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Fernando Alonso’s Canadian GP ended not with a cra

Fernando Alonso’s Canadian GP ended not with a crash or an engine failure, but with a seat Aston Martin couldn’t make liveable. He retired on lap 23 as a pressure point worsened, with the team admitting he’s been uncomfortable for a while and hinting they may have pushed the low, reclined driving position too far. A new seat is planned for Monaco, but the fact it reached “showstopper” status in-race is a brutal look for a team chasing the front.

The seat saga capped a weekend full of avoidable misses: Stroll 15th and four laps down, a €7,500 fine after being sent out in qualifying with wheel covers still attached, plus another €5,000 penalty for an unsafe release. Aston Martin says reliability has improved and the power unit was fault-free, but with the car stuck in the lower midfield, every operational slip gets louder — and the basics are now the headline.

#F1 #CanadianGP #FernandoAlonso #AstonMartinF1 #MikeKrack #MontrealGP

Ford isn’t rattled by F1’s growing V8 chatter. Mar

Ford isn’t rattled by F1’s growing V8 chatter. Mark Rushbrook says the company knew the politics would move fast when it partnered with Red Bull Powertrains for 2026’s new 1.6 V6 hybrid era, and a future shift back toward a V8 with only a small electrical element wouldn’t change Ford’s commitment.

With Ford’s work centred on electrics, hybrids and key systems, the early signs for RBPT-Ford look strong, including a return to the podium with Verstappen. But the FIA is already pushing tweaks: an “in principle” move toward a 60/40 split in 2027, and even talk from the top about significantly reducing electrification and targeting V8s by 2030. Ford’s view is simple: it has enough breadth across combustion, hybrids and EVs to stay relevant, and its bet is on Red Bull’s long-term engine infrastructure as much as any single rulebook.

#F1 #Formula1 #FordPerformance #RedBullRacing #PowerUnits #MotorsportNews

Lewis Hamilton’s best day in Ferrari colours so fa

Lewis Hamilton’s best day in Ferrari colours so far still came with a twist in Montreal. From P5 to P2, he produced a proper scrap of a drive, including a late, decisive move on Max Verstappen into Turn 1 to take second. The paddock moment said the rest: Hamilton was straight over to bear-hug Kimi Antonelli as Verstappen settled for third.

Because while Hamilton beat Max, Antonelli beat everyone. With George Russell out early, Mercedes became a one-car showcase and the young championship leader never flinched, taking a fourth straight win with the kind of calm control that’s starting to look like the new normal. Hamilton praised the support Antonelli has around him at Mercedes, but kept the competitive edge intact: admiration without handing over any shortcuts. F1’s next fight isn’t coming. It’s already here.

#F1 #CanadianGP #LewisHamilton #KimiAntonelli #Ferrari #Mercedes

F1’s new ADUO concession system was meant to stop

F1’s new ADUO concession system was meant to stop the 2026 power unit reset creating a long-term engine mismatch, but it’s already turning into a political flashpoint. The first ICE Performance Index window has now closed (adjusted to five races: Australia, China, Japan, Miami and Canada), and the FIA will publish its verdict within two weeks of Montreal on who, if anyone, is 2 per cent or more behind and therefore eligible for extra upgrade opportunities.

Red Bull boss Laurent Mekies wouldn’t get pulled into the sandbagging debate, warning that public accusations invite scrutiny back the other way. But he was clear on the early pecking order: Mercedes has the powertrain advantage and, with eight cars using it, that impact is huge. Behind sits a tight group featuring Red Bull Ford Powertrains, Ferrari and Audi, while Honda is viewed as further back — the likely focal point of the first ADUO call, and the first real test of whether the grid sees it as fair correction or punishment for getting it right.

#F1 #Mercedes #Honda #RedBullRacing #PowerUnit #2026Regulations

Ross Brawn is back in the paddock, quietly but sig

Ross Brawn is back in the paddock, quietly but significantly: four years after leaving his F1 management role, the 71-year-old has joined the Pramac Racing board in MotoGP, a move that fits Liberty Media’s growing pull between its two headline series and gives Pramac a heavy dose of governance and institutional calm.

In F1, Canada underlined how 2026 is being shaped by judgement as much as pace. Lewis Hamilton’s second place for Ferrari was built on a forensic, lap-planned pass on Max Verstappen and stood as his best result since the 2025 switch, while Charles Leclerc called it the toughest weekend of his career after finishing a distant fourth. McLaren’s early intermediates gamble backfired, gifting Red Bull-Ford a first podium of the partnership. And with George Russell retiring through a battery failure, Kimi Antonelli surged to a fourth straight win and a 43-point lead that’s starting to define the title fight.

#F1 #CanadianGP #Ferrari #MotoGP #PramacRacing #Antonelli

McLaren’s Canadian GP came apart in public on the

McLaren’s Canadian GP came apart in public on the timing screens, but the clearest warning was on the radio. Untelevised exchanges show Oscar Piastri was told the team was “managing brake temperatures at the back” just seconds before his Turn 10 lock-up and collision with Alex Albon — a detail that doesn’t erase blame, but adds context to a car already outside its comfort window as he reported “quite bad” shifts.

The bigger picture was a messy Sunday: McLaren’s early intermediate gamble on a drying track quickly backfired, forcing an early correction, while Lando Norris later retired with a gearbox issue. Piastri’s recovery turned into damage limitation — a 10-second penalty, a new front wing, and 11th after being lapped twice — while Albon’s race ended on the spot, with Williams initially blind to the incident. In Montreal, tiny margins and rising temperatures can turn a salvage job into a meltdown fast.

#F1 #CanadianGP #McLaren #OscarPiastri #AlexAlbon #MontrealGP

Untelevised radio from the Canadian GP has reveale

Untelevised radio from the Canadian GP has revealed how a routine blue-flag situation turned into another flashpoint between Liam Lawson and Sergio Perez. Charging from 12th to finish seventh, Lawson caught the Cadillac to put it a lap down around lap 32 and complained Perez was “just getting in the way,” insisting the blue flags weren’t being enforced quickly enough. Perez, meanwhile, questioned why Lawson “doesn’t go,” with both sides convinced the other was the problem.

It’s the latest chapter in a rivalry that’s been prickly since 2024, and Montreal added fuel again when Perez later frustrated race winner Kimi Antonelli before retiring with a suspension failure. Lawson leaves with points and momentum, but the radios underline how easily old history can turn simple traffic management into something personal.

#F1 #CanadianGP #LiamLawson #SergioPerez #CadillacF1 #RacingBulls

Aston Martin’s 2026 start is turning into a grim r

Aston Martin’s 2026 start is turning into a grim routine: show up, fight at the back, leave with nothing. After Canada they’re still on zero points, and the early worries about engine-chassis integration have been validated — leaving Aston anchored to the foot of the Constructors’ standings alongside new entry Cadillac.

Honda isn’t promising a quick rescue either. Trackside GM Shintaro Orihara says the first tangible step is more realistic around the summer shutdown, with the main focus on unglamorous but crucial gains in combustion efficiency and cutting friction — plus “positive signs” on the dyno that still need time to become a race-ready package. Aston admits there’s work to do on drivability too, meaning even when Honda’s step arrives, they’ll still have to earn the lap time.

#F1 #AstonMartin #HondaF1 #Formula1 #Motorsport #F1News

George Russell arrived in Montreal needing to stop

George Russell arrived in Montreal needing to stop Kimi Antonelli’s run of three straight wins and keep Mercedes’ title fight alive. For a while, it looked like another high-class intra-team duel: hard, controlled racing at the front in tricky cold conditions, with both drivers quick enough to win on merit.

Then Russell’s race ended instantly with a battery failure. Antonelli leaves Canada 43 points clear, and Russell didn’t hide the shift in momentum: “Right now, it’s his to lose.” The frustration spilled over with a headrest toss that drew a suspended fine, and Russell pointed to a season of bad-timed setbacks as he tries to reset into a “nothing to lose” mindset. The pace is there, but the arithmetic is starting to bite.

#F1 #CanadianGP #MercedesF1 #GeorgeRussell #KimiAntonelli #F1News

Lewis Hamilton’s Canadian GP P2 was his best resul

Lewis Hamilton’s Canadian GP P2 was his best result yet as a Ferrari driver, a hard-earned step forward in a season built on small gains. But the standout Hamilton moment of the weekend came at the same time in Norfolk, as younger brother Nicolas claimed his first BTCC podium with EXCELR8 Motorsport and won the Jack Sears Trophy.

Lewis marked the double-podium day with pride and a pointed message: motorsport still isn’t built to be inclusive, with limited access and support for disabled competitors. Nicolas’ Snetterton breakthrough wasn’t a token headline, but the result of years of adapting, persisting, and pushing through barriers to reach a dream he’s chased for 18 years.

#F1 #CanadianGP #LewisHamilton #BTCC #NicolasHamilton #MotorsportInclusivity

Ross Brawn is heading back to the sharp end of a p

Ross Brawn is heading back to the sharp end of a pitlane, joining Pramac Racing Limited’s board as a non-executive director and strategic adviser to team principal Paolo Campinoti. After stepping away from Formula 1 at the end of 2022 — having helped shape the 2022 ground-effect era and building a legacy that spans Schumacher’s title runs, Brawn GP’s 2009 miracle and Mercedes’ rise — Brawn now brings that institutional, systems-first mindset to MotoGP.

The timing is no coincidence. Pramac sit bottom of the 2026 MotoGP team standings on six points, and this looks less like a vanity appointment than a push for calmer decision-making, clearer long-term planning and harder internal honesty. It also underlines a bigger trend in Liberty Media’s MotoGP era: F1’s networks and senior operators are increasingly crossing into the bike paddock, and struggling teams are happy to borrow proven methods from the other side.

#MotoGP #PramacRacing #RossBrawn #Motorsport #LibertyMedia #PaddockNews

Montreal served up the classic wet-to-dry trap: a

Montreal served up the classic wet-to-dry trap: a forecast that wouldn’t commit, a track that looked “safe” for inters, then a drying line that arrived faster than the drizzle. McLaren started on intermediates expecting more rain, but it never came — and the extended pre-start procedure effectively gave the circuit extra time to dry. Oscar Piastri said he was “floating around” and boxed at the end of lap 1 for slicks, with Lando Norris following a lap later after briefly running at the front.

Those early stops handed Max Verstappen track position without a fight, and Red Bull turned the moment into a third-place finish — helped again later when George Russell retired. Verstappen called it “a great call” with a pointed “Thank you,” while Andrea Stella defended McLaren’s decision as right for the conditions at the time, only undone by how quickly everything flipped.

#F1 #CanadianGP #McLaren #RedBullRacing #MaxVerstappen #MontrealGP

Ferrari left Montreal with points, but plenty to u

Ferrari left Montreal with points, but plenty to unpack. Charles Leclerc called it the toughest weekend of his F1 career despite salvaging P4 in a cold, chaotic Canadian GP defined by strategy swings and late-race survival. He said he had “zero feeling” with the tyres from the first lap of FP1 to the chequered flag, and admitted the result felt more like luck than reward.

The comparison hurt more than the points helped. Lewis Hamilton looked at home in the same Ferrari, finishing 34 seconds up the road, setting a clear pace benchmark, and closing to within three points in the standings while leading their race head-to-head 3–2. Leclerc openly credited Hamilton as “absolutely incredible” and said the upside is finally having a reference to study — but weekends like this also sharpen the internal pecking order, and Montreal just raised the pressure in Maranello.

#F1 #CanadianGP #Ferrari #CharlesLeclerc #LewisHamilton #MotorsportNews

Lewis Hamilton’s Montreal weekend didn’t need to b

Lewis Hamilton’s Montreal weekend didn’t need to be loud to feel significant. From P5 to P2, he delivered his first second place for Ferrari and his 204th career podium, capped by a statement overtake on Max Verstappen that looked like pure old-school Hamilton.

He credited the reset to having his mum, Carmen Larbalestier, with him all weekend — dinners, movies, and a calmer rhythm away from the paddock noise. After a draining final year at Mercedes and a bumpy start in red, this felt less like fortune and more like a hard-earned release, with Hamilton quick to point to the work done behind the scenes at Ferrari. The result lifts him to fourth in the standings on 72 points, just three behind Charles Leclerc, and gives Maranello a timely shot of belief.

#F1 #LewisHamilton #Ferrari #CanadianGP #MontrealGP #MaxVerstappen

Mercedes got the spectacle in Montreal: George Rus

Mercedes got the spectacle in Montreal: George Russell and Kimi Antonelli went wheel-to-wheel in the Sprint and again in the Grand Prix, with neither looking willing to play the “good teammate”. It was thrilling from the outside, but Toto Wolff admitted it got “close a few times” — the kind of small mistakes (a lock-up, a late moment at the chicane) that can turn a headline duel into a double DNF.

The bigger issue is context. Antonelli’s fourth win of the season extends his points lead to 131, 43 clear of Russell, and Wolff noted Mercedes could “afford” the fight in Canada thanks to a pace cushion that won’t always be there. Add in radio noise about penalties, and the message is clear: enjoy the rivalry, but expect the pit wall to tighten the rules if the risk — or the cost in lap time — keeps climbing.

#F1 #Mercedes #CanadianGP #GeorgeRussell #KimiAntonelli #TeamOrders

George Russell has thrown his weight behind F1’s c

George Russell has thrown his weight behind F1’s current direction, rejecting calls to “fix” the 2026 rules package after a bruising, wheel-to-wheel Canada fight with Mercedes team-mate Kimi Antonelli. Russell pointed to battles this season in Melbourne, China and Montreal as proof the cars and power units can still let drivers follow closely and race hard — even if his own scrap ended when the battery finally gave up.

It sets up a growing split with Max Verstappen, who’s warned the energy-management-heavy era risks becoming “mentally” unsustainable without a compromise. F1 is already edging toward change, with an in-principle plan to shift power delivery to a 60–40 split in favour of the combustion engine, though it still needs a vote. For now, Canada summed it up: the racing can be brilliant, and the system can still feel fragile.

#F1 #Formula1 #GeorgeRussell #MaxVerstappen #F12026 #CanadianGP

McLaren had the dream start in Montréal when Lando

McLaren had the dream start in Montréal when Lando Norris won the run to Turn 1 and put the papaya car in front, but the gamble on marginal conditions quickly turned into a trap once the race was stopped and the weather swung again. Norris didn’t reach the flag, and Oscar Piastri’s weekend got worse after a heavy hit with Alex Albon that ended Albon’s race; Piastri apologised but still finished outside the points. A prime chance to pressure Mercedes became a costly points haemorrhage.

Mercedes, meanwhile, left Canada looking less like they’re fighting the grid and more like they’re fighting each other. Kimi Antonelli’s win stretches his championship lead to 43 points over George Russell after a messy, uncompromising duel, while the stewards stayed busy: Russell received a €5000 suspended fine, and Nico Hülkenberg picked up a suspended stop-and-go plus a reprimand for a strange formation-lap/Safety Car line positioning error (with Liam Lawson also reprimanded). With rivals stumbling, the title tension is starting to live inside the Mercedes garage.

#F1 #CanadianGP #McLaren #MercedesF1 #KimiAntonelli #GeorgeRussell

Oscar Piastri’s Canadian GP unravelled long before

Oscar Piastri’s Canadian GP unravelled long before Montreal’s hairpin, after McLaren’s opening call to start on intermediates backfired as conditions dried. A lap-one stop became damage limitation, and the recovery drive demanded ever-smaller margins on a surface Piastri said had “grip like nothing I’ve driven before.”

At the hairpin, a front-tyre lock-up sent the McLaren into the side of Alex Albon’s Williams, ending Albon’s race on the spot and earning Piastri a 10-second penalty that buried any points chance. Piastri owned his part in the “group call” on tyres and apologised, while Albon said he’d simply been caught out. Piastri still pointed to qualifying and improved feel versus Miami as small positives in an otherwise costly, bruising Sunday.

#F1 #CanadianGP #OscarPiastri #AlexAlbon #McLaren #Williams

Liam Lawson’s Canadian GP ended with a season-best

Liam Lawson’s Canadian GP ended with a season-best-equalling P7 for Racing Bulls, built on tidy execution and a seriously disciplined tyre call: 36 laps on softs to bring it home. In a year where calm Sundays have been rare for the team, Montreal looked like the kind of solid midfield result that steadies a campaign.

But the weekend comes with a small asterisk. After the pre-start confusion that led to three formation laps, Lawson received an FIA reprimand for how he handled the final formation lap when Nico Hülkenberg (Audi) was slow to launch. Lawson briefly moved ahead and the order wasn’t corrected by Safety Car Line 1, even though both cars ultimately started from their correct grid spots and the stewards said there was no impact on the competition. Hülkenberg took a suspended stop-and-go plus a reprimand, while Lawson’s first reprimand of 2026 is a reminder that five in a season triggers an automatic 10-place grid penalty.

#F1 #CanadianGP #LiamLawson #RacingBulls #FIA #MontrealGP

Lando Norris’s Montreal gamble lit up the start. W

Lando Norris’s Montreal gamble lit up the start. With drizzle on the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, McLaren committed to intermediates and Norris rocketed past Kimi Antonelli and George Russell, grabbing clean air and pulling two seconds clear after a statement opening lap.

But the rain never really arrived. As the track improved, the inters turned from advantage to anchor, forcing an early switch back to slicks and wiping out the gain. Norris owned that the call ended up wrong, but defended it as a fine-margin roll of the dice that could’ve worked with “1% more rain” or a timely Safety Car. Oscar Piastri, who also started on inters, called it idiotic in hindsight, while Norris’s afternoon got worse with a reliability issue that ended any recovery. McLaren heads to Monaco for its 1000th GP weekend after a race that showed the upside of being bold—and how quickly it can bite.

#F1 #CanadianGP #LandoNorris #McLaren #MontrealGP #F1Strategy

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