Max Verstappen and George Russell agreed that there “was not really a gap” for Lando Norris in his battle with McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri at the Canadian Grand Prix. Norris and Piastri made contact while duelling for fourth place in the closing stages of Sunday’s race in Montreal in the first major collision between the F1 2025 title contenders.

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