Verstappen’s 2026 Pole v Russell’s 2025 Pole At Singapore #Shorts #F1 #Formula1 #SingaporeGP

Two seconds a lap gone in a year. Miss the 2025 cars?

Singapore pole, 2025 against 2026. George Russell took pole a year ago in the Mercedes with a 1:29.158. Max Verstappen took it on Saturday night in the Red Bull with a 1:31.373. Both laps are from Q3, both on new soft tyres, both real laps from the official timing data, drawn on one clock so you can watch the gap open.

The 2026 pole is 2.215 seconds slower. More than half of it – 1.202 s – goes in the middle sector, Turn 7 to Turn 13. Verstappen gives up 0.527 s in the first sector and 0.486 s in the last.

Corner by corner, the 2025 car carried more speed at the slowest point of 12 of the 19 corners and the 2026 car at 5, with two level. The biggest differences are about 20 km/h at Turn 10 and at Turn 18. The 2026 car was quicker through Turn 12, by 14 km/h. On the straights the 2025 lap topped out at 316 km/h against 308.

Same track both years: the two racing lines sit a median of 2 metres apart, and the circuit has not changed since the 2023 layout.

Scope and method: the two pole laps only – one driver and one car each year, not the whole grid. Corner speeds are the lowest speed within 45 m of each corner.

Source: 2025 and 2026 Singapore Grand Prix qualifying timing and car telemetry (FastF1). Pole times: Formula 1.

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