Tuesday\u2019s fast-paced F1 news includes Ross Brawn returning to motorsport for the first time since leaving Formula 1 as new Lewis Hamilton evidence emerges after his Canadian Grand Prix overtake on Max Verstappen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Let\u2019s blast through the day\u2019s main headlines at breakneck speed\u2026<\/p>\n
Ross Brawn joins board of MotoGP team<\/p>\n
F1 legend Ross Brawn has joined the board of directors at the Pramac Racing MotoGP team.<\/p>\n
It marks his first motorsport role since he left Formula One Management at the end of the 2022 season.<\/p>\n
Brawn, 71, has become the latest high-profile figure to move into MotoGP since F1 owner Liberty Media completed its takeover of the motorcycling series last year.<\/p>\n
Read more: Ross Brawn lands new motorsport role four years after F1 exit<\/a><\/p>\n F1 data analysis: How Lewis Hamilton planned Max Verstappen overtake<\/p>\n F1 data analysis from the Canadian Grand Prix has revealed how Lewis Hamilton planned his overtake on Max Verstappen a lap in advance.<\/p>\n Data shows that Hamilton increased his energy harvesting on the start-finish straight and altered his approach to the final chicane before using all the electrical power available to him to breeze past Verstappen into Turn 1.<\/p>\n Hamilton\u2019s second place in Canada saw him claim his best result since swapping Mercedes for Ferrari at the start of 2025.<\/p>\n Read more: Verstappen undone as Hamilton\u2019s Ferrari masterclass flips Canadian GP battle<\/a><\/p>\n Max Verstappen on McLaren strategy: \u2018That was a great call\u2019<\/p>\n Max Verstappen has quipped that it was a \u201cgreat call\u201d by McLaren to start both Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri on intermediate tyres at the Canadian Grand Prix.<\/p>\n With rain in the area, McLaren decided to gamble with Norris and Piastri \u2013 starting third and fourth respectively \u2013 for the race start.<\/p>\n The experiment was swiftly abandoned after the rain proved considerably lighted than expected, opening the door for Verstappen to claim the first podium finish of the Red Bull-Ford partnership.<\/p>\n Read more: Verstappen\u2019s \u2018great call\u2019 to McLaren as strategy disaster gifts Red Bull two places<\/a><\/p>\n Charles Leclerc: Canada \u2018most difficult weekend\u2019 of F1 career<\/p>\n Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc has claimed that the Canadian Grand Prix was \u201cprobably the most difficult weekend of my Formula 1 career.\u201d<\/p>\n Leclerc was convincingly outperformed by Lewis Hamilton \u2013 widely regarded as specialist at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve \u2013 and came home a distant fourth, trailing his Ferrari teammate by more than 30 seconds.<\/p>\n Leclerc and Hamilton are now level on two podiums apiece in the F1 2026 season.<\/p>\n