Andrea Stella: "A challenging weekend for the team both in terms of performance and in terms of the outcome. From a performance point of view, we managed to improve the competitiveness of the MCL39 thanks to the good work of the team and the drivers. In the race we were able to stay in contention for a podium finish, but we didn't have the advantage that we have experienced in previous races this season. We now have a few things to review to make sure we get back in contention to win races at the upcoming events.
"In terms of outcome, for the first time this season we scored points with only one car. Lando, after a strong recovery in the race, was in fact involved in an accident while challenging Oscar, which put him out of the race. This resulted in contact between the two cars due to a misjudgement by Lando.
"The team appreciated that Lando immediately took responsibility for a situation which has cost him important points in the Championship. We will now regroup, take our time to review a few things and make sure we come back stronger, and continue what has been an extremely positive season so far."
Christian Horner: "It was a good race by Max today, he was competitive from start to finish, so it's been a solid day in the Drivers' Championship and those are good points for Max. We were competitive in the last stint and there were probably points in the race we could have maybe pushed a bit harder, but certainly that final stint was pretty competitive. We will focus on the race and take the positives out of it. McLaren obviously had a difficult race in the end today and you have to be there to capitalise on it in the end, you can only focus on yourselves. McLaren have two guys racing hard and they have actually done quite well that it's taken 10 races for something like that to happen. That is racing and on days like that you have to try and take advantage. Mercedes have done a good job here this weekend and it just shows how things can shift around. Well done to them and well done to George, we will fight back at the next one. I thought as a Team we did a good job today and got everything out of it that we could. Yuki drove a good race on a one stop today and he was unlucky not to get points in the end."
For the start, Charles Leclerc and Lando Norris were the only drivers in the top ten to start on Hard, with everyone around them on Medium including Lewis Hamilton. Tyre graining had a major impact on today's race. On lap 13 Lewis hit a small animal between turn 9 and 10, which damaged his floor and severely compromised the car's aero downforce level.
Even though, before the start, a one stop strategy could have worked for Charles, it became clear the Hard and Medium tyres wouldn't last that long, so Charles switched to a two stop. With three laps to go Norris hit team-mate Oscar Piastri and had to retire, which promoted Charles and Lewis one place higher in the classification. The race finished under the Safety Car.
Fred Vasseur: I believe the main issue this weekend is that we made too many mistakes and had too many issues right from FP1, when we lost one car, then came a mistake in qualifying and in the race Lewis lost a good amount of points of downforce early on after unfortunately hitting a small animal that ran onto the track which damaged the front part of the floor. If I could replay the weekend I would choose not to have missed FP2 with one car as it meant we were unable to long stint the tyres and that was our main issue today. And that's how you end up P5 and P6. We have to take some positives from the weekend, starting with our pace in quali. Yesterday Charles had the fastest first sector before having to abort the lap and our race pace is not far off the quickest, but when you don't put everything together you find yourself in traffic. I am sure we will get a break soon, we just need a clean weekend. If we put everything together we can do it.
George Russell took victory at the Canadian Grand Prix with Kimi Antonelli making it a double podium for the team in third. That is George's fourth win in F1 with Kimi claiming his maiden podium, becoming the third youngest driver in the sport's history to ever finish in the top three. It also marks Mercedes 130th Grand Prix win.
Both drivers ran a two-stop Medium-Hard-Hard strategy; starting P1 and P4, that became P1 and P3 on the first lap as Kimi cut inside Oscar Piastri at Turn Three. From there, George controlled the race from the front, managing his tyres and pace throughout to come home ahead of Max Verstappen. Kimi put Verstappen under pressure at multiple moments; he came closest to taking P2 as the team attempted an overcut. The Italian came out alongside the Red Bull but didn't have the traction to hold the position. In the closing stages, he held off the McLaren of Oscar Piastri before a late race Safety Car brought the Grand Prix to its conclusion.
The team moves up to second in the Constructors' Championship ahead of the Austria-Great Britain double-header.
Toto Wolff, Team Principal & CEO: That was a superb race by the team and both drivers today. George was absolutely faultless at the front. He controlled the race throughout and didn't put a foot wrong. It was another assured performance of which we have seen many so far this season. He was quick on both compounds and didn't come under threat after the first corner. Kimi meanwhile drove his own great race. He made a strong start and that set him up for the rest of the race. He nearly managed to get second and then battled and defended well in the closing stages to hold off the McLarens. He fully deserved to get on the podium and his first top three finish which I am sure there will be many more of.
We've taken a positive forward step this weekend. The track temperature today was nearly 50°C but we managed to look after the tyres well and combine that with good pace. We know that there is more for us to do for this to be a consistent level of performance each and every race. That is what we are focused on doing though and we look forward to the upcoming races to continue that momentum.
Andrew Shovlin, Trackside Engineering Director: Our first race win and double podium of the year are a fantastic reward at the end of a strong weekend. George put in a faultless drive and controlled the race from the front - it was a truly accomplished performance. For Kimi, scoring his first podium is another major milestone in his first half-season as an F1 driver, and he did it under some serious pressure from the championship leader, too.
After Friday's long runs, we hoped that we could keep ourselves in the mix across the race distance, and so it proved today. We were competitive in terms of our tyre usage on both the Medium and Hard compounds, and able to build useful gaps to Red Bull and McLaren when it mattered. After a difficult triple header, this was a great way to bounce back and reward the hard work that both factories have put into improving the car. We know that some of the circuit characteristics suited us this weekend, but it nonetheless feels like we've made some good learnings. There are still weaknesses we need to improve on but we are working hard to do that and to continue fighting at the sharp end of the field.
Andy Cowell, CEO & Team Principal: "A good step forward for us here in Montreal as we mark our 100th race as a team. Fernando finished P7, his highest of the season, scoring some well-deserved points for the team. We stuck to our Plan A strategy and executed it well.
"It was good to have Lance back in the car this weekend. Today was challenging for him after an unlucky Qualifying. We need to learn from this weekend to help improve the feel of the car for him.
"We are determined to keep pushing in all areas as we head to Austria in two weeks' time."
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team finished with Esteban Ocon ninth - scoring two points, and Oliver Bearman 11th, at the Canadian Grand Prix held Sunday at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve.
Ocon took the start from 14th place on Pirelli P Zero White hard tires and maintained position through the opening phase of the race, before swiftly passing teammate Bearman and Racing Bulls' Isack Hadjar. The Frenchman ran a lengthy first stint, making another move on Williams' Alex Albon, before finally pitting on lap 58 for Yellow medium tires, emerging from the pit lane in 10th position. Ocon moved up to ninth in the closing stages when McLaren's Lando Norris crashed out to add two more points to his and MoneyGram Haas F1 Team's championship tally on the occasion of the team's 200th grand prix.
Bearman started from 13th position on mediums and preserved the place on the opening lap, before coming into the pits on lap 18 for hard tires. Bearman ran in the thick of the midfield fight throughout, passing both Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto, before coming in on lap 67 for Red soft tires under the safety car. The race finished behind the safety car, denying Bearman the opportunity to utilize the fresh compound - the British racer greeting the checkered flag in 11th place.
MoneyGram Haas F1 Team holds sixth position in the Constructors' Championship, on 28 points.
Ayao Komatsu, Team Principal: "Overall, it was a good result for the team today to score P9 with Esteban coming from P14. We decided to split strategy between Ollie and Esteban, and what Ollie faced today - starting on mediums and getting stuck behind hard starters - was one scenario that could happen, so that was the case and it didn't work for him. Esteban's strategy, which was actually slower on paper, was great. I think both drivers drove very well today; Ollie was frustrated behind traffic but he clearly had the speed, and Esteban's tire management was perfect and he didn't make any mistakes. We showed that we have strong race pace, but next race we need to put it all together from FP1 and qualify well."
James Vowles, Team Principal: A really strong race from Carlos. He showed great race pace under difficult circumstances, managing a number of aspects of the car, and he did a brilliant job to come home and bring another valuable point to the team. After Alex got pushed back at the start, his race was a lot more difficult. Ultimately it was a DNF, which we need to understand, but he had potential to fight back through the field again and pick up points. What it demonstrates is we need perfect weekends executed against this very tight midfield in order to score points and we haven't been executing as well as we could do. However, still an important point today for our Championship battle.
George Russell won the Canadian Grand Prix, his fourth Formula 1 victory, a third in the Americas. Russell's maiden win came in Brazil in 2022 and before today, his most recent was in Las Vegas last year, while in between was a 2024 victory in Austria. The Englishman also secured his first career hat-trick, (the win, pole position and the fastest race lap). For Mercedes, this was win number 130, the fifth in the Canadian Grand Prix. A great day for Mercedes was completed by Andrea Kimi Antonelli finishing third, the first time an Italian has stood on the podium since the 2009 Japanese Grand Prix, when Jarno Trulli finished second for Toyota.
Max Verstappen finished second to record his fifth Montreal podium finish, while for the first time this year, there was no McLaren driver on the podium. In fact, the previous time that happened was at last year's Las Vegas Grand Prix.
On the starting grid and indeed in pit lane, as Lawson and Gasly started from there, the teams were almost equally split between Medium (11 drivers) and Hard (nine). The two hardest compounds were the outright protagonists today and it was only right at the end, when the Safety Car came out that a few drivers, namely Piastri, Stroll, Bearman and Hadjar, fitted a set of Softs, but they got virtually no use out of them as the race finished behind the Safety Car.
The longest stints overall were completed by Ocon (Haas) and Sainz (Williams), who did 57 laps from the start on Hards. As for the Medium, Albon (Williams) covered the greatest distance, running 23 laps on the set of C5s he used from the start.
Mario Isola: "A very closely contested race from start to finish, as can be understood from the fact that when the Safety Car came out, the top five drivers were separated by less than seven seconds, with just four laps to go to the chequered flag.
"In terms of strategy, the two-stop proved to be fastest with the Hard compound being the most effective. Making one stop was possible but, honestly, it was really only an option for those starting from the back half of the grid who therefore had less to lose. Those starting from the front rows were able to push in all stints thus giving rise to a very hard fought race, with notable differences in stint length and in the sequence of compound use. The most effective tyre was the Hard, even if we had little data on it available, given that during Friday free practice only Sauber used it. The Medium probably suffered a bit because of the temperatures being higher than on the first day.
"This was the third event of the year which featured the C6. Clearly, we will now carefully analyse all the data gathered here to work out if and how to use it again this season after the summer break. Here too we saw that the difference in outright performance between the newcomer and the C5 is relatively small - one to one and half tenths - but, as we predicted yesterday, having a wider range of compounds allowed the team a greater range of strategic options. Honestly, if we did not have the C6, we would have had to bring the same trio as last year, namely C3, C4 and C5, and it's probable that would have produced a more linear race with just the one pit stop.
"Finally, let me say that, as an Italian, I was very happy to see one of our compatriots on the podium. It's the first time it's happened since Pirelli returned to Formula 1 in 2011 and interestingly, the last time an Italian driver finished in the top three in a car running our tyres was also here in Montreal in 1991, when Stefano Modena in a Tyrrell-Honda finished second, behind winner Nelson Piquet in a Benetton-Ford, also fitted with Pirellis.
"Our work continues next week with an important test for 2026 wet weather tyre development. Working with Ferrari, we will be using their Fiorano track where Zhou Guanyu will drive on 19 June, followed by Charles Leclerc on 20th."
