Circuit
Marina Bay Street Circuit
Singapore
The Marina Bay circuit is a tight, bumpy street track run at night under lights. A long lap with a great many corners and walls close throughout makes it one of the most physically gruelling races of the year, fought out in heat and humidity that sap the driver over a long, concentration-heavy distance. The bumps and close barriers punish the slightest lapse in placement.
Winding through the streets of Singapore past the bay and the floodlit city skyline, it is a spectacle as much as a race. Stamina and unbroken concentration matter as much as outright pace, because a single mistake against the barriers can undo an entire evening's work.
Marina Bay Street Circuit circuit facts
- Lap record
- 1:33.808Lewis Hamilton, 2025
- First Grand Prix
- 2008
The gap, in metres
2025 Qualifying here. Every driver’s time gap converted to the distance it actually puts them behind at racing speed. The field covers 177.6 m from first to last.
On the radio here
1,006 messages recorded at this circuit, 2018 to 2026.
- “Well done Max, as I didn't start in a straight forward way this morning, we're getting there slowly I think. Well done. Yeah, I'm getting excited for the lap. Well done.”Max VERSTAPPEN · 2026 Sprint Qualifying
- “Thanks, ladies and gents. Good luck. Yeah, well done, Ollie. Thank you for accepting our FD1 suggestions. I trust you guys.”Oliver BEARMAN · 2026 Sprint Qualifying
- “a couple of big snaps at the end, yeah I'd say in the last two corners”Lewis HAMILTON · 2026 Sprint Qualifying
- “so, you too, alright, cut that, now get up up, why not dodge, thanks”George RUSSELL · 2026 Sprint Qualifying