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Fernando Alonso hasn’t won an F1 race since 2013,

Fernando Alonso hasn’t won an F1 race since 2013, but in Montreal he sounded anything but faded. With Aston Martin’s 2026 campaign already in trouble — Honda power unit vibrations, gearbox issues, and a car short on downforce — Alonso and Lance Stroll are still on zero points, last in the standings.

Asked how he judges himself without a front-running car, Alonso didn’t hedge: “I’m the best.” He says decline won’t be measured against machinery he can’t beat, but in places he can control — and he still expects that, with the right car, results will come. For Aston Martin, hope now leans on hard work: Newey’s arrival hasn’t delivered an instant fix, and while the FIA’s Honda ADUO should bring extra budget and resources, the real cure is time, people, dyno hours, and solving reliability at the root.

#F1 #FernandoAlonso #AstonMartinF1 #HondaF1 #CanadianGP #MotorsportNews

Mercedes’ Canadian Sprint delivered the first real

Mercedes’ Canadian Sprint delivered the first real flashpoint in what’s becoming a proper Russell vs Antonelli intra-team fight. With the latest upgrades pushing the Silver Arrows closer to the front, the stakes have risen fast — and it only took six laps for the elbows to come out. Antonelli tried the outside at Turn 1 and later the inside at Turn 7, but Russell defended hard both times, forcing the rookie to take the escape road and then the grass. No contact, but the warning signs were clear.

Russell went on to win the Sprint with Antonelli third, cutting the championship lead by two points, while Toto Wolff welcomed the early “learning” and made it clear the team needs smarter racing — plus less radio “moaning” when things get tight. Now the tension carries straight into Sunday: Russell on pole, Antonelli alongside on the front row, and Mercedes facing the familiar task of defining the line before someone crosses it.

#F1 #CanadianGP #MercedesF1 #GeorgeRussell #KimiAntonelli #MontrealGP

Max Verstappen fired back at Juan Pablo Montoya af

Max Verstappen fired back at Juan Pablo Montoya after the former F1 winner suggested the sport should consider “parking” Verstappen, even floating Super Licence penalty points, for the way he’s criticised the 2026 rules. Verstappen didn’t just dismiss the comments as “rubbish” — he questioned why F1 would give Montoya a platform at all, framing it as attention-seeking and making it clear he’s not interested in tone-policing from the sidelines.

The clash sits in a bigger fight over F1’s next era. Verstappen has called the 2026 direction “anti-racing” and likened it to “Mario Kart,” but he’s also shown conditional buy-in by backing an agreed push to shift 2027 power units back toward more internal combustion contribution. His warning now is pointed: if that change doesn’t happen, staying engaged would be “mentally not doable.” It’s less a pundit spat than a message to F1’s leadership about credibility, follow-through, and trust.

#F1 #MaxVerstappen #RedBullRacing #JuanPabloMontoya #F12026 #F12027

The radar’s turning Montreal into a wet roulette,

The radar’s turning Montreal into a wet roulette, and under the 2026 rules the paddock’s mood is more uneasy than excited. With cold temperatures, standing water and long straights that drain tyre heat, drivers are bracing for a Canadian GP where nobody is sure where the limit actually is.

From Russell on pole to Norris, Piastri and Verstappen, the message is the same: there’s barely any meaningful wet mileage in this era, and the tyres can be hard to switch on even in the dry. Add reduced blanket temperatures and a power unit/energy deployment that can feel unpredictable when grip is low, and “execution” turns into live discovery. Hamilton has criticised the current wet tyre package as worse than before, while Sainz, Perez, Alonso and Gasly have all warned it could get messy fast — potentially an elimination game where simply finishing matters.

#F1 #CanadianGP #Montreal #WetWeather #Formula1 #MotorsportNews

Lewis Hamilton had a busy Saturday with the stewar

Lewis Hamilton had a busy Saturday with the stewards in Montreal, but left with a clean sheet. He was investigated for alleged impeding of Pierre Gasly in Q1 at Turn 8, yet the FIA ruled no further action after accepting Hamilton and Ferrari’s view that Gasly wasn’t on a push lap, with Gasly not pressing for it to be treated as unnecessary impeding. Earlier, Hamilton was also looked at over a Sprint incident with Oscar Piastri for a potential off-track advantage.

Aston Martin, meanwhile, turned qualifying into an expensive lesson in basics. Fernando Alonso’s unsafe release into Franco Colapinto earned a €5,000 fine, then Lance Stroll left the garage with wheel covers still fitted and a piece came off once he was already on track, bringing a further €7,500 penalty. Sergio Perez also received a warning after Alonso had to take evasive action around a slow-moving Cadillac at the final chicane.

#F1 #CanadianGP #LewisHamilton #AstonMartin #FIA #Qualifying

Max Verstappen has thrown his weight behind the pr

Max Verstappen has thrown his weight behind the proposed 2027 power unit tweaks, warning that if F1 doesn’t follow through, 2026 could become a season of constant energy management that he finds “mentally not doable.” The plan would rebalance deployment to a 60–40 split favouring the internal combustion engine, but it still needs a formal vote — and that uncertainty is what he’s pushing against.

With Verstappen increasingly active outside the F1 bubble and openly unimpressed by the politics, his message is blunt: make the change sooner, not later. Red Bull and Mercedes are understood to support 2027, while others reportedly want to delay to 2028, turning a technical fix into a classic F1 power play. For the sport, it’s a clear warning that getting the new era wrong risks more than just the racing product.

#F1 #MaxVerstappen #CanadianGP #FIA #PowerUnit #Formula1News

George Russell grabbed pole in Montreal, but Oscar

George Russell grabbed pole in Montreal, but Oscar Piastri’s read on qualifying was that it flattered the rest. McLaren starts P4 with Piastri alongside Lando Norris, yet he believes Mercedes still has headroom: Russell’s lap wasn’t perfect, and it was still enough for a front-row lockout.

Qualifying was classic Canada chaos, with a rapidly evolving track and tyre prep becoming the whole game — warm-up laps everywhere, and Russell even managing two laps on the same set. McLaren reverted to its old front wing after practice and felt “reasonable” in Q3, but Piastri admitted they’re still missing the last little bit. Now the forecasted wet race adds a bigger unknown: limited rain running with these 2026 cars, power units that hate inconsistency, and tyres that may not inspire confidence. For Piastri, Russell’s pole looks like Mercedes’ floor, not its ceiling.

#F1 #CanadianGP #OscarPiastri #GeorgeRussell #McLaren #Mercedes

Montreal qualifying hadn’t even cooled down before

Montreal qualifying hadn’t even cooled down before the stewards’ docket filled up after a chaotic, stop-start Q1. Lewis Hamilton is under investigation for allegedly impeding Pierre Gasly at Turn 8, adding to a day that already included a Sprint incident review that ended with no further action.

Aston Martin has multiple issues to address: Fernando Alonso is being looked at for a potential unsafe release that forced Franco Colapinto to react in the pit lane, while Lance Stroll faces two separate investigations for an alleged unsafe condition on release and a potential impeding of Nico Hülkenberg at Turn 5. Sergio Perez is also under review for a possible failure to comply with the race director’s instructions amid heavy traffic at the final chicane, underlining how quickly Montreal punishes anyone out of sync.

#F1 #CanadianGP #Qualifying #FIA #AstonMartin #Ferrari

George Russell delivered another Montreal qualifyi

George Russell delivered another Montreal qualifying sting in the tail, stealing pole with a 1:12.578 right at the death to beat team-mate Kimi Antonelli by 0.068s and secure a Mercedes front-row lockout. It was a tense, finely balanced session shaped by setup compromises with rain risk looming, and Russell’s route to P1 was anything but smooth — bumps, Q2 pressure, and a last-gasp reset that paid off.

McLaren look primed to strike with Lando Norris third and Oscar Piastri fourth, while Lewis Hamilton hauled Ferrari to fifth amid more steward attention, and Charles Leclerc ended up eighth. Isack Hadjar impressed with seventh after flirting with pole contention, with Lindblad ninth and Colapinto tenth. Max Verstappen could only manage sixth, uncharacteristically off the pace as the grid sets up a potentially changeable Sunday.

#F1 #CanadianGP #GeorgeRussell #MercedesAMG #KimiAntonelli #Qualifying

Kimi Antonelli nailed it under Montreal pressure t

Kimi Antonelli nailed it under Montreal pressure to take pole for the 2026 Canadian GP, beating Lando Norris by a brutal 0.008s in a true one-lap knife fight. Isack Hadjar made it a three-way scrap within 0.015s of P1, while Arvid Lindblad’s P4 underlined a weekend where the new generation is properly mixing it at the front.

George Russell followed his sprint win with P5, with Lewis Hamilton P6 and Max Verstappen splitting the Ferraris in P7 as Charles Leclerc could only manage P10. McLaren stay firmly in the game with Norris P2 and Oscar Piastri P8, Racing Bulls put two cars in the top 10, and Q1 was punishing for others — both Audis out early, Alonso stuck in P19, and a disastrous session for hometown favourite Lance Stroll ending P22 after a big slide.

#F1 #CanadianGP #Montreal #Mercedes #McLaren #Qualifying

Montreal qualifying has a familiar edge: thin marg

Montreal qualifying has a familiar edge: thin margins, close walls, and a circuit that punishes anyone who gets greedy on the brakes. After the Sprint, teams are resetting on the fly, because whatever story that earlier run hinted at doesn’t count once the lights go green at 16:00 local time.

This track is brutally honest. Out-laps turn into reconnaissance, traffic can ruin everything in seconds, and parc fermé means less flexibility if the car feels even slightly off. A tiny lock-up into the final chicane or a snap out of the hairpin can torch a lap and end a session. Expect early bankers, then a late scramble as the grip comes to them and the risk dial turns up. In Montreal, the Sprint can mislead. The walls never do.

#F1 #CanadianGP #MontrealGP #Qualifying #CircuitGillesVilleneuve #Motorsport

Lewis Hamilton has been cleared after an FIA inves

Lewis Hamilton has been cleared after an FIA investigation into his last-lap trip across Montreal’s final chicane in a three-car fight with Oscar Piastri, with Charles Leclerc also in the mix. Hamilton rejoined ahead, but the stewards ruled Piastri wasn’t in an “overtaking position” at the moment Hamilton left the track, so it wasn’t considered a defensive move that created a lasting advantage under the Driving Standards Guidelines.

The decision will keep the track-limits debate simmering, especially after Nico Hülkenberg received a 10-second penalty earlier in the Sprint for a similar-looking situation that the FIA said involved a car properly placed to attack. On track, Hamilton still slipped to sixth at the line as Piastri forced through and Leclerc dragged past, while George Russell took the Sprint win ahead of Lando Norris and Kimi Antonelli.

#F1 #CanadianGP #LewisHamilton #Montreal #FIA #SprintRace

Mercedes came to Montreal looking united, but the

Mercedes came to Montreal looking united, but the Canadian GP Sprint exposed a growing gap in how “race hard, be fair” is being interpreted inside the cockpit. Off the start, Kimi Antonelli tried to go around the outside of George Russell through Turns 1–2, ended up in the grass, lost out to Lando Norris, and immediately branded Russell’s defence “very naughty” on the radio.

Toto Wolff shut the tone down mid-race, telling his rookie to focus on driving, but the bigger issue followed after the flag: Antonelli wants clearer rules of engagement after feeling the move didn’t match what was agreed in pre-race meetings. Russell, fresh off the Sprint win, insisted nothing crossed the line and pointed to the lack of any investigation as proof. With Russell’s win cutting Antonelli’s championship lead to 18 points, Mercedes now has to turn “hard but fair” into something both drivers read the same way when a victory is on the line.

#F1 #CanadianGP #MercedesF1 #GeorgeRussell #KimiAntonelli #MontrealGP

Montreal barely has time to wake up before Sprint

Montreal barely has time to wake up before Sprint Friday switches the paddock into full “don’t-bin-it” mode. One hour of practice, then straight into Sprint Qualifying at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with the Sprint grid decided in a session capped at 60 minutes or 23 laps. No long runs, no gentle set-up exploration, just immediate execution.

Canada amplifies every small misstep: it’s fast, tight, and always one confidence step away from the Wall of Champions. With track position and clean air at a premium, Sprint Qualifying becomes as much about timing releases and managing traffic as outright pace. On a weekend this compressed, the sharpest drivers and operations get rewarded, and even tiny errors get punished loudly.

#F1 #CanadianGP #Montreal #SprintQualifying #CircuitGillesVilleneuve #WallOfChampions

Mercedes may not have gone biggest with upgrades e

Mercedes may not have gone biggest with upgrades earlier this year, but Montreal has rewarded the timing. The W17’s new floor, updated corners and fresh front wing have made the car look calmer through the quick changes of direction and, crucially here, far happier attacking the kerbs without a nervous rear.

The impact showed immediately: George Russell took Sprint pole with Kimi Antonelli alongside, three tenths clear of the nearest non-Mercedes. Antonelli admitted his session was messy and still ended up P2, sounding more annoyed than relieved — a fitting note for the championship leader as Mercedes turns up in Canada looking like it’s moved the game on. The real test comes in the Sprint with fuel, tyres and walls closing in, but the early read is a genuine statement.

#F1 #CanadianGP #MercedesF1 #GeorgeRussell #KimiAntonelli #W17

Oscar Piastri is lining up on Sprint row two in Mo

Oscar Piastri is lining up on Sprint row two in Montreal with confidence in McLaren’s launches, and he’s not convinced Ferrari are the defining threat off the line anymore. With Russell and Antonelli on the front row and Norris alongside him, Piastri’s focus is on attacking the Mercedes pair into Turn 1 rather than defending from the red cars behind.

The bigger story sits in the fine print of the 2026 start rules. With the MGU-H gone, teams have been chasing any edge in turbo response and start procedure timing, and Ferrari’s smaller-turbo concept had built a reputation for sharp getaways. But the FIA has moved to reduce that advantage with new start warnings and a low-power detection system that can trigger automatic MGU-K deployment — a change Ferrari boss Fred Vasseur called “well played but not very fair.” In Montreal’s Sprint, the message is clear: early innovation gets noticed, and the teams that adapt fastest will win positions when it matters most.

#F1 #CanadianGP #Sprint #McLaren #Ferrari #Mercedes

Charles Leclerc isn’t banking on ADUO to rescue Fe

Charles Leclerc isn’t banking on ADUO to rescue Ferrari’s power-unit deficit, even if the FIA’s first post-Canada assessment makes the team eligible for extra upgrade scope. The 2026–2030 concession is triggered by the ICE Performance Index: fall 2% behind the benchmark and you can unlock additional homologation upgrades (one step for 2–4%, two for 4%+), but it’s tightly rationed, not a reset button.

From Leclerc’s view, Mercedes’ advantage looks big enough that even a favourable ruling may only help Ferrari “get closer,” not close the gap. Montreal’s early pace did little to soften that picture, while Fred Vasseur stressed Ferrari wants a consistent, trusted process rather than politics. The next step is simple on paper: if ADUO is granted, Maranello still has to turn limited extra room into real lap time without compromising reliability.

#F1 #Ferrari #CharlesLeclerc #MercedesF1 #CanadianGP #PowerUnit

Alain Prost has reportedly suffered a minor head i

Alain Prost has reportedly suffered a minor head injury after an armed robbery at his family home in Switzerland. The intruders allegedly entered in the early hours while Prost and his family were inside, threatened the occupants and forced someone to open a safe before fleeing with stolen goods. Authorities in Vaud have opened a criminal investigation and launched a wide search operation involving multiple police units, forensics and support services, with cross-border assistance. No arrests have been announced.

The incident is a stark reminder of the darker side of F1’s growing visibility. Watch thefts and opportunistic crimes around the sport have become a recurring concern, but a home invasion carries a different weight—when the target is your front door, the usual calculations about managing risk no longer apply.

#F1 #AlainProst #MotorsportNews #F1Security #Formula1 #RacingNews

Lewis Hamilton says a simple change in his Ferrari

Lewis Hamilton says a simple change in his Ferrari build-up made the difference in Montréal: he skipped the simulator, leaned into old-school data work and training, and immediately felt more connected to the car than at any point this season. The result showed up in Sprint qualifying, where he was quick from the start, edged Charles Leclerc, and helped Ferrari secure a third-row lockout behind Mercedes and McLaren.

More important than the grid spot was the method. Hamilton spoke about subtle setup tweaks, improved ride stability and mechanical balance, and committing to a setup direction he claims Ferrari hasn’t used before in his time with the team — one that “transformed” the car for him. It’s not a breakthrough in parts, but in clarity and confidence, with the rest of the weekend now a real test of how robust that direction is.

#F1 #LewisHamilton #Ferrari #CanadianGP #Montreal #SprintQualifying

Max Verstappen has put one rumour to bed: he isn’t

Max Verstappen has put one rumour to bed: he isn’t leaving Formula 1. Asked if he’ll still be on the grid in 2027, the four-time world champion replied “yes, definitely,” adding only the usual caveat about “crazy things” — and ruled out any sabbatical.

What he hasn’t shut down is the bigger question of where he’ll race. Despite a Red Bull contract running to 2028, the Mercedes chatter has flared up again after Jos Verstappen was seen talking with Toto Wolff in Montreal. Max says he’s “not in a hurry” to decide and stressed it’s about more than an F1 deal, with wider “projects” in play — all against the backdrop of Red Bull’s early-season slump and Mercedes’ surge.

#F1 #MaxVerstappen #RedBullRacing #MercedesAMGF1 #CanadianGP #F1Rumours

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