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Formula 1 · 2026 season

A 350 km/h car.
Why is it so good?

From front wing to rear wing, see why every part looks the way it does. Then meet this year's 11 teams and 22 drivers, six classic circuits and the world champions of the last ten seasons.

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McLarenMCL40

Side view of the 2026 McLaren MCL40
11
teams
22
drivers
23
Grands Prix
350+
km/h top speed

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01 — Car teardown

One car, nine parts

Current car: McLaren MCL40

Wheelbase
3,400 mm max
Width
1,900 mm max
Minimum weight
768 kg
Downforce
About 30% less than the last generation
Drag
About 55% less than the last generation

2026 technical regulations · FIA

02 — Teams

The 11 teams of 2026

The 2026 McLaren MCL40, right side

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MCL40

McLaren

Car
MCL40
Base
Woking, United Kingdom
Power unit
Mercedes
Constructors' titles
10

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03 — Drivers

The 22 drivers of 2026

Full-length photo of Lando Norris, front

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1

Lando Norris

Nationality
United Kingdom
Race number
1
Team
McLaren
Car
MCL40
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04 — Circuits

Six circuits, six different characters

Official map of the Singapore circuit with turn numbers and the three timing sectors
  • Sector 1
  • Sector 2
  • Sector 3
  • Straight Mode Zonewhere the front and rear wings flatten to cut drag
  • Overtake Modewithin one second of the car ahead at detection, extra electrical power is available after activation
  • Speed trapwhere top speed is measured

Official circuit map · image © Formula 1

Illustrative 3D model of the Singapore circuit
AI illustration, not the real circuit layout

Marina Bay Street Circuit

Lap length
4.927 km
Race laps
62
Turns
19
First Grand Prix
2008

Fastest race lap

1:33.808

Lewis Hamilton · 2025

Formula 1's first night race, and one of the most physically demanding. The track runs through the city streets around Marina Bay under floodlights, and the heat and humidity mean drivers lose a lot of fluid over a race distance.

Key corner

Anderson Bridge and Turn 13

The cars cross the Anderson Bridge, which is more than a century old, and go straight into a left-hand hairpin, one of the slowest points on the lap.

In depth

Singapore Grand Prix in depth

Sixteen editions of poles and winners, from the first night race in 2008 to 2025, plus what this circuit asks of drivers and cars, in numbers.

Poles and winners

Won from pole
11 / 16
In 11 of 16 races the polesitter went on to win
Most wins
Sebastian Vettel
5 wins (2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019)
Most poles
Vettel · Hamilton
4 each
Win from furthest back
15th on the grid
Fernando Alonso, 2008
Winners of the last ten years (2016–2025)
  1. 2025George RussellMercedesFrom pole
  2. 2024Lando NorrisMcLarenFrom pole
  3. 2023Carlos SainzFerrariFrom pole
  4. 2022Sergio PérezRed BullFrom P2
  5. 2019Sebastian VettelFerrariFrom P3
  6. 2018Lewis HamiltonMercedesFrom pole
  7. 2017Lewis HamiltonMercedesFrom P5
  8. 2016Nico RosbergMercedesFrom pole
Every edition

Not held in 2020 and 2021. Qualifying and the race for 2026 are on 10 and 11 October. Source: formula1.com results archive (qualifying, starting grid and race result checked year by year)

Heat, humidity and wind

Singapore sits almost on the equator, and the temperature barely drops after dark. With so little wind, the heat and humidity have nowhere to go.

October mean temperature
27.9 °C
Daily high 31.8 °C, low 25.0 °C on average
October mean humidity
81.5%
Ranges from 61.4% to 95.2% through the day
October mean wind speed
1.6 m/s
Inter-monsoon period, light and variable
Rainy days in October
15 days
168.3 mm in the month
Track temperature at night
30–35 °C
Pirelli preview
2026 weekend forecast
26–33 °C
Wind 5–10 km/h, gusts 20–30 km/h; 30–40% chance of rain

Sources: Meteorological Service Singapore climate normals 1991–2020; formula1.com 2026 weather forecast and tyre preview

What it asks of the driver

Nineteen corners with almost no straight to rest on, walls on both sides, and the heat and humidity on top. The FIA has declared a Heat Hazard for both the Sprint and the Race this year.

Cockpit temperature
60 °C
Formula 1 feature, 2019
Body weight lost in a race
Up to 3 kg
Formula 1's figure; Mercedes says up to 5 kg
Heat Hazard threshold
Heat Index 31.0 °C
Declared when the forecast exceeds it; Singapore 2025 was the first ever
Braking events per lap
11
24% of the race spent braking, the highest of the season
Peak pedal load
110 kg
Turn 1, 4 g of deceleration
Race duration
1:40:22
2025. Before the layout change, 4 races were cut short by the two-hour limit

Sources: FIA 2026 Singapore Heat Hazard declaration; formula1.com; Brembo 2026 Singapore brake facts; Mercedes-AMG F1

What it asks of the car: downforce, drag, brakes

With so many slow corners, teams run maximum downforce, which also means maximum drag, so top speeds are among the lowest of the year. There is no DRS in 2026. Straight Mode flattens the wings to cut drag instead.

Downforce level
Maximum
Williams technical brief
Straight Mode zones
5
FIA 2026 circuit map; Overtake detection at Turn 17 entry
Highest race speed
320.0 km/h
2025, Intermediate 1 (Albon); speed trap 305.8 km/h
Time at full throttle
47.2%
Of lap time, 2025 cars
Brake difficulty
5 / 5
Brembo's 2026 rating
Hardest stop
298 → 144 km/h
Turn 1, in 1.9 s and 107 m
Tyre compounds
C3 · C4 · C5
Pirelli's three softest
Pit stop time loss
22.44 s
Pit lane limit 80 km/h

Sources: FIA 2026 Singapore event documents and 2025 race speed records; Brembo; Pirelli; Williams Racing; Mercedes-AMG F1; formula1.com

Difficulty and what to watch

A street circuit has no run-off, so one mistake puts you in the wall. This year is also Singapore's first Sprint weekend.

Sprint
21 laps
A first for Singapore, and the last Sprint of 2026
Safety Car
Every one of the first 14 races
None at all in 2024 or 2025
Best overtaking spot
Turn 7
58 overtakes in the 2025 race
Pole to Turn 1 braking point
198 m
A heavy stop comes almost at once
Floodlights
About 1,600
About four times brighter than a typical stadium
2023 layout change
23 turns → 19
Four corners became a 397.9 m straight, and the race became 62 laps

Sources: formula1.com 2026 previews and circuit guide; Mercedes-AMG F1; McLaren; Singapore GP organisers

The roads that close

The rest of the year the circuit is public road around Marina Centre and the Padang. It closes in phases for almost a week.

Closures begin
Wed 7 Oct, 12:01 am
All roads reopen
Tue 13 Oct, 5:30 am
Roads closed
Raffles Boulevard · Raffles Avenue
Republic Boulevard · Esplanade Drive · St Andrew's Road · Nicoll Highway · Stamford Road · Bayfront Avenue
Direction
Anti-clockwise
4.927 km per lap

Source: Land Transport Authority (LTA) 2026 road closure notice and map; road names read from the map

05 — World champions

World champions of the last ten seasons

2025 Lando Norris

2025

Lando Norris

Team
McLaren
Nationality
United Kingdom
Championship
1st title
Constructors' champion
McLaren
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The 2026 season is under way and will be added once the title is decided. Photos are official portraits from the title-winning year, except 2017 and 2018, which use the 2019 portrait.

Background photo: the champion with the drivers' title trophy at the 2025 FIA prize-giving. Photo: FIA / DPPI