Max Verstappen finally got the Singapore monkey off his back. The Red Bull Racing driver absolutely dominated the Marina Bay Street Circuit, claiming his first-ever victory at the notorious night race and making it back-to-back wins in 2026. Verstappen started on pole and made it look easy, leading lap one despite Charles Leclerc's quick getaway and never looking back for the rest of the afternoon.

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But here's where it gets messy. Ferrari completely bottled their strategy with Lewis Hamilton, and it cost him big time. Hamilton had actually started on medium tyres to split Ferrari's approach, pitting early on lap 19 to swap to softs. Leclerc pitted next and emerged just ahead of Hamilton, triggering an intra-team battle. Hamilton was quick on his fresh rubber and pleaded with the team to let him through, but Ferrari held him behind Leclerc to chase Verstappen instead. Then, in the most baffling call of the day, Ferrari just left Hamilton out there on worn soft tyres for over 40 laps. Absolutely mental. That decision absolutely torpedoed his race and dropped him to sixth place by the end.

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The podium ended up being a bit of a mismatch with three different teams represented. Leclerc finished second for Ferrari, while Kimi Antonelli grabbed third for Mercedes, making a late charge past Lando Norris and a struggling Hamilton to pick up 15 crucial points toward his championship bid. Norris finished fourth ahead of his McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri in fifth, both drivers thankfully avoiding any repeat of their dramatic sprint crash from the day before.

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Verstappen's race was pretty straightforward after that opening lap. He switched to medium tyres on lap 36 and managed his lead home without much drama, even though his radio communications with engineer Gianpiero Lambiase got cut during the race. With 250 Grand Prix starts under his belt, experience counted for everything. It was the perfect day for Red Bull, though his team's backup driver Isack Hadjar rounded out the points in tenth after starting from the pit lane.

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