2026 Canadian Grand Prix

Championship standings before the race

Going into the weekend, Kimi Antonelli led the Drivers' Championship with 100 points, 20 points ahead of Mercedes teammate George Russell in second, and a further 21 points ahead of Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) in third. Mercedes, with 180 points, leads the Constructors' Championship from Ferrari and McLaren, who are second and third with 110 and 94 points, respectively.^[6]

Entrants

The drivers and teams were the same as the season entry list with no additional stand-in drivers for the race.^[7]

Tyre choices

Tyre supplier Pirelli brought the C3, C4, and C5 tyre compounds—the softest three in their range (designated hard, medium, and soft, respectively)—for teams to use at the event.^[8]

Sprint qualifying report

Mercedes' George Russell took pole position for the sprint, ahead of teammate Kimi Antonelli and McLaren's Lando Norris. A red flag was observed at the end of SQ1 due to a crash for Fernando Alonso. While Alonso progressed to SQ2, Aston Martin's first SQ2 appearance of the year, he was unable to set a further lap time. Alexander Albon and Liam Lawson, who both experienced car-related issues following the earlier practice session, sat out qualifying and made up the final two spots on the grid.^[9]

Sprint qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Sprint grid
				SQ1	SQ2	SQ3
1	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:14.772	1:13.026	1:12.965	1
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:14.010	1:13.551	1:13.033	2
3	1	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.265	1:13.957	1:13.280	3
4	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.665	1:13.858	1:13.299	4
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:13.889	1:13.465	1:13.326	5
6	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:15.006	1:13.554	1:13.410	6
7	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:14.028	1:14.412	1:13.504	7
8	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:14.541	1:14.239	1:13.605	8
9	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	1:14.517	1:14.140	1:13.737	9
10	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	1:15.500	1:14.547	1:14.536	10
11	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:15.673	1:14.595	N/A	11
12	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:15.801	1:14.627	N/A	12
13	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Mercedes	1:15.484	1:14.702	N/A	13
14	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	1:15.760	1:14.928	N/A	14
15	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	1:15.872	1:15.197	N/A	PLa
16	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	1:15.760	No time	N/A	15
17	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:16.002	N/A	N/A	16
18	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	1:16.354	N/A	N/A	17
19	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Mercedes	1:16.642	N/A	N/A	PLa
20	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:16.866	N/A	N/A	PLa
107% time: 1:19.061
—	23	Alexander Albon	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	No time	N/A	N/A	PLb
—	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	No time	N/A	N/A	18b
Source:[10][11]

Notes

• ^a – Oliver Bearman, Pierre Gasly and Valtteri Bottas qualified 15th, 19th and 20th, respectively, but they were required to start the sprint from the pit lane as their cars were modified under parc fermé conditions.^[11]
• ^b – Alexander Albon and Liam Lawson failed to set a time during sprint qualifying. They were permitted to race in the sprint at the stewards' discretion. Albon started the sprint from the pit lane as his car was modified under parc fermé conditions.^[11]

Sprint report

Oliver Bearman (Haas), Pierre Gasly (Alpine), Valtteri Bottas (Cadillac), Alexander Albon (Williams), and Lance Stroll (Aston Martin) started from the pit lane. Stroll, Sergio Perez and Bottas, opted to start on the soft compound tyre, while the rest of the field opted for medium compounds. At the race start, Russell held first position into turn 1, with Mercedes teammate Kimi Antonelli close behind. McLaren's Lando Norris held his position in third position, while his teammate Oscar Piastri was overtaken for fourth by Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton. In the midfield, Audi's Nico Hülkenberg ran off the track, losing four positions. Stroll was also noted for a potential start infringement. During lap 5, Antonelli and Russell went wheel to wheel at turn 2, and Antonelli ran off the track and lost a position to Norris. Elsewhere, Red Bull's Isack Hadjar pitted with an engine issue, before returning to the track a few laps after. For the remainder of the sprint, the top three remained close, with Russell finishing first ahead of Norris and Antonelli. They were followed over nine seconds behind by Piastri, who had overtaken Hamilton on the final lap for fourth. His teammate Charles Leclerc took advantage of this move to progress to the fifth position, with Hamilton finishing in sixth. Max Verstappen and Arvid Lindblad respectively finished seventh and eighth to round out the point scorers.^[12]

Sprint classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	63	George Russell	Mercedes	23	28:50.951	1	8
2	1	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	23	+1.272	3	7
3	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	23	+1.843	2	6
4	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	23	+9.797	4	5
5	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	23	+9.929	6	4
6	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	23	+10.545	5	3
7	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	23	+15.935	7	2
8	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	23	+29.710	9	1
9	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Mercedes	23	+31.621	13
10	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	23	+36.793	10
11	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	23	+1:01.344	18
12	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	23	+1:01.814	12
13	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	23	+1:04.209	14
14	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac-Ferrari	23	+1:10.402a	16
15	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	23	+1:12.158b	11
16	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	22	+1 lap	PLc
17	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac-Ferrari	22	+1 lap	PL
18	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	22	+1 lap	PL
19	23	Alexander Albon	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	22	+1 lap	PL
20	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Mercedes	22	+1 lap	PL
21	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	20	+3 laps	8
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	15	Engine	15
Source:[11][13]

Notes

• ^a – Sergio Pérez finished 11th, but received a ten-second time penalty for forcing Liam Lawson off the track.^[13][14]
• ^b – Nico Hülkenberg finished 13th, but received a ten-second time penalty for leaving the track and gaining an advantage.^[13][15]
• ^c – Lance Stroll started from the pit lane due to issues with the front suspension.^[16]

Qualifying classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Qualifying times			Final grid
				Q1	Q2	Q3
1	63	George Russell	Mercedes	1:13.953	1:13.079	1:12.578	1
2	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:13.380	1:13.076	1:12.646	2
3	1	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.503	1:13.049	1:12.729	3
4	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	1:13.559	1:13.285	1:12.781	4
5	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:13.767	1:13.041	1:12.868	5
6	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:14.067	1:13.479	1:12.907	6
7	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	1:13.654	1:12.975	1:12.935	7
8	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	1:13.825	1:13.496	1:12.976	8
9	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	1:13.895	1:13.548	1:13.280	9
10	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Mercedes	1:14.466	1:13.857	1:13.697	10
11	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	1:14.562	1:13.886	N/A	11
12	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	1:14.346	1:13.897	N/A	12
13	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	1:14.775	1:14.071	N/A	13
14	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Mercedes	1:14.698	1:14.187	N/A	14
15	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	1:14.276	1:14.273	N/A	15
16	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	1:14.449	1:14.416	N/A	16
17	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	1:14.845	N/A	N/A	17
18	23	Alexander Albon	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	1:14.851	N/A	N/A	18
19	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	1:15.196	N/A	N/A	19
20	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:15.429	N/A	N/A	20
21	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	1:16.195	N/A	N/A	PLa
22	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac-Ferrari	1:16.272	N/A	N/A	21
107% time: 1:18.516
Source:[17][18]

Notes

• ^a – Lance Stroll qualified 21st, but was required to start the race from the pit lane as his car was modified during parc fermé conditions.^[18]

Race report

On the day of the race, there was a chance of rain, leading to varied tyre strategies across the field. McLaren, Audi, Cadillac and Carlos Sainz Jr. of Williams opted to start on intermediate tyres, while the two Racing Bulls drivers and Alpine’s Franco Colapinto started on medium tyres. The remainder of the field chose soft compounds. As in the sprint, Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll started from the pit lane after parts of his engine were changed under parc fermé conditions. The start was delayed and an additional formation lap was completed after Arvid Lindblad's car stalled due to a clutch issue, reducing the race distance to 68 laps.^[19]

At the start, Lando Norris moved from third to first into turn 1, followed by the Mercedes pair of Kimi Antonelli and George Russell, with Russell losing a position to his teammate. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) again overtook Oscar Piastri (McLaren) to move into fourth place. At the end of the first lap, McLaren determined that their tyre choice was incorrect and both Norris and Piastri pitted to switch from intermediates to slick tyres, dropping them to the rear of the field alongside other drivers who had started on intermediates. After the initial pit cycle, Antonelli led from Russell and Hamilton. On lap 6, Russell overtook Antonelli on the back straight, before the Mercedes drivers continued to exchange positions over the following laps. Max Verstappen (Red Bull) later moved into third place ahead of Hamilton, who was experiencing power issues. Further back, Norris and Piastri recovered through the field, running in 11th and 13th respectively. On lap 13, yellow flags were deployed after Piastri collided with Alexander Albon, forcing the Williams driver to retire. Piastri pitted for a new front wing and received a ten-second penalty for the incident.^[19]

On lap 30, Russell slowed and retired due to a battery issue, triggering a virtual safety car while his car was recovered. Most of the field pitted during this period, with Antonelli rejoining on medium tyres and maintaining a lead of approximately 4.6 seconds over Verstappen. By lap 35, Antonelli led Verstappen and Hamilton. During the pit cycle, Charles Leclerc lost position to Isack Hadjar after Ferrari completed a double stack pit stop. Hadjar later received a ten-second penalty for multiple changes of direction while defending against Leclerc, allowing Leclerc to regain the position. On lap 39, Sergio Pérez (Cadillac) retired due to a front-right suspension failure. Nine laps later, another virtual safety car was deployed to clear debris from the track, with Antonelli leading Verstappen by 4.3 seconds at the restart. A further virtual safety car was deployed on lap 53. Hadjar and Piastri both served time penalties during this period and rejoined in fifth and thirteenth positions respectively. After the restart, Antonelli extended his lead to around eight seconds, while Hamilton closed in on Verstappen for second place.^[19]

On lap 62, Hamilton passed Verstappen to take second position. Further back, Hadjar received a stop-and-go penalty for a yellow flag infringement but retained fifth place ahead of Colapinto after serving it. Antonelli ultimately won the race, securing his fourth consecutive victory, ahead of Hamilton and Verstappen. Leclerc finished fourth, followed by Hadjar, Colapinto, Liam Lawson, Pierre Gasly, Carlos Sainz Jr. and Oliver Bearman, who completed the points positions.^[19]

Race classification

Pos.	No.	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	12	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	68	1:28:15.758	2	25
2	44	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	68	+10.768	5	18
3	3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	68	+11.276	6	15
4	16	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	68	+44.151	8	12
5	6	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull Racing-Red Bull Ford	67	+1 lap	7	10
6	43	Franco Colapinto	Alpine-Mercedes	67	+1 lap	10	8
7	30	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	67	+1 lap	12	6
8	10	Pierre Gasly	Alpine-Mercedes	67	+1 lap	14	4
9	55	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	67	+1 lap	15	2
10	87	Oliver Bearman	Haas-Ferrari	67	+1 lap	16	1
11	81	Oscar Piastri	McLaren-Mercedes	66	+2 laps	4
12	27	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	66	+2 laps	11
13	5	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	66	+2 lapsa	13
14	31	Esteban Ocon	Haas-Ferrari	66	+2 laps	17
15	18	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	64	+4 laps	PL
16	77	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac-Ferrari	64	+4 laps	21
Ret	11	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac-Ferrari	39	Suspension	20
Ret	1	Lando Norris	McLaren-Mercedes	38	Gearbox	3
Ret	63	George Russell	Mercedes	29	Engine	1
Ret	14	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco-Honda	23	Broken seat	19
Ret	23	Alexander Albon	Atlassian Williams-Mercedes	11	Collision	18
DNS	41	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls-Red Bull Ford	0	Gearbox	—b
Source:[18][20]

Notes

• ^a – Gabriel Bortoleto received a five-second time penalty for a virtual safety car infringement. His final position was not affected by the penalty.^[20][21]
• ^b – Arvid Lindblad did not start the race due to a gearbox issue. His place on the grid was left vacant.^[20]