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Russell holds disconnected Verstappen astatine the commencement of the Canadian Grand Prix (0:47)
George Russell keeps the pb of the Canadian Grand Prix up of Max Verstappen. (0:47)
Nate SaundersJun 15, 2025, 03:43 PM ET
MONTREAL -- George Russell won a Canadian Grand Prix which exploded into play precocious connected arsenic Lando Norris collided with rubric rival and teammate Oscar Piastri.
The buildup had each been astir a contention betwixt Russell and Max Verstappen, who had been irritated by speech of his punishment points aft qualifying, but a adjacent duel betwixt them ne'er materialised.
It fell to the McLaren drivers to supply the cardinal talking point.
Norris slammed into the backmost of the different McLaren connected Lap 66 arsenic they vied for 4th presumption precocious on.
Norris had got a tally connected Piastri down the start-finish consecutive but arsenic the roadworthy kinked to the right, helium drifted excessively wide arsenic helium closed the spread to the Australian's car and ended up successful the wall.
The clang enactment Norris retired of the contention and meant Piastri extended his title pb to 22 points.
Although the archetypal incidental betwixt the 2 volition make headlines, determination was nary contention implicit what had happened -- Norris refused to constituent the digit of blasted astatine anyone but himself.
"Sorry," Norris said connected the vigor instantly afterwards. "All my bad. All my fault. Stupid from me."
The incidental besides meant the contention finished nether the information car.
It helped Russell's teammate, teenage wonderkid Andrea Kimi Antonelli, unafraid the archetypal podium of his Formula 1 career.
Piastri avoided immoderate large harm and managed to resistance his car location for fourth, with Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Lewis Hamilton 5th and sixth.
Hamilton, who compared driving his car to dancing with idiosyncratic who doesn't person immoderate rhythm, had different contention wherever helium seemed was confused astir his deficiency of pace.
"I'm obscurity successful this race, mate," Hamilton complained astatine 1 point. "Don't cognize what's happened." Aston Martin operator Fernando Alonso continued the turnaround of his play by finishing seventh, up of the in-form Nico Hulkenberg for Sauber.
Esteban Ocon finished ninth for Haas, portion Carlos Sainz grabbed the last constituent connected connection for Williams.
