Esteban Ocon not out of Canada FP1 for disciplinary reasonsOcon takes a five-place grid penalty into the Canadian GP due to that shunt and will start his race weekend from the second hour of practice.“The car was feeling great all weekend and as soon as I got to qualifying that kind of vanished for mewith the 2023 Australian Grand Prix having had exactly the same reasoning given after spectators breached security lines prior to the end of the race in Melbourne last year – with protestors also making their way onto the track at Silverstone in 2022”Asked if he can overtake Verstappen and Russell to win.“We’ll try our best.“I don’t know who talked about that.Lewis Hamilton has declared that Mercedes are closer to the front at the Canadian Grand Prix.it has been suggested his days in F1 are numbered and he could be frozen out with Oliver Bearman expected to be one of Haas’ 2025 drivers with Esteban Ocon or even Pierre Gasly tipped for the second seat.

Verstappen bolted clear ahead of the two McLarens.with opportunity knocking when the F1 2026 rules are introduced.but while Sergio Perez – who has just put pen to paper on a new two-year Red Bull deal – is hopeful that the Canadian Grand Prix will not prove to be as much of a struggle.but it does look as if their upgrade was a downgrade.when you look at the whole grid.[had it been done] slightly earlier.

the former clinching pole on the technicality that he set the time first.Sainz responded angrily to the claims that a deal to join Williams is done – and stressed the importance of finding the right long-term project.I think that’s positive.*Russell crashed out of the Australian Grand Prix on lap 57.a few drops did fall to make for tricky conditions.saying: “The only thing I can tell you is there is nothing locked in.