Canadian 2026 GP sprint preview
Weekend schedule
All timezonesTimes shown in circuit-local time (GMT-4).
- FP1Fri12:30
- Sprint QualifyingFri16:30
- SprintSat12:00
- QualifyingSat16:00
- RaceSun16:00
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The circuit
Full circuit guide →Circuit Gilles Villeneuve · 4.361 km · 14 corners · clockwise
Recent form at this circuit
Last winners
- 2026Andrea Kimi Antonelli · Mercedes
- 2025George Russell · Mercedes
- 2024Max Verstappen · Red Bull
Last pole times
- 2026George Russell · Mercedes · 1:12.578
- 2025George Russell · Mercedes · 1:10.899
- 2024George Russell · Mercedes · 1:12.000
Historic moments
2019 · Vettel wins on track and loses in the stewards’ room
Sebastian Vettel crossed the line 1.3 seconds clear of Lewis Hamilton, but a five-second penalty for running across the grass at Turn 3 and squeezing Hamilton towards the wall on the way back handed the win to Mercedes. Vettel refused to play along afterwards, moving the number-one board from Hamilton’s car to his own empty parking spot.
2011 · The longest race in F1 history
Torrential rain delayed the race by over two hours and produced a record six safety car periods. Jenson Button fell to last place, fought back through the field, and passed race leader Sebastian Vettel exiting the final corner of the final lap to win a race that took more than four hours to complete.
What makes it different
- The exit wall at the final chicane is the Wall of Champions - it caught Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher and Jacques Villeneuve, all world champions, in the same 1999 race.
- Low-grip, low-abrasion surface on an island circuit that sits unused most of the year: track evolution across a weekend here is among the largest in F1.
- The island the track sits on didn't exist until the 1960s - Île Notre-Dame was built from 15 million tonnes of rock excavated for Montreal's Metro, in time for Expo 67 in 1967.
Home race
Home race for Lance Stroll.
This grid’s history here
| Driver | Wins | Podiums | Poles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewis Hamilton | 7 wins · 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2012, 2010, 2007 | 11 podiums · 2026, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2007 | 6 poles · 2017, 2016, 2015, 2010, 2008, 2007 |
| Max Verstappen | 3 wins · 2024, 2023, 2022 | 6 podiums · 2026, 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2018 | 2 poles · 2023, 2022 |
| Fernando Alonso | 1 win · 2006 | 4 podiums · 2023, 2013, 2010, 2006 | 1 pole · 2006 |
| George Russell | 1 win · 2025 | 2 podiums · 2025, 2024 | 3 poles · 2026, 2025, 2024 |
| Andrea Kimi Antonelli | 1 win · 2026 | 2 podiums · 2026, 2025 | — |
| Valtteri Bottas | — | 4 podiums · 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 | — |
| Lando Norris | — | 1 podium · 2024 | — |
| Carlos Sainz | — | 1 podium · 2022 | — |
| Charles Leclerc | — | 1 podium · 2019 | — |
| Sergio Pérez | — | 1 podium · 2012 | — |
Milestone watch
Lewis Hamilton has won here 7 times (2019, 2017, 2016, 2015).
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