F1 Singapore GP: The Last Five Winners at Marina Bay

Formula 1 returns to Marina Bay for the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix. Strategic tyre management and track position are very important here, particularly in a circuit where there are limited opportunities to overtake. 

In fact, the last three winners at Singapore started from pole position. If you're in the front, get off to a great start, and manage your tyres well, chances are you're going to emerge victorious here.

George Russell set the all-time fastest lap at the Marina Bay Street Circuit. The Mercedes driver qualified for pole position in 2025 with a lap of 1:29.158.  

Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton holds the fastest single race lap at Singapore. In 2025, the Ferrari driver finished Lap 48 with a record time of 1:33.808.

George Russell suffered another engine failure that forced him to retire last weekend in Malaysia. But he has a chance to bounce back in Singapore, where he won from pole last year.

The Mercedes driver surprised everyone with a stonking lap in qualifying to get ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen and McLaren's Oscar Piastri. On race day, he held the lead into Turn 1, and it became all about tyre management from there. 

With clean air as his biggest advantage, Russell controlled the pace, dictated the pit stop timing, and won by over five seconds over his nearest rival.

Of these five races, Lando Norris's win in 2024 was the most dominant one. 

The British driver started from pole, but during that year, he had a problem with fumbling his starts. But Norris held Verstappen behind him through Turn 1 and immediately began creating a big gap.

In the end, Norris won the race by a mile (or two), finishing 20.945 seconds ahead of Verstappen.

If you want to find out just how important track position and tyre management are here, we encourage you to rewatch Carlos Sainz Jr's strategic masterclass in the 2023 Singapore GP.

Sainz started from pole, but he wasn't able to get away from the pack. The two Mercedes cars pitted late and were on pace to overtake Sainz towards the end of the race. To defend against the charging Mercedes, Sainz slowed down and gave Norris DRS, allowing the latter to defend against Russell and Hamilton.

The strategy slowed down the Mercedes, with Russell crashing into the barriers at Turn 10 on the final lap. 

It was a brilliant strategic masterclass that gave Sainz his first victory in Singapore.

Heavy rain delayed the 2022 Singapore GP start by over an hour. When the race started, the track remained slippery enough that everyone started on intermediate tyres. 

Sergio Perez started from second, but managed to overtake Ferrari's Charles Leclerc into Turn 1. The Red Bull driver was even handed a five-second penalty for falling too far behind the Safety Car, but his 7.5-second gap over Leclerc helped him keep the win.

Ferrari brought currently third-placed Sebastian Vettel for an earlier stop on Lap 19, ahead of Leclerc, who was leading the race. The team explained that they pitted Vettel first to protect him from a threat in their pit window. However, Vettel's pace on fresh tyres was so strong that he came out ahead of Leclerc. 

The race came down to three Safety Car periods, but Vettel controlled each restart. It was Vettel's fifth win in Singapore.

Red Bull's Max Verstappen has been on the podium in the last four races, including that scintillating win at the Sepang International Circuit. The Red Bulls have shown their superior pace recently, and Verstappen should be the favorite to win in Singapore this year.

Don't count out Mercedes, though. They're still the most balanced cars on the grid, especially the one that Kimi Antonelli drives.