2026 Singapore Grand Prix: Guide to set up, motorist meet-ups, and race week celebrations

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Singapore in October suggests the floodlights are being brightened at Marina Bay for Formula 1, and this year the city is pressing difficult to provide fans whatever they require to have an extraordinary experience. While the race weekend starts on Friday, 9 October, the celebrations start rather.

Motorists will satisfy fans in shopping malls, hotels and bars around the locations of Orchard Road, Clarke Quay, and Sentosa, and there are great deals of other pop-ups and celebrations for F1 fans to sink their teeth into. If you’re flying in to Singapore today for the F1 or simply need to know when and where to satisfy your preferred chauffeurs, here’s whatever you require to understand.

Tennis When does the 2026 Singapore Grand Prix happen?

For the very first time in the history of the Singapore Grand Prix, it’s a sprint weekend. This alters what the weekend appears like for fans, with Friday boasting simply one session before sprint certifying. Saturday takes pleasure in the sprint race followed by receiving the grand prix, and Sunday will host the primary race.

Here’s the complete breakdown in regional time:

• Free Practice 1: Friday, 9 October, 4:30 pm– 5:30 pm
• Sprint Qualifying: Friday, 9 October, 8:30 pm– 9:14 pm
• Sprint Race: Saturday, 10 October, 5:00 pm– 5:30 pm
• Grand Prix Qualifying: Saturday, 10 October, 9:00 pm– 10:00 pm
• Grand Prix (62 laps, 4.927 km circuit): Sunday, 11 October, 8:00 pm– 10:00 pm
• Motorists’ Parade: Sunday, 11 October, 6:00 pm– 6:30 pm
• National Anthem: Sunday, 11 October, 7:44 pm– 7:46 pm, ahead of lights out

Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari, Oliver Bearman, Haas F1 Team

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Tennis Where to satisfy the motorists before race day

The&chauffeurs will be spread out throughout the location, so make certain to prepare appropriately.

October 6:

• Alex Albon, Quadrant Pop-up, 7:30 pm-Bugis+ Atrium Level 2, 201 Victoria Street
• Ollie Bearman, Vetreska Circuit Collection Pop-up, 4pm– 6pm-ION2, ION Orchard, outdoors Louis Vuitton (Bearman is Vetreska’s worldwide brand name partner and will sign up with a family pet style runway along with the Q&A)
• Isack Hadjar, Devialet -Devialet shop, Grand Hyatt Singapore

October 7:

• Oscar Piastri and Zak Brown, McLaren Racing Live – Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands(a 75-minute phase discussion, tickets from S$ 78 )
• Charles Leclerc, Puma 313@Somerset, then Ray-Ban’s Beyond The Track at 5pm, CQ @ Clarke Quay
• Lando Norris, Puma VivoCity -1 HarbourFront Walk
• Fernando Alonso, Breitling x Aston Martin F1 Pop-up, 5pm-Raffles City Shopping Centre
• Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad, The Trackside, 6pm-ION Orchard
• Liam Lawson and Arvid Lindblad, Festival of Thrills meet-and-greet-Weave, Basement 1, Resorts World Sentosa(signed up with by group principal Alan Permane and CEO Peter Bayer)
• Nico Hulkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto, Off The Grid by Adidas and Audi – Funan, 107 North Bridge Road
• Alex Albon, Williams Fan Zone, 8:30 pm – Marina Square, Central Atrium Level 2

October 8:

• Tzuyu of Twice, Williams Fan Zone, 11:30 am – Marina Square, Central Atrium Level 2
• Sergio Pérez, Zhou Guanyu, plus Thai stars Fourth Nattawat and Pond Naravit, Tommy Hilfiger x Cadillac Pop-up, 1:30 pm – Paragon, Level 1 Main Atrium
• Zhou Guanyu, Jim Beam x Cadillac F1 Watch Party – Chijmes Main Lawn
• George Russell and Kimi Antonelli – Adidas Brand Centre Orchard

Tennis Pop-ups, brand name activations and where to hang out all week

There will be a lot of brand names delighting in the lead up to the race with some even running well into October.

• Vetreska Circuit Collection, October 3– 11 – ION2, ION Orchard
• +44 Marina Spaceport by Lewis Hamilton, October 5– 11 -The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands
• Quadrant x Alex Albon, October 6– 11 -Bugis + Atrium Level 2
• Puma’s The Speed Station, October 6– 11 – 313@Somerset
• Racing Bulls Show Car, through October 12-Weave, Resorts World Sentosa
• F1 Exhibition, through October 18 -Gardens by the Bay MRT Plaza
• Ray-Ban’s Beyond The Track, October 1– 14-CQ @ Clarke Quay
• Tommy Hilfiger x Cadillac Pop-up, October 1– 11, 10am– 10pm – Paragon
• The Trackside by Visa Cash App Racing Bulls, October 1– 11, 10am– 10pm-ION Orchard
• Disney x Formula 1 Pop-up at Miniso, through October 11-Orchard Central
• Adidas x Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team, through October 12 – Adidas Brand Centre Orchard and Raffles City
• Off The Grid by Adidas and Audi, through October 11 – Funan

Tennis Food, beverages, and where the celebrations are occurring

Race week in Singapore isn’t practically seeing a chauffeur. It’s likewise about where to consume while you do it.

• Lead Pours at Brewlander x Four Points by Sheraton, through October 12 – The Best Brew, Four Points by Sheraton Singapore, Riverview
• QT Singapore’s Grand Prix Weekend, October 8– 11 – QT Singapore, Hong Kong Street
• Race Week at Cé La Vi, October 8 and 10 – Marina Bay Sands Hotel Tower 3
• Jungle Ballroom Apex: Alan Dixon Live in Singapore, October 10, 9pm – Mondrian Singapore Duxton
• Jim Beam x Cadillac F1 Watch Party, October 9– 11, 4pm– 11pm – Chijmes Main Lawn
• Moët & & Chandon Official F1 After Party at Amber Lounge, October 10 and 11 – Clifford Pier
• Singapore Grand Prix Race Viewing with Chivas Regal, October 11, 7pm (RSVP needed) – ARFC Woodleigh, PUB Recreation Club, 48 Woodleigh Park
• Chivas Regal Presents Nervo at HighHouse, October 11, from 10:30 pm (Nervo on at midnight) – 1 Raffles Place

Singapore delighted in presence of over 300,000 over the race weekend in 2015 and is wanting to top that this year. And with this lots of people coming down on the city, brand names, chauffeurs and groups will be doing whatever they can to make it a week to keep in mind.

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