Leclerc will start ahead of Red Bull’s Sergio Perez and Lewis Hamilton of Mercedes after the one-hour session, which is split into three segments with five cars each being knocked out in Q1 and Q2 before the top-10 shootout of Q3.
Weather conditions were wet under the floodlights, but the track dried in time for cars to run on slicks in Q3. Championship leader Max Verstappen suffered a nightmare when he was forced to abort his final lap, after being ordered to by his team, and he will start down in eighth position.
Singapore Grand Prix qualifying results: Leclerc on pole from Perez
| Cla | Nº | Driver | Car / Engine | Time | Delay [s] |
Delay [%] |
| 1 | 16 | Charles Leclerc | Ferrari | 1’49.412 | – | – |
| 2 | 11 | Sergio Pérez | Red Bull | 1’49.434 | 0.022 | 0.020 |
| 3 | 44 | Lewis Hamilton | Mercedes | 1’49.466 | 0.054 | 0.049 |
| 4 | 55 | Carlos Sainz Jr. | Ferrari | 1’49.583 | 0.171 | 0.156 |
| 5 | 14 | Fernando Alonso | Alpine/Renault | 1’49.966 | 0.554 | 0.506 |
| 6 | 4 | Lando Norris | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’50.584 | 1.172 | 1.071 |
| 7 | 10 | Pierre Gasly | AlphaTauri/Red Bull | 1’51.211 | 1.799 | 1.644 |
| 8 | 1 | Max Verstappen | Red Bull | 1’51.395 | 1.983 | 1.812 |
| 9 | 20 | Kevin Magnussen | Haas/Ferrari | 1’51.573 | 2.161 | 1.975 |
| 10 | 22 | Yuki Tsunoda | AlphaTauri/Red Bull | 1’51.983 | 2.571 | 2.350 |
| 11 | 63 | George Russell | Mercedes | 1’54.012 | 4.600 | 4.204 |
| 12 | 18 | Lance Stroll | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 1’54.211 | 4.799 | 4.386 |
| 13 | 47 | Mick Schumacher | Haas/Ferrari | 1’54.370 | 4.958 | 4.531 |
| 14 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Aston Martin/Mercedes | 1’54.380 | 4.968 | 4.541 |
| 15 | 24 | Zhou Guanyu | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1’55.518 | 6.106 | 5.581 |
| 16 | 77 | Valtteri Bottas | Alfa Romeo/Ferrari | 1’56.083 | 6.671 | 6.097 |
| 17 | 3 | Daniel Ricciardo | McLaren/Mercedes | 1’56.226 | 6.814 | 6.228 |
| 18 | 31 | Esteban Ocon | Alpine/Renault | 1’56.337 | 6.925 | 6.329 |
| 19 | 23 | Alexander Albon | Williams/Mercedes | 1’56.985 | 7.573 | 6.922 |
| 20 | 6 | Nicholas Latifi | Williams/Mercedes | 1’57.532 | 8.120 | 7.421 |
What happened in Singapore Grand Prix Q1?
Lewis Hamilton set the early pace for Mercedes at 1m56.937s, with all cars running intermediates from the off. Team-mate George Russell lowered the P1 time to 1m55.842s before Leclerc set 1m55.054s and then had a quick off-track excursion.
As the track dried, the times tumbled: Hamilton retook top spot with 1m54.689s, which was beaten by Verstappen with 1m54.395s and then Leclerc with 1m54.222s and then 1m54.129s. Hamilton grabbed it back again with 1m53.161s, before Verstappen set an unbeatable 1m53.057s on his last lap.
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