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Max Verstappen · Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort 2024

Verstappen edges Russell to top Singapore Sprint Qualifying

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Verstappen is provisionally on pole for the Singapore Sprint after beating Russell by 0.120 seconds in SQ3.

GPBeat · Newsroom09 Oct 2026, 21:05 · 1 min

Max Verstappen is provisionally on pole for the Singapore Sprint after setting the fastest time in Sprint Qualifying: 1:31.156 in SQ3, the final qualifying segment. His lap was 0.120 seconds faster than George Russell's 1:31.276; the provisional grid places Russell second and Charles Leclerc third.

Charles Leclerc's 1:31.399 was 0.243 seconds slower than Verstappen's. Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris completed the top five in fourth and fifth, with 1:31.454 and 1:31.587 respectively.

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  1. PRIMARY SOURCEDoc 32 - Final Sprint Qualifying ClassificationFIA F1 decision documents
  2. PRIMARY SOURCEDoc 33 - Provisional Sprint Starting GridFIA F1 decision documents

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