George Russell will start the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix from pole position after an impressive lap time saw him break the Marina Bay Street Circuit record. Russell becomes the fourth different polesitter in the last four years at the Singapore Grand Prix after setting an unbeatable lap time with his first flying Q3 lap. Russell leads from Max Verstappen’s Red Bull and Oscar Piastri’s McLaren, who both are still running in contention for this year’s drivers’ title. George Russell sets Marina Bay Street Circuit lap record with pole positionGeorge Russell took provisional pole at the end of the first flying laps, setting a time of 1:29.165, despite tapping the wall coming out of Turn 17. Russell’s impressive time of 1:29.158 broke the Marina Bay Street Circuit lap record which was set by Norris in qualifying last year.