Verstappen wins Singapore Grand Prix for first time
The Dutchman completes a dominant race weekend with his first victory on the street circuit.
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Max Verstappen won the Singapore Grand Prix on Sunday. The Red Bull driver secured his first victory in Singapore after winning Saturday’s sprint race and taking pole position.
Verstappen held the lead from the start at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. According to NOS’s live coverage, Charles Leclerc was close behind him, with Lewis Hamilton and Kimi Antonelli behind. The Dutchman resisted the initial pressure and extended his lead in the early stages.
The victory is significant because Singapore was one of the few circuits on the current Formula 1 calendar where Verstappen had never won a Grand Prix. He had previously stood on the podium there several times, but a victory had eluded him.
The weekend had already begun strongly for Verstappen. On Saturday, he won the first sprint race in Singapore, an event that started later because of rain and in which Mercedes driver George Russell briefly took the lead. The FIA recorded Verstappen as the winner ahead of Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc.
Later that day, Verstappen also took pole position for the main race. The Red Bull driver therefore started from the front of the grid in a Singapore Grand Prix for the first time. Verstappen built on his victory in Malaysia a week earlier.
The race was also Verstappen’s 250th Grand Prix start. He made his debut in 2015 and had not missed a race since, NOS reported in the build-up to the event. His victory once again shows that Red Bull can challenge for wins again after a difficult start to the season.
The precise consequences for the championship depend on the final points tally and any decisions by the race stewards. It is clear, however, that Verstappen achieved the maximum result in one weekend at a circuit that had never previously brought him a Grand Prix victory before Sunday.
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The central event is supported by current race information and independent live coverage. Details about exact margins and points have been omitted because the official results page had not yet been fully updated.
- confirmed Max Verstappen won the Singapore Grand Prix on 11 October 2026. — Current race information and several new news feeds report the victory; the official F1 results page lists the race and date. source
- confirmed Verstappen had won the sprint race and pole position on Saturday. — The FIA confirms the sprint-race victory; NOS describes the pole position for the main race. source
- confirmed Singapore had not previously been a Grand Prix won by Verstappen before Sunday. — NOS reported in the build-up that Verstappen had never won the Singapore Grand Prix. source
Editor's note
The Grand Prix victory and Verstappen’s first win in Singapore were checked against the current race information and live coverage. Exact margins and championship points have deliberately not been mentioned while the final results page was not yet fully updated.Sources
More on this in Dutch media
- de Volkskrant — „max verstappen”
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- NOS — „max verstappen”