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

[Piginapoke]

The stop- start- stop F1 season is back on, and we re in Canada. A proper circuit will plenty of walls to punish any errors. This will be a more challenging race than Miami for the power units, so expect a bit more super-clipping.

All eyes will be on Antonelli and Russell as George won here last year and he needs to get the show on the road. I ll be interested whether Red Bull can keep up its recent progress with the RB22. And Williams/Alpine will be worth watching. Mclaren is bringing more updates and Norris is my tip for the win.

Here s to a great race.

Date(s): Friday 22 to Sunday 24 May 2026

UK Broadcast Timings (and track time)

All sessions are live on Sky F1. Channel 4 is showing highlights of all competitive sessions.





2025 Highlights: George win, McLaren s collide

https://youtu.be/93ZnZF_zWds?si=YJlu4PIMRPFYnYEG

Tyres:

Soft compounds: C3 C4 C5



2025 Result:

Edited by Piginapoke on Saturday 16th May 11:05

Edited by Piginapoke on Sunday 17th May 06:34

Edited by Piginapoke on Sunday 17th May 06:37

Edited by Piginapoke on Sunday 17th May 06:40

[Piginapoke]

Likes Fast Cars said:

Thanks as always for the thread PiaP.
No option to vote for a Piastri win?

My bad! Will fix that

[Piginapoke]

Blib said:

Piginapoke said:

Likes Fast Cars said:

Thanks as always for the thread PiaP.
No option to vote for a Piastri win?

My bad! Will fix that

While you're at it .........

piginapoke said:

Doh- it was early!

[Piginapoke]

Hi all- apologies for the mistakes in the OP, something didn't work between me and ThumbSnap. Hopefully all ok now.

[Piginapoke]

PhilAsia said:

MustangGT said:

Thanks PIAP, though you may want to swap out last years' Miami results for the Canadian ones

I'm not gonna gang up on you like the rest of 'em PiaP, but your socks are on inside-out...

Wouldn’t surprise me Phil!

[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

[Piginapoke]

It’s going to be a long season

[Piginapoke]

I missed it all sadly, away on a cycling weekend! Highlights looked great and good to see some proper fighting between Russell and Antonelli.

Piastri’s move on Albon looked very dumb. Good to see Colapinto putting some good races together at last.