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| ● The Briefing · No. 01 |
Monday · 1 June 2026 |
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Paddock Notes
A field journal for motorsport
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From the journal · Canada to Mugello · 24/31 May
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Kimi Antonelli won the Canadian Grand Prix by 10.768 seconds over Lewis Hamilton, a fourth consecutive win that the timing sheet records as routine. It was not. George Russell took pole, won Saturday's sprint, and was trading the lead with his team-mate when the W17's power unit quit on lap 30; Max Verstappen's third place was his and Red Bull's first podium of the year, and Antonelli leaves Montreal 43 points clear of the man who stopped.
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A week on, Elfyn Evans won Rally Japan by 12.8 seconds at the head of a Toyota 1-2-3-4, the GR Yaris closing its last tarmac event on 50 straight asphalt stage wins. In Detroit, Bamber and Aitken took the No. 31 Cadillac from pole to a 6.023-second win at GM's headquarters race, ten days before the pair report to Le Mans. And at Mugello, Marco Bezzecchi turned pole into his first Mugello win and an Aprilia 1-2, with Marc Marquez marking his return from shoulder surgery with seventh.
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Canadian GP · K. Antonelli, Mercedes |
+10.768s |
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| F2 |
Montreal · M. Stenshorne (feature), N. León (sprint) |
maiden wins |
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| WRC |
Rally Japan · E. Evans, Toyota |
+12.8s |
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| IMSA |
Detroit · Aitken / Bamber, No. 31 Cadillac |
+6.023s |
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| MotoGP |
Mugello · M. Bezzecchi, Aprilia |
Aprilia 1-2 |
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| Championships: Antonelli +43 · Bezzecchi +17 · Evans +20 · Aitken +144 |
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| The Editor |
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The Weekend · F1 · 25 May |
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Teams & Business · IMSA · 1 June |
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Culture · MotoGP · 1 June |
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In the margins · Next out
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Monaco Grand Prix · zero straight-mode zones, a 2026 first |
Sun 7 Jun |
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Monaco round · Stenshorne arrives as F2's newest winner; feature Sunday |
6/7 Jun |
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| MotoGP |
Grand Prix of Hungary · Balaton Park, the same Sunday as Monaco |
Sun 7 Jun |
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