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Formula 1 Canadian GP
F1 Canadian GP: George Russell wins from pole as McLaren drivers collide
Lando Norris hit the rear of Oscar Piastri’s McLaren in the closing stages of the Canadian Grand Prix
Filip Cleeren
Edited: Jun 15, 2025, 7:57 PM
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George Russell, Mercedes
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Mercedes driver George Russell defeated Max Verstappen at Formula 1's Canadian Grand Prix to claim his first win of the 2025 season, while Lando Norris retired after contact with McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri.
Russell fended Verstappen off at the start after claiming pole on Saturday and then produced a measured drive, with his lead never under serious threat.
In a predicted two-stop race, Russell always had an answer to Verstappen's pitstops and built up a decent buffer over the second stint to delay his final stop until lap 43 of 70, which then allowed him to keep his rival at arm's length until the finish to take his and Mercedes' first win of 2025.
Behind Russell and Verstappen, who settled for second, the battle for the final podium spot heated up over the final stint. Russell's team-mate Andrea Kimi Antonelli produced his finest grand prix drive of his fledgling career and even passed Verstappen right as the Dutchman peeled off into the pits.
Verstappen's earlier pitstop allowed him to keep position and, in the second half of the race, Antonelli's challenge for second faded. The Italian rookie instead had to look in his mirrors to fend off McLaren's Piastri, whom he had overtaken for third on lap one and held off until the finish to take a maiden F1 podium and hand Mercedes a 1-3.
Piastri and McLaren didn't enjoy their usual race pace or tyre wear advantage in Canada, despite Montreal's Circuit Gilles Villeneuve being a track that emphases rear tyre management.
As such Piastri couldn't benefit from having fresher hard tyres than Antonelli to find a way past the Mercedes driver, with the championship leader instead coming under pressure from McLaren team-mate Norris.
After a disappointing qualifying session to seventh, Norris enjoyed arguably the strongest race pace of the pack as he made an alternative strategy work to claw his way back into contention.
Lando Norris, McLaren
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Norris started on hards, extended his first stint and then put himself in a position to put pressure on Piastri. After hounding Piastri for several laps, Norris initially passed the Australian at the hairpin on lap 46 before the pair barrelled towards the final chicane side by side.
Piastri kept the position by being later on the brakes, but on the main straight Norris then made an error of judgement as he attempted to pass his team-mate on the left into a closing gap. The Brit then drove into the back of hPiastri and hit the pitwall to suffer terminal suspension damage.
Norris immediately owned up to his mistake on the team radio, saying it was "all on me", as he suffered a big points loss in the drivers' championship.
Ferrari endured a disappointing afternoon, with Charles Leclerc furious as his team abandoned what appeared to be a manageable one-stop strategy and instead settled for sixth, which became fifth after Norris' retirement.
Lewis Hamilton had a rough afternoon with disastrously slow race pace, which undid a solid fifth qualifying position and saw him finish behind Leclerc in sixth. The seven-time world champion is believed to have suffered damage after he hit a groundhog, which cost him downforce.
Fernando Alonso and Nico Hulkenberg both produced another combative drive to grab their second consecutive points-scoring results in seventh and eighth respectively, coming out at the forefront of an entertaining midfield dogfight.
The final points went to the Haas of Esteban Ocon and Williams driver Carlos Sainz, who overcame a disappointing qualifying session which yielded 16th on the starting grid.
Team-mate Alex Albon was less fortunate after having to park his Williams on lap 48 with a Mercedes power unit issue, while Racing Bulls driver Liam Lawson also retired from a hopeless position to conserve engine mileage.
In the drivers' standings Oscar Piastri extends his lead on Norris by 12 points to take a 22-point advantage into the Austrian Grand Prix, which takes place on the Red Bull Ring in two weeks' time.
F1 Canadian Grand Prix results
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Cla Driver # Laps Time Interval km/h Pits Points Retirement Chassis Engine 1 G. Russell Mercedes 63
70
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5 25 Mercedes Mercedes 2 M. Verstappen Red Bull Racing 1
70
+0.228
0.228
0.228 5 18 Red Bull Red Bull 3
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70
+1.014
1.014
0.786 5 15 Mercedes Mercedes 4 O. Piastri McLaren 81
70
+2.109
2.109
1.095 5 12 McLaren Mercedes 5 C. Leclerc Ferrari 16
70
+3.442
3.442
1.333 5 10 Ferrari Ferrari 6 L. Hamilton Ferrari 44
70
+10.713
10.713
7.271 5 8 Ferrari Ferrari 7 F. Alonso Aston Martin Racing 14
70
+10.972
10.972
0.259 6 6 Aston Martin Mercedes 8 N. Hulkenberg Sauber 27
70
+15.364
15.364
4.392 5 4 Sauber Ferrari 9 E. Ocon Haas F1 Team 31
69
1 lap
4 2 Haas Ferrari 10 C. Sainz Williams 55
69
1 lap
4 1 Williams Mercedes 11 O. Bearman Haas F1 Team 87
69
1 lap
4 Haas Ferrari 12 Y. Tsunoda Red Bull Racing 22
69
1 lap
4 Red Bull Red Bull 13 F. Colapinto Alpine 43
69
1 lap
4 Alpine Renault 14 G. Bortoleto Sauber 5
69
1 lap
4 Sauber Ferrari 15 P. Gasly Alpine 10
69
1 lap
4 Alpine Renault 16 I. Hadjar Racing Bulls 6
69
1 lap
4 RB Honda 17 L. Stroll Aston Martin Racing 18
69
1 lap
5 Aston Martin Mercedes dnf L. Norris McLaren 4
66
2 Collision McLaren Mercedes dnf L. Lawson Racing Bulls 30
53
2 Retirement RB Honda dnf A. Albon Williams 23
46
1 Power Unit Williams Mercedes View full results
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