{"id":663108,"date":"2026-05-24T23:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/663108\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T23:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T23:35:49","slug":"f1-canadian-gp-kimi-antonelli-lands-f1-2026-blow-as-george-russell-retires-in-montreal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/663108\/","title":{"rendered":"F1 Canadian GP: Kimi Antonelli lands F1 2026 blow as George Russell retires in Montreal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercedes<\/a> driver Kimi Antonelli<\/a> has deepened his championship lead on team-mate George Russell<\/a> by winning the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix, while Russell retired with mechanical issues.<\/p>\n

Russell was leading the race after an intense fight with Antonelli, including a glancing blow at the final chicane, when his Mercedes suffered a power unit failure on lap 30. After parking up at Turn 9, Russell jumped out of the car in a furious rage as he not only saw a chance to win his first race since the season opener in Australia evaporate, but also saw team-mate Antonelli get a major boost in the title race.<\/p>\n

The pair had been aggressively trading the lead over the first half of the race at Gilles Villeneuve, making a glancing blow on Lap 24 at the final chicane, with Antonelli briefly passing Russell off the track before being ordered to hand the position back.<\/p>\n

Russell’s exit afforded Antonelli a much more relaxed second half of the race to cruise home to a fourth consecutive win, dramatically expanding his championship lead on his team-mate to 43 points. As he saw the young Italian cruise to victory, Russell said he was “lost for words” by his retirement.<\/p>\n

Behind Antonelli, both McLaren<\/a> cars suffered a disastrous afternoon, which started with a backfiring choice to start on intermediates on a slightly damp track. As the field embarked on two extra formation laps due to trouble for Arvid Lindblad’s Racing Bulls<\/a>, Oscar Piastri<\/a> questioned the wisdom of starting on the grooved tyres, and both he and team-mate Lando Norris<\/a> soon had to come in for slicks, despite Norris briefly taking the lead at the start.<\/p>\n

As both McLarens were dumped back into the midfield pack, Piastri clattered into the back of Williams’ Alex Albon<\/a> at the hairpin, forcing Albon into retirement and Piastri to the pits for a new front wing. The Australian was handed a 10-second penalty. Norris’ race was even worse, as he had to retire on lap 40 at the hairpin with a suspected gearbox failure. The following virtual safety car period was the perfect time for the frontrunners to switch from softs to mediums on what turned out to be a straightforward one-stop race as the expected rain never materialised.<\/p>\n

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Lando Norris, McLaren<\/p>\n

Photo by: Alastair Staley \/ LAT Images via Getty Images<\/p>\n

With both McLarens eliminating themselves from contention, fifth-starting Max Verstappen<\/a> moved up to second some nine seconds behind Antonelli, as the Dutchman tried to fend off a spirited Lewis Hamilton<\/a> in the Ferrari<\/a>. At the start of lap 62, Hamilton finally passed Verstappen into Turn 1 to snatch second, finishing 10 seconds behind the winner.<\/p>\n

Behind the pair, Charles Leclerc<\/a> and Isack Hadjar<\/a> also fought out a Ferrari versus Red Bull duel for fourth place, with Hadjar handed a 10-second penalty for weaving on the straight, which almost led to a high-speed collision. Leclerc found a way past for fourth but finished over 44 seconds behind Antonelli after surviving a tank-slapper out of the final chicane.<\/p>\n

Hadjar, who cleared his time penalty under a late virtual safety car period, was then handed a stop-and-go penalty for ignoring yellow flags, but the young Frenchman still hung onto fifth due to the huge gap between the five remaining frontrunners and F1’s midfield.<\/p>\n

Alpine<\/a> came out on top of that midfield battle once more, with Franco Colpainto taking a career-best sixth place ahead of Racing Bulls man Liam Lawson<\/a> and team-mate Pierre Gasly<\/a>, who bounced back from a torrid weekend with eighth. Carlos Sainz<\/a> (Williams<\/a>) and Oliver Bearman<\/a> (Haas) rounded out the top 10 to take the final points on offer.<\/p>\n

Piastri ended his ordeal outside the points in 11th, in the company of both Audi<\/a> cars, while a total of six cars retired from the race.<\/p>\n

Alongside Lindblad, Albon, Russell and Norris, Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso<\/a> disappeared from the race with what the team called a problem with his seat. Cadillac’s Sergio Perez<\/a> suffered a frightening collapse of his front-right suspension and was fortunate to be able to coast to the pitlane.<\/p>\n

The action resumes in two weeks’ time on the streets of Monte Carlo at F1’s Monaco Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

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