Formula Frenzy

According to ESPN F1 on Twitter, seen below, the Japanese GP winners will have their home flags displayed on the trophies after they kiss the trophy following the end of the race.  How cool!!!!   The Japanese GP will have the world's first ever 'kiss activated' trophies 😘 The trophies will display the colours of the national flag of the winning driver when kissed 🏆 (via @Lenovo ) pic.twitter.com/3lkxuRyNRb — ESPN F1 (@ESPNF1) September 23, 2023 written by Randi May 

 It's race weekend! We're excited for this nighttime race and we hope you are too. Qualifying results (posted at the bottom of this piece )  are not what you might expect.  First though, let's take a look at the special, glitzy and glam helmets that we'll see out on the track on Sunday.  Lando Norris on Instagram First,  Lando Norris. This helmet is so cute, I personally want one. It matches the McLaren drivers' suits, which are black to match with the night sky in humid Singapore.  There's also mini helmets of this one for sale:  click here McLaren's Oscar Piastri also has a special helmet for this race:  Singapore 🤝 Sparkles. @OscarPiastri has added some night race appropriate upgrades to his lid! 😍 #SingaporeGP 🇸🇬 pic.twitter.com/Fw5D5OFJ6T — McLaren (@McLarenF1) September 14, 2023 Kevin Magnussen's newly designed helmet is pretty glam as well, if I do say so myself. Seen below, you can see the white and red complementary design with a graffiti-

 The last two years at the Singapore GP, we've started with a one Charles Leclerc in pole position.  This year, it's his teammate on Ferrari- Carlos Sainz. Leclerc is starting in P3.  After setting a time less than 2/10ths of a second behind Sainz in Free Practice 2, the Monegasque man was surely hyped up for qualifying, but got beat out by George Russell for Mercedes by just .007 of a second in Q3.   Leclerc sits in the second row with Lando Norris to start the race.  And something we haven't seen all season... the two Red Bull drivers are each starting in the back half of the grid. Max Verstappen will try to work his way up from P11 at the start, and Checo P13.  Full starting grid below:  F1 on YouTube F1 on YouTube written by Randi May

 We saw in free practices and qualifying today that Williams Racing is presenting themselves in a new, light blue livery on the Williams FW45.  Logan Sargeant and Alex Albon will be racing in this beautiful car for the race tomorrow. The two are starting 18th and 14th respectively.  Motorsport.com on Twitter written by Randi May

 Zhou Guanyu has been racing with Alfa Romeo since the beginning of 2022, and he's staying with the team at least for 2024.  Formula One It's also been said that the Alfa Romeo team will go back to being called "Sauber" next season.  written by Randi May

McLarenF1 on X Check out this sick new *stealth mode* livery McLaren unveiled today!  The team says they'll be using it for the Singapore Grand Prix as well as the Japan Grand Prix.  STEALTH MODE: UNLOCKED 🔓 We're switching up our livery for Singapore and Japan with @OKX . 🖤 #StealthMode pic.twitter.com/8brSfkye2J — McLaren (@McLarenF1) September 13, 2023 written by Randi May