Overview

• George Russell converted pole position into Mercedes’s first win of the 2025 season at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
• Max Verstappen finished second while rookie Kimi Antonelli took his maiden F1 podium in third for Mercedes.
• Lando Norris misjudged an overtaking attempt on lap 67 and crashed into Oscar Piastri, ending his own race and breaking McLaren’s run of podium finishes.
• Oscar Piastri maintained fourth place under the safety car and now leads Norris by 22 points in the drivers’ standings.
• McLaren team principal Andrea Stella described the collision as a racing misjudgment without malintent and said the incident would not disrupt team cohesion.