Similar to Carlos Sainz in Mexico City last year, Russell actually set two times quick enough for pole, although Verstappen was angry with McLaren driver Lando Norris for allegedly impeding his final flying lap.<\/p>\n
Drivers\u2019 championship leader Oscar Piastri will start the race from third, alongside rookie Andrea Kimi Antonelli<\/a>, who once again showed that he seems more comfortable at tracks he\u2019s never visited before.<\/p>\n Position Drivers’ Championship PointsPts 1 324 2 299 3 255 4 212 5 165 6 121 7 78 8 70 9 39 10 37 <\/p>\n It\u2019s not been an easy few months for the Italian teenager, with Mercedes yet to confirm Antonelli\u2019s contract for 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n Toto Wolff<\/a> has publicly stated that his driver line-up won\u2019t change, but the 19-year-old currently sits nearly 150 points behind Russell in the standings.<\/p>\n Anthony Davidson<\/a> and Jenson Button<\/a> were reviewing qualifying at the Singapore Grand Prix<\/a>, and Antonelli\u2019s second top-four start in the last two races.<\/p>\n While his final flying lap was a very impressive effort, Davidson noticed that Antonelli looked \u2018rattled\u2019 while studying his onboard footage.<\/p>\n READ MORE: Know all about 2025 Mercedes F1 driver Andrea Kimi Antonelli including stats<\/a><\/p>\n Davidson was speaking about Antonelli on Sky Sports<\/a> F1 (4\/10 4:11 pm) and he explained: \u201cI think he got rattled a bit by what happened earlier on with the track limits in Turn One, and then from that moment, he said he felt like he was a bit overdriving, and this is the moment in Turn Seven, so that\u2019s on his best lap.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s just one example where he feels like he overdrove the car. We can see it, I guess, as drivers, and we know what it\u2019s like to be in that situation where you just push for too much and you feel a bit rattled and you get tense inside the car, you make digital movements on the wheel and the pedals, and it just doesn\u2019t flow anymore.<\/p>\n \u201cSo the good thing is, though, he\u2019s aware of that and very self-analytical; he knows where he can improve going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n RANKDRIVERTEAMTIME1George RussellMercedes1:29.1582Max VerstappenRed Bull1:29.3403Oscar PiastriMcLaren1:29.5244Kimi AntonelliMercedes1:29.5375Lando NorrisMcLaren1:29.5866Lewis HamiltonFerrari1:29.6887Charles LeclercFerrari1:29.7848Isack HadjarRacing Bulls1:29.8469Oliver BearmanHaas1:29.86810Fernando AlonsoAston Martin1:29.9552025 Singapore Grand Prix qualifying results<\/p>\n Button agreed and continued: \u201cAnd when you watch his lap compared to George\u2019s lap, which just looks super smooth.<\/p>\n \u201cBut also, another driver, I think, is being a little bit, maybe too hard on themselves. George\u2019s lap was one of the best laps we\u2019ve seen this year, and he ended up three-tenths behind him with a lap that wasn\u2019t quite as good as he had hoped.<\/p>\n \u201cSo it\u2019s still not bad. He\u2019s starting P4 the first time he\u2019s ever been to this street circuit. It\u2019s not easy.\u201d<\/p>\n READ MORE: All you need to know about Mercedes F1 Team from team principal to lineage<\/a><\/p>\n Kimi Antonelli \u2018slightly disappointed\u2019 with Singapore Grand Prix qualifying effort<\/p>\n![\"Mercedes](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2239123834-1024x683.jpg\")
Photo by Clive Rose \u2013 Formula 1\/Formula 1 via Getty ImagesMercedes driver Kimi Antonelli looked \u2018rattled\u2019 during qualifying for the Singapore Grand Prix<\/p>\n