{"id":684965,"date":"2026-05-21T10:31:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/684965\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T10:31:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:31:09","slug":"canadian-grand-prix-schedule-practice-sprint-and-race-start-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/684965\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Grand Prix schedule: Practice, Sprint and race start times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The F1 2026 Canadian Grand Prix is at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montr\u00e9al, with the event featuring a Sprint weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the full F1 2026 Canadian Grand Prix schedule, with session start times for practice, Sprint qualifying, the Sprint, qualifying and Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<p>F1 2026 Canadian Grand Prix session times<\/p>\n<p>All times are Montr\u00e9al local (UK time in brackets).<\/p>\n<p>Friday 22 May<\/p>\n<p>FP1: 12.30pm-1.30pm (5.30pm-6.30pm)<br \/>Sprint Qualifying: 4.30pm-5.14pm (9.30pm-10.14pm)<\/p>\n<p>Saturday 23 May<\/p>\n<p>Sprint: 12pm (5pm) \u2013 23 laps or 60 minutes<br \/>Qualifying: 4pm-5pm (9pm-10pm)<\/p>\n<p>Sunday 24 May<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Grand Prix: 4pm (9pm) \u2013 70 laps or 120 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Follow the weekend live<\/p>\n<p>Follow live coverage throughout the weekend in Montr\u00e9al, including <a href=\"https:\/\/live.planetf1.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">timing<\/a>, reports and live updates.<\/p>\n<p>Canadian Grand Prix weekend explained<\/p>\n<p>Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is 4.361km long and hosts a 70-lap race.<\/p>\n<p>As a Sprint weekend, there is one free practice session on Friday before Sprint Qualifying later in the day.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday features the Sprint and Qualifying session, which sets the grid for Sunday\u2019s race.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday concludes the weekend with the Canadian Grand Prix, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/f1-canadian-grand-prix-preview\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one of the most popular events<\/a> on the Formula 1 calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a fan favourite for its mix of long straights and heavy braking zones.<\/p>\n<p>Tight chicanes and unforgiving walls leave little margin for error, with mistakes often punished immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere is this truer than the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/canadian-grand-prix\/canadian-grand-prix-wall-of-champions-explained\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">infamous \u2018Wall of Champions\u2019<\/a>, christened so in 1999 when three different World Champions had a run-in with the wall on the exit of the final chicane.<\/p>\n<p>The wall has developed a superstitious reputation over the years, with drivers such as Jenson Button crashing there before later becoming World Champion.<\/p>\n<p>F1 records and statistics<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/features\/highest-f1-race-wins-totals\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 race wins: Which drivers have the highest win totals in F1 history?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/f1-points-all-time-rankings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 points all-time rankings: Where do Hamilton, Verstappen and Alonso feature?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to be the first to know exclusive information from the F1 paddock? Join our <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaUcBxk6BIEcgEnwDi1T\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">broadcast channel on WhatsApp<\/a> to get the scoop on the latest developments from our team of accredited journalists.<\/p>\n<p>You can also subscribe to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@planetf1com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">PlanetF1 YouTube channel<\/a> for exclusive features, hear from our paddock journalists with stories from the heart of Formula 1 and much more!<\/p>\n<p>Read next:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.planetf1.com\/news\/f1-2026-race-head-to-head-teammates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">F1 2026: Head-to-head race statistics between teammates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The F1 2026 Canadian Grand Prix is at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montr\u00e9al, with the event featuring a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":684966,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,32188,817,813,816,818,44,85],"class_list":["post-684965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-canadian-grand-prix","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-home-page","tag-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684965","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=684965"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/684965\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/684966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=684965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=684965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=684965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}