Late Singapore Grand Prix grid changes as pit lane starts confirmed

Michelle Foster 05 Oct 2025 10:07 AM

The FIA flag flying

Pierre Gasly will start Sunday’s Singapore Grand Prix from the pit lane as too will Alex Albon.

Gasly qualified the slowest of all under the lights at the Marina Bay circuit as his final attempt to break out of Q1 ended with his car pointing at the Turn 9 barrier.

Pierre Gasly will line up in the pit lane

Out on track for a final flying lap, the Frenchman brought out the yellow flags when his A525 broke down with the driver reporting “losing everything” with heavy steering.

The French driver finished in 20th as a consequence.

“Oil protection cut,” Gasly told the media.

Asked if it was a sensor issue, he replied: “I’m not even going to go into details, I just had to stop the car.

“Not good. Not good.

“I couldn’t even turn. I was putting all my strength just to get around that Turn Nine, and then I had no throttle.”

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Gasly was elevated to 18th on the grid after the FIA stewards disqualified Alex Albon and Carlos Sainz, who had finished 12th and 13th, when their FW47’s rear wing slot gap failed post-session checks.

The rear wing slot gap was found to exceed the maximum 85mm when DRS was activated with Albon and Sainz excluded from the final qualifying classification.

However, the Alpine driver is heading to the pit lane as the team changed his car’s setup, thus breaking Parc Ferme conditions.

“Pierre will start today’s Singapore Grand Prix from the Pit Lane after the team made setup changes to his car under Parc Ferme conditions,” read the brief statement from Alpine.

The FIA confirmed the pit lane start, saying: “The floor of car number 10 was changed for one of a different specification and changes have been made to the set-up of the suspension of this car without the approval of the FIA technical delegate.

“Therefore car number 10 should now be required to start the Race from the pit lane according to Article 40.9 a) of the 2025 Formula One Sporting Regulations.”

Albon will join Gasly in the pit lane, the FIA revealing: “Changes have been made to the set-up of the suspension of car number 23 without the approval of the FIA technical delegate.

“Therefore car number 23 should now be required to start the Race from the pit lane according to Article 40.9 a) of the 2025 Formula One Sporting Regulations.”

Williams confirmed Sainz will be on the grid, the Spaniard lining up P18.

“Following yesterday’s disqualification from Qualifying for both cars, Alex Albon will start the Singapore Grand Prix from the pit lane after a decision to modify his suspension settings.

“Carlos Sainz will start the race from the grid.”