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F1: Chequered Flag

Canadian GP Saturday Review: Drama in Montreal!

F1: Chequered Flag

BBC

Sports

4.22.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Who would claim sprint victory? Who would take pole position ahead of Sunday’s Canadian GP? Would we have a Mercedes battle, or would McLaren continue their resurgence? Harry Benjamin and former McLaren mechanic Marc Priestley reflect on a busy Saturday in Montreal, hearing from the key drivers, whilst also looking ahead to Sunday’s race.

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0:00.0

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0:12.2

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0:23.7

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0:28.3

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0:31.0

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0:33.5

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0:35.7

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0:38.9

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0:48.3

Well, we have just come off the checkered flag at the end of qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix.

0:56.9

And spoiler alert, poll position goes to George Russell with Kimmy Antonelli locking out the front row for Mercedes.

1:01.2

And that's at the end of a really jam-pack sprint Saturday in Montreal.

1:02.2

I'm Harry Benjamin.

1:06.5

I'm joined alongside the former McLaren mechanic Mark Priestley.

1:09.5

Take in today, how are you summing it all up?

1:10.2

We've had a lot.

1:28.4

It has been a lot. It's been busy. I mean, when you just read that out, what you just said there, George Russell on pole, Kimmy Antonelli, alongside him on the front row. Sounds pretty sort of mundane and boring, doesn't it? It's like a normal service has been resumed. But it really doesn't tell the tale of what happened today because it's been nip and tuck everywhere. We've had changes of position. The sprint was just chaotic from start to finish. Two Mercedes collided at one point,

1:34.1

ran each other off the racetrack. George Russell in qualifying was absolutely nowhere until the final

1:38.6

lap. So it was an impossible one to predict. The result may look familiar, but the story behind it is anything but.

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