大奖赛冠军。

最后一圈出现了戏剧性的转折，迈凯伦车队的队友奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里和卫冕世界冠军兰多·诺里斯在争夺第四名时发生碰撞。

这使得积分榜领头羊基米·安东内利驾驶另一辆梅赛德斯赛车升至第四位，将他对拉塞尔的领先优势从 84 分扩大到 89 分。

由于国际汽联报告称“2号弯和3号弯附近有大量积水”，比赛开始时间被推迟。比赛最终于下午5点35分开始，并进行了20圈，而不是原定的21圈。

拉塞尔是首位退赛的车手。阿斯顿·马丁车队的兰斯·斯特罗尔和凯迪拉克车队的塞尔吉奥·佩雷斯也发生碰撞，到第15圈时，22位发车车手中已有8位退赛。

汉密尔顿从第六位发车，一路领先，直到比赛过半才与维斯塔潘分差超过1.3秒。但随着赛道逐渐变干，没有人敢冒险使用光头胎，荷兰人趁机拉开近5秒的差距，最终轻松冲过终点线。

曾在2025年赢得过此站比赛的拉塞尔，此次空手而归，赛车也受损严重，梅赛德斯车队必须在晚上9点的排位赛前完成维修。由于动力单元处罚，他将在10月11日的大奖赛中从最后一位发车。

冲刺赛成绩：1 马克斯·维斯塔潘（红牛），2 刘易斯·汉密尔顿（法拉利）落后2.591秒，3 夏尔·勒克莱尔（法拉利）落后16.871秒，4 基米·安东内利（梅赛德斯），5 利亚姆·劳森（赛牛），6 奥利弗·贝尔曼（哈斯），7 尼科·霍肯伯格（奥迪），8 兰多·诺里斯（迈凯伦）。——亚洲新闻网

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