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2026 Singapore Grand Prix - [SPRINT] discussion thread ๐ŸŽ๏ธ

ROUND 18: ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore


FORMULA 1 SINGAPORE AIRLINES SINGAPORE GRAND PRIX 2026


Weekend Schedule

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  • Practice 1: Friday, 10:30 CEST | 08:30 UTC
  • Sprint Qualifying: Friday, 14:30 CEST | 12:30 UTC
  • Sprint: Saturday, 11:00 CEST | 09:00 UTC
  • Qualifying: Saturday, 15:00 CEST | 13:00 UTC
  • Race: Sunday, 14:00 CEST | 12:00 UTC

Circuit stats & Tyres


  • First Grand Prix: 2008
  • Number of laps: 62
  • Circuit Length: 4.940 km
  • Race Distance: 306.143 km
  • Lap record: 1:31.863 Lewis Hamilton (2025)
  • 2025 Pole: Lando Norris (1:29.525)
  • 2025 Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton (1:31.863)
  • 2025 winner: Lando Norris
  • Pirelli Tyres: C3 (Hard) โšช, C4 (Medium) ๐ŸŸก, C5 (Soft) ๐Ÿ”ด
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piefed.social

I'm far from a George Russell fan but this is getting sad. How unlucky can one guy get?

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Etnaphelereply
lemmy.world

What has luck to do with his poor mistake today? Heโ€™s pretty unlucky lately, but that should not distract ourselves from the fact that heโ€™s a mediocre driver

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Oh, you don't need to tell me about how good or bad he is. Mediocre might be a bit harsh but contrarily to his fans he's not on the level to be in the WDC fight on merit.

That said I do consider what happened to him more a case of bad luck than him doing anything particularly egregious. Should've he avoided the white line? Maybe. But you don't know how slippery the white line is until someone slips on it. Even godlike drivers like Verstappen can get caught by the white line and slip. It was just unlucky for Russell to be the first one to that line, that line being slippery and him ending in the wall instead of just spinning out. Had it been any other driver I would say the same thing. I consider it just a case of bad luck, not an indication of poor skill.

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Russell + wet kerb = wall.

Perez experienced Stroll's racecraft.

Hadjar and Colapinto's cars just stopped working.

Edit: Forgot Bottas and Bortoleto. I missed that, not sure.

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Some people have been wishing for points all the way down in sprints. We might get it at this rate.

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murph
lemmy.sdf.org

People complained that sprints were too boring. This was many things, but not boring.

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LCPreply

Wet sprints are a fun watch. Brazil has consistently delivered.

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If we keep going with the DNFs at this rate we won't have any cars left by the end of the race.

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You reached the end