Current form
The picture at the very top of the championship standings remains unchanged after Round 9 in Spain, with Oscar Piastri consolidating his lead by taking his fifth victory of the season. This has boosted his points tally to a total of 186.
McLaren team mate Lando Norris, meanwhile, only sits 10 points behind in second place. The Briton took P2 in the 2024 Canadian Grand Prix but will surely be looking to go one better this year as an intra-team duel continues to brew at the Woking-based outfit.
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That battle could be set to intensify even further, given that the pair have broken away slightly from Max Verstappen in the standings. The Dutchman lost ground in Barcelona after being handed a 10-second time penalty following a collision with George Russell, dropping him from an original result of P5 down to P10.
While he still sits third in the championship, Verstappen is now 49 points adrift of Piastri, and his punishment in Spain has also resulted in the Red Bull driver being just one penalty point away from an automatic race suspension. However, Verstappen holds a strong record at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve, having consecutively won the Grand Prix for the past three years. Can he bounce back at this weekend’s event?
Another team to have enjoyed good form in Montreal previously are Mercedes, with Russell taking third ahead of then-team mate Lewis Hamilton in 2024. The squad will be hoping that the conditions favour them as they look to get ahead in an intriguing fight between themselves, Red Bull and Ferrari.
The latter jumped their rivals to take P2 in the Teams’ Standings following Charles Leclerc’s podium result at the Spanish Grand Prix, though Hamilton cut a downbeat figure after what was a tough triple header sequence for the seven-time World Champion. How will the Scuderia fare this weekend?
Elsewhere, Williams will be keen to reaffirm their status as the leaders of the midfield following a difficult outing in Barcelona, while things remain very much all to play for behind them as Racing Bulls try to fend off their rivals in the scrap for P6.
