Weekend annex
Canadian GP 2026 — Sprint weekend annex
Round 5 of 2026 at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve on Île Notre-Dame, Montréal. A sprint weekend in 2026 (non-sprint in 2025). The semi-permanent street-park circuit is 4.361 km with a 70-lap race (~305 km). The 'Wall of Champions' final chicane has sidelined more champions than any other corner in F1 — Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher, Jacques Villeneuve all hit it in 1999. Tyres: historically mid-compound but with sudden track-temperature swings that destabilise strategy.
Sprint weekend format
Standard 2026 sprint weekend layout: Friday FP1 + main Qualifying (GP grid), Saturday Sprint Shootout + Sprint (~24 laps at Montréal for the 100 km target), Sunday Grand Prix. Sprint points 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 (P1-P8).
Circuit facts
4.361 km · 14 turns · 70 race laps. Three heavy-braking zones — Turn 10 (the Senna hairpin), Turn 13, and the Wall-of-Champions final chicane (T14) — produce high ERS-harvest laps. The long back straight between the hairpin and the chicane was historically a DRS zone; under 2026 active-aero it remains the defining overtake attempt location.
Pending FIA/Pirelli bulletins
Pirelli compound nomination, specific active-aero zone geometry, and any race-specific Technical Directives publish in the week preceding the event. This annex will be updated when they drop.
Awaiting Pirelli nomination and FIA event documents.
Last updated: 2026-04-24
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