Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly will start the Canadian Grand Prix from the back row of the grid after taking a new Honda Formula 1 engine. The Frenchman suffered an issue with his new-specification engine in FP3, and with limited time to analyse

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren racing director Eric Boullier says that the team’s qualifying strugle in Montreal was due to high downforce levels the team has had to run due to low-speed corners. Fernando Alonso and Stoffel Vandoorne will start 14th and 15th in Canada, with

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. McLaren’s lacklustre pace in qualifying for Formula 1’s Canadian Grand Prix was ‘bizarre’, according to Stoffel Vandoorne. Vandoorne and team-mate Fernando Alonso had been optimistic of a good showing in Montreal after showing some encouraging speed in Friday’s free practice sessions without

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso driver Pierre Gasly says his Canadian Grand Prix qualifying was “made tough” by him having to switch to an older-specification Honda power unit. The Japanese manufacturer introduced an upgraded engine in Montreal, which Gasly and team-mate Brendon Hartley agreed was

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Toro Rosso’s Pierre Gasly and Brendon Hartley say Honda’s upgraded Formula 1 engine provided a “very positive step” in Canada despite difficulties measuring performance relative to the Monaco Grand Prix. Honda’s latest specification is being scrutinised by Red Bull, which is monitoring

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Romain Grosjean says he was surprised the marmot he hit in Canadian Grand Prix Formula 1 practice was not removed when first spotted on television earlier in the session. The Haas driver hit the animal at the end of the long straight

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Max Verstappen topped the first Formula 1 free practice session of the Canadian Grand prix weekend, as Lewis Hamilton prevented a Red Bull one-two. Verstappen moved to the top of the order for the first time with 30 minutes remaining in the

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Renault has revealed a new version of its Formula 1 halo mirrors ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix, after it was forced to change its original concept. The manufacturer has been evaluating a change of mirror design since the FIA announced several

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. One young engineering student was handed a once in a lifetime’s opportunity to kickstart his Formula 1 career during the Canadian Grand Prix weekend. In the pitlane in front of the Renault garage, Carlos Sainz Jr revealed that student Chase Pelletier, 22,

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Jacques Villeneuve will drive his father’s 1978 Ferrari Formula 1 car at the head of the Canadian Grand Prix drivers’ parade to commemorate 40 years since Gilles’ maiden victory. The Ferrari 312 T3, which the 1997 world champion has driven once before

Get unlimited access You have only 5 articles remaining to view this month. Formula 1 drivers and teams will have to be on the starting grid for 10 minutes longer from this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix, following a change of procedure. Drivers often only appear on the grid a few minutes before they are forced