Canadian GP

Max Verstappen blasted Red Bull Racing for not implementing his set‑up advice after the Canadian Grand Prix qualifying, insisting the Dutch champion deliberately ran a compromised configuration to prove the team’s direction was flawed. Verstappen’s public rebuke and team culture response During a post‑qualifying interview in Montreal, the four‑time world champion said, “I’ve pointed it […]

Williams team principal James Vowles conceded that the strategic choices made during the Canadian Grand Prix in Montreal were neither correct nor optimal, while highlighting Carlos Sainz’s impressive comeback and asserting that Alex Albon was on a points‑scoring trajectory before his clash with Oscar Piastri. Misjudged tyre gamble on a drying circuit The team launched both cars […]

Jacques Villeneuve warns that the absence of a domestic feeder series leaves Canadian racing drivers without a clear pathway to Formula 1. Funding gaps block the talent pipeline According to the 1997 F1 champion, Canadian motorsport suffers from a “foundational” shortage: no national series means sponsors see little exposure, forcing hopeful drivers to seek opportunities abroad […]

Rob Smedley, the former Formula 1 race engineer, has publicly labelled Andrea Kimi Antonelli a “generational talent” based on the Italian’s early‑season dominance. Smedley’s analysis on the High Performance Racing podcast During a discussion with Jake Humphrey and ex‑team principal Otmar Szafnauer, the veteran engineer recounted watching Antonelli navigate the opening sector – Turns 1‑3 and the final chicane under the […]

Chris Harris on the “Chris Harris on Cars” podcast argued that McLaren’s decision to launch the Canadian Grand Prix on intermediate tyres made tactical sense, yet he still found the team’s delay in swapping to slicks puzzling. Why the intermediate choice fit the Montreal conditions McLaren entered the race with a softer compound, a move […]

Guenther Steiner, former Haas F1 team principal, lauded Toto Wolff for permitting Mercedes teammates George Russell and Kimi Antonelli to contest each other freely during the Canadian Grand Prix. Mercedes dominates a regulation‑heavy 2026 season The introduction of the new 2026 rule package has coincided with an unbroken winning streak for the Brackley squad, which has claimed victory at […]

Oscar Piastri, the 25‑year‑old McLaren driver, called the Isle of Man TT riders “nuts” after witnessing the legendary road race from a garden at the base of the infamous Bray Hill. First weekend at the Isle of Man TT Accompanied by former F1 champion Mark Webber and a Monster Energy delegation, Piastri spent the opening week […]

Andrea Kimi Antonelli, the 19‑year‑old Mercedes prodigy, took the Lorenzo Bandini Trophy in Italy this week and flatly ruled out any future move to Ferrari. Recent dominance on the F1 calendar After breaking the record for the youngest driver to top the championship leaderboard with a win at Suzuka, Antonelli added victories in Shanghai, Miami and Montreal to […]

Fernando Alonso pulled into the pits on lap 23 of the Canadian Grand Prix, retiring because a revised cockpit position in the Aston Martin AMR26 caused unbearable back pain. What triggered the discomfort? Mike Krack, Aston Martin’s trackside chief, explained that the team’s decision to recline the driver’s seat further than in previous seasons was intended to lower the car’s […]

A 98‑million‑year‑old wasp fossil encased in Myanmar amber has been officially named Gwesped piastrii, a tribute to McLaren driver Oscar Piastri. Discovery and taxonomic work While on a research stint at the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology, Oxford fellow Corentin Jouault and colleague Di‑Ying Huang uncovered an unusually preserved wasp in a piece of orange amber measuring roughly 10 × 8 × 2 mm. Detailed polishing and […]