What time is the Formula 1 race today: Why Singapore GP race is delayed?

Tanish Chachra | 02/10/2022
What time is the Formula 1 race today: Why Singapore GP race is delayed?

What time is the Formula 1 race today: The Singapore Grand Prix was supposed to start at 8 am ET, but the race is now delayed due to rain.

After three years, F1 returned to Singapore Grand Prix. Therefore, there was heavy excitement around the race. But the fans will now have to wait, as the race has been delayed due to the heavy shower.

As the official word reveals, the Marina Bay race has been delayed, because of the heavy shower. Chris Medland has confirmed that the race will start at 21:05 local time. That is 09:05 ET.

While there was rain prediction across the weekend, heavy rains like this were unprecedented, and many F1 teams and F1’s official Twitter account right now are busy showing how heavy showers are on the lanes of Marina Bay.

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What will happen if the actual race doesn’t happen due to rain?

During the 2021 season, the Belgian Grand Prix was completely washed because of the rain. A few laps were done behind the safety car, and the top 10 (because of the safety car, no overtaking happened. Thus, qualifying positions remained unchanged) were given half of the points.

This result was unpopular among fans. Therefore, ahead of 2022, the rules were changed.  According to Express, at least two laps under the green flag must be completed to award points to the drivers.

For races where just two laps are completed, but 25 percent distance is not reached, only the top five finishers will be given points. The winner, runner-up and second runner-up, will be given four, three and two points, respectively. The other two drivers will be given a point each.

From 25-50% of race completion points will be given from 13 to one to the top nine drivers. And for 50-75%, points will be issued to the top 10 but in the order of 19, 14, 12, nine, eight, six, five, three, two, and one.

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Tanish Chachra

Tanish Chachra is the Motorsport editor at The SportsRush. He saw his first race when F1 visited India in 2011, and since then, his romance with the sport has been seasonal until he took up this role in 2020. Reigniting F1's coverage on this site, Tanish has fallen in love with the sport all over again. He loves Kimi Raikkonen and sees a future world champion in Oscar Piastri. Away from us, he loves to snuggle inside his books.

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