What Went Down At Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix 2025: Day 3
The sights, sounds and smell of burning rubber!
All eyes are on our little dot as it becomes the stomping ground for Formula 1 fans who’ve come far and wide to catch their favourite drivers and music acts perform to their best. Starting from Friday (4 Oct) until Sunday, we’ll see drivers race to the finishing line and fans screaming for their idols.
Race winner George Russell of Great Britain and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team with his trophies during the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on October 05, 2025 in Singapore.
It’s a wrap for Day 3, peeps. Mercedes F1 driver George Russell redeemed himself with a stellar timesheet, taking victory in the F1 Singapore Grand Prix, while McLaren brought home the Teams’ Championship.
Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren and Oscar Piastri of Australia and McLaren celebrate with their team after winning the Constructors Championship during the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on October 05, 2025 in Singapore.
Max Verstappen led a strong fight to hold off Lando Norris and ultimately, the former retained P2 and Norris settled for third place.
L to R: Kiki Wong and Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins.
Over at the Wharf stage, Smashing Pumpkins thrilled fans with a medley of their biggest hits including Disarm, 1979, Tonight, Tonight and Today.
Smashing Pumpkins fan, Riley.
Young fan Riley, 17, who was spotted in the crowd said, “I really like his voice (Billy Corgan) and they’re really impactful and influential in the music scene.”
Lewis Capaldi at Padang stage.
Singer Lewis Capaldi treated fans to 11 songs over at Padang stage and covered tracks like, Forget Me, Before You Go and Someone You Loved.
Lewis Capaldi serenades the crowd.
That slight drizzle just hit different, low-key adding to the vibe.
DJ Alan Walker.
DJ Alan Walker also played at F1, performing a set that included Faded, Spectre and Tired.
Main act Sir Elton John closed the night with 16 songs, a discography spanning different albums, with songs like Tiny Dancer, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, Rocket Man, Candle In The Wind, I’m Still Standing and Cold Heart.
Lando Norris of Great Britain and McLaren takes a selfie with a fan prior to the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on October 05, 2025 in Singapore.
Day 2 brings quite a lot of excitement. Having clipped the wall in 2023, and losing his chance to win, Mercedes driver George Russell made a stunning move to grab pole position in the last thrilling hour!
Pole position qualifier George Russell of Great Britain and Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team celebrates with a teammate in parc ferme during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on October 04, 2025 in Singapore, Singapore.
‘Amazing to be on pole position’, said Russell after becoming the fourth different pole-sitter in the last four years at Marina Bay.
Sparks fly behind Andrea Kimi Antonelli of Italy driving the (12) Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team W16 on track during qualifying ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on October 04, 2025 in Singapore, Singapore.
The shocking move came after Max Verstappen was trying his best to overtake Lando Norris’s McLaren: ‘Yeah, that’s what happens when there’s a car in front of you just cruising,’ said the irate Dutchman. Ouch.
Babymetal backstage before their performance at Downtown.
Meanwhile the entertainment acts rocked Singapore to its core. F ZINE had a backstage moment with Japanese kawaii metal band Babymetal, and they were so sweet in our Q&A sesh. Unfortunately, our microphone wasn’t powerful enough to survive Alan Walker’s hype EDM set at the Padang stage. Nonetheless, Su-metal, Moa-metal, Momo-metal were so sweet and adorable that we still had to boast about our backstage moment.
Over at Downtown stage, the group performed eight songs, including Babymetal Death, Pa Pa Ya, RATATA and Gimme Chocolate!
Foo Fighters performing at Padang stage.
The Foo Fighters drew a visibly diverse crowd, something lead singer Dave Grohl acknowledged by asking who was seeing the band for the first time and vowed to wow them over: “I’m gonna get you in the palm of my hands.”
Main lead Dave Grohl of Foo Fighters.
An astounding number of hands immediately shot up in response. He also stressed that to some, this was nostalgia, but with over 30 years performing in the business it was something they see themselves doing for life.
The rock band played a total of 21 songs including hits from their first album, This Is A Call and Big Me. The loudest screams in the field was when the crowd went wild for Everlong, Learn To Fly and My Hero. As a tribute to Motorheads, they covered a snippet of Ace Of Spades.
Oscar Piastri of Australia driving the (81) McLaren MCL39 Mercedes on track during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on October 03, 2025 in Singapore.
Day 1 brings the drivers to the street circuit for the free practise run and it looks like McLaren F1 driver Oscar Piastri topped the timesheet. But not without some hot drama as Mercedes driver George Russell crashed his car after hitting the barriers at Turn 16. Eek.
Charles Leclerc of Monaco driving the (16) Scuderia Ferrari SF-25 on track during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on October 03, 2025 in Singapore.
In another bizarre incident on top of the red and yellow flags, we witnessed McLaren driver Lando Norris was hit by Charles Leclerc in the pit lane.
Alexander Albon of Thailand driving the (23) Williams FW47 Mercedes on track during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on October 03, 2025 in Singapore.
Beloved Thai driver Alex Albon had to bow out early as well due to a brake fire, which totally bummed him.
Alexander Albon of Thailand and Williams looks on in the garage during practice ahead of the F1 Grand Prix of Singapore at Marina Bay Street Circuit on October 03, 2025 in Singapore, Singapore.
The Williams driver was quoted as saying, it was one of the worst Fridays of the year for sure, to Sky Sports F1.
Chloe Chong of Great Britain and Rodin Motorsport (27) looks on during qualifying ahead of F1 Academy Round 6 at Marina Bay Street Circuit on October 03, 2025 in Singapore.
Meanwhile, female drivers battle it out during the F1 Academy Round, where the drivers navigate the F1-level circuit to prepare them for higher levels of single-seater competition, like Formula 3 and Formula 2. Ferrari driver Maya Weug, 21, claim pole position in the nighttime Qualifying session in Singapore. She said in an interview: “It was definitely not an easy Qualifying. It’s Singapore, there are close walls everywhere. We saw how tricky it was to put a lap together and in the end, I made quite a few mistakes.”
Clean Bandit at Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix 2025
As the drivers burn up the road, F ZINE got behind the Wharf stage to have a chat with Grammy-winning English electronic music group Clean Bandit just before their 7.30pm set. Grace Chatto, who greeted us in her cool Balenciaga knife heels, was in high spirits and got down to answering our burning questions. Accompanying her was Molly Fletcher, a long-time collaborator who’s also toured with the band at events like Ultra Music Festival and in Kyoto, Japan.
Chatto tells us: “It is amazing that our songs have travelled through time and continents. It’s so beautiful to be here in Singapore. As soon as we came out of the airport, we felt like, happy!” Fletcher couldn’t agree more: “Transported and thrilled!”
Clean Bandit performs at the Wharf Stage
The group performed their new single, Believe at the Wharf stage and Chatto says it’s a precursor to an upcoming new album. “We’re still finishing the album but we’re hoping to wrap it sometime by the first half of next year. We’re about to release a second song and also go on a big tour across Asia. So we’re quite excited about that,” Chatto adds.
Clean Bandit, who’s performed with Chinese artist Henry Lau in the past, is keen to collaborate with K-Pop artists in the future. Sounds like an exciting formula to us!
Fletcher, who’s no stranger to the band, says she has an amazing synergy with the members. “It’s beautiful. The spirit of Clean Bandit is so palpable and working together has been so exciting.”
The band performed hit songs like ‘Solo’ and ‘Rockabye.’
The band who started performing sharp at 7.30pm at the Wharf stage, delivered some of their best and memorable tunes like, Solo, I Miss You, Drive, Stronger, Rockabye, and Rather Be also debuted their new song, Pinch Me, which is about how when you get out of a toxic relationship but keep wanting to go back and you need someone to pinch you to remind you of that. #Truth
CL performs at the Padang stage.
Our girl, CL or Lee Chae-rin, hit the Padang stage at 7.45pm with ease, and even teasing us, “I feel like the next time I see you guys, I’ll be showing you new music.”
CL performs at Padang stage.
She also dropped her songs, Hello B*tches and The Baddest Female.
CL rocked a leather-studded jacket and hot shorts.
And a sizzling performance of her group 2NE1’s song, FIRE.
G-Dragon at the Padang stage.
Meanwhile, our K-Pop GOAT G-Dragon, sauntered on at 10.32pm right after South Korean DJ Kingmck warmed up the deck with some sick beats. He performed his solo from his newest album Ubermensch, like Power and Take Me, and other solo hits like Crayon and Crooked. He even surprised us with his rendition of rap GOAT, Kendrick Lamar’s Not Like Us.
G-Dragon giving his all.
Here are some scenes from the event using our trusted digicam.
