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Max Verstappen · Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort 2024

Verstappen takes Singapore Sprint Qualifying pole by 0.120s

Archive photograph: Max Verstappen · Dutch Grand Prix, Zandvoort 2024 · 2024-08-25Archive photo · 2024-08-25 · Steffen Prößdorf · CC BY-SA 4.0

Verstappen beat George Russell by 0.120 seconds to top Singapore Sprint Qualifying; the stewards found a yellow-flag breach but imposed no penalty.

From the GPBeat newsroomPublished · · 1 min

Red Bull’s Max Verstappen secured pole for Saturday’s Singapore Sprint in Sprint Qualifying, beating Mercedes’ George Russell by 0.120 seconds. Verstappen’s 1:31.156 put him ahead of Russell’s 1:31.276, while Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc was third on 1:31.399.

The pole survived a post-session stewards’ hearing. The stewards found that Verstappen breached yellow-flag rules by overtaking Lewis Hamilton in SQ1, but imposed no penalty, citing the significant closing-speed differential.

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  1. SOURCE2026 F1 Singapore Grand Prix - Marina Bay Sprint Qualifying resultsRacingNews365 English
  2. PRIMARY SOURCEDoc 32 - Final Sprint Qualifying ClassificationFIA F1 decision documents
  3. PRIMARY SOURCEWhy Verstappen avoided a penalty after Sprint QualifyingFormula 1