The 2026 Singapore Grand Prix Sprint starts at 2:30 pm IST on Saturday, October 10. Grand Prix qualifying follows at 6:30 pm IST, and Sunday’s race starts at 5:30 pm IST on October 11. Formula 1 lists FanCode and TATA Play FanCode Sports as its Indian broadcasters. FanCode’s official Singapore event page provides the streaming and pass route.
The weekend takes place at Marina Bay Street Circuit from October 9 to 11. It is a Sprint weekend, so a search for “Singapore race time” can bring up several different sessions. Saturday’s short race and Sunday’s Grand Prix have different start times; selecting one without its date and session label can mean missing the event a viewer intended to watch.
Singapore F1 weekend: India start times
| Session | Date (2026) | Singapore (SGT) | India (IST) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprint | Saturday, October 10 | 17:00 | 14:30 / 2:30 pm |
| Grand Prix qualifying | Saturday, October 10 | 21:00 | 18:30 / 6:30 pm |
| Grand Prix | Sunday, October 11 | 20:00 | 17:30 / 5:30 pm |
Session start times, subject to official changes. IST is 2 hours 30 minutes behind SGT.
Convert the Singapore timetable into IST
Formula 1’s timetable gives the Sprint as 17:00 Singapore time on October 10, qualifying as 21:00 that evening, and the Grand Prix as 20:00 on October 11. Singapore is UTC+8 and India is UTC+5:30. Subtracting two hours and 30 minutes gives 14:30, 18:30 and 17:30 IST respectively, with no date change. The organiser’s event schedule lists the same Singapore start times.
Friday’s practice and Sprint qualifying are earlier parts of that weekend, rather than additional live races still to come on Saturday. FanCode’s event page lists five sessions across October 9–11 and marks practice and Sprint qualifying as over. For today’s viewing, choose “Sprint” for the afternoon session and “Qualifying” for the later session; choose “Race” for Sunday.
Find the Indian broadcast and pass route
The F1 broadcaster list establishes the Indian viewing providers, while FanCode’s Singapore tour page identifies the exact event. On that page, use the selected session and the “GET A PASS” option to reach the access route. This is more precise than following a generic motorsport page, which also carries events such as MotoGP with unrelated schedules.
A displayed time can also depend on the device’s time zone. During this check, FanCode showed the Sprint at 18:00 on a browser using Korea time; that is the same instant as 14:30 IST. The table and diagram here use India time explicitly. The pass route opened, but its price did not render in the checked view, so this guide does not quote an amount or promise free access.
Set reminders by session, date and time zone
Before the session, select the correct Singapore event, confirm that the access option covers the session you want, and match its date to the IST timetable below. F1’s television route through TATA Play FanCode Sports is separate from opening a web stream. Broadcast rights identify a provider; they do not by themselves prove that a particular account already has the required access. Video playback and account entitlement were not tested here.
Keep Saturday’s two entries separate from Sunday’s Grand Prix when setting reminders. The organiser notes that schedules can change, so a later official change takes precedence over an earlier calendar. The practical reference is the named session, its date and its time zone together—not an unlabelled clock time copied from a search snippet or another country’s browser display.
Formula 1 and the organiser’s Singapore start times were compared and converted to IST. India’s broadcast list and FanCode’s exact event/pass route were checked. Price, video playback and account entitlement were not verified.
- Formula 1: Singapore weekend times ↗
- Singapore GP: official event schedule ↗
- Formula 1: Indian broadcast providers ↗
- FanCode: Singapore event and session listings ↗