Formula 1 makes a long-overdue return to Canada this weekend for the first race in Montreal since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, which kept this popular race off the calendar for the last two seasons.
Here are seven talking points heading into the first Canadian Grand Prix weekend
Can Ferrari fix their worrying reliability?
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix marked the lowest point of the season so far for Ferrari. For the fourth successive race weekend, the team arrived at the track on Sunday with high hopes of securing their third win of the year from pole position, and then left the circuit having seen Red Bull celebrating yet another victory instead.
Ferrari began the season with their reliability seemingly unquestionable, while Red Bull suffered unexpected breakdowns at crucial moments. However, that narrative has been overturned in the last three races. Charles Leclerc retired from the lead of the Spanish and the Azerbaijan Grands Prix, allowing Red Bull to cruise to five wins in a row to take a commanding lead in both championships.
The headaches for Ferrari were made more severe by Carlos Sainz Jnr also retiring from a sudden hydraulics failure. Meanwhile two more Ferrari-powered customer cars – the Alfa Romeo of Zhou Guanyu and the Haas of Kevin Magnussen – also retired with hydraulic and power unit problems, respectively.
Ferrari say they will conduct a thorough investigation back at Maranello. But with this weekend’s Canadian Grand Prix taking place only seven days after the race in Baku, getting on top of their reliability concerns this quickly will not be an easy task.
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A welcome return to Montreal
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal has always been one of the most popular venues on the Formula 1 calendar. Not just for its semi-street circuit layout where fast straights and mid-speed corners are hemmed in by barriers, but because of the vibrant city of Montreal and stunning location that has always made this weekend one of the most anticipated of the season.
This year, the Canadian fans will have two of their own to cheer. Nicholas Latifi finally gets to race at home in his third season as a Formula 1 driver. Lance Stroll has raced here many times before, but this will be the first time he has done so in the British Racing Green of Aston Martin.
As for the race itself, there are…
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