Norris dominant: best time in the last training session for Canada!

Norris dominant: best time in the last training session for Canada!

Montreal, Kanada - On June 14, 2025, the final preparations for the Grand Prix of Canada took place in Montreal. Lando Norris von McLaren impressively presented. With a best time of 1: 11.799 minutes, the young Brit convinced in the third free training and took the top of the time list. Charles Leclerc from the Ferrari team followed him on his foot with a gap of only 0.078 seconds, while George Russell took third place in Mercedes, 0.151 seconds behind Norris.

The first 30 minutes of the session were relatively smooth and without major incidents. But then World Cup leader Oscar Piatri caused excitement: he touched the dreaded "Wall of Champions" with his right rear wheel. This maneuver led to a red flag, while debris of his McLaren had to be cleared from the route. Although Piatri had to interrupt the session, he was later able to return to the box and completed the training session in eighth place.

a drama on the Wall of Champions

The "Wall of Champions" has already driven numerous world champions into madness through their edges. The big names that made mistakes there include legends such as Michael Schumacher, Damon Hill and Sebastian Vettel. Nico Hülkenberg, who is traveling in a clean, also had its problems and also turned in the same place. Fortunately, he was able to prevent a hard impact.

The status of the driver's ranking

Before the tenth of a total of 24 season runs, Piatri leads with a lead of ten points on Norris in the overall ranking. Max Verstappen, who took fifth place in training, is already 49 points behind Piatri and fights to catch up with his gap. Verstappen has won three times in the past three years - will he succeed again this season?

In the first training session, which begins at 10 p.m. CEST, the teams will give everything to secure the best possible starting positions for the race. In addition to Norris, Leclerc and Russell, viewers also expect appearances from other top drivers such as Lewis Hamilton, Fernando Alonso and Carlos Sainz, all of whom have ended up in the top 10 of the training. It remains exciting how the balance of power will develop in qualifying.

For Formula 1 fans, the fingers crossed now and excitedly look forward to the upcoming race weekends. The Formula 1 circus comes to Canada-and the chances are good that it will be an exciting race!

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