Formula 1: How to watch the Singapore Grand Prix on TV and what to know

SINGAPORE (AP) — Here’s a guide that tells you what you need to know about the Singapore Grand Prix. It’s the 18th of 24 rounds of the 2025 Formula 1 season.

How to watch the Singapore Grand Prix on TV

— In the U.S., on ESPN.

— Other countries are listed here.

Singapore Grand Prix schedule

Sunday: Singapore Grand Prix, 62 laps of the 4.94-kilometer (3.07-mile) Marina Bay Street Circuit. It starts at 8 p.m. local time (8 a.m. ET / 1200 GMT).

Singapore Grand Prix venue

F1 drivers face one of their toughest physical tests of the year on the streets of Singapore. The heat and humidity add an extra dimension to this night race under floodlights. It’s a twisty circuit with barriers close to the track, so crashes are common and the safety car can shake up the race. Lando Norris won there for McLaren last year. Singapore is the only track on this year’s schedule where Max Verstappen has never won.

Qualifying

George Russell took a surprise pole position for Mercedes at a track where he’s never finished on the podium. The momentum stayed with Verstappen in the title fight as he qualified second, ahead of standings leader Oscar Piastri in third, while Norris was only fifth.

Last time out

Verstappen catapulted himself back into the F1 title fight with a dominant win from pole at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix as McLaren had its worst race of the year. Piastri crashed out on the first lap but his standings lead was only trimmed from 31 points to 25 because teammate Norris finished seventh. George Russell took second for Mercedes despite battling illness all week and Carlos Sainz, Jr. was third for Williams’ first podium since 2021. Heading into Sunday’s race, Piastri has 324 points, Norris 299 and Verstappen 255.

Catch up on F1

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George Russell on pole for Singapore Grand Prix as Max Verstappen beats McLarens

— Both Williams cars disqualified from F1 Singapore GP qualifying for technical breach

— Former Red Bull boss Christian Horner is calling F1 team owners, Aston Martin team principal says

— ‘ Heat hazard’ at Singapore GP means F1 drivers must decide on cooling vests

— Max Verstappen wins F1’s Azerbaijan GP after Oscar Piastri crashes on lap 1

— Lewis Hamilton says the death of his dog Roscoe is ‘one of the most painful experiences’

Key stats

1 — Singapore is the only one of the 24 tracks on this season’s schedule where Verstappen hasn’t won a race.

3 — Carlos Sainz, Jr.’s third place for Williams makes him only the second driver in F1 history to finish on the podium for McLaren, Ferrari and Williams, three of the sport’s most storied teams.

6 — After Liam Lawson was fifth and Yuki Tsunoda sixth in Azerbaijan, 19 different drivers have finished in the top six this season. The only exceptions are Franco Colapinto and Jack Doohan, who have no points from their partial seasons with Alpine.

What they’re saying

“Singapore has not been the kindest to me in the past, and that’s been through my own doing the majority of the time. So I’m not going to get carried away with this pole position.” — George Russell.

““Now, finally, the car is a bit more all-round, it seems. We’ve always been, I would say, a little bit weaker on super-high-downforce (circuits), for whatever reason. For us to be this competitive for sure is very promising.” — Max Verstappen.

“I still don’t know if I’m going to use it. I used it yesterday. I think the problem with the suit is it’s great when it works, but if it fails, it’s even worse than not having it.” — Oscar Piastri on the cooling vests which have divided drivers.

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