F1 Driver Form: Singapore Grand Prix

Four previous Singapore Grand Prix winners are on the 2024 grid, Tsunoda is yet to finish a race here and Magnussen has set the fastest lap in two Marina Bay races. Here’s everything you need to know about each driver’s history at the Singapore Grand Prix!

🇳🇱 Max VERSTAPPEN

Max Verstappen has finished on the podium at the Singapore Grand Prix twice, with a second place finish in 2018 and third in 2019. He retired in 2017 after being sandwiched by the two Ferrari drivers on the run to the first corner. That’s the only time he’s failed to score on his seven appearances.

The 2023 Singapore Grand Prix weekend was one to forget to Red Bull, with Verstappen’s dominant streak ending with a fifth place finish. On Saturday, he lost his 100% Q3 appearance rate at the track, setting the 11^th fastest time in Q2.

Verstappen started on the front row in both 2017 and 2018 but has failed to qualify in the top seven in the last two races here. He qualified only eighth in 2022 after being told to abort his final fast lap due to a lack of fuel. 2016 and 2022 are the only years in which Verstappen has failed to out-qualify his team-mate here, while 2019 marked the first time that Verstappen finished the event in a better position than where he started.

MAX VERSTAPPEN’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇲🇽 Sergio PEREZ

After failing to score in the previous two Marina Bay races in 2018 and 2019, Sergio Perez became a Singapore Grand Prix winner in 2022. His win is the only time he finished in the top four at Marina Bay Street Circuit. The two aforementioned non-scores – one of which, 2019, is only DNF to date at the circuit – are the only times that he has failed to score from his 11 Singapore Grand Prix appearances.

Perez has qualified in the top ten only three times in Singapore, in 2016, 2018 and 2022. He qualified on the front row in 2022, marking the first time he had qualified in the top six at the venue. It was also only the second time he started from the top ten, after 2018. In 2016, he picked up a grid penalty for ignoring yellow flags. 2023 was the first time since 2016 that Perez failed to out-qualify his team-mate here.

Perez has gained at least one position from where he started on all but two of his 11 Singapore appearances. Of the nine races he’s finished at the track, the 2018 Singapore Grand Prix is the only one in which he’s finished in a worse position than where he started. He gained six or more places in every race at the track between 2013 and 2017.

SERGIO PEREZ’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇬🇧 Lewis HAMILTON

Lewis Hamilton has won the Singapore Grand Prix on four occasions – in 2009, 2014, 2017 and 2018 – and has a further three podium finishes here (all third places, in 2009, 2016 and 2023).

Hamilton has finished outside of the top five here only four times – with ninth place in 2022 and three retirements, the most notable of which came in 2012 when he was leading the race with McLaren.

Hamilton has taken pole position for the Singapore Grand Prix four times, most recently in 2018, and has started from the front row six times overall. He has a 100% Q3 appearance rate at the track and has never qualified outside of the top five.

2011, 2013, 2016 and 2023 are the only years in which Hamilton has been out-qualified by a team-mate here, while 2017 and 2023 are the only years that Hamilton has gained positions from where has started.

LEWIS HAMILTON’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇬🇧 George RUSSELL

George Russell is yet to score a point at the Singapore Grand Prix. After failing to finish the race in 2019 following a collision with Romain Grosjean, Russell finished only 14^th in 2022. He was in contention for the win in 2023 but crashed out on the final lap while hunting down second-placed Lando Norris.

Russell qualified on the front row at the Singapore Grand Prix in 2023. It marked the first time he reached Q3 at Marina Bay Street Circuit. He qualified on the back row in 2019 and started from the pit lane in 2022. 2022 is the only season in which Russell has failed to out-qualify his team-mate here.

GEORGE RUSSELL’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇲🇨 Charles LECLERC

Charles Leclerc has scored points on all four appearances to date at the Singapore Grand Prix but is yet to win at Marina Bay Street Circuit despite taking two pole positions. He recorded his first podium at the track in 2019 with a second place finish and finished as runner-up again in 2022. He came home fourth last year.

Leclerc is the only driver to record successive pole positions at the Singapore Grand Prix, doing so by taking pole for the 2019 and 2022 races. 2023, when his Ferrari team-mate Carlos Sainz secured the fastest qualifying time, was the first time Leclerc was out-qualified by his team-mate at Marina Bay Street Circuit.

CHARLES LECLERC’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇪🇸 Carlos SAINZ

In 2023, Carlos Sainz became the only non-Red Bull driver to win a Grand Prix all season by taking the second victory of his career at the Singapore Grand Prix. Carlos Sainz has a 100% finish rate at Marina Bay Street Circuit and has scored points on five of his seven appearances.

His 2023 Singapore Grand Prix win came one year after he recorded his first podium result at the Marina Bay track with third place. Prior to that, the Spaniard’s best result here came with Toro Rosso at the circuit in 2017, where he finished in fourth place. He also finished within the points in 2015 and 2018. He’s yet to finish outside of the top 14 positions at the track.

Sainz has reached Q3 at the Marina Bay Street Circuit on five occasions, and secured his first pole position at the track last year. It was the first time he qualified in the top three here. Sainz finished where he started in 2023 and gained just one position in the 2022 race – prior to that he had always finished at least either four positions better or four positions worse than where he qualified at the venue, gaining positions more often than not.

CARLOS SAINZ’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇬🇧 Lando NORRIS

Lando Norris has scored points on all three of his Singapore Grand Prix appearances to date, recording his first podium finish at Marina Bay Street Circuit in 2023 with a second place finish. After finishing seventh in 2019, he came home in fourth place in 2022.

He also recorded his best qualifying result at the track last year with fourth place, maintaining his 100% Q3 appearance record at the venue. He’s out-qualified his team-mate here in each of the last two seasons and gained two places from where he has started on every Singapore Grand Prix appearance to date.

LANDO NORRIS’ SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇦🇺 Oscar PIASTRI

Oscar Piastri finished in seventh place on his first appearance at Marina Bay Street Circuit in the 2023 Singapore Grand Prix. That was despite being eliminated in Q1 and qualifying only 17^th when a late-session crash for Lance Stroll prevented him from setting a final lap time.

OSCAR PIASTRI’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇪🇸 Fernando ALONSO

Fernando Alonso recorded one of Formula 1’s most controversial wins at the inaugural Singapore Grand Prix in 2008, with his run to victory aided by his team-mate deliberately crashing. Alonso went on to win the event again in 2010, this time in less controversial circumstances. Alonso won the race by just 0.293 seconds – which remains one of the smallest win margins in recent F1 history.

In addition to his two wins, Alonso has taken a further three podium finishes – the most recent a second place result with Ferrari in 2013.

From his 13 appearances, Alonso has failed to finish the Singapore Grand Prix three times – in 2015, 2017 and 2022 – and failed to score in 2023, coming home only 15^th.

2010 is the only time that Alonso has taken pole at Marina Bay Street Circuit, as well as the only time he has started in the top four at the track. He qualified fifth for the fourth time at the circuit in 2022. 2013 is the only year in which Alonso has been out-qualified by a team-mate in Singapore.

In the ten races which he has finished at the circuit, 2023 was the first time that Alonso lost a position from where he has started. He gained positions in every other race he has finished here exceptthe 2010 race, for which he started on pole.

FERNANDO ALONSO’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇨🇦 Lance STROLL

Of races he’s started at Marina Bay Street Circuit, Lance Stroll has a 100% finish rate at the Singapore Grand Prix. In 2022, he recorded his best result at Marina Bay Street Circuit to date with a sixth place finish. It was the first time he scored at the track since his maiden season in 2017, when he finished eighth.

In 2023, a huge crash at the end of Q1 put him out of action for the rest of the race weekend. He recorded his fourth Q1 exits from five appearances in Singapore last year. 2022 is the only time that Stroll has progressed to Q2 at the Singapore Grand Prix, having never otherwise qualified above 17^th place.

He qualified 12^th in 2022, out-qualifying a team-mate at the Marina Bay track for the first time. The Canadian has gained at least three positions from all four of his starts at the track.

LANCE STROLL’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇫🇷 Esteban OCON

Esteban Ocon has failed to finish on all of his last three visits to the Singpaore Grand Prix. He retired in 2018 after colliding with Force India team-mate Sergio Perez, retired in 2022 with engine issues and came to a stop with more mechanical issues in 2023.

Ocon has scored just a single point from his five visits to Singapore thanks to a tenth place finish with Force India in 2017.

2018 marked the first time Ocon reached Q3 at the track, qualifying in ninth place. He recorded his second Q3 appearance here in 2023, recording his best Saturday result to date at the track with eighth place. Last year was also the first time that he out-qualified a team-mate at this circuit.

The Frenchman has gained at least three positions from where he has started in both of his finishes so far at the Singapore Grand Prix.

ESTEBAN OCON’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇫🇷 Pierre GASLY

Pierre Gasly scored at the Singapore Grand Prix for the first time in 2019 and has finished in the top ten on every appearance since. Gasly holds a 100% points-record at Marina Bay Street Circuit, having finished 13^th in his first race here in 2018. He recorded his best Singapore Grand Prix result to date in 2023 with a sixth place finish.

Gasly reached Q3 at the Singapore Grand Prix for the first time in 2022. He has been eliminated in Q2 on every other appearance at the track. In 2022, he qualified seventh, out-qualifying his team-mate for the third time in his three appearances. 2023 was the first time his team-mate out-qualified him in Singapore.

2022 was the first time Gasly failed to finish in a better position than where he started at Marina Bay Street Circuit. He has gained at least two positions on every other outing, including a gain of six places in 2023.

PIERRE GASLY’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇹🇭 Alex ALBON

Alex Albon finished sixth on his first Singapore Grand Prix appearance in 2019 with Red Bull. He finished where he started, having failed to out-qualify his team-mate. It remains his only points-scoring visit to the track to date.

Albon has out-qualified his team-mate in each of the last two seasons at the Singapore Grand Prix. He exited in Q1 with Williams in 2022, qualifying on the back row, but reached Q2 in 2023. After failing to finish in 2023, Albon finished 14^th last year.

ALEX ALBON’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇦🇷 Franco COLAPINTO

Franco Colapinto has not raced at Marina Bay Street Circuit before.

🇯🇵 Yuki TSUNODA

Yuki Tsunoda is yet to finish the Singapore Grand Prix, having retired on each of his first two appearances at Marina Bay Street Circuit.

He is yet to out-qualify his team-mate here. Tsunoda reached Q3 in 2022 and qualified in tenth place but could qualify no higher than 15^th in 2023.

YUKI TSUNODA’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇦🇺 Daniel RICCIARDO

Daniel Ricciardo finished on the Singapore Grand Prix podium for four consecutive seasons between 2014 and 2017, finishing as runner-up three times. The closest he came to winning the race was in 2016, when he hunted Nico Rosberg down to the line.

Ricciardo has retired only once at the circuit, in 2013, while 2019 marked the first time he failed to score points at the circuit since then. He finished fifth on his most recent appearance at the Singapore Grand Prix with McLaren in 2022.

Ricciardo has started from the front row at the track twice, in 2014 and 2016, and 2022 is his only appearances at the track since 2013 in which he has failed to reach Q3. 2017, 2018 and 2022 are the only years that Ricciardo has been out-qualified by a team-mate at Marina Bay Street Circuit. He has never lost a position from where he has started in all eight races that he has finished at the track and gained an impressive 11 positions on his last outing here in 2022.

DANIEL RICCIARDO’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇫🇮 Valtteri BOTTAS

Valtteri Bottas’ third place at the 2017 Singapore Grand Prix is his only podium finish at the event so far in his career. In the last seven Marina Bay races, Bottas has finished in the top five four times, recording his only retirements here in 2016 and 2023. He finished outside the points on both of his first appearances and finished 11^th on his first appearance with Alfa Romeo at the venue in 2022.

2022 was the first time since 2016 that Bottas failed to reach Q3 at the Singapore Grand Prix. He has qualified in 16^th in each of the last two seasons. These were his first Q1 exits at the track, equalling his worst qualifying result, which he previously recorded in 2013. His best qualifying result here in fourth, recorded in 2018.

VALTTERI BOTTAS’ SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇨🇳 ZHOU Guanyu

Zhou Guanyu retired on his maiden Singapore Grand Prix appearance in 2022. He out-qualified his team-mate, reaching Q2 and qualifying in 15^th place. He did not out-qualify Valtteri Bottas in 2023 and, after exiting in Q1, started the race from the pit lane. He gained seven positions over the course of the race and finished 12^th.

ZHOU GUANYU’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇩🇰 Kevin MAGNUSSEN

Kevin Magnussen picked up his first point in Singapore in 2023 since 2016 with a tenth place finish. Magnussen has scored at the Singapore Grand Prix three times in total, with all three of those occasions (2014, 2016 and 2023) being tenth place finishes.

From seven previous appearances, 2017 is the only time that Magnussen has failed to reach the chequered flag. Magnussen set the fastest lap of the race in both the 2018 and 2019 Marina Bay races but, as he did not finish in the top ten, he did not gain the extra point for doing so.

There have been only four occasions on which Magnussen has made it out of Q1 in Singapore: including in each of the last two seasons. He also did so in 2019, when he reached Q2. In addition to the last two years, he reached Q3 on his first appearance at Marina Bay Street Circuit in 2014. Magnussen recorded his best qualifying result to date at the track in 2023 with sixth place.

2016 is the only year in which Magnussen has finished the Singapore Grand Prix in a better position than where he started.

KEVIN MAGNUSSEN’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY

🇩🇪 Nico HULKENBERG

Nico Hulkenberg has scored points on five of his ten Singapore Grand Prix appearances but has never finished above ninth place. He has finished ninth at Marina Bay Street Circuit on three occasions – in 2013, 2014 and 2019. He recorded three successive retirements here in 2015, 2016 and 2017. His 14^th place in 2012 and 13^th in 2023 are the only other times that he has failed to pick up points at the venue.

Hulkenberg did not qualify in the top ten at the Singapore Grand Prix until 2016, but since then has qualified in the top ten on all five appearances with a best result of seventh in 2017. Hulkenberg has never recorded a Q1 exit here, having reached Q2 on all five appearances prior to 2016. He has been out-qualified by his team-mate on his last two appearances here, having not been prior to that since 2013.

NICO HULKENBERG’S SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX HISTORY