Canadian Grand Prix: Sprint Qualifying results

Thomas Maher 22 May 2026 10:05 PM

With Sprint Qualifying underway in Canada, here are the latest results from the ongoing session at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal.

This weekend’s action sees a Sprint race on Saturday and, to set the grid, a Sprint Qualifying session is currently being held at the Canadian Grand Prix circuit in Montreal.

2026 Canadian Grand Prix Sprint Qualifying results

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Sprint Qualifying 2 Results

With Alonso unable to take part in SQ2 as a consequence of his crash in the first part of qualifying, it meant just five drivers faced elimination in the 10-minute segment of Sprint Qualifying 2.

Norris was the first frontrunner to set a time, dipping under the 1:14s for the first time with a 1:13.957, but was immediately beaten by the two Mercedes drivers and the Ferrari of Lewis Hamilton.

Russell logged a 1:13.466 to go 0.085 clear of Antonelli, with Hamilton just under two-tenths of a second behind, while Norris was a further three-tenths of a second back.

Leclerc went fifth-quickest, ahead of Lindblad, while, with five minutes to go, there was still no lap time from Verstappen.

Along with the Dutch driver, it was Sainz, Bearman, Colapinto, and Hulkenberg in the drop zone as the final minutes began.

Verstappen had a lap deleted for exceeding track limits, but, with it being a second preparation lap, this proved inconsequential as he then went ninth-fastest to escape the drop zone, although he radioed in to report his unhappiness with the car’s handling as he encountered “jumping” on the straights.

Also moving up was Sainz, half a second back from Verstappen, leaving Bortoleto in the drop zone with Colapinto, Ocon, Bearman, and Hulkenberg.

Up front, Russell lowered the benchmark to a 1:13.026 to go almost half a second clear of the field, with Hamilton second ahead of Antonelli.

Verstappen weathered the onslaught of the final laps from those in the drop zone, with Sainz remaining 10th, leaving the aforementioned drivers in the drop zone and eliminated.

1. George Russell, Mercedes 1:13.026
2. Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari +0.439
3. Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes +0.525
4. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari +0.528
5. Oscar Piastri, McLaren +0.832
6. Lando Norris, McLaren +0.931
7. Arvid Lindblad, Racing Bulls +1.114
8. Isack Hadjar, Red Bull +1.213
9. Max Verstappen, Red Bull +1.386
10. Carlos Sainz, Williams +1.521
11. Nico Hulkenberg, Audi +1.569
12. Gabriel Bortoleto, Audi +1.601
13. Franco Colapinto, Alpine +1.676
14. Esteban Ocon, Haas +1.902
15. Oliver Bearman, Haas +2.279
16. Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin No time

Sprint Qualifying 1 Results

Following his practice crash, Alex Albon was unable to take part in SQ1 due to the extent of the damage to the Williams from his collision with a groundhog.

Joining him on the sidelines before the qualifying session even began was Liam Lawson, whose hydraulic issues from early in practice weren’t rectified in time to be able to join in the action on Friday afternoon.

With the use of the medium tyre mandatory for the session, Russell went quickest ahead of the two McLaren drivers in the opening half of SQ1, before Verstappen dropped the benchmark down to a mid-1:14 in his Red Bull.

But this was nothing compared to what Antonelli produced with his first proper flyer as the Mercedes man did a 1:14.0, which Russell couldn’t replicate as he sailed off into the escape area at the final chicane.

Hamilton then went quickest on a 1:13.922 to become the first driver to dip below 1:14 in the weekend, putting him just under a tenth clear of Antonelli, with Norris a further three-tenths back.

With three minutes to go, Verstappen went third-quickest while, at the bottom end, it was Sainz, Perez, Bottas, and Colapinto facing elimination alongside Albon and Lawson.

Fernando Alonso, in P14 and eyeing a Q2 appearance, then crashed to bring out the red flags with 1:46 remaining on the clock, meaning those in trouble were facing a pressure-filled last few moments of SQ1.

The Spaniard was uninjured, with replays showing he had locked up and sailed straight on into the barriers at Turn 3, unfortunately ruining any chance of taking part in SQ2.

At the red flag, the drivers in the bottom four alongside the eliminated two were Perez, Stroll, Gasly, and Bottas.

The dash to reach the end of the pit lane to form the queue to resume the circuit saw the drivers in the bottom six, apart from Bearman, manage to get close to the head of the queue, with Stroll managing to be second out onto the circuit behind Sainz when the lights turned green to resume.

In the dash to start a flying lap, only Sainz, Stroll, and Hamilton managed to start the lap on time, with the others having to forlornly trot back to the pits with no chance to improve.

None of the three improved their laps, with Sainz and Hamilton each taking to the escape area at the chicane, while Stroll backed off after realising he couldn’t improve.

1. Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari 1:13.889
2. Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes +0.121
3. Max Verstappen, Red Bull +0.139
4. Lando Norris, McLaren +0.376
5. Arvid Lindblad, Racing Bulls +0.628
6. Isack Hadjar, Red Bull +0.652
7. Oscar Piastri, McLaren +0.776
8. George Russell, Mercedes +0.883
9. Charles Leclerc, Ferrari +1.117
10. Franco Colapinto, Alpine +1.595
11. Carlos Sainz, Williams +1.611
12. Nico Hulkenberg, Audi +1.784
13. Esteban Ocon, Haas +1.871
14. Fernando Alonso, Aston Martin +1.871
15. Gabriel Bortoleto, Audi +1.912
16. Oliver Bearman, Haas +1.983
17. Sergio Perez, Cadillac +2.113
18. Lance Stroll, Aston Martin +2.465
19. Pierre Gasly, Alpine +2.753
20. Valtteri Bottas, Cadillac +2.977
21. Alex Albon, Williams No time
22. Liam Lawson, Racing Bulls No time

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