Mercedes clinch double podium whereas Verstappen holds P2
It had been a strong begin to the 2025 season for Mercedes, having put themselves into second place of the Groups’ Championship throughout the opening races because of a number of podium finishes for Russell and extra factors outcomes courtesy of rookie Antonelli.
Nonetheless, their robust run took a little bit of successful throughout the European triple header, resulting in them shedding that P2 spot to Ferrari final day trip in Spain. The Silver Arrows have been in want of a great weekend in Canada – and that was precisely what they got here away with.
After clinching pole place on Saturday, Russell put in a commanding drive on Sunday – in a race that featured totally different methods throughout the sphere, in addition to a late-race Security Automobile following the aforementioned McLaren collision – to seal each his and Mercedes’ first win of the marketing campaign.
To make issues even higher, Antonelli loved an attention-grabbing outing on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, {the teenager} overtaking Piastri at first for P3 earlier than sustaining that place in a while, thus scoring his maiden podium in Formulation 1.
Sandwiched between the Mercedes duo was Max Verstappen. The Pink Bull man stored Russell sincere throughout the opening laps of the race and additional proved that he can by no means be discounted by once more closing in on the chief because the Grand Prix reached its ultimate phases.
Whereas Russell managed to rebuild that hole – earlier than the race finally ended beneath the Security Automobile – Verstappen held onto second. A post-race protest by Pink Bull towards Russell – referring to allegations of driving erratically beneath the Security Automobile and displaying unsportsmanlike behaviour – was rejected, that means that the ultimate consequence stands and Mercedes are as soon as once more in P2 of the Groups’ Championship.
