Canada 2026: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Russell	Mercedes	1:13.953	1:13.079	1:12.578
2	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:13.380	1:13.076	1:12.646	+0.068
3	Norris	McLaren	1:13.503	1:13.049	1:12.729	+0.151
4	Piastri	McLaren	1:13.559	1:13.285	1:12.781	+0.203
5	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:13.767	1:13.041	1:12.868	+0.290
6	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:14.067	1:13.479	1:12.907	+0.329
7	Hadjar	Red Bull	1:13.654	1:12.975	1:12.935	+0.357
8	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:13.825	1:13.496	1:12.976	+0.398
9	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:13.895	1:13.548	1:13.280	+0.702
10	Colapinto	Alpine	1:14.466	1:13.857	1:13.697	+1.119
11	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:14.562	1:13.886		+0.911
12	Lawson	Racing Bulls	1:14.346	1:13.897		+0.922
13	Bortoleto	Audi	1:14.775	1:14.071		+1.096
14	Gasly	Alpine	1:14.698	1:14.187		+1.212
15	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:14.276	1:14.273		+1.298
16	Bearman	Haas	1:14.449	1:14.416		+1.441
17	Ocon	Haas	1:14.845			+1.465
18	Albon	Williams	1:14.851			+1.471
19	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:15.196			+1.816
20	Pérez	Cadillac	1:15.429			+2.049
21	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:16.195			+2.815
22	Bottas	Cadillac	1:16.272			+2.892

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	SQ1	SQ2	SQ3	Gap
1	Russell	Mercedes	1:14.772	1:13.026	1:12.965
2	Antonelli	Mercedes	1:14.010	1:13.551	1:13.033	+0.068
3	Norris	McLaren	1:14.265	1:13.957	1:13.280	+0.315
4	Piastri	McLaren	1:14.665	1:13.858	1:13.299	+0.334
5	Hamilton	Ferrari	1:13.889	1:13.465	1:13.326	+0.361
6	Leclerc	Ferrari	1:15.006	1:13.554	1:13.410	+0.445
7	Verstappen	Red Bull	1:14.028	1:14.412	1:13.504	+0.539
8	Hadjar	Red Bull	1:14.541	1:14.239	1:13.605	+0.640
9	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	1:14.517	1:14.140	1:13.737	+0.772
10	Sainz Jr.	Williams	1:15.500	1:14.547	1:14.536	+1.571
11	Hülkenberg	Audi	1:15.673	1:14.595		+1.569
12	Bortoleto	Audi	1:15.801	1:14.627		+1.601
13	Colapinto	Alpine	1:15.484	1:14.702		+1.676
14	Ocon	Haas	1:15.760	1:14.928		+1.902
15	Bearman	Haas	1:15.872	1:15.197		+2.171
16	Alonso	Aston Martin	1:15.760			+1.871
17	Pérez	Cadillac	1:16.002			+2.113
18	Stroll	Aston Martin	1:16.354			+2.465
19	Gasly	Alpine	1:16.642			+2.753
20	Bottas	Cadillac	1:16.866			+2.977

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Gap	Points
1	Russell	Mercedes	1	28:50.951	8
2	Norris	McLaren	3	+1.272	7
3	Antonelli	Mercedes	2	+1.843	6
4	Piastri	McLaren	4	+9.797	5
5	Leclerc	Ferrari	6	+9.929	4
6	Hamilton	Ferrari	5	+10.545	3
7	Verstappen	Red Bull	7	+15.935	2
8	Lindblad	Racing Bulls	9	+29.710	1
9	Colapinto	Alpine	13	+31.621
10	Sainz Jr.	Williams	10	+36.793
11	Lawson	Racing Bulls	18	+1:01.344
12	Bortoleto	Audi	12	+1:01.814
13	Ocon	Haas	14	+1:04.209
14	Pérez	Cadillac	16	+1:10.402
15	Hülkenberg	Audi	11	+1:12.158
16	Stroll	Aston Martin	PL	+1 lap
17	Bottas	Cadillac	PL	+1 lap
18	Bearman	Haas	PL	+1 lap
19	Albon	Williams	PL	+1 lap
20	Gasly	Alpine	PL	+1 lap
21	Hadjar	Red Bull	8	Engine
DNF	Alonso	Aston Martin	15	Engine

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Kimi AntonelliFastest lap	Mercedes	2	68	1:28:15.758	1	Mercedes
2	Lewis HamiltonDriver of the Day	Ferrari	5	68	+10.768	1	Ferrari
3	Max Verstappen	Red Bull	6	68	+11.276	1	Red Bull Ford
4	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	8	68	+44.151	1	Ferrari
5	Isack Hadjar	Red Bull	7	67	+1 lap	1	Red Bull Ford
6	Franco Colapinto	Alpine	10	67	+1 lap	1	Mercedes
7	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls	12	67	+1 lap	1	Red Bull Ford
8	Pierre Gasly	Alpine	14	67	+1 lap	1	Mercedes
9	Carlos Sainz Jr.	Williams	15	67	+1 lap	1	Mercedes
10	Oliver Bearman	Haas	16	67	+1 lap	0	Ferrari
11	Oscar Piastri	McLaren	4	66	+2 laps	3	Mercedes
12	Nico Hülkenberg	Audi	11	66	+2 laps	2	Audi
13	Gabriel Bortoleto	Audi	13	66	+2 laps	2	Audi
14	Esteban Ocon	Haas	17	66	+2 laps	2	Ferrari
15	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin	PL	64	+4 laps	2	Honda
16	Valtteri Bottas	Cadillac	21	64	+4 laps	4	Ferrari
DNF	Sergio Pérez	Cadillac	20	39	Suspension	3	Ferrari
DNF	Lando Norris	McLaren	3	38	Gearbox	2	Mercedes
DNF	George Russell	Mercedes	1	29	Engine	0	Mercedes
DNF	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin	19	23	Broken seat	1	Honda
DNF	Alexander Albon	Williams	18	11	Collision	0	Mercedes
DNS	Arvid Lindblad	Racing Bulls	9	0	Gearbox	0	Red Bull Ford

Starting grid vs qualifying

Stroll Qualified 21, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

StrollPL→15+7
Gasly14→8+6
Sainz Jr.15→9+6
Bearman16→10+6
Lawson12→7+5
Bottas21→16+5
Leclerc8→4+4
Colapinto10→6+4
Hamilton5→2+3
Verstappen6→3+3
Ocon17→14+3
Hadjar7→5+2
Antonelli2→1+1
Bortoleto13→130
Hülkenberg11→12-1
Piastri4→11-7

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Norris23.418R2
2Piastri24.121R1
3Stroll24.146R49
4Lawson24.177R30
5Stroll24.249R14
6Bottas24.413R29
7Alonso24.709R20
8Sainz Jr.24.751R2
9Bortoleto24.766R18
10Ocon24.833R16

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Antonelli31371 stop
Hamilton31371 stop
Verstappen31371 stop
Leclerc31371 stop
Hadjar31361 stop · +1 lap
Colapinto30371 stop · +1 lap
Lawson30371 stop · +1 lap
Gasly30371 stop · +1 lap
Sainz Jr.2651 stop · +1 lap
Bearman670 stops · +1 lap

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

This race in history

44 races here since 1978Won from pole: 22 of 44

Win from furthest back (P10): Jacques Laffite 1981

Most wins here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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