F1 Canadian Grand Prix: TV, Time, Results

It was enjoyable whereas it lasted for Nico Hulkenberg. On Saturday afternoon, Hulkenberg was beaming after a shock second-place end in qualifying for the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday.

Hulkenberg’s group, Haas, doesn’t get a whole lot of days like that. So Hulkenberg couldn’t cease smiling and waving, as he stood subsequent to Max Verstappen and Fernando Alonso in an inconceivable high three.

Alas, his pleasure was short-lived. Hours later, race stewards penalized Hulkenberg for rushing throughout a purple flag in one of many qualifying periods. His second place was now fifth on the grid, and the entrance row out of the blue regarded much more acquainted: Verstappen on pole for Red Bull, with Alonso, in an Aston Martin, proper subsequent to him.

How to Watch

Time: The Canadian Grand Prix begins at 2 p.m. Eastern time. (Global begin instances are here.)

TV: The race will air on ABC within the United States. Streaming is out there on ESPN+. Prerace protection begins at 12:30 p.m. Not within the United States? A full checklist of Formula 1 broadcasters, wherever you’re, could be discovered right here.

Sunday’s Starting Grid

Verstappen is on pole place — attempt to act shocked — and Hulkenberg’s penalty bumped Alonso as much as second, one week after he vowed that he wouldn’t end off the rostrum once more this season.

Lewis Hamilton and George Russell will begin third and fourth, which ought to be heartening for Mercedes after each completed on the rostrum final day out. But Ferrari’s struggles continued. Carlos Sainz fell out of the highest 10 after he was handed a three-place penalty for impeding Pierre Gasly in qualifying, and Charles Leclerc blew up at the team after he believed it had botched a change of tires. “We need to improve now,” Leclerc fumed.

Sunday’s Story Lines

Momentum: Red Bull has gained all seven races this season — and 17 of the previous 18 general. There is not any motive to assume that such dominance will take the break day on Sunday, and particularly not with an opportunity to earn the group’s a centesimal Formula 1 victory.

Upgrades: Lewis Hamilton likes the texture of what he’s seeing from the Mercedes technicians. (Interesting.) Leclerc implied that his Ferrari group was nonetheless groping round in the dead of night, unable to determine what’s improper. (Not good.) Still, if a few of these groups don’t begin getting sooner with their upgrades quickly, Verstappen and Red Bull might have new trophies of their storage earlier than you’ve completed your summer season trip.

Weather: Heavy rain in Saturday’s periods made it onerous for drivers to see and maintain the observe and will have performed a job in a number of penalties. The climate is predicted to be marginally higher on Sunday — cloudy, not wet — but when there may be even a touch of showers, tire alternative might be vital.

What They’re Saying

“The ending of the day is not quite as good as it was earlier. That’s obviously a pity, and it’s a shame not to be staring on the front row. We have to face the consequences with that.” — Hulkenberg, who drove his Haas into second (briefly) earlier than a penalty dropped him down the grid.
“Those are exactly the plans: Get two cars on the podium. I’m extremely confident.” — Lawrence Stroll, the Aston Martin group proprietor (and a proud Canadian), predicting a giant weekend in Montreal. Alonso has positioned himself to ship on that boast; Stroll’s son, Lance, has not. He will begin sixteenth.
“The whole team has this new energy and kind of feels like we’ve got a North Star. We know where we’re going; we know how to get there.” — Hamilton, who was loving the Mercedes upgrades coming into the weekend.
“I basically want a restart, to go again.” — Sergio Pérez of Red Bull, whose disappointing performances in his previous two races have made his two early-season victories a distant reminiscence. His Twelfth-place end in qualifying on Saturday gained’t assist flip issues round.
“He needs to stop thinking about the championship and just drive.” — Red Bull’s group principal, Christian Horner, after listening to Pérez’s feedback — and earlier than his newest dismal qualifying effort.