NEED TO KNOW: The most important facts, stats and trivia ahead of the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix

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The image on the very prime of the championship standings stays unchanged after Spherical 9 in Spain, with Oscar Piastri consolidating his lead by taking his fifth victory of the season. This has boosted his factors tally to a complete of 186.

McLaren workforce mate Lando Norris, in the meantime, solely sits 10 factors behind in second place. The Briton took P2 within the 2024 Canadian Grand Prix however will certainly be trying to go one higher this yr as an intra-team duel continues to brew on the Woking-based outfit.

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That battle could possibly be set to accentuate even additional, provided that the pair have damaged away barely from Max Verstappen within the standings. The Dutchman misplaced floor in Barcelona after being handed a 10-second time penalty following a collision with George Russell, dropping him from an unique results of P5 right down to P10.

Whereas he nonetheless sits third within the championship, Verstappen is now 49 factors adrift of Piastri, and his punishment in Spain has additionally resulted within the Crimson Bull driver being just one penalty point away from an automated race suspension. Nevertheless, Verstappen holds a powerful file on the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, having consecutively gained the Grand Prix for the previous three years. Can he bounce again at this weekend’s occasion?

One other workforce to have loved good type in Montreal beforehand are Mercedes, with Russell taking third forward of then-team mate Lewis Hamilton in 2024. The squad might be hoping that the situations favour them as they give the impression of being to get forward in an intriguing battle between themselves, Crimson Bull and Ferrari.

The latter jumped their rivals to take P2 within the Teams’ Standings following Charles Leclerc’s podium end result on the Spanish Grand Prix, although Hamilton reduce a downbeat determine after what was a tricky triple header sequence for the seven-time World Champion. How will the Scuderia fare this weekend?

Elsewhere, Williams might be eager to reaffirm their standing because the leaders of the midfield following a troublesome outing in Barcelona, whereas issues stay very a lot all to play for behind them as Racing Bulls attempt to fend off their rivals within the scrap for P6.