Russell becomes the fourth different winner in 2025, Antonelli becomes the third-youngest podium finisher and McLaren fail to finish in the top three for the first time this year. Here are the facts and statistics from the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix!
RUSSELL WINS THE 2025 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX
George Russell won the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix from pole position, taking the fourth victory of his Formula 1 career. Russell is the 62nd driver to record as many as four wins in Formula 1, equalling the career totals of Dan Gurney, Bruce McLaren, Eddie Irvine and Carlos Sainz.
Russell became the fourth driver to win a Grand Prix in 2025, while Mercedes became the third different team to do so. This was Mercedes’ first Canadian Grand Prix victory since Lewis Hamilton’s 2019 win.
Russell won the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix on the same day that former Williams team-mate Robert Kubica claimed victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.
This was the first time in his career that Russell has taken pole position, won the race and set the fastest lap during the Grand Prix.
Russell’s win means that Britain moves clear of Germany at the top of the list of most wins for a nation at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. This was the 11th win for a British driver at the track.
This was the 11th victory for a Mercedes-powered car at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, seeing them equal Ferrari as the most successful engine manufacturer at the circuit.
ON THE PODIUM
Max Verstappen and Kimi Antonelli joined George Russell on the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix podium. This was the first podium of the season – and the first since the 2024 Las Vegas Grand Prix, scene of Mercedes’ last victory – to not feature any McLaren drivers.
This was Verstappen’s first podium finish since the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix.
This was Verstappen’s 117th podium finish with Red Bull, overtaking Michael Schumacher for second on the list of most podium finishes with a single team. Schumacher recorded 116 top three finishes with Ferrari during his career.
Kimi Antonelli became the third-youngest podium finisher in Formula 1 history at 18 years, 9 months and 21 days old. He is behind only Max Verstappen (at the 2016 Spanish Grand Prix) and Lance Stroll (at the 2017 Azerbaijan Grand Prix) in the list.
This was the first time an Italian driver finished on the podium in Formula 1 since Jarno Trulli finished as runner-up at the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix.
Antonelli became the sixth different driver to finish on the podium in 2025.
Antonelli’s podium finish ended a streak of three races in which he failed to score.
Antonelli became the fourth driver to take his maiden podium finish at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, after Stefan Johansson in 1985, Eddie Irvine in 1995 and Giancarlo Fisichella in 1997.
Antonelli’s drive saw him voted Driver of the Day for the second time in his career.
This was the first time since 2017 that both Mercedes drivers finish on the Canadian Grand Prix. It was the 11th consecutive Montreal race in which at least one Mercedes driver finished in the top three.
IN THE POINTS
Oscar Piastri finished fourth in the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix. This was the first time since the season-opening Australian Grand Prix that Piastri did not finish in the top three, ending a streak of eight podium finishes.
Piastri became only the third driver, after Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen, to score points in as many as 28 consecutive Grands Prix.
Piastri leads the Drivers’ Championship by 22 points after the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix. He is the first Australian driver to lead the title race after as many as six consecutive races since Jack Brabham in 1966.
Charles Leclerc finished in the top five for a third consecutive race, while team-mate Lewis Hamilton finished in the top six for the fourth consecutive race. For both drivers, this was their eighth consecutive points-scoring Grand Prix.
This was the first time since his 2014 retirement that Hamilton failed to finish in the top five at the Canadian Grand Prix.
During the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix, Ferrari became the first team to have raced as many as 5,000 laps at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
With George Russell winning and Lewis Hamilton finishing sixth, this was the 150th consecutive Grand Prix in which a British driver scored a point. 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.
Fernando Alonso scored points for the second consecutive race, recording his best result of the season so far with a seventh place finish in the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix.
Alonso’s total of laps raced at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve now stands at 1,158. He overtook Michael Schumacher at the top of the list during the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix.
Alonso’s points made this the 11th consecutive Canadian Grand Prix in which the Silverstone-based team scored.
With eighth place, Nico Hulkenberg scored points for the second race in a row. This was the first time he scored at consecutive races since the 2024 Abu Dhabi and 2025 Australian Grands Prix, which was also the last time he scored consecutive top eight results.
This was the first time since 2018 that Hulkenberg scored a point in the Canadian Grand Prix. It was the third time in the last four years that a Sauber driver has scored points in Montreal.
Esteban Ocon finished ninth in the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix, scoring points for the fourth time this year.
Ocon maintained his 100% points-scoring appearance rate at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and became only the third driver – after Kimi Raikkonen and Sebastian Vettel – to have scored points on all of his first six appearances at the track.
Ocon recorded Haas’ best-ever Canadian Grand Prix result. The team had scored only one point previously at the event, with a tenth place finish for Romain Grosjean in 2017.
Carlos Sainz finished tenth in the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix, finishing in the top ten for the fifth time in the last six races.
Sainz became the tenth driver to have scored points in as many as 150 Grands Prix.
THE OTHER FINISHERS
Ollie Bearman finished 11th in the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix – his best result in the last six races.
The 2025 Canadian Grand Prix marked Haas’ 200th Grand Prix start. They became only the second constructor – after Minardi – to make as many as 200 appearances without ever finishing on the podium.
Yuki Tsunoda finished 12th in the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix, failing to score for the third Grand Prix in a row. This was the third time in the last four races that Tsunoda has gained more than five positions from where he started.
Tsunoda remains yet to score a point in Canada, but his 12th place finish was his best result to date in Montreal.
Franco Colapinto equalled the best result of his time with Alpine to date, finishing 13th as he did at the Monaco Grand Prix.
With Colapinto 13th and Pierre Gasly 15th, this was the first time since 2016 that neither of the Enstone team’s drivers scored a point in Canada.
Finishing 16th in the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix, Isack Hadjar failed to score points for the first time in three races.
Coming home in 17th place, Lance Stroll finished outside of the top 14 for an eighth consecutive race.
Of the seven races he has competed in at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, this was only the second time – after his retirement in 2018 – that Stroll failed to score a point.
THE RETIREES
Alex Albon was the first driver to retire from the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix. This was both his second retirement in a row this year, as well as the second year in a row that Albon has retired in Canada. Albon is the second driver to record successive retirements this season, after Fernando Alonso.
This was Albon’s third retirement in his five appearances at the Canadian Grand Prix. Albon recorded Williams’ fourth retirement in the last three Canadian Grand Prix weekends.
Liam Lawson was the second driver to retire from the race. This was his third DNF of the season. He is the second driver, after Alonso, to record as many as three retirements this year.
Lando Norris retired from the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix after making late race contact with his team-mate. This was Norris’ first non-finish since the 2024 Austrian Grand Prix, ending a streak of 22 consecutive finishes.
As a result of Norris’ crash, the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix was the 12th Formula 1 race to finish under Safety Car conditions. It was the first race to do so since the 2023 Australian Grand Prix, though two races have finished under VSC conditions since then and the Sprint at the 2025 Miami Grand Prix finished behind the Safety Car.
With the race finishing behind the Safety Car, George Russell won by 0.288 seconds – the smallest victory margin since the last race to finish under Safety Car conditions at the 2023 Australian Grand Prix. It was the smallest winning margin in Montreal since 2000, when Michael Schumacher won by 0.174 seconds.
Five different drivers led a lap of the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix. It was the first time as many as five different drivers led since the 2024 Italian Grand Prix.
