🇨🇦 Canadian Grand Prix Report 2026

His best result in Formula 1: Franco Colapinto crosses the line in P6 in Montreal

Published

31 May 2026

Est. reading time

3 min

Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, Montreal

22–24 May 2026

🥇 P1: Kimi Antonelli, Mercedes — 1:28:15.758 🥈 P2: Lewis Hamilton, Ferrari — 1:28:26.526 🥉 P3: Max Verstappen, Red Bull Racing — 1:28:27.034 🇦🇷 P6: Franco Colapinto — 8 points 🇫🇷 P8: Pierre Gasly — 4 points

Franco closed the Canadian Grand Prix in P6, scoring 8 points and setting his best result in Formula 1

A weekend that started with almost no running in FP1 ended with Franco crossing the line after a composed and consistent performance from beginning to end.

Don't miss the best photos from last weekend:

Highlights

- Electrical issue on the power unit: Franco had no running time at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in FP1.

- Sprint Qualifying recovery: classified P13 (SQ2) despite the disrupted session, setting his best lap of 1:14.702 on mediums.

- Sprint Race: started P13, finished P9. He chased P8 for the final point right until the last lap, closing the gap consistently but just missing out.

- Qualifying: P10 for the second consecutive race in Q3, with a 1:13.697 on softs. The team acknowledged it was likely the best achievable result given the pace of those around him.

- Race: two-stop strategy (37 laps on hards + 30 on mediums), P6 at the chequered flag. Fastest lap P6 on lap 67 with a time of 1:15.462 on hards.

- His race engineer told him at the line: "That's P6. That's your best ever result in F1."

Technical data

Sprint Qualifying

- Best lap: 1:14.702 (lap 15, mediums) - SQ1 result: P10 - SQ2 result: P13 (eliminated) - Sector 1: P11 — 21.239 - Sector 2: P13 — 23.751 - Sector 3: P13 — 29.712 - Speed trap: P14 — 316 km/h

Sprint Race

- Start: P13 - Result: P9 - Best lap: 1:15.478 (lap 12/23, mediums) - Tyres: 31 laps on used mediums - Sector 1: P9 — 21.464 - Sector 2: P9 — 24.000 - Sector 3: P10 — 29.907 - Speed trap: P5 — 349 km/h

Qualifying

- Result: P10 - Best lap: 1:13.697 (lap 22, softs) - Sector 1: P11 — 20.997 - Sector 2: P13 — 23.407 - Sector 3: P9 — 29.250 - Speed trap: P7 — 323 km/h - Investigations: Q1, Q2 and Q3 (max delta time) — all cleared, no further action

Race

- Start: P10 (LIN did not start → effective P9) - Result: P6 - Points: 8 - Fastest lap: P6 — 1:15.462 (lap 67, hards) - Strategy: Stop 1: lap 37 (mediums → hards) · Stop 2: lap 37+30 (hards) - Sector 1: P10 — 21.489 - Sector 2: P8 — 23.970 - Sector 3: P11 — 30.003 - Speed trap: P4 — 249 km/h (Sector 1)

Quotes from Franco and the team

Franco had some of the best radio moments we have heard this season. And it was great to hear him say at the end of the race: "I'm happy and proud of the work we've put in together as a team and I feel it's paying off with more consistent results like this one."

Post-race: "Really, really happy. Thank you for the efforts."

Post-Sprint: "I think P9 after our Friday is a pretty decent result."

Post-Qualifying: "It's another Q3. Second one in a row here. I think very, very good recovery since Friday."

Next race

🇲🇨 Monaco Grand Prix: 4–7 June 2026, Monte Carlo

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