When the autopsy of the 2026 season is carried out, surely Montreal will be remembered as the moment the title race came alive.
Before it, Kimi Antonelli may have showed his pace and yet he was still the cherub-faced teenager whose team treated like a youngest son who needed protection.
At the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, the 19-year-old showed another side to his racing personality beyond simply raw pace.
It began in the sprint race and continued into the full grand prix – well, at least for a chunk of it before George Russell’s Mercedes ground to a halt.
Antonelli (left) and Russell’s relationship is becoming frayed (Photo: Getty)
