Sunday's Canadian GP was the first podium in 2025 that didn't feature a McLaren. Is the tide about to turn on F1's runaway leader?

Just weeks before the sport blurs fact with fiction with the F1 movie launch, the Canadian GP read a lot like a nail-biting screenplay.

George Russell of Mercedes took pole position for Formula One's 2025 Canadian Grand Prix ahead of Red Bull's Max Verstappen

Nico Rosberg has issued a stark warning to McLaren drivers Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri as their Formula 1 championship battle ramps up. After nine rounds of this year's championship, Piastri leads the standings with 186 points, but his teammate is only 10 points behind.

Yesterday's race in Montreal will not be remembered as one of the all-time great Canadian F1 races. Well, perhaps it will by the Mercedes team, which scored its first win of the year with George Russell,

The next F1 race will be the Canadian Grand Prix on Sunday, June 15. That race was a thrilling mixed-conditions affair in 2024 with Max Verstappen taking his sixth win of the season. It marked a turning point in his results, though, as he'd win just three of the remaining 15 races on the schedule.

Mercedes delivered an exceptionally strong performance in the second free practice session. George Russell topped the timesheets, with Kimi Antonelli finishing in third. Mercedes communications chief Bradley Lord appeared very pleased with the results.