Race Notes | 2026 Canadian Grand Prix | 178 | 4 Wins, 1 DNF From the Lead & 2 Very Different Ferraris

Kimi Antonelli has now won four consecutive Formula 1 grands prix. His streak did not look like it was going to survive Montreal. George Russell took sprint pole, won the sprint, took grand prix pole, and was leading the race when his power unit failed on lap 30.

That is the context. And it matters, because what Canada revealed is bigger than who crossed the line first.

In this Race Notes episode, Sabrina brings a perspective on a weekend that produced some of the most striking intra-team contrasts of the 2026 season. On one side of the Ferrari garage: Lewis Hamilton delivered his best grand prix result for the Scuderia. On the other: Charles Leclerc, who described it as the worst weekend of his Formula 1 career.

She digs into what the George and Kimi battle inside Mercedes is actually becoming. 

On McLaren: starting both cars on intermediates at a track that was clearly drying was the call that unraveled the weekend before it began. Sabrina looks at what it tells you about where McLaren actually is.

Max Verstappen took his first podium of 2026 in Montreal, aided by Russell's retirement and McLaren's collapse. But the more interesting story is the set-up tension and what it says about how Red Bull is being run now versus how it was run before.

There is also the 2027 regulatory picture. Sabrina walks through what is actually blocking the change.

And beyond the results: a note on what the 2026 season is beginning to reveal about where the real competition lives. The most compelling battles in 2026 may not be between teams. They may be inside them.

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