Red Bull’s Max Verstappen coasts to maiden F1 Singapore Grand Prix victory红牛车队的马克斯·维斯塔潘轻松赢得其首个F1新加坡大奖赛冠军
Max Verstappen wins maiden Singapore Grand Prix victory after converting pole at Marina Bay in a dominant Red Bull performance. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Published Oct 11, 2026, 09:45 PM
Updated Oct 12, 2026, 12:58 AM
Max Verstappen won his first Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay on Oct 11, after nine previous attempts.
He converted pole into victory in 1hr 42min 00.785sec, with Charles Leclerc second and Kimi Antonelli third.
The win was only Verstappen’s second of the 2026 season, while Antonelli’s podium stretched his championship lead to 102 points.
SINGAPORE – Nine appearances, four podiums, three runner-up finishes but not a single victory.
For all his records and success in Formula 1, four-time world champion Max Verstappen had never conquered the Marina Bay Street Circuit.
The narrow track, with its limited overtaking opportunities and gruelling physical demands, had remained an elusive prize for the Dutchman, the third-most successful driver in F1 history by grand prix victories.
When he arrived in Singapore over the weekend, Verstappen knew very clearly that he had “unfinished business” here.
And on Oct 11, at the 10th time of asking, the Red Bull driver finally set that record straight, conquering the streets of Marina Bay to win the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix for the first time.
Celebrating his 250th career F1 grand prix weekend in style, Verstappen converted pole to victory in 1hr 42min 00.785sec.
Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was 7.335sec behind, with Mercedes’ championship leader Kimi Antonelli third in the 17th edition of the Singapore Grand Prix.
As Verstappen crossed the finishing line after 62 laps, fireworks erupted above the 4.927km track, injecting a much-needed burst of colour into a skyline shrouded in haze over the past week.
The crowd watching the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay Street Circuit, on Oct 11. ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
The crowd watching the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay Street Circuit, on Oct 11.
ST PHOTO: ARIFFIN JAMAR
Verstappen, 29, said after the win: “It’s taken a while but this race was very good. We had the pace when we needed to have it on the soft tyres and on the medium, even though the medium tyre for everyone was a bit more of a struggle but it worked out, so of course very happy to win here.
“You always try to do your best, luckily it was just good enough. The last few races have been really positive for us, and it’s just great to see. We have a lot of motivation in the team to try and deliver even more results. It’s a really good group of people. I really enjoy working with them and hopefully we can have a bit more fun till the end of the year. ”
After he brought his car to a halt, Verstappen got out of his RB22 and punched the air in delight before leaping into the arms of his jubilant race engineers while the pyrotechnics continued to light up the night sky.
Max Verstappen gets a final handshake moments before he got into his race car for the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix on Oct 11. ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
Max Verstappen gets a final handshake moments before he got into his race car for the Formula 1 Singapore Airlines Singapore Grand Prix on Oct 11.
ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG
After waiting more than a decade, he had every reason to bask in this glory. The Singapore Grand Prix is one of the few races that the Dutchman had never won previously, despite coming close thrice as he finished second in 2025, 2024 and 2018.
A day before his maiden Grand Prix triumph here, the Dutchman had clinched the 50th pole of his career after winning the first-ever sprint race in Singapore, as he capped a dominant Saturday.
During the main race, Verstappen was barely troubled other than in the opening sequence. While the Dutchman was slow off the line, he managed to squeeze Leclerc to the inside while heading into the first corner and held on to the lead, which he never came close to relinquishing.
The victory in Singapore is Verstappen’s 73rd career win and just his second of the 2026 season. He had clinched his first victory of the campaign at the previous weekend’s Bahrain Grand Prix in Sepang, Malaysia.
After back-to-back wins on both sides of the Causeway, Verstappen has climbed one spot to fourth in the drivers’ championship standings with 221 points.
Antonelli’s podium spot, coupled with George Russell’s ninth-placed finish, has meanwhile stretched the Italian’s lead at the top over his teammate to 102 points with six races remaining this season.
This means the 20-year-old can seal his maiden F1 title at the United States Grand Prix in Austin on Oct 25 and become the youngest-ever world champion.
When told of the possibility, Antonelli said: “Can I, really? Let’s not worry about that, try to do the best weekend possible and finish the job.”
Verstappen’s victory means that the night race here has now been won from pole position 12 times out of 17 editions and in four consecutive editions since 2023. The Dutchman is also the seventh different winner of the Singapore race in as many editions since 2018.
The 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
The 2025 race was won by Russell, who had also clinched pole in qualifying then. This time, the Briton, who started at the back because of a grid penalty, gained 10 places to secure points in ninth place.
McLaren’s Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri were fourth and fifth respectively, with Ferrari’s Lewis Hamilton sixth. Liam Lawson of Racing Bulls was seventh, Audi’s Nico Hulkenberg eighth and Verstappen’s teammate Isack Hadjar rounded up the top 10.
The night on the track ended with the Dutch national anthem ringing out at the Singapore Grand Prix for the first time, as a delighted Verstappen looked on before hoisting the once-elusive trophy.
A few kilometres away at the Padang and Wharf Stage in Zone 1, pop stars Janet Jackson and Lana Del Rey may have belted out their own hits, but the soundtrack set to carry Verstappen fans long into the night will be far simpler: “Tu-tu-tu-du, Max Verstappen!”
Deepanraj Ganesan is a sports correspondent at The Straits Times focusing on football, athletics, combat sports and policy-related news.
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发布于 2026 年 10 月 11 日晚上 9:45
更新于2026年10月12日凌晨12:58
马克斯·维斯塔潘在九次尝试后，终于在10月11日于滨海湾赢得了他的首个新加坡大奖赛冠军。
他以 1 小时 42 分 00.785 秒的成绩将杆位转化为胜利，查尔斯·勒克莱尔获得第二名，基米·安东内利获得第三名。
这场胜利是维斯塔潘在 2026 赛季的第二场胜利，而安东内利登上领奖台则将他的锦标赛领先优势扩大到 102 分。
新加坡——九次参赛，四次登上领奖台，三次获得亚军，但从未赢得过冠军。
尽管马克斯·维斯塔潘在F1赛场上取得了诸多纪录和成功，但这位四届世界冠军却从未征服过滨海湾街道赛道。
这条狭窄的赛道，超车机会有限，对车手的体能要求极高，对于这位荷兰车手来说，一直是一个难以企及的荣耀。他是F1历史上获得大奖赛冠军次数第三多的车手。
维斯塔潘周末抵达新加坡时，他非常清楚自己在这里还有“未竟之事”。
10 月 11 日，经过 10 次尝试，这位红牛车手终于打破了纪录，征服了滨海湾街道，首次赢得了新加坡航空一级方程式新加坡大奖赛的冠军。
维斯塔潘以精彩的方式庆祝了他职业生涯的第 250 个 F1 大奖赛周末，他用 1 小时 42 分 00.785 秒的成绩将杆位转化为胜利。
法拉利车队的查尔斯·勒克莱尔落后7.335秒，梅赛德斯车队的锦标赛领头羊基米·安东内利在第17届新加坡大奖赛中获得第三名。
当维斯塔潘在跑完 62 圈后冲过终点线时，4.927 公里的赛道上空绽放出绚丽的烟花，为过去一周笼罩在雾霾中的天空注入了一抹急需的色彩。
10月11日，在滨海湾街赛道，观众们正在观看新加坡航空一级方程式新加坡大奖赛。（海峡时报摄影：阿里芬·贾马尔）
10 月 11 日，人群在滨海湾街道赛道观看新加坡航空一级方程式新加坡大奖赛。
圣路易斯照片：阿里芬·贾马尔
29岁的维斯塔潘在赛后表示：“虽然花了些时间，但这场比赛非常棒。我们在软胎和中性胎上都展现出了所需的速度，尽管对所有车手来说，中性胎都有些难以驾驭，但最终还是成功了，所以当然非常高兴能在这里赢得比赛。”
“你总是尽力做到最好，幸运的是，我们的成绩刚刚好。最近几场比赛对我们来说非常积极，这真是太好了。我们团队士气高昂，渴望取得更好的成绩。这是一个非常优秀的团队。我非常享受和他们一起工作，希望我们能在年底前继续享受这段时光。”
维斯塔潘将赛车停稳后，从他的RB22赛车中出来，高兴地挥拳庆祝，然后跳进欢欣鼓舞的赛车工程师们的怀抱，而烟火继续照亮夜空。
10月11日，在F1新加坡航空新加坡大奖赛上，马克斯·维斯塔潘在登上赛车前与车迷们进行了最后的握手。（海峡时报摄影：梁崇俊）
10 月 11 日，在新加坡航空一级方程式大奖赛上，马克斯·维斯塔潘在坐进赛车前与车迷们进行了最后的握手。
《海峡时报》照片：梁崇俊
等待了十多年，他完全有理由享受这份荣耀。新加坡大奖赛是这位荷兰车手此前少数几个从未赢得过的比赛之一，尽管他曾三次与冠军擦肩而过，分别在2025年、2024年和2018年获得亚军。
在赢得他在这里的第一个大奖赛冠军的前一天，这位荷兰车手在新加坡赢得了有史以来第一场冲刺赛，从而获得了他职业生涯的第 50 个杆位，为他统治性的周六画上了圆满的句号。
正赛中，除了起步阶段，维斯塔潘几乎没有遇到任何麻烦。尽管这位荷兰车手起步稍慢，但他还是在进入第一个弯道时成功将勒克莱尔挤到内侧，并守住了领先位置，此后一直保持领先。
新加坡站的胜利是维斯塔潘职业生涯的第73场胜利，也是他2026赛季的第二场胜利。上周末，他在马来西亚雪邦举行的巴林大奖赛上赢得了本赛季的首场胜利。
在堤道两侧连续取得胜利后，维斯塔潘在车手积分榜上上升一位，以 221 分位列第四。
安东内利登上领奖台，加上乔治·拉塞尔获得第九名，使得这位意大利车手在积分榜上领先队友的积分优势扩大到 102 分，而本赛季还剩下六场比赛。
这意味着这位 20 岁的车手可以在 10 月 25 日于奥斯汀举行的美国大奖赛上锁定他的第一个 F1 世界冠军头衔，并成为有史以来最年轻的世界冠军。
当被告知这种可能性时，安东内利说：“我真的能做到吗？我们还是别担心这个了，努力打好这个周末，完成任务吧。”
维斯塔潘的胜利意味着，在新加坡举行的夜间比赛中，杆位发车的车手在过去17届比赛中赢得了12次冠军，并且自2023年以来连续四届都是如此。这位荷兰车手也是自2018年以来，新加坡站比赛七届以来的第七位不同的冠军。
由于新冠肺炎疫情，2020年和2021年的活动被取消。
2025年的比赛由拉塞尔赢得，他当时也在排位赛中拿下杆位。这一次，这位英国车手由于发车位处罚从最后一位起步，最终上升了10个位置，获得第九名，拿到积分。
迈凯伦车队的兰多·诺里斯和奥斯卡·皮亚斯特里分列第四和第五，法拉利车队的刘易斯·汉密尔顿位列第六。Racing Bulls车队的利亚姆·劳森排名第七，奥迪车队的尼科·霍肯伯格排名第八，维斯塔潘的队友伊萨克·哈贾尔位列前十。
赛道上的夜晚以荷兰国歌首次在新加坡大奖赛上奏响而告终，欣喜若狂的维斯塔潘在举起这座曾经梦寐以求的奖杯之前，注视着这一切。
几公里外的1区Padang和Wharf舞台，流行歌星Janet Jackson和Lana Del Rey可能已经演唱过她们自己的热门歌曲，但即将陪伴Verstappen的粉丝们度过漫漫长夜的背景音乐却要简单得多：“嘟嘟嘟嘟，Max Verstappen！”
Deepanraj Ganesan 是《海峡时报》的体育记者，主要报道足球、田径、格斗运动和政策相关新闻。
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