Overview
- George Russell claimed his first victory of the 2025 season at Montreal’s Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
- Red Bull filed two protests objecting to Russell’s braking maneuver under the safety car and his trailing distance behind it.
- The distance protest was withdrawn when Red Bull realized Article 26.1 c grants delta-time compliance precedence over maintaining ten-car-length limits.
- Mercedes principal Toto Wolff denounced the protests as petty while Red Bull’s Christian Horner maintained the team had every right to contest potential infractions.
- Analyst Christian Danner characterized the safety-car exchanges between Russell and Max Verstappen as routine tactical play among elite drivers.