F1 Singapore GP 2026 Times by City: Sprint, Quali, Race
The Singapore Grand Prix is on October 9 to 11, 2026, and it is a sprint weekend. The race starts at 8:00 pm in Singapore on Sunday, October 11, which is 12:00 UTC, according to Formula 1's official timetable. It is one of six sprint weekends on this year's calendar and the last of them, according to Wikipedia.
The weekend in Singapore time
- Friday, October 9: Practice 1 at 4:30 pm (08:30 UTC); Sprint Qualifying at 8:30 pm (12:30 UTC)
- Saturday, October 10: Sprint, 21 laps or 60 minutes, at 5:00 pm (09:00 UTC); Qualifying at 9:00 pm (13:00 UTC)
- Sunday, October 11: Grand Prix, 62 laps or two hours at most, at 8:00 pm (12:00 UTC)
Sprint Qualifying sets the grid for Saturday's short Sprint race, and Qualifying later that day sets the grid for Sunday's Grand Prix. The circuit is the 4.927 km Marina Bay Street Circuit. Formula 1 says the timetable is subject to change.
Start times in 24 cities
Local times for each session. A day in brackets means the session falls on a different day from the Friday, Saturday or Sunday in the column heading.
| City | Sprint Quali (Fri) | Sprint (Sat) | Quali (Sat) | Race (Sun) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UTC | 12:30 | 09:00 | 13:00 | 12:00 |
| Los Angeles | 5:30 am | 2:00 am | 6:00 am | 5:00 am |
| Mexico City | 6:30 am | 3:00 am | 7:00 am | 6:00 am |
| New York | 8:30 am | 5:00 am | 9:00 am | 8:00 am |
| São Paulo | 9:30 am | 6:00 am | 10:00 am | 9:00 am |
| Casablanca | 12:30 pm | 9:00 am | 1:00 pm | 12:00 pm |
| London | 1:30 pm | 10:00 am | 2:00 pm | 1:00 pm |
| Lagos | 1:30 pm | 10:00 am | 2:00 pm | 1:00 pm |
| Algiers | 1:30 pm | 10:00 am | 2:00 pm | 1:00 pm |
| Madrid | 2:30 pm | 11:00 am | 3:00 pm | 2:00 pm |
| Johannesburg | 2:30 pm | 11:00 am | 3:00 pm | 2:00 pm |
| Cairo | 3:30 pm | 12:00 pm | 4:00 pm | 3:00 pm |
| Istanbul | 3:30 pm | 12:00 pm | 4:00 pm | 3:00 pm |
| Nairobi | 3:30 pm | 12:00 pm | 4:00 pm | 3:00 pm |
| Riyadh | 3:30 pm | 12:00 pm | 4:00 pm | 3:00 pm |
| Dubai | 4:30 pm | 1:00 pm | 5:00 pm | 4:00 pm |
| Karachi | 5:30 pm | 2:00 pm | 6:00 pm | 5:00 pm |
| Delhi | 6:00 pm | 2:30 pm | 6:30 pm | 5:30 pm |
| Dhaka | 6:30 pm | 3:00 pm | 7:00 pm | 6:00 pm |
| Jakarta | 7:30 pm | 4:00 pm | 8:00 pm | 7:00 pm |
| Kuala Lumpur | 8:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 9:00 pm | 8:00 pm |
| Singapore | 8:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 9:00 pm | 8:00 pm |
| Manila | 8:30 pm | 5:00 pm | 9:00 pm | 8:00 pm |
| Tokyo | 9:30 pm | 6:00 pm | 10:00 pm | 9:00 pm |
| Sydney | 11:30 pm | 8:00 pm | 12:00 am (Sun) | 11:00 pm |
Daylight saving time applies where it is in force. Morocco moved to GMT on September 20, 2026.
The race before it is in Malaysia
Formula 1 is also racing in Southeast Asia the weekend before. The Bahrain Grand Prix, originally due in April but called off after the war in the Middle East began, has been moved to the Sepang circuit in Malaysia and runs on October 4, Wikipedia reports. Singapore is the next round after that.
