Mercedes have finished on the Canadian Grand Prix podium in every year since 2013, Red Bull have recorded only four retirements at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve and McLaren have not scored here only once since 2014. Here’s everything you need to know about each team’s history at the Canadian Grand Prix!
RED BULL
WINS: 5, POLES: 5, PODIUMS: 11 | 2024 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX RESULT: VERSTAPPEN 1st, PEREZ DNF
Red Bull have won the Canadian Grand Prix five times, including in each of the last three seasons. In addition to Max Verstappen’s wins in 2022, 2023 and 2024, Sebastian Vettel was victorious in 2013 and Daniel Ricciardo secured his maiden win with Red Bull here in 2014.
2011 and 2014 are the only seasons in which both Red Bull drivers have finished on the podium at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, with the team yet to record a 1-2 finish at the track.
David Coulthard in 2007, Max Verstappen in 2017 and Sergio Perez in both 2022 and 2024 are the only Red Bull drivers to have recorded non-finishes at the Canadian Grand Prix. Three were as a result of mechanical issues, while Perez broke his rear wing after crashing in 2024.
Aside from the non-finishes, Daniel Ricciardo’s 13th place finish in 2015 is the only other time that a Red Bull driver has failed to score at the track in the last 13 races at the track.
Red Bull have recorded five pole positions in Montreal. The first three – in 2011, 2012 and 2013 – were all courtesy of Sebastian Vettel, while Max Verstappen secured the team’s fourth and fifth poles at the track in 2022 and 2023. In addition to their poles, Mark Webber and Verstappen have supplied the team’s only other front row qualifying positions at the track in 2010 and 2024 respectively.
2018 was the last time that both Red Bull drivers progressed to Q3 at the Canadian Grand Prix. In 2019, Max Verstappen became the first Red Bull driver to be eliminated in Q2 at the Canadian Grand Prix since 2008 while Sergio Perez exited in Q2 in both 2022 and 2023. Perez was then eliminated in Q1 in 2024 – recording the team’s first-ever Q1 exit in Montreal.
MERCEDES
WINS: 4, POLES: 5, PODIUMS: 12 | 2024 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX RESULT: RUSSELL 3rd, HAMILTON 4th
Mercedes have appeared on the podium at every Canadian Grand Prix since 2013 and have won four of the last eight Montreal races. During their streak of three consecutive victories at the track between 2015 and 2017, they secured two 1-2 finishes.
Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton and George Russell are the only Mercedes drivers to have failed to finish a race in Montreal, in 2012, 2014 and 2023 respectively. Retirements aside, a Mercedes driver hasn’t finished outside of the top five at the circuit since 2012.
In 2024, in a qualifying dead heat, George Russell secured Mercedes’ fifth pole position in Canada. Michael Schumacher’s Q2 exit in 2010 is the only time a Mercedes driver has failed to qualify in the top ten for the Canadian Grand Prix. The team locked out the front row in all three Montreal races between 2014 and 2016.
With Lewis Hamilton qualifying fourth and George Russell eighth in 2022, it was the first time no Mercedes drivers qualified on the front row at the Canadian Grand Prix since 2013. Both drivers qualified in the top five in 2023, though neither appeared on the front row.
FERRARI
WINS: 11, POLES: 8, PODIUMS: 34 | 2024 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX RESULT: SAINZ DNF, LECLERC DNF
In 2018, Ferrari won their first Canadian Grand Prix since 2004. Sebastian Vettel came close to scoring a back-to-back win for the team in 2019, but a time penalty saw him finish second. Nevertheless, 2019 was the first time that both Ferrari drivers finished on the podium in Montreal since 2005.
2004 is one of three times Ferrari have recorded 1-2 finishes at the circuit, the other times being in 1985 and 2000. The team won the first race on the Ile Notre Dame island, with Gilles Villeneuve taking his first F1 victory at the circuit which is now named in his honour.
Both Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz failed to finish the 2024 Canadian Grand Prix. It marked the Scuderia’s first point-less visit to Montreal – as well as their first double DNF at the track – since 1996. From 2010 to 2023, Fernando Alonso’s retirement in 2011 was the only time that a Ferrari driver failed to reach the chequered flag in Canada.
Ferrari have taken eight poles at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. The team has never locked-out the front row at this track. 2019’s 1-3 qualifying result equalled their best ever at the circuit, from 2000.
From 1988 to 2019, there were only a handful of occasions on which Ferrari drivers did not qualify in the top ten for the Canadian Grand Prix. However, int he last three races, the team has reached Q3 only twice. Charles Leclerc has been out in Q2 here in all of the last three years, while Carlos Sainz was also out in Q2 in 2024.
2024 was only the fourth time – after 1980, 1981 and 1986 – that neither Ferrari driver qualified in the top ten at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
McLAREN
WINS: 9, POLES: 8, PODIUMS: 21 | 2024 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX RESULT: NORRIS 2nd, PIASTRI 5th
At the 2024 Canadian Grand Prix, Lando Norris finished as runner-up and Oscar Piastri finished in fifth place. Incredibly, this was the first time McLaren scored a single point at the Canadian Grand Prix since 2014.
The team’s best finish here between 2015 and 2023 was 11th, which they recorded four times: Fernando Alonso in 2016, Carlos Sainz in 2019, Daniel Ricciardo in 2022 and Oscar Piastri in 2023. Norris did finish ninth on track in 2023 but a post-race time penalty dropped him to 13th in the final order.
Norris’s second place finish in 2024 was the best for the team in Canada since Lewis Hamilton’s 2012 victory – the latest of nine wins for the team at the track. With Piastri finishing fifth, the team recorded their first double top five result in Montreal since their last 1-2 finish in 2010. 1988 is the team’s only other 1-2 result here.
McLaren have taken eight poles at the Canadian Grand Prix and have locked-out the front row five times at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Their most recent front row start here came in 2012, when Lewis Hamilton started from second on the grid. Both drivers qualified on the second row in 2024; the team’s first double top four qualifying result in Montreal since their latest front row lock-out here in 2007.
2015 and 2017 are the only years in which McLaren have recorded Q1 exits at the Canadian Grand Prix.
ASTON MARTIN
WINS: 0, POLES: 0, PODIUMS: 1 | 2024 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX RESULT: ALONSO 6th, STROLL 7th
The Silverstone-based team has scored in all of the last ten Canadian Grands Prix and have recorded just a single retirement in Montreal since 2012. The team recorded three podium finishes in Canada under their Jordan guise, including a double top three result in 1995.
In 2023, Fernando Alonso gave Aston Martin their first podium appearance in Canada with second place, which was the Silverstone team’s first podium in Montreal since 1997. Between 1997 and 2022, their best result was fifth place – recorded by Giancarlo Fisichella in 2002, Nico Hulkenberg in 2014 and Sergio Perez in 2017.
With both Alonso and Lance Stroll finishing in the points 2023 was the team’s first double points scoring Canadian Grand Prix since 2017. Both drivers scored again in 2024.
In the past eight Canadian Grands Prix, the Silverstone-based team has recorded four double Q3 appearances. 2024 marked their first since 2018.
Neither driver made it out of Q1 in 2019 nor 2022, but both reached Q2 in 2023. Alonso qualified in third place, recording the team’s best-ever Canadian Grand Prix qualifying result. Alonso’s third place later became a front row start due to a grid penalty for Nico Hulkenberg.
ALPINE
WINS: 3*, POLES: 3*, PODIUMS: 13* | 2024 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX RESULT: GASLY 9th, OCON 10th
The Enstone-based team has recorded three victories at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Nelson Piquet took his final victory with Benetton at the 1991 Canadian Grand Prix, Michael Schumacher won in 1994 and Fernando Alonso was victorious with Renault in 2006.
The team has recorded a further ten podium finishes at the track – the most recent of which was for Romain Grosjean, driving for Lotus in 2012. Between 1990 and 2000, 1995 was the only season in which no Benetton drivers finished on the podium.
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve has been a strong track for the team in recent years. After both Renault drivers finished seventh and eighth in 2018, they finished sixth and seventh in 2019. On the team’s first appearance as Alpine in 2022, Esteban Ocon finished sixth, while Fernando Alonso finished ninth. Ocon scored again in 2023 but with Pierre Gasly 12th it was the first time since 2017 that only one of the team’s cars finished in the points at the track. Both drivers returned to the points in 2024.
The Enstone team has recorded three pole positions at the Canadian Grand Prix. Michael Schumacher took pole for Benetton in 1994 and 1995, while Fernando Alonso started from the front for Renault in 2006. Renault locked-out the front row at the circuit in 2006. Alonso recorded the team’s first front row lockout here since 2006 in 2022, qualifying in second place in a damp qualifying session.
Since the knockout qualifying system was introduced there have been only six occasions that both of the team’s cars have qualified in the top ten in Montreal – three of those being in the last five races. 2024 was the first time since 2016 that neither of the team’s drivers appeared in Q3 in Canada.
WILLIAMS
WINS: 7, POLES: 8, PODIUMS: 20 | 2024 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX RESULT: ALBON DNF, SARGEANT DNF
Williams have scored five wins and 20 podium finishes at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. They took back to back podium finishes at the track in 2015 and 2016, with Valtteri Bottas finishing third on both occasions.
2018 was the first time that Williams failed to score a point at the Canadian Grand Prix since 2013. Though they failed to score, 2019 was the first time since 2015 that both Williams drivers crossed the finish line at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Alex Albon’s seventh place at the 2023 Canadian Grand Prix saw Williams score their first points in Montreal since 2016, while Logan Sargeant recorded the team’s fifth DNF in the last eight races at the track.
In 2024, both Albon and Sargeant retired, making it Williams’ first double DNF at the track since 1995 and the first time that the team was not classified in the final result since both drivers were disqualified in 2004.
Williams have taken eight poles at the Montreal track, the equal-most of any team. They have taken three front row lockouts at the circuit, most recently in 2003.
There have been only ten occasions since 1978 that neither Williams driver has qualified in the top ten in Montreal, and three of those have been in the last five races here. 2018 and 2019 are the only seasons where Williams have recorded double Q1 exits at the circuit.
With tenth place in 2023, Alex Albon recorded Williams’ first Q3 appearance at the Canadian Grand Prix since 2017. He even set the fastest time in the second stage of qualifying. He qualified tenth again in 2024.
VISA CASH APP RB
WINS: 0, POLES: 0, PODIUMS: 0 | 2024 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX RESULT: RICCIARDO 8th, TSUNODA 14th
Points have been hard to come by for the Red Bull junior team in recent years at the Canadian Grand Prix, with only two points scoring appearances since 2018. Daniil Kvyat finished tenth in 2019, while Yuki Tsunoda finished eighth for RB in 2024.
After four consecutive Montreal races in which the team recorded at least one retirement, both cars did at least cross the finish line in 2023. The 2017 race resulted in a double DNF for the team, their second at the track and first since 2007.
Their best result to date in Montreal came in 2013, when Jean-Eric Vergne finished sixth. 2011 is the only season in which both of the Red Bull junior team’s drivers have scored points in Montreal.
The Red Bull junior team has reached the final part of qualifying only five times at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Both drivers reached Q3 in 2013 and 2024, while Jean Eric-Vergne’s top ten appearance in qualifying in 2014 is the team’s only other top ten qualifying result. With fifth place in 2024, Daniel Ricciardo recorded the team’s best-ever qualifying result at the track.
Both drivers were out in Q1 in 2022 and 2023. 2022 was the team’s first double Q1 exit at the track since 2008.
SAUBER
WINS: 1*, POLES: 0, PODIUMS: 4* | 2024 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX RESULT: BOTTAS 13th, ZHOU 15th
The Sauber team scored their only F1 victory so far at the Canadian Grand Prix in 2008 with Robert Kubica. It was a 1-2 finish for the team, with Nick Heidfeld finishing as runner-up – the same position in which he’d finished the year before. Sergio Perez recorded the team’s only other podium finish at the circuit in 2012 with third place.
Since then, Sauber scored only one point at the track between 2013 and 2019. That was in 2018, when Charles Leclerc finished tenth. In 2022, both Valtteri Bottas and Zhou Guanyu picked up points for Alfa Romeo in the team’s first double points appearance in Canada since 2012. Bottas made 2023 the team’s second consecutive points-scoring Canadian Grand Prix, finishing tenth. Neither driver scored in 2024.
Despite their relatively low points rate in recent years, the team has not recorded a DNF in Canada since 2014.
Robert Kubica’s second place on the grid for the 2008 Canadian Grand Prix is the only time a Sauber driver has qualified on the front row at the Canadian Grand Prix, while Nick Heidfeld’s third place in qualifying in 2007 is he only other time a Sauber driver has qualified in the top six here.
In 2022, Valtteri Bottas became the team’s first driver to reach Q3 at the Canadian Grand Prix since 2008. Charles Leclerc, Antonio Giovinazzi and Zhou Guanyu and Valtteri Bottas’ Q2 appearances in 2018, 2019, 2022 and 2023 respectively are the only times that the team has made it out of Q1 in the last seven Montreal races.
HAAS
WINS: 0, POLES: 0, PODIUMS: 0 | 2024 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX RESULT: HULKENBERG 11th, MAGNUSSEN 12th
Haas have scored only one point from their seven visits here so far. That point came courtesy of Romain Grosjean, who finished tenth in 2017.
In 2022, Mick Schumacher recorded the Haas team’s first retirement at the Canadian Grand Prix. The team’s worst result aside from their 2022 DNF is 17th, which is where Kevin Magnussen finished in 2019, 2022 and 2023.
Haas recorded their first double Q3 appearance in Canada in 2022. Prior to 2023, Kevin Magnussen had recorded the team’s best qualifying result at the track with fifth place in 2022. Nico Hulkenberg bettered that in 2023, qualifying on the front row of the grid. He later dropped to fifth on the grid as the result of a grid penalty for a red flag infringement.
Haas qualified in the top ten at the Canadian Grand Prix for the first time in 2019. Ironically, after getting through to Q3, Kevin Magnussen crashed at the end of Q2 meaning he was unable to set a lap in the session and had to start from the pit lane. His crash had also prevented Romain Grosjean from setting a faster lap time.
Haas have recorded three Q1 exits here: Magnussen was out in Q1 in 2017, Grosjean failed to set a time in 2018 after an engine blow-up in the pit-lane at the start of qualifying and Hulkenberg was out in Q1 in 2024.
