Round 10 heads to Île Notre-Dame, and the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve arrives with its usual menu: 83% Safety Car probability, walls within inches, and a hairpin that funnels cars into the final chicane DRS zone. Pirelli has gone a step softer than 2024, bringing the C4-C5-C6 trio for just the third time this year — graining on Friday is the wildcard before the smooth surface rubbers in.
Oscar Piastri leads Lando Norris by 10 after Barcelona, with Max Verstappen now 49 back and sitting on 11 penalty points — one more infraction and he's watching from the sidelines. Not ideal, given Max has won here three straight.
The American beat: Haas runs a special livery for its 200th Grand Prix, a milestone for the Kannapolis-based squad. Ferrari arrives second in the constructors' after Leclerc's Spain podium. Weather, as always in Montreal, gets a vote.
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