2024 Singapore Grand Prix

Championship standings

Max Verstappen leads the Drivers’ Championship with 313 points, 59 points ahead of Lando Norris in second, and 78 ahead of Charles Leclerc in third. McLaren, holding 476 points, enters this round as the leader of the Constructors’ Championship from Red Bull Racing and Ferrari, who are second and third with 456 and 425 points, respectively. McLaren leads the Constructors’ Championship for the first time since the 2014 Australian Grand Prix.

Previous race

At the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, McLaren took the lead of the Constructors’ Championship for the first time since 2014, also marking the first time a non-Red Bull team led since 2022. Colapinto scored his first F1 points in eighth, becoming the first Argentine to score since Reutemann in 1982, while Bearman became the first driver to score for two different teams in his first two races. Norris reduced his deficit to Verstappen to 59 points.

Entrants

Kevin Magnussen returns to the grid at Haas, having served his one-race ban during the preceding Azerbaijan Grand Prix, with Oliver Bearman returning to his role as reserve driver.

Milestones

This Grand Prix marks Lewis Hamilton’s 350th and Carlos Sainz Jr.’s 200th Grand Prix starts, respectively.

Weather

Clear conditions are expected for race day.

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli brings the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds (the softest three in their range), designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively.

Track changes

A fourth DRS zone is added between turns 14 and 16, in the same section of the circuit that was reconfigured for the previous edition.

Practice

The first free practice session is topped by Charles Leclerc of Ferrari ahead of Lando Norris of McLaren and Leclerc’s teammate Carlos Sainz Jr. The second free practice session is topped by Norris ahead of Leclerc and Sainz. The third practice session is topped by Norris ahead of George Russell of Mercedes and Oscar Piastri of McLaren.