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2025 Canadian Grand Prix qualifying: George Russell took pole

George Russell took pole for Mercedes ahead of Max Verstappen and Oscar Piastri at Montreal.

Explore the race weekend, results, standings, drivers, teams, and related Formula 1 history.

Race recap

Pole
George Russell
Pole team
Mercedes
Front row
George Russell and Max Verstappen
Classified
Top 20
Round
10
Circuit
Montreal
Qualifying date
June 14, 2025

The front of the grid

George Russell qualified first for Mercedes. Max Verstappen secured the other front-row place for Red Bull, with Oscar Piastri third for McLaren.

How the classification lined up

The first three positions were George Russell, Max Verstappen, and Oscar Piastri. P4 through P20 were Kimi Antonelli, Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso, Lando Norris, Charles Leclerc, Isack Hadjar, Alexander Albon, Yuki Tsunoda, Franco Colapinto, Nico Hülkenberg, Oliver Bearman, Esteban Ocon, Gabriel Bortoleto, Carlos Sainz Jr., Lance Stroll, Liam Lawson, and Pierre Gasly.

Team representation

Alpine placed 2 cars, Aston Martin placed 2 cars, Ferrari placed 2 cars, Haas placed 2 cars, Kick Sauber placed 2 cars, McLaren placed 2 cars, Mercedes placed 2 cars, Racing Bulls placed 2 cars, Red Bull placed 2 cars, and Williams placed 2 cars in the published classification. This summary reports only the supplied order and driver identities.

This summary sticks to the classification and does not speculate about incidents, strategy, weather, or causes. Source: F1DB (CC BY 4.0) · updated Aug 31, 2025.

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