Four-time Formula 1 Champion Max Verstappen said the entertaining racing in the Canadian Grand Prix was down to the drivers delivering a show and not the 2026 cars. The Canadian Grand Prix was the second race after the tweaking of the regulations to allow for better racing, and while the show was great with George Russell and Kimi Antonelli battling in their Mercedes W17s and Verstappen fighting with Lewis Hamilton, there was no denying that these cars are wrong. The topic of the great show in Canada was presented to Antonelli, Hamilton, and Verstappen in the post-race press conference, and three delivered a verdict that was far from complimentary. "I mean, it's definitely not second nature, that's for sure," Hamilton began. "I think it still continues to be a weird feeling. You go down the power, you open up the SM, and then the power dies like halfway down the straight and the RPM starts dropping. "It doesn't feel what motorsport should be," the Briton added. "The engine should be ringing its neck off right to the end of the straight and just pulling and pulling. That's what they used to do in the V8 times or the V10 times. They would just pull and pull." Close racing is better? However, Hamilton hailed the new chassis because it allows closer racing. He added: "I think ultimately the car is fundamentally a better design, so we can race and get close and follow each other closely, and I think that's the best part of it. "The power part, I think, is less exciting," the seven-time F1 Champion concluded. Antonelli, understandably, took a more diplomatic approach; he commented: "Sometimes it triggers you a little bit how the system works. "But definitely also with the changes that were made, also the FIA giving