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Young star surprised at Russell-Sieg-McLaren Crashen
Updated on June 15th, 2025 – 9:42 p.m.Reading time: 2 min.
An exciting race developed at the Grand Prix of Canada. In the end, George Russell kept the upper hand.
George Russell won the Canada Grand Prix. The Mercedes pilot, drove off the pole position, asserted itself against world champion Max Verstappen in the Red Bull and subsequently showed a flawless race. Verstappen always stayed in striking distance, but he could not endanger the victory of Russell.
It was particularly exciting. Kimi Antonelli in the second Mercedes, who had driven in third place right at the start, had to defend himself against the two McLaren pilots Oscar Piatri and Lando Norris. In the last rounds, the young Italian fought the surprise – and then benefited from the McLaren. Norris tried an overtaking maneuver against Piatri and drove him into the rear. The race was over for Norris, who then ended in the wall. Piatri was able to continue, but no longer attack Antonelli due to the subsequent Safety car phase. So the Italian secured the podium.
The race was also encouraging for the only German Nico Hülkenberg. He scored points again with eighth place.
The focus was above all the duel in the first series of start between Russell and Verstappen. “The first curve becomes tricky and crucial, but it’s a long race,” said Red Bull’s motorsport consultant Helmut Marko at Sky. However, he did not see the risk of a new scandal between his protégé and the silver arrow pilot. “Max should not be provoked and drive his race. I think nothing will happen,” said the Austrian.
When the start -up tamp gone out, Marko should be right. Russell got away best, Verstappen could not be dangerous. Behind it, Piatri lost third place after a few curves to Antonelli, Hülkenberg shoved ninth in the opening round. But after a while Verstappen sparkled with his tires with an increasingly bad feeling.
A pit stop became inevitable, Antonelli already put a lot of pressure behind him. Racensell followed a short time later and stayed in front. Antonelli also followed up immediately. Norris and Leclerc took over the top-both of them had started with hard tires and possibly pokered on a one-stop strategy. But Russell and Verstappen steadily rustled up from behind, the tire changes from Leclerc and Norris followed.
The Mercedes driver Russell began to expand his lead over the champion around the racing half. Until then, the race was unusually unobtrusive for the McLaren. Russell took the lead again 15 laps before the end. After their last stops, Norris and Piatri blew again to attack the podium – and ultimately drove each other into the cars.