“It will be a long race tomorrow”

• The Grand Prize in Singapore will take place Sunday, October 5, at 3:00 pmand will be able to be watched live on Antena 1 and Antenaplay, and, LiveText, on gsp.ro.

On Saturday, October 4, on the Marina Bay circuit, the qualifications of the big prize in Singapore, the first of the last 7 races of the season were held. Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing), the world champion quadruple, failed the third consecutive pole, but finished the qualifications in the second place.

George Russell, for the second time in Pole Position this season: “I'm very happy”

Instead, the first position on the starting grid will return to George Russell, Pilot who also succeeded this performance at Canada's great prize, when he managed to award his race.

“It will be a long and tiring race tomorrow, but I knew the car has potential. Kimi (Nr Antonelli) has done great the weekend and I changed a lot after seeing what was able to do yesterday afternoon. I am very happy by Pole Position,” said Russell, quoted by BBC Sport.

“I will not be deceived by this first position, it is the best place you can start and it is an advantage here so I like to think I can stay in the lead after the first turn“, The 27 -year -old pilot added before he praised Vertappen.

“Obviously, I am a little disappointed that I did not finish the first, but for us, this weekend has been very good so far. The car was very competitive,” said Verstappen.

Oscar Piastri (McLaren), leader in the pilot ranking, will start from the third position of the starting grid. Here's what the ranking looks like:

Start grid in the big prize in Singapore/Photo: X (F1)

Pilot ranking before the big prize in Singapore

1. Oscar Piastri (McLaren) – 324 points

2. Lando Norris (McLaren) – 299

3. Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing) – 255

4. George Russell (Mercedes) – 212

5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) – 165

6. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) – 121

7. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) – 78

8. Alexander Albon (Williams) – 70

9. Isack Hadjar (Racing Bulls) – 39

10. Nico Hulkenberg (Kick Sauber) – 37

11. Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) – 32

12. Carlos Sainz (Williams) – 31

13. Liam Lawson (Racing Bulls) – 30

14. Fernando Alonso (Aston Martin) – 30

15. Esteban Ocon (Haas) – 28

16. Pierre Gasly (Alpine) – 20

17. Yuki Tsunoda (Red Bull Racing) – 20

18. Gabriel Bortoleto (Kick Sauber) – 18

19. Oliver Bearman (Haas) – 16

20. Franco Colapinto (Alpine) – 0

21. Jack Doohan (Alpine) – 0

The ranking of builders before the big prize in Singapore

1. McLaren – 623 points

2. Mercedes – 290

3. Ferrari – 286

4. Red Bull Racing – 272

5. Williams – 101

6. Racing Bulls – 72

7. Aston Martin – 62

8. Kick Sauber – 55

9. Haas – 44

10. Alpine – 20