Singapore Grand Prix: The Lion City Never Sleeps for Three Days
Every year in October, Singapore takes on a different tempo. The arrival of Formula 1 Singapore Grand Prix brings an exciting anticipation in the city, as the streets around Marina Bay prepare for the race. From the afternoon build-up to the final celebrations after dark, race weekend becomes a social calendar in itself, attracting international stars, music acts, fashion brands and visitors from around the world. Here are some of the highlights shaping Singapore’s race-weekend experience.
Inside the Grand Prix
Victory Travels in Louis Vuitton
Images courtesy of Louis Vuitton.
At the other end of the weekend sits the trophy itself. Now in the second year of its ten-year partnership with Formula 1, Louis Vuitton has crafted a bespoke Trophy Trunk for the Singapore Grand Prix – made exclusively by hand at the House’s Asnières-sur-Seine atelier, the same workshop that produced the first automotive trunks under Georges Vuitton in 1897.
This year’s trunk carries Singapore’s signature red and white alongside a black and white Damier nod to the finish line while introducing a new house signature – the victory patch that is engraved with each winner’s initials as a running record of the race’s history. The trunk is on public preview at Louis Vuitton’s Island Maison at Marina Bay Sands until 29 September, the first time a Formula 1 Trophy Trunk has been shown to the public in Singapore, before it is presented on the podium at the night race.
Motorsport Meets Fashion
Fashion’s association with Formula runs deeper this year and spans both ends of the spectrum. On the street side, Adidas Motorsport brings its pop-ups to Funan, in partnership with Audi Revolut and Raffles City, alongside Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team with show cars, racing simulators and exclusive merchandise collection. Funan gets an added draw on 7 October, when Audi Revolut F1 Team drivers Nico Hülkenberg and Gabriel Bortoleto appear live, open to shoppers who purchase Adidas products, including at least one Adidas + Audi Revolut F1 Team item.
PUMA joins in with Own Your Speed, its largest motorsport activation in Southeast Asia to date, running from 5 to 11 October. At its Speed Station pop-up at 313@Somerset, open from 6 to 11 October, the Scuderia Ferrari HP and McLaren Mastercard collections sit alongside a racing simulator, and on 7 October, Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris are scheduled for fan meet-and-greets.
Tommy Hilfiger joins the mix at Paragon with its Cadillac F1 pop-up, running from 1 to 11 October where Sergio Perez and Zhou Guanyu are expected to make appearance alongside interactive pit-stop stations. On the luxury end, Ray-Ban brings its Beyond the Track experience to CQ @ Clarke Quay, built around the Scuderia Ferrari collection while Breitling sets up a watch focused activation at Raffles City.
Fringe Activities
Orchard Paddock 2026
The Grand Prix atmosphere continues on to Orchard Road with Orchard Paddock 2026, taking over Ngee Ann City Civic Plaza from 8 to 10 October. The programme combines late-night dining with local performance and open-air movies. It is a more relaxed counterpoint to the intensity of the circuit, and a way to catch the energy of the weekend without a race ticket at all.
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Inside the Formula 1 Exhibition
Away from the barricades, the Formula 1 Exhibition makes its Asian debut at Gardens by the Bay, next to Satay by the Bay, and runs until 18 October. Across seven themed rooms, it traces more than 75 years of the sport’s history, from championship-winning cars such as the 2011 Red Bull RB7 to race suits, helmets and over 100 interviews, and it includes a tribute to Singapore’s own place on the calendar. Racing simulators let visitors take on a lap of the Marina Bay circuit, offered as an add-on to general admission. Flexi tickets aren’t valid from 8 to 12 October, so a visit that weekend needs a dated session ticket.
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Views from the Sky
Race Weekend Above the Skyline
For a different view of the race, the answer lies in the skyline. From 9 to 11 October, NOVA screens the action from 282 metres above ground, from 6pm to 10.30pm each night, with first practice and sprint qualifying on Friday, the sprint race and qualifying on Saturday, and race day on Sunday. Once the screenings end, the rooftop shifts from grandstand to dancefloor.
What follows is a world tour in three nights, echoing the way Formula 1 itself circles the globe. On 9 October, Yeti Out, the pan-Asian collective founded by twin brothers Arthur and Tom Bray, takes over HighHouse from 11pm to 3am with a back-to-back set. Saturday, 10 October will see Coast To Toast at Ho Chi Minh City’s Lại La Modern Cocktail Club from 10pm to 2am, whose sound blends the traditional đàn tranh with electronic beats. On 11 October, Chivas Regal presents Australian twin sisters NERVO with Samrove and Mr J, closing out the weekend from 10.30pm to 3am, with NERVO on the decks from midnight.
At NOVA, Lap 62 runs from 10.30pm to 3am each night, with Kong and KNRCK on Friday, Lenerd and Harv on Saturday, and Jerms and KNRCK on Sunday.
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Race Week at SushiSamba
Images courtesy of SushiSamba
For a view from the business district, SushiSamba leans into the race season from 1 to 11 October with a limited run of race-themed cocktails. Lights Out combines bourbon, honey and passionfruit, Lift & Coast pairs rum with ginger beer and blue curacao and Pole Position takes a bitter-sweet turn with Campari, amaretto and prosecco. Outside of cocktails, a Red Bull based mocktail and race-themed make roll is also available.
The main event runs on 10 and 11 October, when the restaurant’s iconic Copacabana Brunch returns as Race to Samba from 12pm to 3pm. Live DJ, saxophonist sets and samba performances accompany robata, sushi and ceviche stations with dishes spanning Australian tomahawk steak, spatchcock chicken and shrimp tempura. An F1 strawberry tart and Checkered Flag cake to end off the meal.
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The Night Line-up
Three Nights at MARQUEE
As the Grand Prix takes over Singapore during the evening, MARQUEE Singapore keeps the celebrations going each night with a different international headliner. Diplo takes the stage on 9 October, followed by Anyma on 10 October and Martin Garrix on 11 October.
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Music on the Circuit
On the circuit itself, the concert programme splits across three stages, and which one a ticket unlocks matters. Every valid race-day ticket includes the Padang Stage in Zone 4, where JJ Lin and Cortis open on 9 October, Zara Larsson and The Killers take over on 10 October, and James Arthur and Lana Del Rey close the weekend on 11 October.
Zone 1 tickets add the Wharf Stage, headlined by Janet Jackson on her first Singapore performance in fifteen years, alongside Split Enz and Goo Goo Dolls, plus the Barge Stage’s DJ line-up of Mark Ronson, DJ Snake and Major Lazer Soundsystem. Together, they turn the circuit into as much a music festival as a race weekend, reason enough, for some, to buy a ticket regardless of who is on the grid.
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