28 May 2026 21:05
The 2026 Canadian Grand Prix weekend at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve saw the intra-team battle between championship leader Kimi Antonelli and his Mercedes team-mate George Russell intensify.
While Antonelli claimed another victory at the Canadian Grand Prix, it was the Saturday sprint race that painted a picture of the 19-year-old's growing pains as well as the important role of his experienced ...
28 May 2026 20:07
Three biologists have named a newly-discovered wasp species after McLaren F1 driver Oscar Piastrii.
Corentin Jouault, Di-Ying Huang and Celso O. Azevedo conducted research on a 98-year-old fossil from the Cretaceous Period, discovered in Myanmar, which gave them insight into the species' evolution and morphological similarities to other wasp species.
The ancient wasp is encased in a ...
28 May 2026 20:05
Following an exciting battle at the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix, Sky Sports Formula 1 analyst Naomi Schiff has suggested that the "competitive scar tissue" between Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen will never fully disappear, even though the pair now share a cordial relationship.
The intense rivalry between the two champions reached its boiling point during the unforgettable 2021 F1 season, which ...
28 May 2026 18:58
Former F1 TV presenter Will Buxton has likened current Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli to a young Lewis Hamilton and Sebastian Vettel.
In his second year in F1, Antonelli has surprised the paddock with an incredible start to the year. After just five rounds, the 19-year-old leads the drivers' championship by 43 points over his Mercedes team-mate George Russell.
His latest win in ...
28 May 2026 17:37
Record team valuations and the sheer complexity involved mean any potential path for Chinese giant BYD to join Formula 1 as a 12th team will be an uphill battle.
The Chinese electric automotive giant has set its sights on Formula 1; Stella Li, BYD’s Executive Vice President and CEO for the Americas, Europe, and the Middle East, has never hidden that she views the world championship as the ...
28 May 2026 16:14
The Motorsport Museum has opened its doors in Le Mans following a colossal construction project completed within an astonishingly short time frame.
For just under a year, the former Le Mans 24 Hours Museum was closed. During this time, walls were moved, 45,000m³ of earth was displaced, exhibits were reimagined and a rare collection was brought together.
On 28 May, the M24 – Motorsport ...
28 May 2026 14:58
Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc got behind the wheel of the new fully electric Ferrari Luce ahead of its unveiling.
Prior to the ceremonial removal of the silk red cover, the two Ferrari Formula 1 drivers took it in turns to take the Luce for a spin around the track.
"Whoa! No-no-no-no-no, please don't do that! LH! LH-LH-LH... ...LH. Careful! Careful! Careful! Careful! Careful, yeah? ...
28 May 2026 13:00
At Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix, McLaren introduced the second stage of a major update package to its MCL40 car, with a new front wing alongside a revised engine cover, rear suspension fairings and floor edges.
But introducing performance upgrades at sprint weekends is fraught with peril because there is only one practice session. Ultimately both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri opted to ...
28 May 2026 12:12
FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem has proposed that the motorsport governing body should repeal the current article which sets a limit on presidential terms.
Ben Sulayem, who is currently in his second term having run unopposed in last year's election, is currently subject to Article 20.10 in the FIA's statutes, which states that "the President of the FIA may not serve more than three terms ...
28 May 2026 11:04
Sébastien Ogier says he would gladly welcome Max Verstappen to test a World Rally Championship car, should the four-time Formula 1 world champion wish to add rallying to his extracurricular motorsport activities.
Nine-time world rally champion Ogier attended the Nurburgring 24 Hours, where he witnessed Verstappen challenge for the victory alongside his Winward-Mercedes team-mates Dani ...
28 May 2026 10:31
Formula 1 delivered another intriguing spectacle at last weekend's Canadian Grand Prix, but that doesn't mean the series should be done improving its complex, work-in-progress power unit rules, Sunday's leading drivers say.
Montreal's race on the stop-start Circuit Gilles Villeneuve appeared to bring out the best in the 2026 cars as they are currently being run. The race featured plenty of ...
27 May 2026 18:30
The Canadian Grand Prix delivered the first on-track battle between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli. While they avoided a crash, it was still too close for comfort for the Mercedes pit wall, and there will probably be more internal discussions about the rules of engagement between the two drivers of Formula 1’s current strongest team. But what should the outcome of those talks be?
Our ...
27 May 2026 18:00
Formula 1 championship leader Kimi Antonelli says he isn’t thinking about a potential world title just yet, as he pulls away in the standings with at least 17 rounds remaining.
Antonelli has won the last four grands prix consecutively, with his last victory coming in a Montreal race where he had a breathtaking duel with team-mate George Russell before a power unit failure took the Briton out ...
27 May 2026 16:00
An interesting pattern has emerged amid the constant ebb-and-flow of the Formula 1 driver market, where the busyness of it changes every other year. So for 2023, for example, six teams altered their line-ups - most notably caused by the Oscar Piastri fiasco - before an unchanged grid the following season, which marked a first in F1 history.
Vast change was on the cards again for 2025, the final ...
27 May 2026 14:34
The Alpine F1 team will be known as Gucci Racing Alpine in 2027 after signing a landmark deal with the luxury brand.
On Wednesday, Alpine announced Gucci would become its title partner in 2027, following the conclusion of the Enstone team's deal with current title sponsor BWT.
As part of the deal, the brand says it is creating Gucci Racing, "a new business and experiential platform built ...
27 May 2026 14:00
The helmet worn by Gilles Villeneuve during his last Formula 1 race was sold for a record-breaking $1.25 million – just over €1 million. This was reported by Darren Jack, CEO of the Canadian company Hall of Fame Collection, which handled the sale.
The amount is a world record for a racing helmet. The previous record belonged to a helmet worn by Ayrton Senna during the 1992 Belgian Grand ...
27 May 2026 13:01
It is fair to say that the 2026 Formula 1 season has so far generated more controversy off the track than on it, with the usual endless debates surrounding the regulations – and before that, Mercedes’ engine compression ratio.
On track, however, matters have remained relatively calm. There have been a handful of incidents and collisions here and there, but nothing sufficiently contentious ...
27 May 2026 10:42
Michael Schumacher’s Formula 1 career was made legendary by his fantastic racecraft and record-breaking success, but also some questionable moves – one of which occurred on 27 May 2006.
Going into the 2006 Monaco Grand Prix, Schumacher was already facing a 15-point deficit to championship leader Fernando Alonso, with a race win worth 10 points at the time.
This was the consequence of the ...
26 May 2026 17:52
After he took his best-ever grand prix result with Ferrari, it felt like a weight had fallen off Lewis Hamilton's shoulders. Hamilton took second at Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve after an entertaining, race-long battle with Red Bull's Max Verstappen, hounding the Dutchman for laps before making the pass into Turn 1 on lap 62.
But beyond the headline result, what was even more ...
26 May 2026 16:59
Charles Leclerc will use Ferrari team-mate Lewis Hamilton’s data from the Canadian Grand Prix to find answers for “the most difficult weekend” of his Formula 1 career.
Although the 28-year-old took a solid points haul with fourth on Sunday, Leclerc was consistently off the pace as he finished over 30 seconds behind runner-up Hamilton.
It was only through George Russell’s retirement ...
26 May 2026 15:12
Max Verstappen poked fun at McLaren’s decision to start the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix on the intermediate compound as that strategic call immediately backfired.
The reigning championship-winning squad was the only frontrunner to start Sunday’s race on a non-slick tyre with the Montreal surface being slippery under cloudy conditions leading into it.
But much to McLaren’s dismay the ...
26 May 2026 14:06
Eighth place in Canada continues a welcome trend for Pierre Gasly and the Alpine Formula 1 team, which took a huge step forward in 2026.
But, in a race marked by high attrition, the Frenchman's latest points finish did mask that the underlying issues that have hampered him over the past two weekends are still present.
Gasly has been one of the standout performers of the opening rounds of ...
26 May 2026 10:00
While Lando Norris had a front-row seat to the Mercedes battle between George Russell and Kimi Antonelli in the Canadian Grand Prix sprint and eventually finished second, the main race of the Formula 1 weekend painted a very different picture.
Starting from the second row of the grid, McLaren appeared to be in a strong position to challenge Mercedes again, but everything went wrong for the ...
25 May 2026 17:43
1997 Formula 1 champion Jacques Villeneuve has warned Kimi Antonelli against buying into his own hype and to keep his cool in his first championship battle.
The Italian driver, who is in his second season of F1, currently tops the championship with a 43-point lead over his Mercedes team-mate George Russell in second.
Speaking on the F1 post-race show following the tense Canadian Grand ...
25 May 2026 16:32
George Russell and Kimi Antonelli delivered their first proper wheel-to-wheel battles over the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix weekend, starting with a fraught sprint race battle which left Antonelli frustrated by Russell's stout defending and prompted talks to clarify the team's rules of engagement.
Their battle resumed on Sunday in the grand prix until Russell disappeared on lap 30 with ...
25 May 2026 14:48
The Guardian: “Mercedes duel a textbook example of racing”
Just as in Saturday’s sprint race, Mercedes drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli drew attention with an intense intra-team battle. The two came close to colliding several times and were urged to calm down, although that warning became unnecessary midway through the race when Russell retired with car trouble.
The Guardian ...
25 May 2026 13:58
Lando Norris wasted no time putting a disastrous 2026 Canadian Grand Prix behind him, jetting off to meet up with former team-mate Daniel Ricciardo and IndyCar Series driver Conor Daly following the Indianapolis 500.
While the McLaren driver endured a miserable afternoon at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Ricciardo was soaking up the atmosphere of the Indy 500 alongside Daly.
For Norris, the ...
25 May 2026 13:55
Williams Formula 1 team principal James Vowles believes the Grove outfit is demonstrating clear progress relative to its midfield rivals, despite a bittersweet 2026 Canadian Grand Prix.
Following an encouraging performance boost at the Miami Grand Prix earlier this month, Williams arrived at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve hoping to capitalise on its recent upgrades. While the underlying pace of ...
25 May 2026 13:18
Red Bull secured its first podium finish of the year in Montreal, although Saturday did not suggest that outcome was on the cards. Max Verstappen qualified only sixth and was critical afterwards, particularly when speaking to the Dutch media in the paddock.
A day later, the picture turned out to be more positive than expected, although Verstappen stressed that the result in Canada was not a ...
25 May 2026 12:21
George Russell might have endured a heartbreakingly premature end to his fight for the Canadian Grand Prix win with Mercedes team-mate and championship rival Kimi Antonelli, but he remained very much on-message in praising the impact of Formula 1’s controversial new technical regulations.
Russell got off to a sluggish start from pole position but passed Antonelli for the lead at the final ...
25 May 2026 12:11
George Russell has issued an apology to the FIA and marshals after throwing the headrest of his Mercedes W17 out of the car when he retired from the Canadian Grand Prix.
Following a tense and exciting battle with his team-mate Kimi Antonelli for first position, Russell retired from the race at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve when he encountered power unit issues.
After losing what could have ...
25 May 2026 12:08
Finishing fifth in the Canadian Grand Prix, Isack Hadjar achieved his best result with Red Bull so far, but things could have ended much worse.
Engaged in a fierce battle with Charles Leclerc after the pitstops, the Frenchman put up a very borderline defence at the end of the back straight, with the Monegasque driver narrowly avoiding a crash.
While the Ferrari driver subsequently got ...
25 May 2026 11:01
McLaren Formula 1 team principal Andrea Stella has explained the team felt it was the right call to put both of its driver on intermediates at the start of the Canadian Grand Prix.
Light rain had hit Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve all morning, but conditions improved ahead of the 4pm local start, with the vast majority of the grid starting on slicks.
Sharing the second ...
25 May 2026 10:11
Lewis Hamilton returned to the scene of his maiden Formula 1 victory and made another breakthrough of sorts – his best grand prix result for Ferrari after a turbulent 17 months at the Scuderia.
Hamilton had the better of team-mate Charles Leclerc for most of the weekend in Montreal, though he fell behind him in the sprint race. Starting fifth on the grid for the grand prix, he passed ...
25 May 2026 09:16
We’ve all done it, haven’t we? Promised we’d be a better version of ourselves, stop moaning, start running - or decide we need to spend more time with our parents, after all. We do that mostly around New Year’s time. We “start fresh”, “turn the page” and do whatever else you might call it.
But as always, it’s about how we stick to our own promises, not about declaring ...
25 May 2026 07:46
It has been quite a while since I last wrote a column. Back in September 2025, Oscar Piastri’s title hopes began to unravel just as my spine decided to turn sitting at a desk into pure misery. Now I’m back - and it feels a little as though I’ve woken up inside a time machine.
You could almost believe it’s 2014, 2015 or 2016 all over again. The "new Formula 1" is once more defined by ...
25 May 2026 03:49
F1's annual visit to Quebec is rarely free of drama or controversy, but by bringing the Montreal race forward in the year May put the race's fate in the laps of Canada's weather gods more than ever. But despite the cold conditions and the threat of rain which never really materialised, the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve served up an absorbing spectacle with duels across the top six, and a costly ...
25 May 2026 02:39
Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have been praised by fans for their "wholesome" cooldown room exchange following the Canadian Grand Prix.
After a tense 68 laps at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Hamilton and Verstappen crossed the line in second and third, respectively, securing another shared podium for the two drivers.
But as the adrenaline faded and the pair made their way to ...
25 May 2026 02:14
A Canadian Grand Prix marshal has stolen the show on social media after a moment on camera was branded "the most stylish thing" at the race.
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve delivered several tense battles, including between Mercedes team-mates Kimi Antonelli and George Russell, and Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton. But one of the most viral moments from the weekend came from a trackside ...
25 May 2026 01:18
Former Formula 1 driver Ralf Schumacher believes that Kimi Antonelli could become the "successor to Max Verstappen one day".
The Italian driver claimed his fourth consecutive grand prix win at the Canadian Grand Prix and extended his lead in the drivers' championship to 43 points over his Mercedes team-mate George Russell.
The early stages of the grand prix featured a tense intra-team ...
25 May 2026 00:39
Lando Norris has defended McLaren's gamble to start the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix on intermediate tyres, insisting the decision was based on valid reasoning despite ultimately backfiring.
With Circuit Gilles Villeneuve hit by unpredictable showers in the build-up to lights out, tyre selection proved to be tricky. While the majority of the grid opted for slick rubber, the Woking outfit ...
25 May 2026 00:38
Drivers' Championship
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25 May 2026 00:35
By winning the Canadian Grand Prix while his team-mate George Russell retired due to an engine failure, Kimi Antonelli secured a decisive 25-0 victory. Already leading the championship, the Italian — who claimed his fourth consecutive win this season (and of his career) — extended his lead to 43 points over Russell.
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25 May 2026 00:05
Mercedes driver George Russell said he was "lost for words" after retiring from the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix lead, but said he "loved" his intense battle with team-mate Kimi Antonelli.
Russell and Antonelli had been trading the lead until power unit trouble saw Russell coast to a halt on lap 30, handing Antonelli a comfortable drive to his fourth consecutive grand prix win. As a result ...
24 May 2026 23:49
Mercedes driver Kimi Antonelli has deepened his championship lead on team-mate George Russell by winning the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix, while Russell retired with mechanical issues.
Russell was leading the race after an intense fight with Antonelli, including a glancing blow at the final chicane, when his Mercedes suffered a power unit failure on lap 30. After parking up at Turn 9, Russell ...
24 May 2026 23:43
George Russell’s title campaign takes a major hit
It’s gone from bad to worse for George Russell since his Australia win. Ahead of Montreal, Kimi Antonelli had won three races in a row — and in Miami Russell himself clearly struggled, allowing the gap to grow to 20 points. A gap, he said ahead of the Montreal weekend, doesn’t worry him that much.
“There’s really no need to panic ...
24 May 2026 23:28
Martin Brundle's Sky Sports Formula 1 grid walk has delivered yet another viral moment after a brief interaction with former driver Juan Pablo Montoya.
The Colombian brushed off recent criticism from four-time champion Max Verstappen. "You seem to have upset the Verstappens," Brundle said, to which Montoya responded with a cheeky grin, "Anything new there?"
During an appearance on the BBC ...
24 May 2026 23:00
Mercedes driver George Russell suffered a dramatic exit from the lead of the Canadian Grand Prix, paving the way for another win by team-mate and title rival Kimi Antonelli.
Russell was leading on lap 30 when he straightlined Turn 9 in a smoking Mercedes, having to park his car on the spot. Russell jumped out of the car in a furious rage as he not only saw a chance to win his first race since ...
24 May 2026 21:51
Kimi Antonelli has earned high praise from former Formula 1 driver and Sky Sports analyst Martin Brundle, who described the young Italian's development during his second season as "quite extraordinary".
Following a high-pressure rookie season in 2025, when he took the position left by seven-time champion Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes, the 19-year-old became the youngest driver to lead the ...
24 May 2026 18:59
Ferrari Formula 1 driver Charles Leclerc says the Canadian Grand Prix weekend has been a “disaster” so far, as he struggled to get the most of his machinery.
Leclerc has unusually been outqualified by team-mate Lewis Hamilton twice this weekend, with the seven-time world champion hailing his simulator-free preparation.
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