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{{GrandPrix|previous=← [[Nostra:2026 Georgian Grand Prix|Previous race]]|next=[[Nostra:2026 Turkish Grand Prix|Next race]] →|round=Round 3 of 8 in the [[Nostra:2026 Formula One World Championship|2026 Formula One World Championship]]|image1=[[File:QuebecGP.png|380px]]|caption1=Layout of the Quebec Circuit|date=18 October 2026|official_name=2026 Quebec Grand Prix|location=Quebec, [[Vinland]]|course=Underground Circuit|duration=33 laps|pit=2 stops|driver=[[File:Great Britain Flag.png|left|23x15px]][[56Faxeo]]|team=[[File:United States.png|left|23x15px]]FordAudi Formula One|time=00:45.75|driver1=[[File:Flag of None.png.png|left|23x15px]]-|team1=[[File:Flag of None.png.png|left|23x15px]]-|time1=-|driver2=[[File:AustFlagNostra.png|left|23x15px]][[pwnings]]|team2=[[File:NewCaledonia.jpg|left|23x15px]]Murweh GP|driver3=[[File:Great Britain Flag.png|left|23x15px]][[56Faxeo]]|team3=[[File:United States.png|left|23x15px]]FordAudi Formula One|driver4=[[File:Netherlands.png|left|23x15px]]Hill24671|team4=[[File:NewCaledonia.jpg|left|23x15px]]Nostra Times Freddo Formula One}}
The '''2026 Quebec Grand Prix''' was the third round of the [[Formula 1|Formula One]] [[Nostra:2026 Formula One World Championship|2026 World Championship]] and was hosted on the 18th of October, 2026. The race was less-laggy than the previous two races due to its location outside of the European Folia region.

The race marked [[pwnings|pwnings']] first race victory in Formula One after 18 rounds as well as the first race victory for her team, [[Murweh GP]]. [[FordAudi|FordAudi's]] [[56faxeo]] finished the race in second despite appearing the quickest driver after taking pole from championship rival [[32Jeelow]] by four tenths of a second. [[Uzbekistan Freddo|Uzbekistan Freddo's]] [[Hill24671]] earned his first podium in the series having competed since the start of the [[Aurora:2025-26 Formula One World Championship|2025-26 season]], also marking Freddo's first podium since [[ameberyl]] left the team at the end of the previous season, the Scottish driver finishing the race in fourth following what was a contest for race victory. Renault's Talvi finished the race in fifth with s3ggy between herself and returning driver [[GabeTM]] who finished his first race of the 2026 season in seventh. FatihAr took Ferrari's first points of the season with an eighth place finish followed by [[StanTheManGaming]] who returned to the sport in ninth having missed the [[Nostra:2026 Georgian Grand Prix|Georgian Grand Prix]]. [[Eternal Wind]] took tenth place for a first points finish since the [[Aurora:2025 Spring Formula One World Championship|2025 Spring Season]] at their home Grand Prix.

== Background ==
Despite the [[Georgian Grand Prix]] claiming to be the first fully completed Formula One certified track on EarthMC, the [[Quebec Grand Prix]] was created before, however, to a non-Formula One standard making it Terra Nostra's oldest Ice Boat Racing circuit. The Quebec Grand Prix is located entirely underground with mostly tight walls and a majority packed-ice layout. The track contains two starting grid's due to a late redevelopment. 

=== Track Layout ===
The track has 22 corners, beginning with a long wall-tap hairpin into a second non-walltap hairpin leading into the tight turns 3 and 4 which wrap into the long blockstop of turn 6. Turn 7 is a slight blockstop which leads into the tight walled chicane of turns 8 and 9. Turns 10 through 14 are longer flowing corners which lead into the second starting grid. This leads into a left-hander walltap and another wall-tap hairpin which winds into the successive left handers of turns 16 and 17. A blue ice twisting section leads into the walltap of turn 21 where the track ends with a final wall-tap hairpin.

== Entrants ==
Despite taking second at the [[Nostra:2026 Georgian Grand Prix|Georgian Grand Prix]], [[F1rret]] did not attend the Quebec Grand Prix while visiting Prague. AkselV and MKMango also did not attend the Grand Prix with the Dinoco Oil driver of Mango suffering computer issues whilst Aksel spent the weekend with [[Aurora:2025-26 Formula One World Championship|2025-26 Season]] Champion [[Bubuxcx]] in Geneva. Two-time World Champion [[GabeTM]] returned to his seat at [[Renault]] having been replaced by reserve gbaguette at the first two races of the season. Two-time podium sitter and [[Aurora:2023 Formula One World Championship|2023]] [[BMW]] driver [[Eternal Wind]] also returned to the grid with the [[Vertza Racing Team]] outfit at their home race replacing F1rret with Dinoco Oil manager MattIsOff replacing MKMango. [[32Jeelow]] qualified but did not start the Grand Prix.

== Qualifying ==
Qualifying was scheduled to be held between 17:00 UTC on Friday the 16th of October to midnight on Sunday the 18th of October, however, lack of qualifying availability meant that qualifying was extended until 19:00 UTC on the 18th, one hour before race start. All drivers except [[56faxeo]] qualified on the 18th. Drivers were qualified by F1rret, Fedrer and Memexcx

=== Qualifying Report ===
Faxeo was the only driver to qualify on the 16th, scoring a 00:45.75 to take eventual pole position and the only time under 46 seconds. [[Pwnings]] set a 00:46.38 on her first qualifying shot with Fauxbethvv setting a 00:53.54 behind for the Scuderia Sicilia team. Faxeo's teammate, Sepl3333 went provisionally third with a 00:48.08 with [[Vertza Racing Team|Vertza Racing Team's]] [[ameberyl]] beating him at 00:46.51. She was then beaten by [[Hill24671]] who went third with a 00:46.43, followed by teammate Tendonkeys who set a 00:50.55. 

FatihAr went provisionally fifth with a 00:46.58 in a surprising return to form for the Ferrari driver who historically took eight pole positions between [[Aurora:2023 Formula One World Championship|2023]] and [[Aurora:2024 Formula One World Championship|2024]]. [[Eternal Wind]] went seventh with a 00:48.60, pushed down by s3ggy who set a 00:46.78 to go provisionally fifth for Dinoco Oil. Tendonkeys' second shot of qualifying improved his time and position to a 00:48.60 to slot into provisional ninth.

[[StanTheManGaming]] set a 00:46.98, just one position above [[GabeTM]] whose first shot put him in eighth with a 00:48.02. This was improved with a second shot at the pace of a 00:47.03 which did not improve his position. Fatih also risked a second shot, falling back around four tenths with a 00:46.99 whilst Talvi struggled to qualify in a successive race, only setting a 00:47.51 to go ninth on their second shot.

[[Acceleron]] lead driver [[32Jeelow]] went to the front row with a 00:46.15, four tenths back from Faxeo. MattIsOff went to fourteenth with a 00:49.86 in his return to the sport with 10Piksel setting the final lap of the day at a 00:51.89 to go fifteenth.

=== Qualifying Classification ===
[[File:2026QuebecGrid.png|thumb|right|350x330px|Grid ahead of the Quebec Grand Prix]]
[[File:56faxeoQuebecPole.png|thumb|right|350x330px|56faxeo takes pole at the Quebec Grand Prix]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Pos. !! No. !! Driver !! Constructor !! Qualifying Time !! Gap
|-
! 1 
|| 56 || [[File:Great Britain Flag.png|left|23x15px]][[56Faxeo]] || Ford-Audi Formula One || 00:45.75 || -0.00
|-
! 2
|| 32 || [[File:Denmark.png|left|23x15px]][[32Jeelow]] || Acceleron Formula One Team || 00:46.15 || +0.40
|-
! 3 
|| 3 || [[File:AustFlagNostra.png|left|23x15px]][[pwnings]] || [[Murweh GP]] || 00:46.38 || +0.73
|-
! 4 
|| 24 || [[File:Netherlands.png|left|23x15px]][[Hill24671]] || Freddo Formula One || 00:46.43 || +0.78
|-
! 5 
|| 18 || [[File:Scotland.png|left|23x15px]][[ameberyl]] || [[Vertza Racing Team]] || 00:46.51 || +0.86
|-
! 6 
|| 69 || [[File:Amazon.jpg|left|23x15px]][[32Seggy]] || Dinoco Oil || 00:46.78 || +1.03
|-
! 7 
|| 64 || [[File:SpainNostra.png|left|23x15px]][[StanTheManGaming]] || al-Quack Formula One || 00:46.98 || +1.23
|-
! 8 
|| 41 || [[File:Turkey Flag.png|left|23x15px]]FatihAr || Scuderia Genoa Ferrari || 00:46.99 || +1.24
|-
! 9 
|| 4 || [[File:Great Britain Flag.png|left|23x15px]][[Gabe_TM]] || Renault Racing || 00:47.03 || +1.28
|-
! 10 
|| 8 || [[File:France.png|left|23x15px]]_talvi || Renault Racing || 00:47.51 || +1.76
|-
! 11 
|| 33 || [[File:Imperial Russia.png|left|23x15px]]Sepl3333 || FordAudi Formula One || 00:48.08 || +2.33
|-
! 12 
|| 195 || [[File:Flag_of_Canada.svg.png|left|23x15px]][[Eternal_Wind]] || [[Vertza Racing Team]] || 00:48.60 || +2.85
|-
! 13 
|| 26 || [[File:Italy Flag.png|left|23x15px]]Tendonkeys || Freddo Formula One || 00:48.60 || +2.85
|-
! 14 
|| 305 || [[File:LatviaFlag.png|left|23x15px]][[MattIsOff]] || Dinoco Oil || 00:49.87 || +3.12
|-
! 15 
|| 10 || [[File:Germany.png|left|23x15px]]10Piksel || Scuderia Genoa Ferrari || 00:51.89 || +5.14
|-
! 16 
|| 7 || [[File:Sicily.png|left|23x15px]]Fauxbethvv || Scuderia Sicilia || 00:53.54 || +7.79
|-
! N/C
|| 67 || [[File:Denmark.png|left|23x15px]]AkselV || [[Murweh GP]] || N/A || N/A
|-
! N/C
|| 87 || [[File:Norway.png|left|23x15px]]kyle123456788 || al-Quack Formula One || N/A || N/A
|-
! N/C
|| 12 || [[File:Germany.png|left|23x15px]]Semicolon_ || Acceleron Formula One Team || N/A || N/A
|-
! N/C
|| 6 || [[File:Sicily.png|left|23x15px]]Vellange || Scuderia Sicilia || N/A || N/A
|-
|}

== Race ==
The race was held at 20:00 UTC on Sunday, 18th of October 2026. The race ran across the span of 33 laps with 2 mandatory pit stops. The race used manual timing due to the SWRC system failing in [[Nostra:2026 Georgian Grand Prix|Georgia]].

''The race can be viewed from the perspective of:''

''56faxeo (P1 -> P2) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-IOIQjkyb4''

''Eternal Wind (P12 -> P10) - https://youtu.be/0JQ8HNn46-s?si=Fl3a4jc1VZPtNMrW''

=== Race Report ===
[[56faxeo]] led from pole into the first lap with [[Hill24671]] promoting himself to second after overtaking [[pwnings]] and being bumped position from [[32Jeelow]] withdrawing from the event. [[Ameberyl]] also passed pwnings to go to second position whilst Talvi jumped to fifth from tenth. Teammate [[GabeTM]] went for a lap 1 pit along with Al Quack's kyle123456788 who left the pit directly ahead of the race leader. Vellange and MattIsOff pitted into lap 3 with 10Piksel going for his first pitstop the lap after. Pwnings went for an early pitstop from fourth to avoid the early-pit backmarker traffic which Faxeo was stuck in, exiting the pit in twelth. Vellange, Talvi, s3ggy, [[StanTheManGaming]] and Sepl3333 all pitted on lap 5 with Vellange completing all their mandatory pitstops. S3ggy followed his pitstop with a back-to-back stop, followed by [[Vertza Racing Team|Vertza Racing Team's]] [[Eternal Wind]].

Lap 8 saw Hill given a chance to compete for the lead after Faxeo was kicked from his boat on the main straight by the timing line whilst trying to pass backmarker Stan. This was quelled by a defensive move to the centre of the track by Faxeo who maintained his lead. Ameberyl pit to undercut the race leaders, leaving the pit ahead of pwnings. Faxeo went for his first stop on lap 10, leaving the pit into clean air but behind ameberyl and pwnings and giving Hill his first time in the lead of a Formula One race. Ameberyl and pwnings both risked another early pit stop before lap 11 with Hill returning to second behind Faxeo after taking a first pit stop. Faux made contact with Talvi after missing her pit entry and driving backwards on track which was subsequently reported to the race stewards.

Faxeo was stuck behind traffic during the middle of the race, culminating in contact with his teammate in the final corner where he was kicked for the second time in a lap. A second backwards pit-entry for Faux gave her a black flag and forced retirement in the pit-lane after almost making contact with Talvi for a second time. Hill went for his second pit on lap 17 promoting Renault teammates Talvi and Gabe into the podium positions but missing a pit. A chain following this saw race win contender ameberyl stuck behind teammate Eternal Wind with rival pwnings directly behind. An inter-Renault fight was ended by Gabe pitting from third to complete his final mandatory pitstop, behind lapped driver, Sepl3333. Talvi's pitstop two laps later saw her exit the pit into tandem with Gabe, continuing the fight directly infront of Faxeo who was on track to lap the two.

Wind followed team orders to go for their second pit, allowing ameberyl into clean air. Double contact from lag on lap 23 saw ameberyl fall from second to fourth behind pwnings and Hill whilst Faxeo continued to struggle with backmarkers ahead with the Championship leader getting chain kicked and passed by multiple backmarkers leading to him taking his final pitstop. He left the pit shortly behind pwnings who went into the race lead for the first time of the season. Sepl retired with 5 laps to go after failing to make progress on track whilst teammate Faxeo got stuck in traffic and pushed into tandem with Hill for second whilst losing a gap to pwnings in the lead, Hill temporarily taking second from Faxeo. 

Faxeo finally cleared backmarker kyle to enter clean air and catch pwnings with 3 laps left in the race. The British driver caught the Australian during the final lap and sent a boattap into the final corner which he missed, giving pwnings her first victory in Formula One. Hill followed the two in third for a first podium finish in Formula One, having previously taken a best result of sixth at the [[Aurora:2025-26 Polish Grand Prix|2025-26 Polish Grand Prix]], ahead of ameberyl who took a consecutive fourth place finish with [[Vertza Racing Team]]. Talvi finished the race in fifth after beating teammate Gabe in their battle who finished in seventh himself after being unable to pass s3ggy for sixth. FatihAr returned to the points for his best finish since the [[Aurora:2025 Spring Formula One World Championship|2025 Spring Season]] with StanTheManGaming taking ninth on his return after missing the previous round. Eternal took the final point of the weekend with tenth at their home race and for a first points finish since the [[Aurora:2025s Paris Grand Prix|2025s Paris Grand Prix]].

=== Race Classification ===
[[File:2026QuebecResults.png|thumb|right|350x330px|Top 10 at the Quebec Grand Prix]]
[[File:2026QuebecPwnings.png|thumb|right|350x330px|Pwnings wins the Quebec Grand Prix]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Pos. !! No. !! Driver !! Constructor !! Laps !! Grid Pos. !! Points
|-
! 1 
|| 3 || [[File:AustFlagNostra.png|left|23x15px]][[pwnings]] || [[Murweh GP]] || 33 || 3
|| 25
|-
! 2
|| 56 || [[File:Great Britain Flag.png|left|23x15px]][[56faxeo]] || Ford-Audi Formula One || 33 || 1
|| 19*
|-
!3
|| 24 || [[File:Netherlands.png|left|23x15px]]Hill24671 || Freddo Formula One || 33 || 4
|| 15
|-
! 4 
|| 18 || [[File:Scotland.png|left|23x15px]][[ameberyl]] || [[Vertza Racing Team]] || 33 || 5
|| 12
|-
! 5 
|| 8 || [[File:France.png|left|23x15px]]Talvi || Renault Racing || 33 || 8
|| 10
|-
! 6
|| 69 || [[File:Amazon.jpg|left|23x15px]]S3ggy || Dinoco Oil || 33 || 6
|| 8
|-
! 7 
|| 4 || [[File:Great Britain Flag.png|left|23x15px]][[GabeTM]] || Renault Racing || 33 || 9
|| 6
|-
! 8 
|| 41 || [[File:Turkey Flag.png|left|23x15px]]FatihAr || Scuderia Genoa Ferrari || 33 || 8
|| 4
|-
! 9 
|| 64 || [[File:SpainNostra.png|left|23x15px]][[StanTheManGaming]] || ETH Al Quack || 33 || 7
|| 2
|-
! 10 
|| 32 || [[File:Flag_of_Canada.svg.png|left|23x15px]][[Eternal Wind]] || [[Vertza Racing Team]] || 33 || 12
|| 1
|-
! 11 
|| 26 || [[File:Italy Flag.png|left|23x15px]]Tendonkeys || Freddo Formula One || 33 || 13
|
|-
! 12 
|| 87 || [[File:Norway.png|left|23x15px]]kyle123456788 || ETH Al Quack || 32 || 17
|
|-
! 13 
|| 305 || [[File:LatviaFlag.png|left|23x15px]]MattIsOff || Dinoco Oil || 32 || 14
|
|-
! 14 
|| 10 || [[File:Germany.png|left|23x15px]]10Piksel || Scuderia Genoa Ferrari || 32 || 15
|
|-
! 15 
|| 6 || [[File:Sicily.png|left|23x15px]]Vellange || Scuderia Sicilia || 32 || 18
|
|-
! 16 
|| 7 || [[File:Sicily.png|left|23x15px]]Fauxbethvv || Scuderia Sicilia || DSQ || 16
|
|-
! DNF
|| 33 || [[File:Imperial Russia.png|left|23x15px]]Sepl3333 || FordAudi Formula One || DNF || 11
|
|-
! DNS
|| 32 || [[File:Denmark.png|left|23x15px]]32Jeelow || Acceleron Formula One Team || N/A || 2
|
|-
! N/C
|| 67 || [[File:Denmark.png|left|23x15px]]AkselV || Murweh GP || N/A || DNQ
|
|-
! N/C
|| 12 || [[File:Germany.png|left|23x15px]]Semicolon_ || Acceleron Formula One Team || N/A || DNQ
|
|}
Includes point for pole position*

== Championship standings after the race ==

=== Drivers' Championship Standings ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Pos. !! Driver !! Points !! Change
|-
| 1 || [[File:Great Britain Flag.png|left|23x15px]][[56Faxeo]] || 56 ||  -
|-
| 2 || [[File:AustFlagNostra.png|left|23x15px]][[pwnings]] || 43 || ᐃ 5
|-
| 3 || [[File:Scotland.png|left|23x15px]][[ameberyl]] || 39 || -
|-
| 4 || [[File:France.png|left|23x15px]]_Talvi || 34 || ᐃ 1
|-
| 5 || [[File:Denmark.png|left|23x15px]]32Jeelow || 29 || ᐁ 3
|}

=== Constructors' Championship Standings ===
{| class="wikitable"|-
! Pos. !! Team !! Points !! Change
|-
| 1 || [[File:Italy Flag.png|left|23x15px]][[Vertza Racing Team]] || 58 || -
|-
| 2 || [[File:NewCaledonia.jpg|left|23x15px]][[Murweh GP]] || 57 || ᐃ 1
|-
| 3 || [[File:United States.png|left|23x15px]]Ford-Audi Formula One|| 56 || ᐁ 1
|-
| 4 || [[File:France.png|left|23x15px]]Renault Racing || 29 || ᐃ 2
|-
| 5 || [[File:Germany.png|left|23x15px]]Dinoco Oil || 36 || -
|}

*Only the top 5 positions are included for both sets of standings









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