The Singapore Grand Prix 2026 starts on Sunday, October 11, at 8:00 a.m. ET, 5:00 a.m. PT and 1:00 p.m. in the UK. Lights go out at 8:00 p.m. local time under the Marina Bay floodlights, and it’s the last sprint weekend of the season.
In the US, every session streams on Apple TV. UK fans get the race live on Sky Sports F1, with free highlights on Channel 4. The catch: these services check where you connect from, so the stream you pay for at home may not play while you’re traveling.
Round 17 also arrives with Kimi Antonelli 84 points clear of his Mercedes teammate George Russell, and Russell has to start Sunday’s race from the back of the grid after a power unit penalty.
Every major English-speaking market has the race live. Here’s who carries it and whether you have to pay.
Country | Where to watch | Free? |
|---|---|---|
United States | Apple TV, every session live | No, subscription |
United Kingdom | Sky Sports F1, live | No, subscription |
United Kingdom | Channel 4 | Highlights only |
Ireland | Sky Sports | No, subscription |
Canada | TSN (English) | No, subscription |
Canada | RDS, RDS 2 (French) | Check with provider |
Australia | Foxtel, Fox Sports, Kayo | No, subscription |
Formula 1 streams exclusively on Apple TV in the US this season. Subscribers get every practice, qualifying session, sprint and race for $12.99 a month, and F1 TV Premium comes included at no extra cost. Our overview of streaming services in the US shows what else the platform carries.
In the UK, Sky Sports has the race live on its dedicated channel, and the Sky Sports F1 schedule lays out the whole weekend. F1’s official broadcast list names Sky Sports and Channel 4 for the Republic of Ireland too; Irish viewers can check the Sky Sports F1 schedule for Ireland.
Canadians watch on TSN in English or RDS and RDS 2 in French, and F1’s list adds Noovo. In Australia, Foxtel shows every qualifying session and race live with no ad breaks during racing, and F1’s list also names Fox Sports and Kayo Sports. Heading to Marina Bay in person? In Singapore the rights belong to beIN SPORTS.
Not live on the main services. Apple TV, Sky Sports, TSN, Foxtel and Kayo all need a paid plan, so there’s no free live stream of the race in the US, UK, Ireland or Australia. In Canada, check with your TV provider what RDS and Noovo cost on your package.
The closest thing to free is in the UK: Channel 4 streams F1 highlights at no cost, so you can catch up on the race after it ends. The Channel 4 TV guide shows when they air.
In the US, Apple TV offers new subscribers a seven-day free trial. Start it on Friday and it covers the whole weekend, from Practice 1 to the checkered flag on Sunday.
There’s a catch, though. Both the free highlights and your paid stream are tied to your location, so they may not play once you leave home. That’s where a VPN comes in.
Your streaming service checks where you’re connecting from. Take Apple TV on vacation in Europe, or Kayo on a work trip to London, and the race may not load, even though you pay for it every month.
A VPN from our table solves that. Connect to a server in your home country, open your usual app and sign in. The service sees a connection from home and plays the race. You keep paying for your own subscription; the VPN only changes your virtual location.
The same logic works for F1 TV. In the US, F1’s top tier comes only through Apple TV, and F1 TV plans are tied to your country of residence, so keep your home plan and connect through a server in that country.
| VPN Service | Price | F1 TV | Tested | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 SurfsharkBEST | From $1.78/mo | ✓ Works | October 5 | Try it |
 ExpressVPN | From $2.79/mo | ✓ Works | October 5 | Open |
 NordVPN | From $2.99/mo | ✓ Works | October 3 | Open |
 Private Internet Access | From $1.79/mo | ✓ Works | October 4 | Open |
 ProtonVPN | From $3.59/mo | ~ Partial | October 2 | Open |
 CyberGhost | From $1.75/mo | ~ Partial | October 1 | Open |
 IPVanish | From $2.19/mo | ~ Partial | September 29 | Open |
✓ Works✓ Works✓ Works✓ Works~ Partial~ Partial~ PartialThe ranking in the table is based on StreamFix data, and our VPN and streaming methodology explains how we score each service. Need a broader setup? See how to watch US TV abroad or how to watch British TV abroad.
Pick a VPN from the table
Choose a service that currently works with F1 streams according to StreamFix data.
Install the app
Download it on the phone, laptop or TV where you plan to watch.
Connect to a server at home
Pick the US for Apple TV, the UK for Sky Sports or Channel 4, Canada for TSN, Australia for Kayo or Foxtel.
Sign in and watch
Open your service, log in with your own account and start the stream before lights out.
Singapore runs on SGT, eight hours ahead of UTC. Here’s the full sprint weekend in Eastern Time, with UK time in parentheses:
Day | What and when (ET, UK) |
|---|---|
Fri, Oct 9 | Practice 1 4:30 a.m. (9:30 a.m.), Sprint Qualifying 8:30 a.m. (1:30 p.m.) |
Sat, Oct 10 | Sprint 5:00 a.m. (10:00 a.m.), Qualifying 9:00 a.m. (2:00 p.m.) |
Sun, Oct 11 | Grand Prix 8:00 a.m. (1:00 p.m.) |
On the West Coast (PT), Practice 1 starts Friday at 1:30 a.m. and Sprint Qualifying at 5:30 a.m., the Sprint Saturday at 2:00 a.m. and Qualifying at 6:00 a.m., the race Sunday at 5:00 a.m. In Sydney (AEDT), Practice 1 is Friday at 7:30 p.m., Sprint Qualifying at 11:30 p.m., the Sprint Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Qualifying on the stroke of midnight into Sunday and the race Sunday at 11:00 p.m.
Apple TV carries all five sessions in the US, and Foxtel shows qualifying and the race live in Australia. Teams get only one practice session before Sprint Qualifying.
In local time, the Sprint starts at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday, before sunset, and Qualifying follows at 9:00 p.m., while Sunday’s race starts at 8:00 p.m. and runs entirely under floodlights.
These are editorial picks based on the standings and recent form, not betting tips.
Drivers’ standings after Round 16 | Points |
|---|---|
Kimi Antonelli | 320 |
George Russell | 236 |
Lewis Hamilton | 214 |
Charles Leclerc | 191 |
Lando Norris | 188 |
Max Verstappen | 188 |
Source: formula1.com, October 8, 2026 | |
Antonelli has won eight of the 16 Grands Prix so far, including Spain in September. Russell won in Azerbaijan in late September, but his grid penalty applies only to Sunday’s race, not the Sprint, so Saturday is his best chance to claw back points. There are 183 points still on the table across seven rounds, Singapore included. Mercedes leads the Teams’ Championship with 556 points to Ferrari’s 405.
The championship leader finished second at Sepang last weekend and won in Spain the round before Baku. Mercedes won here last year when Russell converted pole into victory. With Russell starting from the back on Sunday, Antonelli is the Mercedes driver best placed to repeat that.
Verstappen has been the form driver of the last three rounds: second in Spain, second in Azerbaijan by just 0.196 seconds, then his first win of 2026 at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia, held at Sepang. Singapore is one of the few tracks where he has never won, despite more than one P2 finish.
Singapore is hard to call. The last four races here went to four different teams: Sergio Pérez for Red Bull Racing in 2022, Carlos Sainz for Ferrari in 2023, Lando Norris for McLaren in 2024 and George Russell for Mercedes in 2025. Based on the last six races here, F1 puts the probability of a Safety Car at 67%.
Five British drivers are on the 2026 grid, and three of them sit in the top five of the standings:
George Russell (Mercedes): second on 236 points and last year’s winner here, but starting Sunday’s race from the back.
Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari): third on 214, four Singapore wins and the lap record of 1:33.808, set here in 2025.
Lando Norris (McLaren): fifth on 188 and the 2024 winner.
Arvid Lindblad (Racing Bulls): 11th on 38 points.
Oliver Bearman (Haas F1 Team): 13th on 20 points.
Australian fans can follow Oscar Piastri, seventh on 128 points for McLaren, and Canada’s Lance Stroll drives for Aston Martin.
Singapore hosted the first night race in F1 history in 2008, won by Fernando Alonso for Renault.
The Marina Bay Street Circuit measures 4.927 km (3.061 miles), and the race covers 62 laps, or 305.337 km. Since 2023, a long straight has replaced Turns 16 to 19, cutting the corner count from 23 to 19.
Drivers can lose as much as 3 kg (6.6 lb) over a race. Pirelli expects track temperatures of 30 to 35 °C (86 to 95 °F) and says teams generally prefer a one-stop strategy here.
Sebastian Vettel holds the record with five wins here, one more than Hamilton, and his 2019 victory in Singapore was his last in Formula 1. The two share the pole record with four each.
It’s only 198 meters from pole to the Turn 1 braking point, and drivers completed 58 overtakes here in 2025.
Under the 2026 rules, roughly half of each car’s power is electrical, the minimum weight dropped from 800 kg to 768 kg, and Overtake Mode replaces DRS. Detection sits on the way out of Turn 16, with activation at the exit of Turn 17.
Check the server country. Usually it’s geoblocking, so connect to a server in the country of your stream: the US for Apple TV, the UK for Sky Sports or Channel 4.
Switch servers. Still blocked? Pick another server in the same country and reload.
Clear the cache. Your browser or app may remember your real location. Clear cookies, open a private window or restart the app.
Check your subscription. A VPN doesn’t replace a paid plan. Apple TV, Sky Sports, TSN and Kayo still need your own active account.
Test before the race. Try your setup during Practice 1 on Friday, not five minutes before lights out on Sunday.
Traveling this weekend? Set up a VPN before Friday’s Practice 1, connect to a server at home and watch the race on the service you already pay for. This VPN leads our F1 TV table right now:
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F1 TVWidely available179 of 194tracked countriesIn the US, the race streams exclusively on Apple TV. In the UK, Sky Sports F1 shows it live and Channel 4 streams highlights. Ireland has Sky Sports, Canada has TSN, RDS and RDS 2, and Australia has Fox Sports, Foxtel and Kayo.
There’s no free live stream in the US, UK, Ireland or Australia: Apple TV, Sky Sports, Foxtel and Kayo are all paid, and so is TSN in Canada. UK viewers can stream highlights free on Channel 4, and in the US, Apple TV offers new subscribers a seven-day free trial. See our guide to streaming services in the UK for more options.
Yes. Connect to a VPN server in your home country, open the service you already pay for and sign in. Your provider sees a connection from home and plays the stream. Pick a VPN from the table in this guide, which ranks providers based on StreamFix data.
The race starts on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 8:00 p.m. Singapore time. That’s 8:00 a.m. ET, 5:00 a.m. PT, 1:00 p.m. in the UK and 11:00 p.m. AEDT in Sydney. Qualifying is on Saturday at 9:00 a.m. ET, 2:00 p.m. in the UK.
Using a VPN is legal in most countries. What a streaming service shows you over a VPN is up to that service, which is why it pays to choose a VPN from our table that currently works with F1 streams. You keep paying for your own subscription either way.
Yes, and it’s the last sprint of the 2026 season. Sprint Qualifying runs on Friday at 8:30 a.m. ET (1:30 p.m. UK) and the Sprint on Saturday at 5:00 a.m. ET (10:00 a.m. UK). There’s only one practice session.
Yes. Apple TV streams every practice, qualifying session, sprint and race of the 2026 season in the US, and F1 TV Premium is included at no extra cost. The subscription costs $12.99 a month.
George Russell won the 2025 Singapore Grand Prix for Mercedes from pole position. The same night, McLaren sealed its second straight Teams’ Championship.
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