Red Bull Racing had won every Formula 1 race in 2023 up to the Singapore Grand Prix, but by its end, that would be the case no longer.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz started on pole position for the race, and he’d take it home for a victory on Sunday for his second-ever Formula 1 win. He had to fight hard at the very end of the race to secure it, fending off McLaren’s Lando Norris and Mercedes’ Lewis Hamilton to round out the podium.
The race started out with a safety car early when Williams’ Logan Sargeant crashed into a barrier, re-joining the race but leaving too much debris. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen had moved up to eighth place, but he stayed out on hard tires and ended up unable to fight with the top of the pack. He ended up finishing 5th, breaking his 11-race win streak.
Drama unfolded in the final laps when Sainz, Norris, Hamilton and Mercedes driver George Russell were all fighting for first place. On the final lap (Lap 62), Russell was in third and set to podium before he hit a barrier, rendering him unable to finish the race and causing him to slide all the way down to 16th place.
Here’s how the standings shook out in Marina Bay:
- Carlos Sainz (Ferrari)
- Lando Norris (McLaren)
- Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes)
- Charles Leclerc (Ferrari)
- Max Verstappen (Red Bull)
- Pierre Gasly (Alpine)
- Oscar Piastri (McLaren)
- Sergio Perez (Red Bull)
- Liam Lawson (AlphaTauri)
- Kevin Magnussen (Haas)
- Alexander Albon (Williams)
- Guanyu Zhou (Alfa Romeo)
- Nico Hulkenberg (Haas)
- Logan Sargeant (Williams)
- Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin)
- George Russell (Mercedes) [DNF]
- Valtteri Bottas (Alfa Romeo) [DNF]
- Esteban Ocon (Alpine) [DNF]
- Yuki Tsunoda (AlphaTauri) [DNF]