Kimi Antonelli led the practice session ahead of teammate George Russell, with Lewis Hamilton posting the third-fastest time behind the Mercedes duo. The practice session was interrupted with three different red flags, first when Liam Lawson came to a stop along the side of the track. The second red flag came when Alexander Albon made contact with some wildlife at the exit of Turn 7 before striking the barrier, and finally Esteban Ocon brought out the red flag when he clipped his front wing.

But who will top the timing sheets when the lap times begin to matter? That is the question that will be answered in short order. F1 Sprint qualifying gets underway at 4:30 p.m. Eastern on Friday, and we will be following every development here live. So check back early and often!

Canadian Grand Prix F1 Sprint qualifying results

Here is the provisional qualifying grid for the F1 Sprint race at the Canadian Grand Prix. Spots will be filled in during the session:

Kimi Antonelli led the practice session ahead of teammate George Russell, with Lewis Hamilton posting the third-fastest time behind the Mercedes duo. The practice session was interrupted with three different red flags, first when Liam Lawson came to a stop along the side of the track. The second red flag came when Alexander Albon made contact with some wildlife at the exit of Turn 7 before striking the barrier, and finally Esteban Ocon brought out the red flag when he clipped his front wing.

But who will top the timing sheets when the lap times begin to matter? That is the question that will be answered in short order. F1 Sprint qualifying gets underway at 4:30 p.m. Eastern on Friday, and we will be following every development here live. So check back early and often!

Canadian Grand Prix F1 Sprint qualifying results

Here is the provisional qualifying grid for the F1 Sprint race at the Canadian Grand Prix. Spots will be filled in during the session:

But at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, Lando Norris is doing something truly special.

Norris unveiled his helmet for the weekend on social media, in partnership with Race Against Dementia. The charity was founded by none other than Sir Jackie Stewart, to raise awareness about the condition following his partner Helen’s diagnosis with dementia.

As described by Norris, “the design is in two halves. One side shows a healthy brain and the other side shows a brain affected by synaptic loss:”

As Norris also noted on social media, “55 million people worldwide are currently living with dementia, and every few seconds, the same time it takes do do a pit stop in Formula 1, another person is diagnosed.”

F1 fans, or those wanting to help Race Against Dementia, can pick up helmets and even mini helmets at Norris’ online store, with all proceeds going directly to the charity.

But at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, Lando Norris is doing something truly special.

Norris unveiled his helmet for the weekend on social media, in partnership with Race Against Dementia. The charity was founded by none other than Sir Jackie Stewart, to raise awareness about the condition following his partner Helen’s diagnosis with dementia.

As described by Norris, “the design is in two halves. One side shows a healthy brain and the other side shows a brain affected by synaptic loss:”

As Norris also noted on social media, “55 million people worldwide are currently living with dementia, and every few seconds, the same time it takes do do a pit stop in Formula 1, another person is diagnosed.”

F1 fans, or those wanting to help Race Against Dementia, can pick up helmets and even mini helmets at Norris’ online store, with all proceeds going directly to the charity.

Special helmets are par for the course in Formula 1.

But at this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, Lando Norris is doing something truly special.

Norris unveiled his helmet for the weekend on social media, in partnership with Race Against Dementia. The charity was founded by none other than Sir Jackie Stewart, to raise awareness about the condition following his partner Helen’s diagnosis with dementia.

As described by Norris, “the design is in two halves. One side shows a healthy brain and the other side shows a brain affected by synaptic loss:”

As Norris also noted on social media, “55 million people worldwide are currently living with dementia, and every few seconds, the same time it takes do do a pit stop in Formula 1, another person is diagnosed.”

F1 fans, or those wanting to help Race Against Dementia, can pick up helmets and even mini helmets at Norris’ online store, with all proceeds going directly to the charity.

The young Mercedes driver stands atop the Drivers’ Championship standings with 100 points, 20 points clear of teammate George Russell and another 41 points ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who sits in third with 59 points. In just his second season, Antonelli began the year with a P2 at the Australian Grand Prix, and followed that with his first three Grand Prix victories. After taking the Chinese Grand Prix, Antonelli notched wins in both the Japanese Grand Prix as well as the Miami Grand Prix last weekend.

With those three wins, Antonelli not only joined some elite company, but he made a little Formula 1 history of his own.

In addition to those three consecutive wins — the first three of his career — Antonelli was on pole position for each of those, with his pole for the Chinese Grand Prix the first Grand Prix pole of his young career.

As pointed out by none other than Will Buxton, who in addition to his duties broadcasting IndyCar with FOX Sports maintains an eye on F1 through the Netflix docuseries Drive to Survive, that put Antonelli in elite company. As Buxton noted, the first drivers in F1 history to take their first three poles consecutively? Antonelli, Ayrton Senna, and Michael Schumacher.

The drivers in F1 history to take their first three wins in consecutive fashion? Damon Hill, Mika Häkkinen, and Antonelli.

Every other driver on that list won at least one F1 Drivers’ Championship. Senna won titles in 1988, 1990 and 1991, Hill won in 1996, Häkkinen won titles in 1998 and 1999, and Schumacher still stands atop F1 history books (alongside Lewis Hamilton) with his seven titles.

But where the Mercedes driver sets himself apart is converting those first three pole positions to wins.

Because, as Buxton noted, the list of drivers to consecutively win their first three F1 races from their first three pole positions contains just one name.

Speaking after Antonelli’s win in Miami, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admitted that even he did not see this run of form coming.

“Yes, absolutely. I often said it last year: bringing an eighteen-year-old into the team would have given us moments of celebration and others where we wanted to tear our hair out over his mistakes,” said Wolff.

“But it was a necessary process to get him to know the team. Helping him is the fact that this is a new generation of cars and that all the drivers are still learning. I expected a good start, but I have to admit: three wins in a row was not something we had expected.”

Perhaps because it is something F1 has rarely seen.

The young Mercedes driver stands atop the Drivers’ Championship standings with 100 points, 20 points clear of teammate George Russell and another 41 points ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who sits in third with 59 points. In just his second season, Antonelli began the year with a P2 at the Australian Grand Prix, and followed that with his first three Grand Prix victories. After taking the Chinese Grand Prix, Antonelli notched wins in both the Japanese Grand Prix as well as the Miami Grand Prix last weekend.

With those three wins, Antonelli not only joined some elite company, but he made a little Formula 1 history of his own.

In addition to those three consecutive wins — the first three of his career — Antonelli was on pole position for each of those, with his pole for the Chinese Grand Prix the first Grand Prix pole of his young career.

As pointed out by none other than Will Buxton, who in addition to his duties broadcasting IndyCar with FOX Sports maintains an eye on F1 through the Netflix docuseries Drive to Survive, that put Antonelli in elite company. As Buxton noted, the first drivers in F1 history to take their first three poles consecutively? Antonelli, Ayrton Senna, and Michael Schumacher.

The drivers in F1 history to take their first three wins in consecutive fashion? Damon Hill, Mika Häkkinen, and Antonelli.

Every other driver on that list won at least one F1 Drivers’ Championship. Senna won titles in 1988, 1990 and 1991, Hill won in 1996, Häkkinen won titles in 1998 and 1999, and Schumacher still stands atop F1 history books (alongside Lewis Hamilton) with his seven titles.

But where the Mercedes driver sets himself apart is converting those first three pole positions to wins.

Because, as Buxton noted, the list of drivers to consecutively win their first three F1 races from their first three pole positions contains just one name.

Speaking after Antonelli’s win in Miami, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admitted that even he did not see this run of form coming.

“Yes, absolutely. I often said it last year: bringing an eighteen-year-old into the team would have given us moments of celebration and others where we wanted to tear our hair out over his mistakes,” said Wolff.

“But it was a necessary process to get him to know the team. Helping him is the fact that this is a new generation of cars and that all the drivers are still learning. I expected a good start, but I have to admit: three wins in a row was not something we had expected.”

Perhaps because it is something F1 has rarely seen.

Kimi Antonelli is off to a scorching start to the 2026 Formula 1 season, of that there is no doubt.

The young Mercedes driver stands atop the Drivers’ Championship standings with 100 points, 20 points clear of teammate George Russell and another 41 points ahead of Ferrari’s Charles Leclerc, who sits in third with 59 points. In just his second season, Antonelli began the year with a P2 at the Australian Grand Prix, and followed that with his first three Grand Prix victories. After taking the Chinese Grand Prix, Antonelli notched wins in both the Japanese Grand Prix as well as the Miami Grand Prix last weekend.

With those three wins, Antonelli not only joined some elite company, but he made a little Formula 1 history of his own.

In addition to those three consecutive wins — the first three of his career — Antonelli was on pole position for each of those, with his pole for the Chinese Grand Prix the first Grand Prix pole of his young career.

As pointed out by none other than Will Buxton, who in addition to his duties broadcasting IndyCar with FOX Sports maintains an eye on F1 through the Netflix docuseries Drive to Survive, that put Antonelli in elite company. As Buxton noted, the first drivers in F1 history to take their first three poles consecutively? Antonelli, Ayrton Senna, and Michael Schumacher.

The drivers in F1 history to take their first three wins in consecutive fashion? Damon Hill, Mika Häkkinen, and Antonelli.

Every other driver on that list won at least one F1 Drivers’ Championship. Senna won titles in 1988, 1990 and 1991, Hill won in 1996, Häkkinen won titles in 1998 and 1999, and Schumacher still stands atop F1 history books (alongside Lewis Hamilton) with his seven titles.

But where the Mercedes driver sets himself apart is converting those first three pole positions to wins.

Because, as Buxton noted, the list of drivers to consecutively win their first three F1 races from their first three pole positions contains just one name.

Speaking after Antonelli’s win in Miami, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff admitted that even he did not see this run of form coming.

“Yes, absolutely. I often said it last year: bringing an eighteen-year-old into the team would have given us moments of celebration and others where we wanted to tear our hair out over his mistakes,” said Wolff.

“But it was a necessary process to get him to know the team. Helping him is the fact that this is a new generation of cars and that all the drivers are still learning. I expected a good start, but I have to admit: three wins in a row was not something we had expected.”

Perhaps because it is something F1 has rarely seen.

However, Isack Hadjar qualified ninth — 0.825 seconds behind Verstappen — which was frustrating enough for the Red Bull driver.

But that frustration worsened Sunday morning, when Hadjar was disqualified from qualifying following a post-session inspection.

During the post-qualifying scrutineering, race stewards found that the floor on Hadjar’s RB22 was protruding approximately two millimeters beyond the specifications allowed for in the 2026 F1 technical regulations. Hadjar and a Red Bull representative were summoned to a hearing with race officials, set for early Sunday morning.

Following the hearing, Hadjar was disqualified from qualifying.

In the report from race stewards, they noted that Red Bull “did not dispute the findings of the Technical Delegate that portions of the LHS and RHS floor boards were protruding 2mm out of the reference volume RV-FLOOR BOARD.”

Race officials imposed the standard penalty for a breach of the technical regulations, which is a disqualification from the session. Red Bull then requested that Hadjar be permitted to start the race, despite being disqualified from qualifying, and race officials granted that request.

Hadjar will line up 22nd on the grid, at the back of the field.

Speaking after qualifying, Hadjar outlined his frustration with the upgrades, and his performance during the hour.

“The car was very hard to drive, it was very fast. In Q3 I just couldn’t put it all together and on the other side we have no straight line speed,” Hadjar said after qualifying.

“I think it’s a very tricky track, very low grip with high track temperature. So nothing to do with what we had in the first three rounds. It’s not a very fluid racing track with good grip.

“It’s completely different and Max is very good at adapting to these conditions. In the corners I can tell you I’ve made big progress compared to yesterday. I just couldn’t tidy up like he did and on top of that I’m missing in every straight.”

Now he’ll have to make up significant ground on the track, in what is expected to be a very wet Miami Grand Prix.

However, Isack Hadjar qualified ninth — 0.825 seconds behind Verstappen — which was frustrating enough for the Red Bull driver.

But that frustration worsened Sunday morning, when Hadjar was disqualified from qualifying following a post-session inspection.

During the post-qualifying scrutineering, race stewards found that the floor on Hadjar’s RB22 was protruding approximately two millimeters beyond the specifications allowed for in the 2026 F1 technical regulations. Hadjar and a Red Bull representative were summoned to a hearing with race officials, set for early Sunday morning.

Following the hearing, Hadjar was disqualified from qualifying.

In the report from race stewards, they noted that Red Bull “did not dispute the findings of the Technical Delegate that portions of the LHS and RHS floor boards were protruding 2mm out of the reference volume RV-FLOOR BOARD.”

Race officials imposed the standard penalty for a breach of the technical regulations, which is a disqualification from the session. Red Bull then requested that Hadjar be permitted to start the race, despite being disqualified from qualifying, and race officials granted that request.

Hadjar will line up 22nd on the grid, at the back of the field.

Speaking after qualifying, Hadjar outlined his frustration with the upgrades, and his performance during the hour.

“The car was very hard to drive, it was very fast. In Q3 I just couldn’t put it all together and on the other side we have no straight line speed,” Hadjar said after qualifying.

“I think it’s a very tricky track, very low grip with high track temperature. So nothing to do with what we had in the first three rounds. It’s not a very fluid racing track with good grip.

“It’s completely different and Max is very good at adapting to these conditions. In the corners I can tell you I’ve made big progress compared to yesterday. I just couldn’t tidy up like he did and on top of that I’m missing in every straight.”

Now he’ll have to make up significant ground on the track, in what is expected to be a very wet Miami Grand Prix.

Red Bull brought a series of upgrades to the Formula 1 Miami Grand Prix, hoping to unlock improved performance in the RB22. The decision seemed to pay immediate dividends for Max Verstappen, who put his RB22 on the front row during qualifying, and he will start second alongside pole-sitter Kimi Antonelli later today.

However, Isack Hadjar qualified ninth — 0.825 seconds behind Verstappen — which was frustrating enough for the Red Bull driver.

But that frustration worsened Sunday morning, when Hadjar was disqualified from qualifying following a post-session inspection.

During the post-qualifying scrutineering, race stewards found that the floor on Hadjar’s RB22 was protruding approximately two millimeters beyond the specifications allowed for in the 2026 F1 technical regulations. Hadjar and a Red Bull representative were summoned to a hearing with race officials, set for early Sunday morning.

Following the hearing, Hadjar was disqualified from qualifying.

In the report from race stewards, they noted that Red Bull “did not dispute the findings of the Technical Delegate that portions of the LHS and RHS floor boards were protruding 2mm out of the reference volume RV-FLOOR BOARD.”

Race officials imposed the standard penalty for a breach of the technical regulations, which is a disqualification from the session. Red Bull then requested that Hadjar be permitted to start the race, despite being disqualified from qualifying, and race officials granted that request.

Hadjar will line up 22nd on the grid, at the back of the field.

Speaking after qualifying, Hadjar outlined his frustration with the upgrades, and his performance during the hour.

“The car was very hard to drive, it was very fast. In Q3 I just couldn’t put it all together and on the other side we have no straight line speed,” Hadjar said after qualifying.

“I think it’s a very tricky track, very low grip with high track temperature. So nothing to do with what we had in the first three rounds. It’s not a very fluid racing track with good grip.

“It’s completely different and Max is very good at adapting to these conditions. In the corners I can tell you I’ve made big progress compared to yesterday. I just couldn’t tidy up like he did and on top of that I’m missing in every straight.”

Now he’ll have to make up significant ground on the track, in what is expected to be a very wet Miami Grand Prix.