Formula 2 will take to the track, shortly after, with the Sprint race that opens the third round of the 2026 season, scheduled to start at 3:10 p.m. local time on Saturday the 23rd. Gabriele Mini, tenth in the classification held last Friday, will start from pole on the Gilles Villeneuve Circuit in Montreal, Canada, behind the wheel of an MP Motorsport car, after benefiting from the inversion of positions among the top ten of the qualifying session.
Gabriele Mini, tenth in the classification from last Friday, will start on the front row at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal, Canada, driving for MP Motorsport, after benefiting from the top-ten inversion from the qualifying session.
The front row will also include Rafael Villagómez, Van Amersfoort’s driver and ninth-quickest in the standings. Noel León, from Campos Racing, will begin third, with John Bennett in fourth in a Trident. Joshua Durksen, the Invicta Racing driver, completes the group of the five best on the grid for the weekend’s shortest race.
Among the Brazilians, Emmo Fittipaldi of AIX Racing will start ninth after moving up two positions due to penalties imposed on Rafael Câmara and Alexander Dunne. Both lost three places on the grid after blocking the path of other competitors during qualifying. Câmara, of Invicta, would have started ninth, and will now line up twelfth.
Check out how the grid for the Formula 2 Sprint race in Canada looks:
- Gabriele Mini – MP Motorsport
- Rafael Villagómez – Van Amersfoort
- Noel León – Campos Racing
- John Bennett – Trident
- Joshua Durksen – Invicta Racing
- Martinius Stenshorne – Rodin Motorsport
- Nikola Tsolov – Campos Racing
- Laurens van Hoepen – Trident
- Emmo Fittipaldi – AIX Racing
- Nico Varrone – Van Amersfoort
- Alexander Dunne – Rodin Motorsport
- Rafael Câmara – Invicta Racing
- Kush Maini – ART Grand Prix
- Dino Beganovic – DAMS
- Roman Bilinksi – DAMS
- Ritomo Miyata – Hitech
- Cian Shields – AIX Racing
- Sebastian Montoya – Prema
- Colton Herta – Hitech
- Tasanapol Inthraphuvasak – ART Grand Prix
- Oliver Goethe – MP Motorsport
- Mari Boya – Prema
