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.

George Russell won Formula One’s 2025 Canadian Grand Prix for Mercedes ahead of Max Verstappen, while behind the title-contending McLaren drivers collided and Lando Norris retired. The incident occurred just as Oscar Piastri and Norris were homing in on Kimi Antonelli’s third place late in the race,

And that win will stand, despite protests filed by Red Bull. In the closing stages of Sunday’s Canadian Grand Prix, contact between McLaren teammates Lando Norris and Oscar Pias