Max Verstappen qualifies on pole for the Singapore Grand Prix after setting the fastest time in Saturday qualifying. His lap of 1:31.373 beats Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc by 0.054 seconds to put the pair on the front row. Lewis Hamilton qualifies third, while Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli takes fourth.

The weekend’s earlier Sprint race shapes the context for some of the Mercedes storylines. George Russell, who led in the wet Marina Bay Sprint before crashing out, says his Mercedes “didn’t feel the same” for qualifying. Multiple outlets report Russell accepts responsibility for the accident, describing it as his own mistake that may have affected his subsequent performance and leaving him starting from the back of the grid for Sunday.