Verstappen Wins Singapore GP as Russell's Penalty Chaos and Antonelli Scare Rock Mercedes Weekend

Max Verstappen claimed victory at the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix at Marina Bay, with Charles Leclerc in close pursuit during the race, according to live updates from Crash.net. Lewis Hamilton, who had featured on the podium during the race, tumbled off late on, per Sky Sports F1, capping a dramatic afternoon of action on the streets of Singapore.

Mercedes endured a torrid build-up to the race. George Russell was handed an additional 20-place grid penalty just hours before lights out, bringing his total demotion to 60 places on the starting grid, according to Motorsport.com. The team's troubles did not end there — Kimi Antonelli was hit with a major pre-race scare in the moments just before the formation lap was due to begin, with chaos reportedly erupting on the Mercedes garage's section of the grid.

Off the track, controversy lingered from the sprint race weekend, with Alpine's Pierre Gasly publicly questioning the FIA stewards' decision not to penalise Lando Norris for his collision with Oscar Piastri on the final lap of the sprint. "We've got stewards for that. They made up their minds. Whatever the ref says, the ref is right," Gasly said, in comments reported by Motorsport.com as a pointed, if diplomatically coded, expression of frustration.

On a lighter note, one of the weekend's more talked-about moments came on the grid, where Sky Sports F1 commentator and former driver Martin Brundle finally secured an interview with Kim Kardashian, years after the reality star famously brushed him off during a Monaco Grand Prix grid walk. Brundle was characteristically self-deprecating about the original snub, asking "Did I not know the rules?" according to Crash.net, as the pair put the awkward encounter firmly behind them.