Canadian GP
Date: Sunday, 15 June 2025
Track: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
♖ Whispers from the paddock—Verstappen might retire if he doesn’t make the top three; Ralf Schumacher hints he could sabotage himself.
♖ Oscar Piastri secured his fifth win of the season, leading a McLaren 1-2 finish with teammate Lando Norris.
♖ Charles Leclerc completed the podium in third place for Ferrari.
♖ A late-race incident between Max Verstappen and George Russell resulted in Verstappen receiving a 10-second penalty, dropping him from fifth to tenth place.
♖ Nico Hülkenberg delivered a standout performance, finishing fifth after starting from 15th on the grid.
♖ Isack Hadjar, a rookie for Racing Bulls, impressed with a seventh-place finish.
♖ Fernando Alonso delighted the home crowd by securing ninth place, earning his first points of the season.
♖ Aston Martin could ‘theoretically’ call up Valtteri Bottas after Lance Stroll’s injury.
♖ Frustrated with giving Russell the place back, Verstappen clattered into him—earning a spicy 10-second penalty from the stewards.
♖ Hamilton blasted the FIA’s new front-wing flex rule as pointless, branding it a complete and costly waste of time.
♖ Despite the FIA’s wing clampdown, the grid barely flinched. McLaren laughed all the way to another dominant one-two finish.
♖ A day after thumping Russell, Verstappen took to social media—part confession, part damage control over his reckless move.
♖ With one more penalty point, Verstappen flirts with a race ban—FIA’s added sanction puts him right on the brink.
♖ Alpine’s Flavio Briatore says he’s not rushing to name a new team boss—’We’ll take our time,’ he hints.
♖ Lewis flounders in sixth and is struggling to match new teammate Leclerc in what’s fast becoming his most anonymous F1 season yet.
♖ Vettel replacing Marko? Mekies laughs off the rumour as pure science fiction—Helmut’s not slowing down anytime soon.
♖ McLaren’s title hopes soar—pundits tip the team for its first champion since a fresh-faced Hamilton in 2008.
♖ Piastri stirs the pot, teasing that his race-day decisions are shifting as the fight with Norris turns full-throttle.
♖ Alonso frustrated—begs Aston Martin for more straight-line speed so he can stop overtaking in ridiculous places.
♖ Russell to Aston Martin? The Times reports that talks are intensifying as his Mercedes contract expires after 2025.
♖ Hadjar hot but warned off Red Bull—Albers says he should aim elsewhere despite a strong rookie showing.
♖ Norris, gracious but confident, settles for second in Spain, praises Piastri, yet firmly believes the championship is within reach.
