Formula 1 News: Russell tops Practice 2 for 2025 GP of Canada

Last year’s polesitter for the GP of Canada, George Russell, turned the fastest lap of 1m12.123s in Practice 2 for this year’s GP of Canada at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.

–by Mark Cipolloni–

Mercedes-powered cars swept the top 7 positions on a track that has long straights. Cars with the most HP have an advantage here, and Mercedes clearly has the most powerful engine.

Lando Norris, still sandbagging in the #4 McLaren that has a new front suspension this weekend, was 2nd fastest, 0.028s behind Russell.

Kimi Antonelli was third quick in the 2nd Mercedes, 0.288s behind teammate Russell.

Alex Albon was 4th for Williams-Mercedes, 0.322s behind Russell.

Fernando Alonso rounded out the top-5 in his #14 Aston Martin Mercedes, 0.335s behind Russell.

Oscar Piastri was 6th in the #81 McLaren Mercedes and Carlos Sainz Jr. 7th in the #55 Williams Mercedes, 0.508s behind Russell.

Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari was 8th, while Max Verstappen (fastest in Practice 1) and Liam Lawson rounded out the top-10.

With no Leclerc (car damaged badly in FP1) in this session, Hamilton had to gather all the data today for Ferrari. He has had a clean session which is what was needed.

Lance Stroll’s Aston Martin did not set a time after he ran out of talent and hit the wall with his left front on the exit of Turn 2. Stroll is making his comeback after missing the Spanish Grand Prix with an injury.

2025 GP of Canada Practice 2 Results

Pos	No	Nat	Driver	Car	Time	Behind	Laps
1	63	GBR	George Russell	Mercedes	1:12.123	+0.000s	33
2	4	GBR	Lando Norris	McLaren Mercedes	1:12.151	+0.028s	32
3	12	ITA	Kimi Antonelli	Mercedes	1:12.411	+0.288s	33
4	23	THA	Alexander Albon	Williams Mercedes	1:12.445	+0.322s	36
5	14	ESP	Fernando Alonso	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	1:12.458	+0.335s	31
6	81	AUS	Oscar Piastri	McLaren Mercedes	1:12.562	+0.439s	32
7	55	ESP	Carlos Sainz	Williams Mercedes	1:12.631	+0.508s	37
8	44	GBR	Lewis Hamilton	Ferrari	1:12.653	+0.530s	34
9	1	NED	Max Verstappen	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	1:12.666	+0.543s	31
10	30	NZL	Liam Lawson	Racing Bulls Honda RBPT	1:12.751	+0.628s	30
11	6	FRA	Isack Hadjar	Racing Bulls Honda RBPT	1:12.799	+0.676s	31
12	10	FRA	Pierre Gasly	Alpine Renault	1:12.874	+0.751s	34
13	5	BRA	Gabriel Bortoleto	Kick Sauber Ferrari	1:12.896	+0.773s	32
14	27	GER	Nico Hulkenberg	Kick Sauber Ferrari	1:12.914	+0.791s	33
15	22	JPN	Yuki Tsunoda	Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT	1:12.939	+0.816s	35
16	87	GBR	Oliver Bearman	Haas Ferrari	1:13.080	+0.957s	36
17	31	FRA	Esteban Ocon	Haas Ferrari	1:13.175	+1.052s	33
18	43	ARG	Franco Colapinto	Alpine Renault	1:13.898	+1.775s	33
19	18	CAN	Lance Stroll	Aston Martin Aramco Mercedes	No Time	No Time	2
20	16	MON	Charles Leclerc	Ferrari	No Time	No Time	0