Official 2026 Canadian Grand Prix Thread ***SPOILERS***

[MustangGT]

ajprice said:

The current penalty points. Bearman top of the table with 10 but 2 expire on Saturday.

https://www.formula1.com/en/latest/article/every-d...

Sloppy reporting, it states "most of the drivers have so far managed to avoid picking up any penalty points across the opening four rounds." If you read through the details there are no listed points awarded this year at all, so either it is 'all' drivers have avoided..., or they have not listed this years points at all.

This is one aspect in which Max and Lewis are currently equal

[Piginapoke]

Tim the pool man said:

TVR Sagaris said:

Thanks for the thread again PiaP. I've got a request if possible - for some reason your Thumbsnap images no longer load for me on here; could you use the PistonHeads uploader instead?

Another vote for this please, for the same reason.

TVR are you also in Oz?

I'll see what I can do

[Piginapoke]

New Mercedes front wing- looks pretty similar to the old one:



But new floor edge looks different

[TheDeuce]

Piginapoke said:

New Mercedes front wing- looks pretty similar to the old one:



But new floor edge looks different

Both look quite different to me actually.

Although the scale of the differences doesn't always equate to the same scale of consequence of course!

But if the updates yield even a tiny improvement, the team should be safe of the competition for a good while yet.

[hondajack85]

Haha sky wont stfu about max and the newburgering and how amazing it all is and why doesnt lewis do it blah blah.
Why the hell is anyone paying sky £££ stupid amounts to watch F1 when they could watch the nordslicer for free?
Answer that Ted you berk lol.

[paulguitar]

hondajack85 said:

Haha sky wont stfu about max and the newburgering and how amazing it all is and why doesnt lewis do it blah blah.
Why the hell is anyone paying sky £££ stupid amounts to watch F1 when they could watch the nordslicer for free?
Answer that Ted you berk lol.

Afternoon beers?

[Byker28i]

hondajack85 said:

Haha sky wont stfu about max and the newburgering and how amazing it all is and why doesnt lewis do it blah blah.
Why the hell is anyone paying sky £££ stupid amounts to watch F1 when they could watch the nordslicer for free?
Answer that Ted you berk lol.

And then how amazing they did with their engine...

Did they forgot they poached lots of the Mercedes engineers?

[Wh00sher]

Testing in practice today, hoping to stop a Bearman type accident happening.

[oobster]

Albon with a bit of damage there.

[zetec]

Hit a Marmot apparantly

[RB Will]

zetec said:

Hit a Marmot apparantly

Ruth said in the F1 tv build up show that a fun stat is the Canadian GP has been affected more times by animals than by bad weather

[TheDeuce]

Merc seem pretty safe here still...

[TheDeuce]

Very, very good from Kimi just now.

[Big Nanas]

Yep, and George got away with a spin nudging the barriers. He's going to be feeling pretty annoyed, especially as this is one of the circuits he enjoys.

McLaren 1.3 seconds off Mercedes, crikey.

[Jasandjules]

Wow Mercs are going to be half a second ahead...

[TheDeuce]

Big Nanas said:

Yep, and George got away with a spin nudging the barriers. He's going to be feeling pretty annoyed, especially as this is one of the circuits he enjoys.

McLaren 1.3 seconds off Mercedes, crikey.

There has to be a trick or technique that McLaren just don't have sorted with the new Merc PU. Hopefully they'll figure it out ahead of quali.

George is desperate to beat his teammate and it's showing...

Haas there with over rotating the rears down the straight, their deployment needs better choreography!

Edited by TheDeuce on Friday 22 May 18:51

[natterjak]

What an incident filled session!

I often don’t watch the practice sessions as they can be dull, but I noticed Netflix were carrying this one so have it on. More action than some grands prix!

[TheDeuce]

Jasandjules said:

Wow Mercs are going to be half a second ahead...

Or more come qualifying. This has been the first hour of them testing their new updates, they're likely to find more with the data they now have.

Ominous for the rest of the season.

[Big Nanas]

natterjak said:

What an incident filled session!

I often don t watch the practice sessions as they can be dull, but I noticed Netflix were carrying this one so have it on. More action than some grands prix!

Netflix were showing FP1 live?

[TheDeuce]

natterjak said:

What an incident filled session!

I often don t watch the practice sessions as they can be dull, but I noticed Netflix were carrying this one so have it on. More action than some grands prix!

Most sprint race weekend practice sessions are worth watching