A trip to Montreal may not have produced the most thrilling of races, but who had their Groundhog Day in the Formula 1 Canadian Grand Prix? Motorsport Week has the driver ratings.
George Russell took his first victory of the season with a dominant victory, converting pole position in the Mercedes.
Russell was kept on tenterhooks for several hours after Red Bull protested, and McLaren had a day to forget with Lando Norris crashing out after his late-race brush with team-mate Oscar Piastri.
George Russell: 10
A second consecutive Canadian GP pole position set Russell up in the perfect way to take his first victory of 2025.
The Brit weathered an early challenge from Max Verstappen and controlled the race from start to finish to take a fourth career victory.
Russell’s consistency in his performances are now becoming a trademark, and
Andrea Kimi Antonelli: 9.5
Having suffered a dismal triple header, Antonelli bounced back in style in Montreal.
Starting fourth on the grid, the young Italian managed to clear Oscar Piastri on the opening lap and withstood the late McLaren charge to become the third-youngest podium finisher in F1 history.
A podium on his first visit to Montreal shows the last few weekends were minor blips in his impressive 2025 campaign.
Max Verstappen: 9
Going into the weekend just one penalty point away from a race ban, Verstappen once again maximised his Red Bull package, starting and finishing in second.
The RB21 couldn’t seem to match the Mercedes for race pace, but the Dutchman outscored both his title rivals and so will be satisfied with another podium.
Yuki Tsunoda: 5.5
An unideal start to the weekend for Tsunoda saw him pick up a 10 place grid penalty in FP3 for overtaking under red flag conditions.
Starting from 18th, Red Bull went for the one-stop strategy with the Japanese driver, but a late Safety Car hampered a late charge towards the top 10, with 12th being his final result.
Oscar Piastri: 7
Having been mugged in the opening corners by Antonelli, the Championship leader failed to really recover any pace, despite a tyre advantage.
The Aussie survived the late race collision with his team-mate, and his fourth place finish sees him extend his lead to 22 points.
Lando Norris: 5
It was a weekend to forget for Norris, with both ualifying and race day seeing crucial errors. Two scrappy laps in Q3 saw him qualify a lowly seventh on the grid, yet worse was still to come.
On the alternate strategy, and therefore with fresher tyres in the final stages, Norris was attacking Piastri for fourth place.
Yet a lapse in concentration saw him drive straight into the back of Piastri on the pit straight, breaking the front suspension and leaving him out of the race.
Charles Leclerc: 7
Leclerc failed to carry his triple header momentum into Canada, with his Friday ending early with a big crash in FP1, which also curtailed his FP2 due to damage to the car.
A mistake on his final Q3 run curtailed any faint hopes of a top-three start, ending up in eighth, with the Monegasque blaming the dirty air from Isack Hadjar for upsetting his car into Turn 6
And while at times on race day he could hold his own on the alternate strategy, the final stint on the Medium tyre saw the car drop away from any shot at a podium.
Fifth was the best Leclerc could do on race day, as another disappointing weekend slips through the fingers of the Scuderia.
Lewis Hamilton: 7.5
A third consecutive top five qualifying for Hamilton ultimately ended in disappointment through factors out of his control.
The seven-time Champion’s early pace was good, however being put into traffic and picking up significant floor damage after hitting one of the infamous Canadian groundhogs meant Lewis finished a lonely race in sixth.
Fernando Alonso: 8.5
The Spaniard picked up his best result of the season in Canada, with a strong seventh backing up a third top 6 start in 2025.
The Aston Martin couldn’t compete with the top six on race day, yet was clear of the midfield pack, a familiar position since its post-Imola upgrade.
Lance Stroll: 3.5
A home coming to forget for Lance Stroll, whose quick recovery from wrist surgery after the Spanish Grand Prix was left woefully unrewarded.
A fifth Q1 exit on home soil was followed up with a 17th and last position on Sunday, while also picking up a 10 second penalty for an incident with Pierre Gasly.
Nico Hulkenberg: 9
Off the back of his best F1 result in almost 6 years, Hulkenberg was back on form again in Montreal.
Starting 13th, the German worked his way up to eighth place, scoring back-to-back points in 2025, his fourth points finish of the season.
Gabriel Bortoleto: 6
A quiet weekend for the Brazilian. Bringing the car home in his first race on a circuit like Montreal is an achievement for a rookie, but no discernible incidents or excitement rendered his race a quiet one.
Esteban Ocon: 8.5
Ocon gave Haas a memorable 200th Grand Prix, with a strong ninth placed finish in Montreal.
The Frenchman may have qualified only 15th, but executed the one-stop well and made the moves when they mattered.
Ollie Bearman: 7.5
Bearman once again backed up Ocon’s impressive points finish, just missing out on points of his own in 11th.
The late Safety Car scuppered a possible double points finish for the US outfit, but Bearman could be proud of another mature display.
Carlos Sainz: 8.5
It was a weekend of two halves for the Spaniard, who was looking to bonce back after a difficult home race in Barcelona.
After being knocked out in Q1 by no fault of his own, having been impeded by the RB of Isack Hadjar, Sainz charged forward on race day.
Like Ocon, Sainz went long on the hard tyre in the opening stint and played the one-stop to perfection to score a vital point on a difficult weekend for Williams.
Alex Albon: 6
Alex Albon suffered in Montreal on both Saturday and Sunday, and on neither day was he to blame.
The Anglo-Thai driver made it into Q3 despite his engine cover disintegrating down the back straight in an earlier session.
Then on race day, a late call onto the one-stop strategy left Albon, who was already managing an engine issue, a sitting duck.
He was put out of his misery on Lap 46, retiring the car at Turn 10.
Franco Colapinto: 7
For the first time since replacing Jack Doohan, Colapinto looked like was getting back to the form that Alpine signed him on.
The Argentine out-qualified and finished ahead of teammate Pierre Gasly, and was an outside shot for a points finish without the late Safety Car.
Pierre Gasly: 5.5
Starting from the pitlane meant it was always going to be an uphill battle for the Frenchman, yet Gasly never really got going in Montreal.
Out-qualified by his teammate for only the second time this season, before a 15th place finish is underwhelming for Alpine who still languish at the foot of the Constructors’ Championship.
Isack Hadjar: 5.5
Despite making Q3 for the sixth time in 2025, a three-place grid penalty for impeding would put the outstanding rookie on the back foot on race day.
Starting 12th the Racing Bulls seemed to lack any race pace, with a lowly 16th finish all the Frenchman could achieve.
Liam Lawson: 4.5
Having looked a little more promising in recent weekends, Canada was a return to Earth with a thump for the New Zealander.
Getting knocked out in Q1 in 19th was compounded by a 50-place grid penalty, equating to a pitlane start on Sunday.
And having made little progress to no, he had to retire the car on Lap 53 to protect the new power unit.
READ MORE – George Russell wins F1 Canadian GP as McLaren drivers clash
