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Race
George Russell
1:35.676 Fastest Lap
62 Laps
1st
Kimi Antonelli
1:35.303 Fastest Lap
62 Laps
5th
Qualifying
George Russell
1:29.158 Fastest Lap
18 Laps
1st
Kimi Antonelli
1:29.537 Fastest Lap
17 Laps
4th

The Circuit

From one street track to another. Round 18 of the 2025 F1 World Championship takes the paddock from the shores of the Caspian Sea in Baku to the metropolis and skyscrapers of downtown Singapore.

For the third time this season – after Bahrain and Saudi Arabia – the grid will race under the lights at Marina Bay.

F1’s original night race first appeared on the calendar in 2008, and the circuit has had several different configurations in addition to its current 4.94km layout.

The original 23-turn lap included the famous ‘Singapore Sling’ chicane, which was removed before the 2013 edition of the event.

Turns 11-13 were reprofiled before the 2015 race, and the same applied to turns 16 and 17 in the run up to 2018.

The biggest change in recent years came for 2023, when four corners were removed to create a longer back straight towards the end of the lap.

One of the Toughest Challenges of the Year

“Singapore is an enormous physical and mental challenge,” says Test and Reserve Driver Fred.

“It is a long, intense lap and you are racing at night in hot and humid conditions. You can lose up to 5kg on bodyweight from all that hard work in the race!

“Overtaking is hard, so the strategy calls can be even more crucial. Making the right decisions from the pit wall at the right time can make all the difference.”

  • First GP
    2008
  • Circuit Length
    4.927km
  • Race Distance
    305.474km
  • Laps
    62

Marina Bay Metrics

As Fred says, the pit lane can so often play a real role in deciding the outcome of a Grand Prix in Singapore.

Marina Bay is one of two circuits on the calendar to have a 60km/h pit lane speed limit, along with Monaco.

This, combined with being one of eight tracks to have a pit lane longer than 400m, means the average total pitlane time in Singapore is 24.3 seconds – the second longest of the year after Imola.

Given its tight and twisty nature, it is not surprising that Singapore ranks low in terms of time spent at full throttle during a lap. Just 47.2% of the total lap time (only Monaco and Mexico are lower) and 59.2% of the lap distance (only Monaco is lower) is flat out for the drivers.

The combination of long straights and slow corners does mean that Marina Bay has more heavy-braking events of more than 4G (four) than any other track – apart from Las Vegas – on the 2025 calendar.

Singapore also has the highest level of fuel consumption per kilogram of the season, and only Monaco has a lower top speed than Marina Bay, which sees cars top out at around 314km/h during a lap.

And all of this is done in the hottest average ambient temperatures of the year, with the mercury reaching 29.3C.

You can expect to see the Safety Car, too. The 2024 race was the first in 15 editions to not feature a Safety Car period during the Grand Prix.

Silver Arrows in Singapore

Mercedes has achieved four wins at Marina Bay. Three with Lewis Hamilton (2014, 2017 and 2018) and one with Nico Rosberg in 2016. This number is the joint-most at the Grand Prix with Red Bull and Ferrari.

Sebastian Vettel holds the record for most driver wins in Singapore with five.

Mercedes-Benz Power holds the record for most wins (six) and podiums (14) at the Grand Prix since it was first held in 2008.

F1 ACADEMY racer Doriane Pin will return to action in Singapore for the penultimate round of its 2025 campaign.

The French racer will be looking to increase her 20-point championship lead and could even seal the title if results go her way.

Did You Know?

The Marina Bay circuit circuit requires 1,600 custom-made floodlights to illuminate the track during the night sessions over a Grand Prix weekend.

Designed to minimise glare and meet F1 broadcasting standards, the lights are four times brighter than those in a typical sports stadium.