Relive the Canadian Grand Prix in live text

Relive the Canadian Grand Prix, the tenth round of the 2025 Formula 1 World Championship, with live commentary.

Published 15/06/2025 à 19:45

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Relive the Canadian Grand Prix in live text

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On a circuit where the medium tyre seemed to work much better than the softer compound, George Russell set the pole position time at the very end of Q3. Max Verstappen will start second on the grid, earning some ironic comments from the poleman due to their past on the track.

On the French side, Isack Hadjar will start 12th. The Racing Bulls driver received a penalty after obstructing Carlos Sainz at the end of Q2. Pierre Gasly will start from the pit lane, whileEsteban Ocon will start 14th.

Follow the ranking live on the Official F1 Live Timing.

F1 – Canadian Grand Prix
Relive the race live with commentary

21:42 p.m. – The Canadian Grand Prix was marked by offbeat strategies and a major collision between the two McLaren de Lando Norris et Oscar piastri !

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21:38 PM – ⏱️ George Russell finishes with the fastest time in 1:14.119! He set it on lap 63.

70/70 – 🏁 4th VICTORY FOR GEORGE RUSSELL! The first for the Briton this season! Kimi Antonelli takes his first podium and concludes a very good weekend achieved by Mercedes ! Among the highlights of the race, Nico Hulkenberg finished 8th, Fernando Alonso is 7th.

69/70 – The Grand Prix will end under Safety Car! George Russell, Max Verstappen, and Kimi Antonelli will surely finish on the podium!

68/70 – 💥 Lando Norris tried to pass on the left, stuck to the wall in the first straight! There was no room to get the better of him!

67/70 – 🟡 Safety Car!

66/70 – 💥 Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris in wheel-to-wheel combat! Lando Norris broke his front wing!

65/70 – Now a three-way battle is brewing between Antonelli 3rd, Piastri 4th, and Norris 5th.

63/70 – Lando Norris threatens Oscar Piastri for the first time in the rearview mirror! The Briton moves out of the way but is still too short to pass.

61/70 – 📊 With the two McLarens stuck together, here is the standings with 10 laps to go!

60/70 – Lando Norris now in his teammate's DRS zone!

58/70 – Lando Norris 5th, is gradually catching up to Oscar Piastri who was unable to take advantage of his time gain on Kimi Antonelli.

56/70 – 💥 Liam Lawson is called to stop the car to retire from the race. He is the second to retire from the Grand Prix after Alex Albon.

55/70 – Oscar Piastri begins to put serious pressure on Kimi Antonelli's shoulders and benefits from DRS.

54 / 70 - Charles Leclerc stops and starts well on medium tires. Lewis Hamilton is 7th, just behind his Monegasque teammate.

52/70 – 📻 “What are we waiting for to stop?” asks Charles Leclerc on the radio! For him, the medium tire would be the most effective. Currently, the two Ferrari are equipped with hard tires.

50/70 – 📊Charles Leclerc in the lead on lap 50, here is the updated ranking!

49/70 – ⚠️ Lance stroll receives a 10-second penalty after the incident with Pierre Gasly.

49/70 – 🟡 Yellow flag flash! Alex Albon stops in a run-off lane and is about to retire.

48/70 – At the start of lap 48, the leader stopped while he had a good pace. Lando Norris set off again for the last time, probably on hard tires.

47/70 – ⚠️ Lance Stroll logically under investigation.

46/70 – Piastri stops and puts on hard shoes, while Lewis Hamilton does the same a few moments later.

45/70 – Lance Stroll gets the better of Pierre Gasly! Initially clean, the maneuver ended outside the track limits.

45/70 – Oscar Piastri explains that his rubber is losing grip. However, according to him, this is not due to graining.

42/70 – George Russell stops and remains immobilized for a few seconds too long. He emerges in 4th place and cedes the lead to Oscar Piastri.

40/70 – 📊 Once again, here are the rankings after the halfway point!

39/70 – Kimi Antonelli adopts exactly the same strategy as Max Verstappen, but gets caught out! The Dutchman succeeds and takes the lead again!

38/70 – Max Verstappen was 2nd, and is already stopping! He puts on the hard tires Red Bull had by default.

36/70 – Pierre Gasly is instructed to let Franco Colapinto pass. The Frenchman is not called to the pits even though he has 34-lap tires!

35/70 – ⏱️ Note that Lando Norris set the fastest time of 1:15.002 at the halfway point!

32/70 – “We drive, we don’t test” Fernando Alonso replies to his engineer when the latter asks him to test different settings!

31/70- 📊 Once again, changes have multiplied. Here's a ranking update!

30/70 – Lando Norris in the pits in turn He was the leader and comes out of his position on medium tires!

29/70 – Charles Leclerc stops in the pits and moves up to P6.

28/70 – Max Verstappen is now less than half a second behind Charles Leclerc, who has clearly been losing momentum since P3!

27/70 – ⏱️ Best time for George Russell in 1:15.563! He passes Charles Leclerc for P2! He improves in the process to 1:15.299!

26/70 – Lance Stroll stops, puts on hard tires, and sets off again 19th ahead of Albon.

24/70 – Alex Albon stops in the pits and leaves last! Meanwhile, Charles Leclerc is told to switch to plan B by Ferrari.

23/70 – Fernando Alonso moves into 12th place after passing Alex Albon. The Spaniard had stopped and had just overtaken his teammate on the previous lap. He seems determined to make a quick comeback.

22/70 – 📊 An update on the standings after the tire changes and recent overtaking!

21/70 – Alex Albon complains on the radio that his team isn't listening. He seems annoyed by the situation.

20/70 – Lewis Hamilton takes 8th place ahead of the two Williams !

17/70 – Carlos Sainz locked his tires hard and could have easily caught Gabriel Bortoleto in his race!

17/70 – Lando Norris takes the lead of the Grand Prix, Oscar Piastri also stops and comes out 7th.

16/70 – Lewis Hamilton emerged in 10th place. Max Verstappen, for his part, got rid of Nico Hulkenberg thanks to the DRS effect.

16/70 – Lando Norris overtakes Lewis Hamilton as the seven-time world champion pits, in the same manner as Verstappen earlier.

15/70 – Kimi Antonelli stops while Lando Norris is warned of what is happening in front of him. Already fitted with hard tires, the Briton is asked to accelerate.

14/70 – Isack Hadjar goes through the pits in turn and comes out last.

14/70 – Esteban Ocon passes Ollie Bearman for P12! Meanwhile, leader George Russell pits to cover Max Verstappen's strategy. The Briton maintains his lead.

13/70 – As Kimi Antonelli began to overtake Max Verstappen, the world champion stopped to put on the hard tires. He only completed 12 laps on the medium tires.

12/70 – Lando Norris overtakes Fernando Alonso to take 6th place in the Grand Prix!

11/70 – Charles Leclerc also indicated that his tires were not good. The Monegasque driver, for his part, was wearing hard tires. His engineer confirmed that the degradation was greater than expected.

9/70 – 📻 Oscar Piastri reports on the radio that his rear axle is suffering more than in Free Practice. However, his front axle is visibly deteriorating less quickly.

9/70 – At the start of the 9th round, here is a first update on the standings.

8/70 – Max Verstappen has dropped slightly behind George Russell, he no longer benefits from DRS.

7/70 – With the exception of Nico Hülkenberg's entry into the top 10, the top XNUMX has not changed since the start.

5/70 – Oscar Piastri is clearly not enjoying a good pace and has been dropped by the leading duo, as has Kimi Antonelli, who is already slightly behind the leaders.

4/70 – 1:16.094 now for the Dutchman! The strategy is clear: overtake the leader as quickly as possible!

3/70 – ⏱️ 1:16.418, best time for Verstappen behind Russell!

3/70 – Max Verstappen already benefits from DRS over George Russell as the wind makes racing conditions difficult for the drivers.

2/70 – Nico Hülkenberg gained two positions and is now in 9th place. Alex Albon lost three places.

1/70 – Alex Albon goes off track and comes back in dangerous conditions in the middle of the pack!

1/70 – 🟢 The Grand Prix has started! George Russell got off to a great start and came out of the first corner in the lead! Kimi Antonelli was the most opportunistic and took 3rd place:

20h01 – 🟢 The formation lap starts on the Gilles-Villeneuve circuit!

19h59 – Lando Norris and Charles Leclerc will start on hard tires, as will Esteban Ocon, Gabriel Bortoleto, Carlos Sainz, Lance Stroll, Yuki tsunoda, Liam Lawson and Pierre Gasly.

19h58 – While they will start on the front row, George Russell and Max Verstappen are expected to be rivals on the track from the start. The Briton didn't hesitate to joke about the situation.

Russell jokes about his duel with Verstappen: "I still have a few points on my license"

19h56 – Liam Lawson having chosen to completely change his engine under Parc Fermé conditions, the New Zealander has been given a total of… 50-place penalties! He will therefore start from the pit lane, like Pierre Gasly.

19h52 – 📊 As a reminder, here is the starting grid for the Canadian Grand Prix, formed after qualifying and after the various penalties have been applied.