Canadian Grand Prix 2025 Predictions: Chaos predicted in Montreal

Oscar Piastri extended his outright lead of the Drivers’ Championship with a victory in Spain as he edged out Lando Norris to claim his fifth victory of the 2025 campaign. Next up, the circus heads to North America for the Canadian Grand Prix, before returning to Europe for the next stint of races. 

We tend to get drama at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, so let’s hope for more this weekend. Below you can find my Canadian Grand Prix 2025 predictions.

Canada Grand Prix 2025 Odds

Max Verstappen and George Russell took their rivalry to the next level last time out in Spain as the Red Bull driver caused a collision that saw him punished with a 10-second penalty that ultimately dropped him to 10th in the final classification, and three more penalty points. 

He’s now just one more penalty point away from an automatic one-race ban, which is something to keep an eye on as we move forward. That ‘incident’ cost him nine points on the track, and he is now 49 points adrift of Piastri at the top of the standings, so it does appear that it will be one of the McLarens that takes the title in 2025. Piastri delivered arguably his best F1 weekend of his career, and while Norris has kept his composure, it could be argued that the Brit needs to show more of an edge to drag Piastri into a dogfight. 

With the regulation changes next season it feels as though McLaren have to take advantage this year and given the position they find themselves in and the pace of the car, it’s very difficult to imagine any other victor in the long-term. 

Having said that, the Canadian Grand Prix feels like a race that could be slightly more open, espeically with the chaotic weather, and my first selection touches upon that. 

Max Verstappen to take pole position @ 5/2

This has been a truly wonderful circuit for Verstappen, and I can’t help but feel he could bounce back in style this weekend. He’s won the last three runnings of this race and been the fastest qualifier on two (and a half) of those occasions. Let me explain. 

Last year, in a truly remarkable turn of events, both Max and old pal George registered exactly the same time in Q3 - 1.12.00. For only the second time in history, pole position was decided based on who recorded their lap time earlier in the session, which on this occasion was Russell. 

McLaren have obviously come on leaps and bounds and have the quickest car this season, but I think Verstappen will want to put on a show in Montreal. I think his latest skirmish will only make him more aggressive, and he will go all-out for pole position here. I think he’s in with a shot of winning this race outright, but will back him to take his fourth pole of the season. 

F1 Odds

Isack Hadjar - points finish @ 10/11

We backed this last week at 6/4 and enjoyed more success as Isack Hadjar secured a seventh-placed finish to add to his points tally. He’s been the standout rookie, alongside Kimi Antonelli, but the Racing Bulls are showing excellent pace and consistency this season. 

The French-Algerian driver has shown enough to me to be a consistent top-10 performer, and he’s now secured five points finishes out of nine in 2025, and three from his last three drives. 

His promotion has worked a treat, and he’s practically not put a foot wrong since slotting into the RB team. Yuki Tsunoda replaced Liam Lawson at Red Bull after just two races this term as Lawson was relegated to RB, but it seems to be Hadjar who could potentially be the young star Christian Horner has been looking for. 

Even with the shorter price this weekend for another points finish, I still believe that 10/11 offers enough value.