And it is going to take a lot more than a fifth place in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix – and a curt response to the 1997 world champion – to secure it.Unsurprisingly, Villeneuve’s takedown ahead of qualifying for the Canadian GP has attracted plenty of attention.Signed by SkyContinue Reading
Following a number of trying race weekends where Aston Martin appeared to have slipped to sixth in the pecking order, the Silverstone-based team bounced back with a stronger qualifying performance in Montreal.Alonso qualified sixth just 0.228s shy of Mercedes’ polesitter George Russell, who beat Red Bull’s Max Verstappen in aContinue Reading
Key outlines for the 2026 F1 rules were released to the media on Thursday, although it became apparent that multiple F1 teams were concerned about certain aspects of the draft regulations – particularly those governing the application of active aero.It was initially unclear whether the X-mode activation, where the car’sContinue Reading
Qualifying in Montreal produced a historic moment when Russell and Verstappen set exactly the same time in Q3, a 1m12.000s, that left them tied but gave pole to the Mercedes driver.What happens when two F1 drivers set the same lap time in qualifying?The fourth paragraph of article 39.4 of theContinue Reading
Villeneuve, the 1997 F1 world champion, caused a stir in Montreal when he told Sky that he did not know why Ricciardo, an eight-time grand prix winner, was still around the series.He said: “Why is he still in F1? We’re hearing the same thing for the last five years. WeContinue Reading
Hamilton had looked well on top of things in final practice in Montreal, as he ended Saturday morning’s session nearly fourth-tenths clear of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Russell.And it was that pace advantage that prompted Russell to dig a bit deeper into what Hamilton was doing.Having gone through hisContinue Reading
Leclerc won the Monaco GP two weeks ago and his Ferrari team arrived in Canada as favourites for victory in Montreal given the nature of the circuit, which favours the characteristics of its car.But both Leclerc and team-mate Carlos Sainz were eliminated in Q2 at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with theContinue Reading
The recently re-signed Perez, whose new two-year deal with Red Bull was announced on Tuesday, followed up his exit in the opening stage of qualifying two weeks ago in Monaco with a similar vein of misfortune at Montreal.He qualified only 16th in Canada, having been dumped into the drop zoneContinue Reading
Russell set a best time of a 1m12.000s on his first run of the session and, although he couldn’t improve with his second run, the Mercedes driver secured his second career pole position. Max Verstappen set an identical laptime to the Briton but, by virtue of setting the effort after RussellContinue Reading
After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport.com publishes each team’s qualifying record in terms of team-mate duels.This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don’t alter the statistics.When a driver can’t put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this willContinue Reading