After the Canadian GP, Max Verstappen said he drove both offensively and defensively to hold off a charging Kimi Antonelli. But what impact did this have on Red Bull’s strategy for the race in Montreal?

Untelevised team radio footage from the Canadian Grand Prix has revealed how Max Verstappen and George Russell both tried to land each other in trouble behind the Safety Car. Russell claimed his and Mercedes’ first victory of the F1 2025 season in Montreal on Sunday,

MONTREAL — Mercedes driver George Russell retained his Canadian GP win on Sunday after F1 stewards rejected a Red Bull post-race protest. After a hearing involving both teams, Russell, Verstappen, and the FIA, the stewards found the protest admissible but ultimately dismissed it, saying the protest was “not founded.”