Russians and Verstappen are surprised at McLaren's dominance in the F1 classification!

Russians and Verstappen are surprised at McLaren's dominance in the F1 classification!

Celle, Deutschland - In the 2025 Formula 1 season, McLaren took the pole position and proved to be a dominant force. The team has already won seven of the first ten races and, with impressive 374 points in the design course, leads a whopping 175 points ahead of Mercedes, which is currently in second place. In the last race, the Grand Prix of Canada, McLaren experienced a weaker weekend when Lando Norris and Oscar Piatri collided in the last rounds, which led to Norriss failure and only brought Piatri fourth place. George Russell from Mercedes, on the other hand, celebrated an exciting victory and expressed his lack of understanding of the narrow point density between him, Max Verstappen and the two McLaren pilots in the driver classification. GPBlog reports that Russell and Verstappen are constantly explaining the proximity to McLaren.

A look at the current driver positions shows that Oscar Piatri leads the table with 198 points, followed by Lando Norris with 176 points. Verstappen is in third place with 155 points, while Russell took fourth place with 136 points. This close arrangement of the points has caused a certain discomfort at Russell, which explained that he and Verstappen actually achieved good results in order to be in this position. If you look at the services of the individual drivers, it becomes clear that the driver field can be closely together and every point can be decisive. When looking at the services of the last races, especially the Grand Prix of Canada, Russell impressively demonstrated his catch -up.

radiant appearance in Canada

In the Grand Prix of Canada, Russell celebrated his first season loss in this price range and grabs first place with a confident appearance. Verstappen took second place in this race, while Piatri only reached fourth place. Especially during the race in Montreal, Russell was able to show that he has great potential and does not want to be satisfied with the current status.

• 1. George Russell (Mercedes) - 1: 31: 52.688
• 2. Max Verstappen (Red Bull Racing Honda RBPT) - +0.228S
• 3. Kimi Antonelli (Mercedes) - +1.014S
• 4. Oscar Piatri (McLaren Mercedes) - +2.109s
• 5. Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) - +3.442S
• 6. Lewis Hamilton (Ferrari) - +10.713s

The predictions for the upcoming races are exciting. Russell does not believe that McLaren will continue to lose points and sees the possibility that Mercedes cannot intervene deeply enough in the title fight, unless the unexpected results as in Canada repeat themselves. How this will develop remains to be seen.

McLarens outstanding season

A look at the entire season shows that even at the last race in Canada, McLaren could not always call up the peak performance they showed at the beginning of the season. Nevertheless, they showed the full potential of the McLaren MCL39, especially in the double victory in Miami, in which they finished over a 37 -second lead over the next placed team. Formel1.de makes it clear that McLaren was 0.61 seconds per round faster than Verstappen in Red Bull.

With a view to the upcoming races, the picture could change even further, but one thing is clear: McLaren has established itself as the team of the hour this season and the competition has to be careful. The next challenges are coming up, and let's see how things will go for Russell, Verstappen and the two McLaren pilots.