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Audi’s Gabriel Bortoleto set for tough Canadian GP start ‘unless everyone else f**** it up’

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 12:07
Gabriel Bortoleto is expecting to lose positions at lights out in Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix, unless he takes a “mega start” while everyone else falters.
Bortoleto and team-mate Nico Hulkenberg lost four spots each at the start of the sprint in Montreal, highlighting an arguably worrying trend for Audi and its very first F1 power unit. 
“It's not worrying,” the Brazilian ...Keep reading

Ollie Bearman: Haas "chasing our tail all weekend" with updates and Montreal bumps

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 11:39
Ollie Bearman believes that Haas' Canada updates are something of a double-edged sword, with more potential performance but at the cost of making the VF-26 "really challenging" to drive.
The Briton was only able to qualify 16th for the Canadian Grand Prix, one position ahead of team-mate Esteban Ocon - who dropped out in Q1. Earlier in the day, Bearman's car was pulled out of parc ferme ahead ...Keep reading

Super Formula Suzuka: Nirei Fukuzumi beats Ayumu Iwasa for first win for Rookie Racing

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 11:09
Nirei Fukuzumi scored a long-awaited first Super Formula victory for Rookie Racing as he beat Ayumu Iwasa in a thrilling finish to Sunday’s second race at Suzuka.
Fukuzumi took a maiden pole for the one-car team owned by Toyota chairman Akio Toyoda, edging out reigning champion Iwasa by 0.160 seconds, and controlled the race from the front until making his mandatory pitstop on lap 22 of ...Keep reading

Lewis Hamilton’s new approach seems to work as he outqualifies Charles Leclerc again

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 10:31
Lewis Hamilton has refrained from using Ferrari’s simulator ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, and this approach seems to be bearing fruit so far.
Hamilton outqualified team-mate Charles Leclerc by 0.084s in the sprint and 0.108s in the main session; he was faster in all six qualifying segments this weekend.
It signifies a remarkable improvement given their overall head-to-head since the ...Keep reading

DTM Zandvoort Qualifying 2: BMW strikes back, Lamborghini finds its pace

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 10:26
Kelvin van der Linde has struck back in Sunday's qualifying session at Zandvoort. The German-South African, who had been plagued by technical gremlins since his DTM comeback and was forced to retire on Saturday, put his Schubert BMW on pole position in sunny 19-degree conditions with a 1:32.831.
This marks his second pole of the year following his success on Sunday at Spielberg - and the ...Keep reading

Pierre Gasly anticipating "elimination game" if rain strikes Canadian GP

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 09:55
Pierre Gasly has predicted the Canadian Grand Prix could be an "elimination game" if it rains, with many drivers worried about the performance of Formula 1's current wet tyres.
Even in dry conditions, the drivers found that they required a second warm-up lap to get their tyres into the right window. The relative lack of heavy loading in the tyres, as most of Montreal's corners are of a ...Keep reading

Supercars Symmons Plains: Broc Feeney ends winless run with dominant display

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 09:28
Broc Feeney put an end to a nine-race winless streak when he took his Triple 8 Ford Mustang to a dominant victory at Symmons Plains in Tasmania.
Polesitter Feeney eased into a near-2s lead by the time he made his first of three mandatory pitstops. He pitted after all of the other contenders, his first two stops one lap after second-placed Matt Payne of Grove Racing Ford, and even lost time ...Keep reading

F1 2026 qualifying head-to-head: Canadian GP

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 09:14
After every F1 qualifying session, Motorsport publishes each team's qualifying record in terms of team-mate battles.
This record is based exclusively on qualifying results so that grid penalties don't alter the statistics.
When a driver can't put in a representative lap time due to a technical issue or an incident, this will be mentioned in the table.
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Kimi Antonelli and George Russell had "good discussion" on Canada sprint race clash

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 09:13
Mercedes drivers Kimi Antonelli and George Russell say they have cleared up their rules of engagement after their fight for the lead during the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix sprint race left the Italian furious.
On lap 6 of the sprint Antonelli attempted to pass Russell around the outside of Montreal's Turn 1, which would become the inside for Turn 2. But with Russell not giving Antonelli ...Keep reading

Paatz inherits first F1 ACADEMY win after last-lap penalty

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-05-24 07:11
Mathilda Paatz claimed her first F1 ACADEMY victory after a late penalty for Rafaela Ferreira.

Jesse Love hits out at NASCAR race control: "I think it's a complete joke"

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 05:15
This was supposed to be a weekend of healing for the NASCAR community, but the disastrous weather has only added to the somber scene at the race track.
While the NASCAR Truck race was postponed three different times and has yet to start, NASCAR spent over six hours running the NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race on Saturday, and still had to end it with half the race left to run.
Ross ...Keep reading

Rain forces NASCAR to postpone Charlotte Truck race for the third time this weekend

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 05:00
Nonstop rain continues to plague an emotional race weekend at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
Following the sudden death of Kyle Busch, NASCAR is trying to move forward with a triple-header weekend of racing, but Mother Nature has had other ideas. 
When the green flag finally flies for Trucks, it will be Corey Day behind the wheel of Busch's No. 7 truck leading Layne Riggs, Kaden Honeycutt, Ty ...Keep reading

Ross Chastain wins strange NASCAR O'Reilly Charlotte race, marred by rain, fog, oil slick

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 04:47
The NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series race ended under caution after Stage 2 at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
It was a strange and bizarre race, hindered by rain and later fog. It took over six hours to run the first 90 laps, and the final half of the race never happened. 
A total of 54 of the 91 laps completed were run under caution.
"I'll start with us and this team," said Chastain after ...Keep reading

What are the strategy options for the Canadian Grand Prix?

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-05-24 04:09
Matt Youson takes a look at the different pit stop and tyre options that are available to the teams on race day in Montreal.

What To Watch For in the Canadian Grand Prix

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-05-24 04:09
Chris Medland picks out five key things to keep an eye on when the lights go out on race day in Montreal.

What the teams said – Sprint day and Qualifying in Canada

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-05-24 04:09
The drivers and teams report back after the Sprint and Qualifying from the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve for the 2026 Canadian Grand Prix.

NASCAR community says there was a difference between 'Rowdy' and Kyle Busch

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 02:25
By all accounts, there was Kyle Busch and there was Rowdy with a considerable amount of overlap depending on the circumstances, time and place.
That was the best way to eulogize the life and times of the two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion by those who knew him best. With the industry still in collective shock over the unexpected death of Busch on Thursday, the Sanctioning Body offered drivers ...Keep reading

Coyne to pay special tribute to Kyle Busch with Grosjean's No. 18 Indy 500 entry

Motorsport - Sun, 2026-05-24 01:52
Last year, we learned that Kyle Busch had always dreamed of attempting the Coke 600-Indy 500 Double. He nearly had a deal put together with Andretti in 2017 and again with McLaren in recent years.
Unfortunately, his Indy 500 dream never came to fruition before Busch's sudden and tragic passing this past week. The two-time NASCAR Cup Series champion was only 41 years old.
After the NASCAR ...Keep reading

Hadjar frustrated at ‘throwing away’ Qualifying in Canada

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-05-24 01:07
Isack Hadjar cut a frustrated figure after Qualifying at the Canadian Grand Prix, the Red Bull driver having gone from topping Q2 to falling back to P7 in the final segment.

'I really feel like myself' – Hamilton finds positives with Ferrari

Formula 1 - Sun, 2026-05-24 01:07
Ferrari's Lewis Hamilton believes changes made to his engineering team has meant "I really feel like myself" ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix.

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