2026 Canadian Grand Prix

2026 Canadian Grand Prix sprint race grid | Formula 1

George Russell has taken provisional pole position for the Canadian Grand Prix sprint race for Mercedes ahead of Andrea Kimi Antonelli and Lando Norris.

Sprint race qualifying results

P.

Driver

Team

Q1

Q2 (v Q1)

Q3 (v Q2)

1

George Russell

Mercedes

1’14.772

1’13.026 (-1.746s)

1’12.965 (-0.061s)

2

Andrea Kimi Antonelli

Mercedes

1’14.010

1’13.551 (-0.459s)

1’13.033 (-0.518s)

3

Lando Norris

McLaren

1’14.265

1’13.957 (-0.308s)

1’13.280 (-0.677s)

4

Oscar Piastri

McLaren

1’14.665

1’13.858 (-0.807s)

1’13.299 (-0.559s)

5

Lewis Hamilton

Ferrari

1’13.889

1’13.465 (-0.424s)

1’13.326 (-0.139s)

6

Charles Leclerc

Ferrari

1’15.006

1’13.554 (-1.452s)

1’13.410 (-0.144s)

7

Max Verstappen

Red Bull

1’14.028

1’14.412 (+0.384s)

1’13.504 (-0.908s)

8

Isack Hadjar

Red Bull

1’14.541

1’14.239 (-0.302s)

1’13.605 (-0.634s)

9

Arvid Lindblad

Racing Bulls

1’14.517

1’14.140 (-0.377s)

1’13.737 (-0.403s)

10

Carlos Sainz Jnr

Williams

1’15.500

1’14.547 (-0.953s)

1’14.536 (-0.011s)

11

Nico Hulkenberg

Audi

1’15.673

1’14.595 (-1.078s)

Missed by 0.048s

12

Gabriel Bortoleto

Audi

1’15.801

1’14.627 (-1.174s)

Missed by 0.080s

13

Franco Colapinto

Alpine

1’15.484

1’14.702 (-0.782s)

Missed by 0.155s

14

Esteban Ocon

Haas

1’15.760

1’14.928 (-0.832s)

Missed by 0.381s

15

Oliver Bearman

Haas

1’15.872

1’15.305 (-0.567s)

Missed by 0.758s

16

Fernando Alonso

Aston Martin

1’15.760

17

Sergio Perez

Cadillac

1’16.002

Missed by 0.130s

18

Lance Stroll

Aston Martin

1’16.354

Missed by 0.482s

19

Pierre Gasly

Alpine

1’16.642

Missed by 0.770s

20

Valtteri Bottas

Cadillac

1’16.866

Missed by 0.994s

21

Alexander Albon

Williams

22

Liam Lawson

Racing Bulls

Penalties

Lawson: Permitted to start despite not lapping within 107% of the fastest time in SQ1, having set sufficiently competitive times in practice

Investigations

Albon: Did not lap within 107% of the fastest time in SQ1

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