Welcome to Sunday’s edition of the RaceFans round-up.
Comment of the day
The television direction did not do justice to one of Formula 1’s livelier sprint races, says MikeD:
For once it was an exciting sprint – shame the coverage wasn’t up to the task.
We never saw a replay of George and Kimi in turn eight. We missed significant chunks of action behind the lead three, between Piastri, Hamilton and Leclerc. Many incidents were reviewed and penalised that we simply never saw.
This year, the camerawork seems to prioritise fast cuts and heavily zoomed clips, which creates a movie-trailer-like feel to the broadcast. I no longer feel ‘in’ the race; I’m just shown moments and told what happened. It takes away from the experience.
MikeD (@Nanotech)
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Sprint success and Sunday front-row lock-out in Montreal (Mercedes)
Andrew Shovlin: We made small adjustments before main qualifying, anticipating cooler or possibly wet conditions. The car proved trickier to balance than yesterday, but both drivers produced strong final laps and we secured another front-row lock-out. It felt like we’d made things harder for ourselves and perhaps slowed the car a touch, but there are no pictures on the timing screen — we’ll lead the field away on Sunday.
Canadian Grand Prix Sprint race / qualifying recap (Haas)
Oliver Bearman: We found better corner balance in qualifying and, with growing confidence, we’re now committing to entries and locking the front wheels. This weekend exposed issues we hadn’t addressed earlier; now we’re beginning to uncover them.
Sprint race: Leon takes first F2 victory amidst Montreal drama (Formula 2)
Tsolov attempted a move into the turn 10 hairpin but made contact with Stenshorne, which sent the Rodin Motorsport driver into John Bennett and caused Bennett to spin down the order. The incident brought out the Safety Car and the Trident driver was later given a 10-second penalty.
Kyle Busch died after complications from sepsis, severe pneumonia, family says (The New York Times)
The family said Kyle Busch suffered severe pneumonia that progressed into sepsis, resulting in rapid and overwhelming complications.
Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak (Instagram)
“62G impact today in qualifying. Inside the top five before the crash, pace looked promising. Thank you to the medical team and everyone for the support. All set for tomorrow.”
Inthraphuvasak withdraws from round three in Montreal (Formula 2)
The Thai driver will take no further part in the event following a medical decision.
Suzuka qualifying highlights (Super Formula)
Not only has George Russell led a Mercedes front row lock-out for the second time this weekend but the gap between him and Andrea Kimi Antonelli has been the same each time: 0.068 seconds. #F1 #CanadianGP #RaceFans
— RaceFans (@racefans.net) 2026-05-23T22:35:17.346Z
If Wolff thought Antonelli’s messages were too much, he’d never cope with Verstappen in his team. #F1 #CanadianGP #RaceFans
— Keith Collantine (@keithcollantine.bsky.social) 2026-05-23T22:29:49.127Z
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On this day in motorsport
- 40 years ago today Philippe Alliot won the Formula 3000 round at Spa-Francorchamps — his only points score that season; he later returned to Formula 1 for Ligier, replacing the injured Jacques Laffite.
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