BBC commentator gives Verstappen 10/10 for Singapore weekend

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Harry Benjamin gave Verstappen 10/10 after the Red Bull driver won Singapore’s sprint and Grand Prix. Kimi Antonelli scored 8.5/10, with Benjamin noting brake concerns and his view that Antonelli ran too close to track limits too often.

From the GPBeat newsroomPublished · 12 Oct 2026, 05:21 · 1 min

BBC Radio 5 Live F1 commentator Harry Benjamin gave Max Verstappen 10/10 for his Singapore weekend. Verstappen won Saturday’s sprint, then started Sunday’s Grand Prix from pole and won the race. Benjamin called it virtually a perfect weekend.

Kimi Antonelli received 8.5/10. Benjamin praised the Mercedes driver’s maturity: after fourth place in the sprint and qualifying, Antonelli worked his way onto the Grand Prix podium late in the race. Benjamin also noted brake concerns and said Antonelli had run too close to the track limits too often.

Charles Leclerc earned 9/10 after finishing third in Saturday’s sprint and second in the Grand Prix. Benjamin judged that Ferrari had got about as much from the weekend as it could realistically have hoped for.

Lewis Hamilton scored 7.5/10. Benjamin praised his Saturday: Hamilton went from sixth to second in the sprint and qualified third for the Grand Prix. He ran among the podium places for much of Sunday, but Benjamin said the decision to stay out on worn tyres backfired and dropped him to sixth.

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