George Russell won his first race of the Formula 1 season as the Mercedes driver held off defending race winner Max Verstappen at the Canadian Grand Prix.

George Russell picked up his first win of the 2025 F1 season on Sunday, winning the Canadian Grand Prix for the Mercedes F1 Team.

George Russell said he hopes Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri will continue to throw away points to propel him into this season’s world championship fight.Russell won from pole position at the Canadian Grand Prix to claim his first triumph of the year and just the fourth of his career.

In the closing stages of Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix, contact between McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Piastri left Norris without a front wing on his MCL39, bringing out the Safety Car. In the laps that followed another incident occurred,

George Russell keeps Canadian Grand Prix victory after Red Bull protest against Mercedes driver rejected; Red Bull alleged Russell had breached rules by driving erratically behind the Safety Car as th

Red Bull had claimed George Russell had contravened safety car rules with Max Verstappen finishing second in Montreal

Derek Warwick was removed from stewarding duties for the Canadian Grand Prix following “unauthorised” comments that he made in the press