Verstappen could take his first Marina Bay win on his 250th successive start, Hamilton could equal Vettel’s Singapore win and podium records and five different teams could take pole at five successive races for the first time since 2005. Here are the milestones and the records which could be broken at the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix!
The 2026 Singapore Grand Prix Milestones
The 2026 Singapore Grand Prix will be the 1,166th race in World Championship history.
The 2026 Singapore Grand Prix will be the sixth and final Sprint weekend of the 2026 F1 season. This will be the 30th Sprint event in total and marks the first time that Marina Bay Street Circuit will host the Sprint format.
The Sprint race will mark the first time that F1 races before sunset in Singapore.
This will be the 17th time that Formula 1 has raced in Singapore. It will be the 17th Singapore Grand Prix held at Marina Bay Street Circuit since the circuit joined the calendar in 2008.
The 2026 Singapore Grand Prix will be the 25th Singapore Grand Prix since the event was first held – as a non-championship race – in 1966.
This is the third F1 race to take place on October 11, after the 2015 Russian Grand Prix and the 2020 Eifel Grand Prix.
Max Verstappen makes his 250th Grand Prix start this weekend, becoming the 15th driver to have made as many as 250 starts in Formula 1. He becomes only the second driver – after Lewis Hamilton – to have started as many as 250 successive Grands Prix.
The Formula 1 Records Which Could Be Broken
Marina Bay Street Circuit is one of only two circuits on the 2026 calendar at which Max Verstappen has never previously won, along with the Madring in Spain. A win this weekend would make Marina Bay the 27th different circuit at which Verstappen has won during his Formula 1 career.
Marina Bay Street Circuit is one of only three circuits on the 2026 calendar – along with the Madring and Las Vegas Strip Circuit – at which Max Verstappen has never previously taken pole position. A pole this weekend would make this the 24th different track at which Verstappen has secured pole, overtaking Sebastian Vettel for second place on the list of most different circuits at which a driver has taken pole.
Alpine, McLaren, Mercedes and Red Bull have taken the last four pole positions in the 2026 season. A pole for any other constructor this weekend would make this the first time that five different teams have taken pole at five successive races since the five races between the 2005 Monaco and French Grands Prix, when McLaren, Williams, BAR, Toyota and Renault all secured pole. It would be only the seventh time it has happened in F1 history. It would equal the longest-ever streak of different teams on pole position in Formula 1.
A podium finish for Lando Norris would see him become the 19th driver to reach 50 top three finishes in Formula 1, equalling Jenson Button for 18th on the all-time list. He would also overtake Lewis Hamilton for fifth place on the list of most podium finishes with McLaren, as well as equalling Button for fourth place on the list of most top three results for a British driver.
If Oscar Piastri or Charles Leclerc win, they will join a list of eight other drivers who have won as many as ten Grands Prix without ever winning the title.
A sixth place finish for Carlos Sainz or Fernando Alonso will see them equal Felipe Massa for the most sixth place finishes in F1 history. Massa recorded 27 sixth place finishes during his career, while Sainz and Alonso have had 26 to date.
With Kimi Antonelli having taken his maiden win at the 2026 Chinese Grand Prix, there are now 13 previous Grand Prix winners on the grid. If another driver takes a maiden victory this year, the next race will be the first time since the 1980 British Grand Prix that as many as 14 previous winners have lined up on the grid.
A pole position for Charles Leclerc would see him equal Nigel Mansell for eighth on the list of most poles with a single team. Mansell took 28 poles with Williams during his career, while Leclerc has taken 27 poles with Ferrari to date.
A podium finish for Charles Leclerc this weekend would see him equal Rubens Barrichello and Sebastian Vettel on the list of most top three finishes with Ferrari.
A Grand Slam for Max Verstappen or Lewis Hamilton – winning from pole position having led every lap and set the fastest lap – would be their seventh Grand Slam. It would see them take outright second place on the list of most Grand Slams in F1, behind only Jim Clark.
A third place finish for Lewis Hamilton or Charles Leclerc would make Ferrari the first constructor to record 300 third place finishes in Formula 1.
The Singapore Grand Prix Records On Offer
Sebastian Vettel’s record of five Singapore Grand Prix victories could be equalled this weekend by Lewis Hamilton. Meanwhile, victory for Sergio Perez, Carlos Sainz, Lando Norris or George Russell would make them the fourth driver to have taken multiple wins at Marina Bay Street Circuit.
Hamilton will also equal Vettel’s record of eight podium finishes at Marina Bay Street Circuit, should he finish in the top three at the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix.
Mercedes lead the way for most Singapore Grand Prix wins, with five. They could extend the record further this weekend, or their existing tally could be equalled by Red Bull or Ferrari.
If he leads four laps of the race, Hamilton will overtake Vettel as the driver who has led the most laps at the Singapore Grand Prix. Hamilton has led 249 laps at Marina Bay Street Circuit so far, compared to Vettel’s 252.
Hamilton will become the first driver to complete 900 Grand Prix laps at Marina Bay Street Circuit if he completes the first 21 laps of Sunday’s race.
If George Russell and Kimi Antonelli lead eight laps of the Singapore Grand Prix between them, Mercedes will become the first team to have led as many as 300 laps at Marina Bay Street Circuit since it first joined the calendar in 2008. Ferrari could also reach the milestone, if they lead 44 laps of the race.
Lando Norris, Oscar Piastri, Kimi Antonelli, Charles Leclerc and Ollie Bearman will all be hoping to maintain their 100% points-scoring records at the Singapore Grand Prix.
2026 Singapore Grand Prix: Qualifying Records
Lewis Hamilton is currently tied with Sebastian Vettel for the most pole positions at the Singapore Grand Prix. A pole for Hamilton this weekend would make him the first driver to record five pole positions in Singapore.
Ferrari and Mercedes are tied as the most successful engine manufacturers in qualifying at the Singapore Grand Prix, each having powered seven pole positions at Marina Bay Street Circuit. Either manufacturer could set a new record at the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix.
Lando Norris, Kimi Antonelli, Isack Hadjar, Lewis Hamilton and Ollie Bearman all currently hold a 100% Q3 appearance rate at the Singapore Grand Prix.
Verstappen and Red Bull Chasing Records
After victory in the 2026 Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, Max Verstappen has won 72 races to date with Red Bull. Another victory would see him overtake Michael Schumacher for the second-most victories with a single constructor. Schumacher won 72 races with Ferrari during his career. The record for most wins with a team is 84, for Lewis Hamilton and Mercedes.
A pole position for Max Verstappen would make him the fifth driver – after Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel – to record as many as 50 pole positions.
A pole for Max Verstappen would see him become the third driver to record as many as 50 pole positions with a single team in Formula 1. Michael Schumacher recorded 58 poles with Ferrari, while Lewis Hamilton secured 78 poles during his time at Ferrari.
A fastest lap for Max Verstappen would be his 39th, overtaking Sebastian Vettel for fifth on the list of most fastest laps.
If Max Verstappen leads from start to finish, this would be the 19th Grand Prix which he has led from lights to flag. That would see him equal Ayrton Senna for second on the list of most races led from start to end.
Max Verstappen holds the record for wins from the most different grid positions in Formula 1. He’ll become the first driver to win from 11 different grid slots this weekend should he win from 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th or 20th on the grid.
Longevity Records on Offer for Alonso
Fernando Alonso’s last win came at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. A victory at any race in 2026 would see him set a new record for the longest gap between wins in F1 history, by quite a margin. Riccardo Patrese holds the current record, having waited 6 years, 6 months and 28 days between wins at the 1983 South African Grand Prix and the 1990 San Marino Grand Prix.
A podium finish for Fernando Alonso at any race in 2026 would see him overtake Alain Prost for fifth on the list of most podium finishes in Formula 1. Both drivers have recorded 106 top three finishes.
If Fernando Alonso leads a race, he would become only the third driver – after Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton – to have led a lap of a Grand Prix in as many as 16 different seasons.
A victory for Fernando Alonso in 2026 would make him only the fourth driver – after Juan Manuel Fangio, Stirling Moss, Jackie Stewart and Alain Prost to have won with as many as four different constructors during his Formula 1 career.