George Russell won Formula One’s 2025 Canadian Grand Prix for Mercedes ahead of Max Verstappen, while title-contending McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri collided, with Norris retiring.

The race finished under the safety car with Piastri in fourth place behind Russell, Red Bull's Max Verstappen and Mercedes' Kimi Antonelli.

Norris' mistake has left him 22 points behind the Australian in their fight for the championship.

The crash that McLaren dreaded, but that everyone else was waiting for, will not change the  team's approach, even though Lando Norris's lost valuable points in Canada. "Today's episode doesn't change our approach.

Russell claimed his first pole this season — and sixth of his career.