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.

Verstappen was penalized for causing a collision with Russell in that incident, and is just one penalty point shy of a one-race suspension. The Red Bull driver needs to navigate both the Canadian Grand Prix and the Austrian Grand Prix later this month without incident to avoid a suspension.

Kimi Antonelli pulls alongside Max Verstappen but the Dutchman peels off and comes into the pits instead to dump his medium tyres for a set of hards. Max Verstappen is struggling with his yellow mediums and it looks like Red Bull are going to call the Dutchman in to make a very early pit stop.