They have to give it to Drugovich really, I know he has Le Mans commitments but he wouldn't pass up an opportunity like this.

Otherwise the sensible temporary replacement choice would be Bottas.

Drugovich is scheduled to be racing for Cadillac on that weekend so they may refuse to release him.

Aston's other in-house drivers -

Stoffel Van Doorne will be racing in France

F2 driver Jak Crawford doesn't have a superlicense

F1 Academy driver Tina Hausmann also doesn't have a superlicense

Ambassador Jess Hawkins also doesn't have a superlicense

That will leave them looking elsewhere for a stand in.

Mercedes drivers Frederik Vesti (racing with Drugovich that day) or Valterri Bottas

Perez? Would be ironic but unlikely

Vettel has repeatedly stated he's not interested in a comeback

Bottas does seem the obvious candidate IF Drugovich is blocked

looks like theres only Bottas then

After all that, looks like he'll be 'racing' after well:

Stroll on target to be fit for Canadian GP after all - The Race

Anything to further extend the record of most Q1 knockouts!

Edited June 6Jun 6 by Herbs

All the fans who bought tickets in the Stroll grandstands in Canada are anxiously awaiting the news.  And trying to get Lance to drink more milk.

F1 2026 calendar: Madrid Grand Prix makes debut as second race in Spain as Imola dropped - BBC Sport

Interesting development as I thought this was replacing Barcelona, not Imola. But considering Imola was only ever meant to be a 2020 replacement track it did well to carve out 4 additional races (would have been 5 but for the 2023 floods).

At least they've finally seen sense and moved Canada to be post-Miami.

how can someone have surgery done on the wrists and be ready in 10 days?

wasn't expecting to be 2 GPs i Spain, thought Madrid was gonna replace Barcelona

and lol they put together Miami and Canada, but with 2 weeks in between, they are not gonna stay put for the weeks so they'll have to eventually go home and come back lol

Whoever thought to put the Canadian GP on the same day as the Indy 500 is an idiot.

Plus those final three races look like a tedious way to end it all. Hopefully the title will conclude at Brazil

Barcelona is on the last year of their contract. @Bjork

2026 F1 Calendar

Australia - 6-8 March

China - 13-15 March

Japan - 27-29 March

Bahrain - 10-12 April

Saudi Arabia - 17-19 April

Miami - 1-3 May

Canada - 22-24 May

Monaco - 5-7 June

Spain (Barcelona) - 12-14 June

Austria - 26-28 June

Great Britain - 3-5 July

Belgium - 17-19 July

Hungary - 24-26 July

Netherlands - 21-23 August

Italy - 4-6 September

Spain (Madrid) - 11-13 September

Azerbaijan - 25-27 September

Singapore - 9-11 October

United States (Austin) - 23-25 October

Mexico - 30 October-1 November

Brazil - 6-8 November

Las Vegas - 19-21 November

Qatar - 27-29 November

Abu Dhabi - 4-6 December

Stroll's back for Canada.

Red Bull's request for a Super License for its junior driver Arvid Lindblad has been approved, opening the door for him to race in Formula 1 prior to his 18th birthday.

Lindblad has been a rising start of the Red Bull program and finished fourth in last year’s Formula 3 championship despite starting the season at just 16 years old. He then took the Formula Regional Oceania Championship in February of this year, earning him enough points for a Super License once he turned 18.

2024:

1st Max Verstappen (NED) [Red Bull Racing]

2nd Lando Norris (GB) [McLaren]

3rd George Russell (GB) [Mercedes]

4th Lewis Hamilton (GB) [Mercedes]

5th Oscar Piastri (AUS) [McLaren]

6th Fernando Alonso (SPN) [Aston Martin]

7th Lance Stroll (CAN) [Aston Martin]

8th Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) [RB]

9th Pierre Gasly (FRA) [Alpine]

10th Esteban Ocon (FRA) [Alpine]

Pole Position: George Russell

Fastest Lap: Lewis Hamilton

2023:

1st Max Verstappen (NED) [Red Bull Racing]

2nd Fernando Alonso (SPN) [Aston Martin]

3rd Lewis Hamilton (GB) [Mercedes]

4th Charles Leclerc (MON) [Ferrari]

5th Carlos Sainz Jr (SPN) [Ferrari]

6th Sergio Perez (MEX) [Red Bull Racing]

7th Alexander Albon (THA) [Williams]

8th Esteban Ocon (FRA) [Alpine]

9th Lance Stroll (CAN) [Aston Martin]

10th Valtteri Bottas (FIN) [Alfa Romeo]

Pole Position: Max Verstappen

Fastest Lap: Sergio Perez

2022:

1st Max Versappen (NED) [Red Bull Racing]

2nd Carlos Sainz Jr (SPN) [Ferrari]

3rd Lewis Hamilton (GB) [Mercedes]

4th George Russell (GB) [Mercedes]

5th Charles Leclerc (MON) [Ferrari]

6th Esteban Ocon (FRA) [Alpine]

7th Valtteri Bottas (FIN) [Alfa Romeo]

8th Zhou Guanyu (CHN) [Alfa Romeo]

9th Fernando Alonso (SPN) [Alpine]

10th Lance Stroll (CAN) [Aston Martin]

Pole Position: Max Verstappen

Fastest Lap: Carlos Sainz Jr

2019:

1st Lewis Hamilton (GB) [Mercedes]

2nd Sebastian Vettel (GER) [Ferrari]

3rd Charles Leclerc (MON) [Ferrari]

4th Valtteri Bottas (FIN) [Mercedes]

5th Max Verstappen (NED) [Red Bull Racing]

6th Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) [Renault]

7th Nico Hulkenberg (GER) [Renault]

8th Pierre Gasly (FRA) [Red Bull Racing]

9th Lance Stroll (CAN) [Racing Point]

10th Daniil Kvyat (RUS) [Toro Rosso]

Pole Position: Sebastian Vettel

Fastest Lap: Valtteri Bottas

2018:

1st Sebastian Vettel (GER) [Ferrari]

2nd Valtteri Bottas (FIN) [Mercedes]

3rd Max Verstappen (NED) [Red Bull Racing]

4th Daniel Ricciardo (AUS) [Red Bull Racing]

5th Lewis Hamilton (GB) [Mercedes]

6th Kimi Raikkonen (FIN) [Ferrari]

7th Nico Hulkenberg (GER) [Renault]

8th Carlos Sainz Jr (SPN) [Renault]

9th Esteban Ocon (FRA) [Force India]

10th Charles Leclerc (MON) [Ferrari]

Pole Position: Sebastian Vettel

Fastest Lap: Max Verstappen

Controversial changes to the statutes of Formula 1's governing body the FIA have been passed by members despite a warning the organisation is in a "dark period of democratic backsliding".

Austria's national motoring club, the OAMTC, criticised the statute changes in a letter to the FIA World Council for Automobile Mobility and Tourism (WCAMT) sent on Wednesday before Thursday's vote at the FIA's General Assembly in Macau.

The letter criticised FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem's leadership and urged members not to vote for changes proposed by Ben Sulayem - and revealed by BBC Sport last month - on the basis that they "risk further contributing to the erosion of the FIA's reputation for competent and transparent governance".

However, members voted for the amendments by 83.35% to 16.65%.

Amendments to the ethics code were voted through even more comprehensively, with an 88.83% majority.

Someone needs to stop this guy before the rot is permanently set.

57 minutes ago, Mack said:

Red Bull's request for a Super License for its junior driver Arvid Lindblad has been approved, opening the door for him to race in Formula 1 prior to his 18th birthday.

Lindblad has been a rising start of the Red Bull program and finished fourth in last year’s Formula 3 championship despite starting the season at just 16 years old. He then took the Formula Regional Oceania Championship in February of this year, earning him enough points for a Super License once he turned 18.

That suggests that, should Max get a race ban for either Austria or Silverstone, Red Bull will throw Lindblad right in at the deep end for a one-off cameo.

I suspect Hadjar in the Red Bull with Lindblad in the RB

It'll be an very brave more to put Lindblad in the Red Bull for an debut if Max were to get a race ban.

And we’ve had a McLaren collision. Norris going for a gap that wasn’t there

Feel like that duel will come to symbolise the Mclaren drivers title fight this year - Norris is fast and capable of a bold overtake now and then, Piastri a little slower, but smarter and less prone to errors