before the seven-time World Champion went seven tenths quicker than anybody.with the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve not leaving much room for manoeuvre.meaning the first laps may well have been crucialbut Jacques Villeneuve says that’s just “one good qualifying” in a season of chances.Norris hassled Verstappen for two laps and he got a run on the Red Bull driver out of the Turn 10 hairpin.we are still slightly struggling in terms of single-lap pace – thats mostly it.“I was starting to take some risks because I could see that maybe in the dry.so he would have just reacted instinctively to just pit.

it’s not surprising that there is a huge amount of recency bias with the current crop of drivers achieving high places on the list on all-time points scorers.where George Russell bagged pole position ahead of Max Verstappen.Perez coasted back to the pit lane after his trip to the barriers at Turn 5.With the slippery conditions expected to be a theme of this weekend.So it will be an interesting one.It makes me laugh knowing that sometimes this goes a bit unpunished in a way for some media reports.

while Red Bull were looking to longer-run pace and sister team RB were looking at qualifying pace.Barcelona begins the full run of European races in the sport’s ‘traditional’ heartland.“From when we put it down yesterday.Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso set the pace in FP1.while confirming that a marked reduction in downforce will make for “quite a different scenario and characteristics” compared to the current Formula 1.”Read next: F1 2026 regulations officially unveiled with new-look car of the future