Everything is ready for the fifth Sunday of the season: the race will be live on TV on Sky Sport F1 and streaming on Now, deferred free on TV8. Mercedes front row with Russell, who also won the Sprint, ahead of Antonelli. Then the McLarens, Ferrari further back: Hamilton starts fifth, Leclerc starts eighth
After the Sprint and qualifying on Saturday, the most important moment of the weekend has arrived also for the fifth round of the world championship Formula 1 2026. On the street circuit of Montrealdedicated to the former Ferrari driver Gilles Villeneuveeverything is in fact ready for the race Canadian Grand Prixscheduled Sunday 24 May. Once again the clear favorite is La Mercedeswho took victory in the Sprint and monopolized the front row in qualifying. In Montreal the great protagonist has been so far George Russellgood at achieving success in the short race and achieving pole position for the third year in a row. The British driver prevailed in the home duel with his teammate Andrea Kimi Antonelli during the Sprint and then beat him by 68 thousandths in qualifying. The challenge between the two in the short race was very close, with the Italian finishing third and thus losing two points in the championship to Russell, who now trails Antonelli at -18. The second force of the deployment has become the McLarenwho took the second row of the starting grid with the world champion Lando Norris in front of Oscar Piastrisecond and fourth respectively at the end of the Sprint. There is still a lot to improve at home Ferrariwhich continues to suffer especially in terms of the engine. Charles Leclerc And Lewis Hamilton they completed the short race in fifth and sixth place. But in qualifying, as in almost the entire weekend, the Briton was faster than the Monegasque. In the Canadian race, in fact, Hamilton will start from fifth place, while Leclerc will only start eighth. In between the two were inserted the Red Bull Of Max Verstappenseventh in the Sprint, and of Isack Hadjar. To complete the top-ten of the last qualifying heat, two revelations, namely the Racing Bulls of the debutant Arvid Lindbladwho finished eighth in the short race taking one point, andAlpine Of Franco Colapinto. Sunday’s race, for which rain and lower temperatures are expected, will start at 3:00 pm 22 Italian4pm local time. First there will be the races Formula 2 and of F1 Academy.
F1 GP Canada: where to see the Montreal race
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The race of Formula 1 of Lenovo Grand Prix of Canada 2026scheduled Sunday 24 May on the circuit of Montrealwill be broadcast live in full by Sky on Sky Sports F1 (channel 207even on the move SkyGo) and streaming on Now. The race will then be broadcast deferred on the digital terrestrial channel TV8al button 8 on the remote controlat hours 11.30pm. The Montreal street circuit, dedicated to Gilles Villeneuvewas built on the artificial island of Notre-Dame for the 1976 Olympics and has hosted F1 since 1978with the first edition won by the former Ferrari driver after whom the track was later named. The Canadian track measures 4,361 meters and presents 14 curvesof which eight on the right and six on the left. A circuit, which runs clockwise, where the front and rear flaps can be opened on the three longest straights, including the pit straight. The corners are almost all slow and narrow between chicanes and hairpin bends, so much so that the Montreal track, very stressful for the brakes, is defined as stop-and-go. This year the Canadian Grand Prix will take place three weeks earlier than in 2025, also to avoid concurrently with the Football World Cup.
F1 GP Canada: Sunday TV programming
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Below are the Sunday opening hours 2026 Lenovo Canadian Grand Prixon the circuit of Montrealwith the complete television programming:
Sky Sport F1, channel 207 (on the move with SkyGo) and streaming on Now (live)
Sunday 24 May 2026
- 4.45pm – F1 Academy Feature Race (17 laps)
- 6.05pm – F2 Feature Race (39 laps)
- 10.00pm – F1 Race 70 laps (live text on the Gazzetta website)
TV8 (free and deferred)
Sunday 24 May 2026
- 11.30pm – F1 70 lap race (delayed)
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