f1-agws · round 5 · Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Canadian Grand Prix 2026: Race Pace, Tyre Strategy & Results
Andrea Kimi Antonelli won the Canadian Grand Prix 2026 on a 1-stop strategy. RUS took pole. Full analysis: race pace, tyre strategy for every driver, pit stops, degradation and weather.
Canadian Grand Prix 2026 result
Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) won the Canadian Grand Prix on 24 May 2026 from 2nd on the grid, round 5 of the 2026 season at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve over 68 laps, in 1:28:15.758. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) finished second, +10.768s behind, and Max Verstappen (Red Bull) completed the podium, +11.276s.
George Russell (Mercedes) started from pole after a 1:12.578 qualifying lap but finished outside the top ten.
Did not finish: PER (Retired), NOR (Retired), RUS (Retired), ALO (Retired), ALB (Retired), LIN (Did not start).
Race pace
Fastest lap: Andrea Kimi Antonelli, 1:14.210 on lap 68.
Best long run: HAD on the Soft averaged 1:15.198 over 6 clean laps, getting faster as the fuel burned off.
Biggest gains from the starting grid: STR P22 → P15 (+7), GAS P14 → P8 (+6), SAI P15 → P9 (+6).
Teammate race pace (median lap): the widest gap was at Haas F1 Team, BEA ahead of OCO on the road with 1.115 s per lap between them; the closest pair was HUL and BOR at Audi, 0.195 s apart.
Tyre strategy
Winning strategy: ANT made one stop — S 1-30 · M 31-68.
Compounds: S = Soft, M = Medium, H = Hard, I = Intermediate, W = Wet; numbers are the laps of each stint.
| Pos | Driver | Team | Grid | Result | Tyres |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andrea Kimi Antonelli (ANT) | Mercedes | 2 | 1:28:15.758 | S 1-30 · M 31-68 |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton (HAM) | Ferrari | 5 | +10.768s | S 1-30 · M 31-68 |
| 3 | Max Verstappen (VER) | Red Bull | 6 | +11.276s | S 1-30 · M 31-68 |
| 4 | Charles Leclerc (LEC) | Ferrari | 8 | +44.151s | S 1-30 · M 31-68 |
| 5 | Isack Hadjar (HAD) | Red Bull | 7 | +5.033 | S 1-30 · M 31-51 · S 52-61 · S 62-67 |
| 6 | Franco Colapinto (COL) | Alpine F1 Team | 10 | +19.510 | M 1-29 · H 30-67 |
| 7 | Liam Lawson (LAW) | RB F1 Team | 12 | +34.235 | M 1-29 · S 30-67 |
| 8 | Pierre Gasly (GAS) | Alpine F1 Team | 14 | +34.572 | M 1-29 · H 30-67 |
| 9 | Carlos Sainz (SAI) | Williams | 15 | +58.014 | I 1-1 · M 2-29 · M 30-67 |
| 10 | Oliver Bearman (BEA) | Haas F1 Team | 16 | +59.049 | S 1-29 · M 30-67 |
Pit stops and race control
34 pit stops in the race; the quickest trip through the pit lane was NOR's, 23.4 s on lap 2.
Race control: 3 Virtual Safety Car periods.
Tyre degradation
Time lost per lap of tyre age, fitted on clean laps (no pit, in or neutralised laps).
Soft: 0.000 s/lap over 381 clean laps; Hard: 0.002 s/lap over 51 clean laps; Medium: 0.004 s/lap over 455 clean laps.
Weather
Air 12–14 °C, track 16–19 °C, dry throughout.
Explore the sessions in the race dashboard, the championship standings and the 2026 schedule.