Canada GP 2025: George Russell Points Out Challenges at Montreal Despite Claiming Pole Position
The 10th race of the F1 2025 season, Canada GP, will start in a few hours, and the Grid position is already confirmed, with two players receiving penalties. British racer George Russell has the pole position with his competitor Max Verstappen again close behind his tail. Despite this, the Mercedes racer is worried about a few other challenges in order to win his first GP of the season.
“In Montreal, you just can’t discount the weather or things happening on track. It’s a street track. You’ve got to fight until the last lap of the race. Last year was a poor race for me, and I felt it could’ve gone differently. So obviously I’ll be doing my best to make up for last year’s losses. But it’s totally different this year.”
Russell is confident of victory, but being aware of the challenges I always a positive sign to prepare for the situations. He is fourth in the current F1 Drivers’ standings and will look for maximum points from the Canada GP.
“As we said before, we don’t know how the race is going to pan out because the hard tyre is the one that we’re all going to use at some point in the race, and no one knows if that would do the distance to give you a one-stop or not. So, there’s that curveball in there.” Russell added.
George Russell is wary of the curveballs the Canadian Grand Prix can throw at drivers. Mercedes has looked competitive throughout the weekend in Canada, a major step forward from its difficult campaign to date. However, the race around the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve has rarely been a straightforward event due to unpredictable weather. Also, the close nature of the walls is always threatening for the racers.
A particularly famous part of the circuit is the wall on the outside of the exit of the final chicane before the start/finish straight. There is no doubt about the 4.361 km (2.710 mi) motor racing circuit being one of the most challenging ones for the drivers testing their skills and patience at the same time.
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