Max Verstappen was in a category of his personal in Singapore final weekend, as he lastly claimed victory on the Marina Bay Road Circuit. However who else impressed our Energy Rankings judges? Try the newest scores and total leaderboard under…
Verstappen had one factor on his thoughts final weekend: profitable across the streets of Singapore on the tenth try. Profiting from Crimson Bull’s current updates, which yielded a primary 2026 win at Sepang the weekend earlier than, the Dutchman was unstoppable via Dash Qualifying, the Dash, major Qualifying and the Grand Prix itself. Our judges deemed it to be an ideal show.
Liam Lawson is preventing for his F1 future as soon as extra as F2 championship contender Nikola Tsolov knocks on the door of a promotion at Racing Bulls. The New Zealander has been doing all he can to maintain maintain of a seat, although, along with his SQ3/Q3 and double factors efficiency at Marina Bay the newest in an extended checklist of spectacular shows.
Charles Leclerc emerged as Verstappen’s closest challenger because the Singapore Grand Prix weekend developed, qualifying second to the four-time World Champion and pushing him laborious over the early laps of the race. Whereas he didn’t fairly have sufficient tempo to problem for the win, second marked a powerful consequence for the Monegasque and Ferrari.
Nico Hulkenberg has simply missed out on factors a number of occasions this season, however the German was twice rewarded for his efforts on the Marina Bay Road Circuit. Whereas Audi couldn’t attain SQ3/Q3, Hulkenberg made the many of the drama forward to bag a few factors within the Dash, after which maturely raced his method to eighth within the Grand Prix – maintaining Mercedes’ George Russell at bay within the closing phases.
Kimi Antonelli had a battle on his palms all through the Singapore weekend, because the Italian pressed on with Mercedes’ current updates whereas crew mate Russell reverted to an older package deal. After a tough Dash Qualifying, Antonelli appeared to make progress in understanding the W17’s new methods in the course of the Dash, earlier than taking a much-improved P4 in major Qualifying after which turning that right into a podium on race day – one which places him getting ready to securing the 2026 title.
Ollie Bearman led the Haas cost once more below the Marina Bay lights, getting the higher of outgoing crew mate Esteban Ocon in each session. The spotlight was a run to P6 – and a few essential factors – in the course of the Dash, the place he pounced on McLaren’s intra-team conflict. Whereas he didn’t have sufficient velocity to attain extra within the Grand Prix, he impressed with some high-quality midfield strikes at unconventional overtaking spots.
Lewis Hamilton had regarded set to affix crew mate Leclerc on the rostrum in Singapore, even after beginning on what proved to be the much less beneficial medium tyres. Nonetheless, whereas Leclerc pitted for contemporary rubber below a mid-race Digital Security Automobile, Hamilton stayed out on the softs he had switched to early within the race – a provisional P3 turning into P6. Within the hours after the chequered flag, Hamilton apologised for taking the technique into his personal palms, admitting that rather more was doable given the uncooked tempo he had displayed.
Oscar Piastri’s weekend began properly with a stable run to P4 in Dash Qualifying, forward of crew mate and reigning World Champion Lando Norris. Drama adopted within the Dash, although, when Norris tagged the Australian right into a spin – and into the wall – on the ultimate lap of the race. Norris held the higher hand once more throughout Qualifying and the Grand Prix, with Piastri’s efforts in the primary occasion hampered by a sluggish puncture.
Whereas Williams’ tough 2026 season continued in Singapore, Carlos Sainz comfortably led the intra-team battle over Alex Albon throughout the weekend. He turned a pit lane begin into P12 within the Dash, made it into Q2 in major Qualifying, after which battled his method to 14th within the Grand Prix, showing to get every little thing he presumably might out of the troubled FW48 machine.
Pierre Gasly as soon as once more caught the attention over one lap final weekend as he dragged his Alpine into SQ3 and Q3, giving himself and the crew an opportunity of scoring some essential factors of their championship battle in opposition to Racing Bulls. He got here agonisingly near doing so in each the Dash (crossing the road ninth) and Grand Prix (inserting eleventh).
Lacking out
Simply lacking out on the Singapore Energy Rankings checklist are Norris, following the collision with Piastri that he has since apologised for, and Isack Hadjar, who climbed from the pit lane to factors on race day after a weekend hampered by technical issues.
