Ocon moves to second on the list of most starts without a pole, British drivers could score for the 150th race in a row and Haas make their 200th Grand Prix appearance. Here are the milestones and records which could be broken at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix!
THE 2025 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX MILESTONES
The 2025 Canadian Grand Prix will be the 1,135th World Championship event in Formula 1 history.
This will be the 54th time that Formula 1 has raced in Canada. It will be the 60th Canadian Grand Prix since the event was first held in 1961 and the 54th time that the event has been held as a round of the World Championship.
This will be the 44th time that the Canadian Grand Prix has been held at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
This weekend, Fernando Alonso becomes the first driver to make 20 appearances at the Canadian Grand Prix.
The 2025 Canadian Grand Prix marks Esteban Ocon’s 166th start in Formula 1. Unless he takes pole position, he will overtake both Martin Brundle and Johnny Herbert for second on the list of most F1 starts without taking pole position.
Max Verstappen makes his 78th start in car number 1 at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix. He overtakes Sebastian Vettel for the second-most starts in car number 1. He will be behind only Michael Schumacher, who made 120 starts in car number 1 during his career.
This weekend marks the 100th Grand Prix start for Alpine.
Haas make their 200th Grand Prix start this weekend, having made their debut at the 2016 Australian Grand Prix. They’re set to become only the second constructor – after Minardi – to have made as many as 200 starts without taking a podium finish.
This will be the fourth time that the Canadian Grand Prix will be held on June 15. The Montreal race also took place on this day in 1986, 1997 and 2003. The 1958 Belgian Grand Prix is the only other F1 race which was held on this date.
Under a new agreement with Formula 1, the Canadian Grand Prix will take place in May from next year onwards. That means this will be the last time that the event will be held in June. The Canadian Grand Prix has taken place in June in every season that it has been held since 1982.
Lap 27 of the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix will be the 3,000th racing lap at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in its history on the F1 calendar.
THE FORMULA 1 RECORDS WHICH COULD BE BROKEN
Max Verstappen could take a fourth consecutive win at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in 2025. If he does so, this would be the 13th time that a driver has taken four consecutive wins at a track. It would equal Verstappen’s longest winning streak at a circuit, having previously won four races in a row at Yas Marina Circuit, Suzuka and Imola.
A victory for Lewis Hamilton at the Canadian Grand Prix would make Canada the third country – after Britain and Hungary – in which he has won on eight occasions. Only Hamilton and Michael Schumacher have taken as many as eight wins in a single country.
A win for Lewis Hamilton at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix would mark only the fourth time that a driver has won as many as eight races at a single circuit in Formula 1.
If Lance Stroll wins the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix, he will become the first driver to take his maiden F1 victory on home soil since Johnny Herbert at the 1995 British Grand Prix.
Should McLaren take pole position and win the race, this will be the 100th Grand Prix weekend at which the team has both taken pole position and won.
A 1-2 finish for Mercedes-powered cars this weekend would be the 100th occasion on which Mercedes-powered cars have finished first and second in a Grand Prix. Ford Cosworth are the only other engine manufacturer to have taken as many as 100 1-2 finishes.
A points finish for Oscar Piastri at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix would be his 28th consecutive points-scoring race. That would see him overtake Kimi Raikkonen for the fifth longest scoring streak in F1 history. Only Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen have had longer scoring streaks than Piastri’s current run.
If a British driver scores a point in the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix, this will be the 150th consecutive race in which a British driver has scored. It would be only the second time that a nation has had a scoring streak as long as 150 races, after Germany scored in all 176 races from the 2008 British Grand Prix to the 2017 Italian Grand Prix. Since the 2009 Italian Grand Prix, British drivers have failed to score in only two races: the 2015 Singapore Grand Prix and the 2018 Austrian Grand Prix.
A points finish for Carlos Sainz this weekend would make him the tenth driver to have scored a point in as many as 150 Grands Prix.
If Oscar Piastri continues to lead the championship after the Canadian Grand Prix, this will be the first time an Australian driver has led the title race after as many as six consecutive races since Jack Brabham led at seven consecutive races between the 1966 French and South African Grands Prix.
A pole position for Red Bull this weekend would be their 107th pole, equalling Lotus for fifth on the list of most pole positions for a team in Formula 1.
Pole position for Max Verstappen at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix would be his 44th pole with Red Bull, equalling Sebastian Vettel as the driver who has taken the most poles with the team. It would also see him equal Vettel for fourth on the list of most poles with a single team.
A podium finish for Max Verstappen at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix would see him overtake Michael Schumacher for second on the list of most podium finishes with a single constructor. Schumacher took 116 top three finishes with Ferrari in his career, while Verstappen has taken 116 podiums to date with Red Bull.
If Max Verstappen leads the race from start to finish, he will overtake Sebastian Vettel for third on the list of most F1 races led from start to finish. Verstappen has led 15 Grands Prix from start to end so far in his career, doing so most recently at Imola.
A pole position for Lando Norris would be his 12th with McLaren, overtaking Kimi Raikkonen for fifth place on the list of most poles with the team.
A pole position at any Grand Prix in 2025 for Kimi Antonelli, Ollie Bearman, Gabriel Bortoleto or Isack Hadjar would make them the youngest Grand Prix polesitter in F1 history.
Max Verstappen holds the record for wins from the most different grid positions in Formula 1. He’ll become the first driver to win from 11 different grid slots this weekend should he win from 5th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 19th or 20th on the grid.
If Max Verstappen wins the race without having started from pole position, it will be the 33rd race which he has won from a position other than pole. That would see him equal Alain Prost for third place on the list of most Grand Prix victories away from pole position.
A Grand Slam for Max Verstappen – winning from pole position having led every lap and set the fastest lap – would be his sixth Grand Slam. That would see him equal Lewis Hamilton for second on the list of most Grand Slams in F1, behind only Jim Clark.
A win for Lewis Hamilton would make him the 16th driver to have won Grands Prix with as many as three different teams.
A win for Ferrari would make 2025 the 60th season in which they’ve won a Grand Prix.
A victory for a Ferrari-powered car this weekend would make Ferrari the first engine manufacturer to have powered 250 victories in Formula 1. Of the 249 previous victories, Sebastian Vettel’s with Toro Rosso at the 2008 Italian Grand Prix is the only one which was not taken in a Ferrari chassis.
A fourth place finish for Lewis Hamilton would be his 34th fourth place finish in F1, equalling Sebastian Vettel at the top of the list of most fourth place results.
THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX RECORDS ON OFFER
Lewis Hamilton has the opportunity to set a new record for most Canadian Grand Prix victories this weekend. He’s currently tied with Michael Schumacher on seven wins at the event.
Victory for Max Verstappen at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix would see him set a new record for most consecutive wins in Montreal. He’s currently tied with Michael Schumacher (2002-2004) and Lewis Hamilton (2015-2017) for the most consecutive wins at the track.
McLaren have taken 13 wins in Canadian Grand Prix history. They could extend the record to 14 victories this weekend, or their current tally of 13 wins in the country could be equalled by Ferrari at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix.
If a Red Bull driver wins the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix, Red Bull will become the first team to take four consecutive Canadian Grand Prix victories.
Mercedes could equal Ferrari as the most successful engine manufacturer at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve should a Mercedes-powered car win the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix. Ferrari have powered 11 victories to date at the track, compared to Mercedes’ ten.
Meanwhile, Ferrari are tied with Ford Cosworth as the most successful engine manufacturer at the Canadian Grand Prix, with 12 wins apiece. Ferrari could set a new outright record for Canadian victories this weekend.
If Fernando Alonso completes 51 laps of the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix, he will overtake Michael Schumacher as the driver who has raced the most laps at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in its history on the F1 calendar. Schumacher’s record tally stands at 1,138 laps raced.
A fastest lap for a Ferrari driver would see the team equal McLaren as the constructor with the most fastest laps at the Canadian Grand Prix in its history on the calendar.
If Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc complete 131 laps of the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix between them, Ferrari will become the first team to have raced 5,000 laps at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Should Hamilton and Leclerc lead 58 laps of the race between them, Ferrari will become the first team to have led 1,000 laps at the Canadian Grand Prix.
Esteban Ocon is the only current driver with a 100% points-finish rate at the Canadian Grand Prix. A top ten finish this weekend would make him only the third driver – after Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel – to have scored points on all of his first six appearances at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
A win for a British driver would see the nation move clear of Germany at the top of the list of wins for a nation at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Germany and Britain are currently tied on ten wins each at the track.
A DNF for Fernando Alonso would see him become the fourth driver – after Andrea de Cesaris, Riccardo Patrese and Jarno Trulli – to record as many as nine retirements in Canada.
2025 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX: QUALIFYING RECORDS
Lewis Hamilton is currently tied with Michael Schumacher on six pole positions at the Canadian Grand Prix. Hamilton could set a new outright record in qualifying for the 2025 race.
Williams, McLaren and Ferrari are all tied as the teams with the most pole positions at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with eight apiece. Any of the three teams could become the first to record nine poles at the track at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix.
Renault and Mercedes are tied as the engine manufacturer with the most poles in Montreal, with nine each. Either manufacturer could become the first to reach ten poles here this weekend, while Ferrari could equal their existing shared record.
Lewis Hamilton and Oscar Piastri will both be wanting to hold on to their 100% Q3 appearance rates at the Canadian Grand Prix. Nico Rosberg, Juan Pablo Montoya and Mick Schumacher are the only other drivers who’ve reached Q3 on every appearance here.
A Q1 elimination for Lane Stroll at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix would see him become the first driver to record five Q1 exits in Montreal. The existing record of four Q1 eliminations – which is shared between Stroll, Heikki Kovalainen and Marcus Ericsson – could be equalled by Pierre Gasly.
LONGEVITY RECORDS ON OFFER FOR HAMILTON AND ALONSO
A win for Lewis Hamilton this year would see him move into the top ten of Formula 1’s oldest Grand Prix winners. Meanwhile, a victory for Fernando Alonso would make him the sport’s sixth oldest winner – and the oldest since Jack Brabham at the 1970 South African Grand Prix. Only nine drivers have won races at the age of over 40. The most recent driver to do so was Nigel Mansell, at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix.
A pole position for Lewis Hamilton in 2025 would make him the first driver in his 40s to take pole position since Nigel Mansell at the 1994 Australian Grand Prix. He would be the sixth driver to take a pole position above the age of 40.
Lewis Hamilton is currently tied with Michael Schumacher as the driver who has set the fastest lap of a Grand Prix in the most consecutive seasons. Schumacher set a fastest lap in at least one race in all 15 seasons between 1992 and 2006, while Hamilton has set a fastest lap in every season since 2010. A fastest lap for Hamilton this year would see him become the first driver to take a fastest lap in 16 consecutive seasons.
A win for Fernando Alonso at any race in 2025 would see him set a new record for the longest gap between two Formula 1 victories, with his last having come at the 2013 Spanish Grand Prix. The current record is 6 years, 6 months and 28 days, set by Riccardo Patrese.
A pole position for Fernando Alonso in 2025 would make him the sport’s fourth-oldest polesitter. He would be the oldest polesitter since Jack Brabham at the 1970 Spanish Grand Prix.
