Overview

• FIA stewards excluded Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz for DRS irregularities, moving Franco Colapinto up to P16 for Sunday’s start.
• Colapinto was knocked out in Q1 with a 1:30.982, missing the cut by 0.207s before Albon’s exclusion altered the order.
• Pierre Gasly will start from the back after a late qualifying issue, leaving Alpine split across the rear of the grid.
• After placing 19th in both Friday practices, Colapinto improved to 16th in FP3 and put an Alpine within a second of the session’s best time.
• George Russell secured pole in 1:29.158 ahead of Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri for the 62‑lap Marina Bay race.