Named after the Canadian racing legend, Circuit Gilles Villeneuve has been on the calendar since 1978. The 2025 Canadian Grand Prix is set to take place on June 15.
1135th F1 GRAND PRIX | 60th CANADIAN GRAND PRIX | 44th GRAND PRIX AT CIRCUIT GILLES VILLENEUVE
2025 POLESITTER: GEORGE RUSSELL | 2024 WINNER: MAX VERSTAPPEN
2024 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX: WEEKEND SCHEDULE
Friday June 13
Free Practice 1 – 1:30pm Local Time / 6:30pm UK Time
Free Practice 2 – 5:00pm Local Time / 10:00pm UK Time
Saturday June 14
Free Practice 3 – 12:30pm Local Time / 5:30pm UK Time
Qualifying – 4:00pm Local Time / 9:00pm UK Time
Sunday June 15
The 2025 Canadian Grand Prix – 2:00pm Local Time / 7:00pm UK Time
2025 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX: WEEKEND MILESTONES
Lewis Hamilton has the opportunity to set a new record for most Canadian Grand Prix victories this weekend. He’s currently tied with Michael Schumacher on seven wins at the event.
McLaren have taken 13 wins in Canadian Grand Prix history. They could extend the record to 14 victories this weekend, or their current tally of 13 wins in the country could be equalled by Ferrari at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix.
If Fernando Alonso completes 51 laps of the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix, he will overtake Michael Schumacher as the driver who has raced the most laps at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in its history on the F1 calendar. Schumacher’s record tally stands at 1,138 laps raced.
Lewis Hamilton is currently tied with Michael Schumacher on six pole positions at the Canadian Grand Prix. Hamilton could set a new outright record in qualifying for the 2025 race.
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WHAT HAS CHANGED AT THE CIRCUIT SINCE LAST YEAR?
Changes to the circuit since last year’s race will be posted here.
HOW MANY DRS ZONES WILL THERE BE AT THE 2025 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX?
It’s yet to be announced how many DRS zones there will be at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix. Last year, there were three DRS zones. Usually, there are two detection points – after Turns 5 and 9. The activation zones are on the main straight, between Turns 7 & 8 and on the back straight.
CIRCUIT GILLES VILLENEUVE TRACK GUIDE
The streets of the Ile Notre Dame island have seen plenty of chaos and surprises over the years. As one of the most well liked and well-attended Grands Prix of the season, the Canadian round of the championship always seems to deliver.
The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is situated on the man-made island of Notre Dame, just a stone’s throw from Montreal. The island, on the St Lawrence River, was constructed to celebrate Canada’s centennial, and for Expo 67, widely regarded as the most successful World’s Fair of the twentieth century.
The site continued to host exhibitions after, but declining attendance figures saw the area begin to struggle. In 1975, the area was transformed, ready to host the rowing and canoeing events for the 1976 Olympics, which were being held in Montreal.
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WHO WILL BE IN THE 2025 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX PRESS CONFERENCES?
The world’s media will have the opportunity to talk to the drivers ahead of the on-track action. The drivers appearing in the press conference for this race are yet to be announced.
The media will also be talking to prominent members of Formula 1’s teams in a separate press conference over the race weekend. The team members appearing in the press conference are yet to be announced.
WHO WILL BE THE RACE DIRECTOR AT THE 2025 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX?
Rui Marques will be the race director at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix.
WHO WILL BE THE DRIVER STEWARD AT THE 2025 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX?
Each weekend a former Formula 1 driver, or a driver from another prominent series of motorsport, joins the stewards to help judge any incidents from a drivers’ perspective. The Driver Steward this weekend is yet to be announced.
WHICH TYRE COMPOUNDS WILL BE USED AT THE 2025 CANADIAN GRAND PRIX?
Pirelli have not yet announced which tyre compounds will be used at the 2025 Canadian Grand Prix. The C3, C4 and C5 compounds were used in 2024.
WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME AT THE CANADIAN GRAND PRIX?
After a dead heat in qualifying, a damp and unpredictable 2024 Canadian Grand Prix saw three main contenders battle for the win – with Verstappen ultimately coming out on top.
Following a damp Friday in Montreal, Zhou Guanyu brought out the red flag for the second time in as many days after crashing out in Saturday’s practice session. In a thrilling qualifying session, Sergio Perez was eliminated in Q1 for the second race weekend in a row, while both Ferrari drivers were eliminated in Q2.
Mercedes’ pace had looked strong throughout qualifying. George Russell’s first lap in Q3 could not be matched on the drivers’ second runs in the final stage of qualifying until Max Verstappen put in an exact match to Russell’s lap time. It was the first dead heat in qualifying since the 1997 European Grand Prix.
Russell started from pole position with Verstappen lining up alongside him and the two McLarens directly behind. The weather had changed again for Sunday’s Grand Prix, with the race beginning in damp conditions. Most drivers started on the intermediate tyres, aside from the Haas duo.
Russell kept his lead into Turn 1 but the conditions were tricky and Kevin Magnussen, who started on the wet compound, flew through the field to go from 14th to eighth on Lap 1. From there, Magnussen overtook the big name drivers – Fernando Alonso, Lewis Hamilton and Oscar Piastri all being overtaken by the Haas who rose as high as fourth in the order. Haas team-mate Nico Hulkenberg also raced from 17th on the grid to seventh but by Lap 8, the wet tyre advantage had faded and both Magnussen and Hulkenberg required tyre changes.
The top three had remained in the order that they started until Lap 20, when Lando Norris overtook Verstappen for second into the final corner. One lap later, Norris pulled the same move on race leader Russell – and was followed through by Verstappen.
On Lap 25, the Safety Car was called out after Logan Sargeant crashed. It resulted in a pit stop for some of the top runners, including Verstappen, Russell and Piastri – but not leader Norris. The McLaren pitted next time around and fell to third as a result of losing time behind the Safety Car.
Most drivers were still on intermediate tyres when the Safety Car period ended but Ferrari opted to do something different and Charles Leclerc switched to the hard compound tyre, dropping him to last in the running order. Verstappen led from Russell and Norris and the trio were the last drivers on intermediate tyres by Lap 45. Verstappen and Russell pitted at the end of that lap but Norris once again opted to go a little longer than the others.
Norris pitted on Lap 47 with a 20 second time advantage on the Red Bull. It was just enough for the McLaren to maintain the lead – momentarily at least, until the car slithered on the slick tyres allowing Verstappen to re-take his position at the front of the field. A lock up one lap later put Norris under pressure from Russell, who took second place on the back straight – only to be re-passed after a wide moment a few laps later.
Perez emerged from an off-track incident with a broken rear wing just before Carlos Sainz spun into the path of Alex Albon and the duo made contact. Albon’s stopped Williams brought out the Safety Car once more. It was a disappointing result for Albon, who was running close to the points after an earlier impressive double overtake on Daniel Ricciardo and Esteban Ocon into the final chicane.
With 15 laps to go, both Mercedes drivers pitted for fresh slick rubber under Safety Car conditions. After the restart, Russell challenged Piastri for third place but was forced to cut the corner – allowing team-mate Hamilton by into fourth. Hamilton then made a more successful attempt at overtaking Piastri, with Russell eventually following through. Two laps from the end, Russell re-passed Hamilton for the final podium position.
Yuki Tsunoda spun in the closing stages and was lucky to avoid both the barriers and the other cars. Out front, it was smooth sailing for Verstappen who claimed the 60th victory of his career, ahead of Norris and Russell.
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