Antonelli Leads Montreal Tv Schedule for May 22-24 Sky Sports F1 Coverage
Kimi Antonelli enters Montreal with the tv schedule set around Sky Sports F1’s live coverage of every session of the Canadian Grand Prix Sprint weekend from May 22-24. The teenager arrives with three straight Grand Prix wins and a 20-point lead over Mercedes team-mate George Russell, who won here last year.
Montreal’s May 22-24 window
Sky Sports will carry the full Sprint weekend, giving viewers three days of live track action rather than a single race day. Formula 1 is in Montreal for a May event for the first time, after the Canadian Grand Prix had held its traditional mid-June slot since 1982. That shift also fits the sport’s calendar reshuffle, with the European season now running uninterrupted from June to September.
The practical benefit is simple: anyone following the championship can plan around a fixed broadcast block instead of piecing together separate sessions. Thursday May 21 opens the weekend build-up with a 7pm Drivers' Press Conference and a 10pm Paddock Uncut, then the live race programme begins across May 22-24.
Antonelli, Russell and McLaren
Antonelli’s form gives the weekend a tighter competitive edge than the broadcast slot alone suggests. He held off Lando Norris in Miami, and McLaren’s upgrades left it almost level with Mercedes there; both teams have new developments for Canada too. Max Verstappen, meanwhile, said Miami was the happiest he has been so far this season.
George Russell’s win in Montreal last year gives Mercedes a useful reference point, but Antonelli’s 20-point cushion makes the title picture more immediate than any single race result. Lewis Hamilton still owns the local benchmark with seven Canadian Grand Prix wins, plus his maiden F1 pole and victory in Montreal in 2007 with McLaren.
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve pressure
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve stretches 2.710 miles around Notre Dame island, and its last two turns remain the place where small mistakes turn expensive. The Wall of Champions earned its name after the 1999 Canadian Grand Prix, when Jacques Villeneuve, Damon Hill and Michael Schumacher all crashed there.
That layout should suit the new 2026 regulations, with big braking zones and long straights likely to produce strong racing. Early forecasts point to temperatures in the mid-high teens and a chance of showers, which gives the May move a sharper edge for viewers tracking every session rather than waiting for Sunday alone.
For anyone planning to watch, the value is in the schedule itself: May 21 sets the table, and May 22-24 turns Montreal into a continuous live block on Sky Sports F1. Antonelli is the name to watch, but the real test is whether Mercedes can keep McLaren and Verstappen from turning the weekend into a points squeeze.
