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Max Verstappen: "Not doable" to stay in F1 if rules aren't improved for 2027

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-05-23 23:23
Max Verstappen says it is "mentally not doable" for him to remain in Formula 1 if the series can't drastically improve its power unit regulations for 2027, with proposals to move to a 60-40 split between combustion power and electric energy now in jeopardy.
As F1 stakeholders try to find ways to improve the flawed 2026 power unit regulations for next year, a proposal has been tabled by the FIA ...Keep reading

Jamie Chadwick pinpoints Kimi Antonelli frustration after George Russell Canadian GP pole

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-05-23 22:58
Three-time W Series champion and Sky Sports Formula 1 pundit Jamie Chadwick believes Kimi Antonelli will be left feeling frustrated after being narrowly beaten to pole position by his team-mate George Russell during qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix. 
As the clock ticked down to zero in qualifying at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Antonelli looked set to take pole position for Sunday's race ...Keep reading

Update: Lewis Hamilton avoids Canadian GP grid penalty for impeding

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-05-23 22:32
Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has been cleared of allegedly impeding Pierre Gasly in Canadian Grand Prix qualifying, which means the Ferrari driver retains his fifth place on the starting grid.
Hamilton made a trip to the FIA race stewards one hour after qualifying for allegedly blocking Alpine driver Gasly at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. On his first flying lap in Q1, Gasly ...Keep reading

F1 Canadian GP: George Russell beats Kimi Antonelli to last-gasp Canada F1 pole

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-05-23 22:14
Mercedes driver George Russell claimed pole at the Canadian Grand Prix, outpacing team-mate Kimi Antonelli and reigning Formula 1 world champion Lando Norris in Montreal.
Norris led the way in Q3 until the final salvo of laps, with both Mercedes cars struggling to nail a lap until that point, Russell even having to bail out of his first attempt.
But in the dying seconds of qualifying ...Keep reading

Noel Leon earns first F2 victory with fightback in Montreal

Formula 1 - Sat, 2026-05-23 21:59
Noel Leon recovered from contact in the F2 Sprint to secure his maiden win.

LIVE COVERAGE: Top-10 Q3 shootout starts in Montreal

Formula 1 - Sat, 2026-05-23 21:59
Live coverage of Saturday's Qualifying session for the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix.

Lindblad ‘very happy to take a point’ in Canada Sprint

Formula 1 - Sat, 2026-05-23 21:59
The final point on offer in the Canada Sprint went to Racing Bulls rookie Arvid Lindblad, who crossed the line in P8.

Verstappen accepts ‘we can’t make it worse’ after Sprint P7

Formula 1 - Sat, 2026-05-23 21:59
Max Verstappen maintained his starting position to finish seventh in the Canada Sprint.

Wolff gives opinion on Mercedes intra-team clash in Canada

Formula 1 - Sat, 2026-05-23 21:59
Mercedes Team Principal Toto Wolff has given his verdict on the clash between Kimi Antonelli and George Russell in the Canadian Grand Prix Sprint, stating "you can't expect to have a lion in the car and a puppy outside" regarding the Italian teenager.

Leclerc optimistic in Canada after ‘very strong’ Sprint pace

Formula 1 - Sat, 2026-05-23 21:59
Charles Leclerc is feeling more positive about what might be possible for Ferrari in the Canadian Grand Prix due to his pace en route to P5 in Saturday's Sprint.

Antonelli offers verdict on Russell incident in Canada Sprint

Formula 1 - Sat, 2026-05-23 21:59
Kimi Antonelli admits that he will "need to review" the incident between himself and team mate George Russell during the Canadian Grand Prix Sprint, with the Mercedes driver initially suggesting he was "pushed off".

NASCAR urged to honor Kyle Busch with immediate Hall of Fame entry

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-05-23 21:14
The late Kyle Busch will inevitably be enshrined into the NASCAR Hall of Fame so one of his future co-inductees and biggest rivals, Brad Keselowski, says why wait.
Earlier in the week, the voting panel elected Kevin Harvick, Jeff Burton, Larry Phillips and Lesa France-Kennedy to enshrinement during a ceremony to be held at the Charlotte Convention Center in January.
Typically, NASCAR rules ...Keep reading

Ricky Stenhouse Jr. leads only Coca-Cola 600 practice

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-05-23 20:51
For the first time this weekend, cars made their way onto the track for a live session on Saturday afternoon. It was a somber atmosphere as drivers climbed into their cars, including Austin Hill -- wearing a Kyle Busch t-shirt under his firesuit as he takes over the fallen legend's renumbered No. 33 car for the Coca-Cola 600.
Bubba Wallace walked out into the infield and reflected at the site ...Keep reading

Max Verstappen fires back at Juan Pablo Montoya over F1 suspension claim

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-05-23 20:34
Max Verstappen has dismissed recent comments from former Formula 1 driver Juan Pablo Montoya after the Colombian suggested the four-time champion should face a race suspension for openly criticising the championship's new regulations. 
The comments from Montoya stemmed from a somewhat frosty reception to the new 2026 regulation changes. In the early stages of the season, Verstappen described ...Keep reading

How Toto Wolff and Mercedes want to avoid a repeat of 2016 with Kimi Antonelli and George Russell

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-05-23 20:32
For once, the conversation in the Gilles Villeneuve paddock was not about batteries or energy management. Instead, the focus was firmly on the on-track action. During the Formula 1 sprint race for the Canadian Grand Prix, the battle between Kimi Antonelli and George Russell flared up for the first time.
The young Italian attempted a move around the outside at Turn 1, but was forced onto the ...Keep reading

Kyle Busch smack-talked Joey Logano to the very end

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-05-23 20:26
Joey Logano and Kyle Busch had a well-documented rivalry over the course of the past two decades.
Even as their relationship started to thaw, and enjoy a casual respect in recent years, ‘Rowdy’ never missed a chance to take public pot shots at his fellow Cup Series champion. As recently as a month ago, Busch went on ‘Hang Out with Sean Hannity’ and revealed that Logano, Brad Keselowski ...Keep reading

Oliver Bearman points out another shortcoming of F1’s new rules: More meetings

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-05-23 20:00
It’s said that meetings are where minutes are kept but hours are lost.
One lesser-documented but still painful consequence of the 2026 Formula 1 regulations has been the need to map out exactly how the limited quantity of electrical energy can be deployed and recharged to achieve the so-called 'optimal lap’. And that, naturally, requires a meeting – albeit, perhaps unusually, a productive ...Keep reading

DTM shock for Porsche team Land: Buus disqualified after P4!

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-05-23 19:46
Massive blow for the Land team: The traditional outfit from Germany, which returned to Porsche from Audi in the DTM this year, has been disqualified after a strong fourth-place finish by rookie Bastian Buus in Saturday's race at Zandvoort! The reason for the decision is that the No. 29 Porsche 911 GT3 R was found to be underweight.
The technical scrutineers discovered the discrepancy during the ...Keep reading

What F1's driving guidelines say about Russell and Antonelli's Canada sprint clash

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-05-23 19:22
Although Kimi Antonelli believed that he was pushed off the road at Turn 1 by George Russell in their battle for the lead of the Canadian Grand Prix sprint race, the Formula 1 stewards did not see fit to intervene.
Russell maintained position on the inside of Turn 1, with Antonelli attempting to make a move around the outside. However, the Italian found his car in a rapidly closing gap and was ...Keep reading

How Pato O'Ward's inner circle turned Arrow McLaren into an IndyCar threat

Motorsport - Sat, 2026-05-23 19:16
“The nature of IndyCar is that there's highs and lows all the time, and I've had my fair share of it all.”
Pato O’Ward has certainly been on one helluva rollercoaster ride. There have been breakthrough moments, such as his first career win at Texas Motor Speedway in 2021, along with several heartbreaks, undoubtedly led by his defeat after battling with Josef Newgarden for the win in the ...Keep reading

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