Round 10 of the 2025 F1 season takes place in Canada, at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montréal.

Toto Talks Canada

We’re eager to get back on track in Montreal after a challenging triple header. We showed an improved performance in Barcelona and that is something for us to build on. However, we know we need to be more consistent, and continue to make progress with the W16, if we are to rediscover some of our form from earlier in the season. We enjoyed a strong race here in 2024, and I hope we can repeat that level of performance this time round.

The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a great track with its mix of low-speed corners and long straights often creating an exciting race. Montreal is a superb host city for F1 too and the fans always create a brilliant atmosphere. We’re looking forward to seeing Doriane racing once again as F1 Academy returns to action. She has put in some strong performances so far this year and we will be supporting her as she looks to challenge for the lead of the championship in Canada.

Fact File: Canadian Grand Prix

·         The 4.361 km Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is similar in its characteristics to that of the Baku City Circuit in Azerbaijan. Long straights requiring lower drag are punctuated by slower speed corners such as chicanes and hairpins that require higher downforce.

·         The 14 corners of the circuit comprise six left-hand and eight right-hand turns. Most of the corners are in a similar speed range, which is at the lower end of the scale compared to the rest of the circuits on the 2025 calendar.

·         This will be the 44th F1 Grand Prix to take place at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Only Spa, Silverstone, Monaco, and Monza have hosted more.

·         Several corners come as a double change of direction (left/right or right/left combinations) that require good responsiveness from the car. These include the combinations that comprise turns one and two, turns three and four, turns six and seven, turns eight and nine, and the final chicane at turns 13 and 14.

·         The 405-metre pit lane ranks eighth in terms of length across all the circuits we race at. However, time expended during a pit stop is not especially high, as drivers are spared the inconvenience of going through the last chicane, instead entering the pit lane directly. Additionally, the pit exit feeds in at Turn two, thus drivers avoid having to negotiate the first corner too.

·         The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is traditionally regarded as tough on brakes, similar to the Austrian GP. However, there are usually fewer cooling problems in Canada than in Spielberg because the lap distance is greater and there is more time for the brakes to dissipate temperature.

·         The wall on the exit of the final corner has been dubbed ‘The Wall of Champions’ ever since 1999, when Damon Hill, Michael Schumacher, and Jacques Villeneuve all had their races ended at the turn through crashes.

·         Along with Miami, Austria and Las Vegas, Montreal has the most heavy-braking zones on the F1 calendar with three.

·         Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher share the record for the most wins at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve with seven.

·         The circuit is located on the Île Notre-Dame, an island that hosted the World Expo in 1967. The Expo 67 American Pavilion, which became the Montreal Biosphere and is now an environmental museum, is a visible reminder of this.

·         The man-made body of water outside the track – which drivers cross over to get into the paddock – was built to host the rowing and canoeing events at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games.

Doriane Pin talks Canada

I am really excited to go racing in Canada for the first time with F1 ACADEMY. The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve is a completely new track to me, and I have been preparing thoroughly for the race weekend on the simulator in the past few days.  

The expectations are really high as I am just one point away from Maya (Weug) in the drivers’ standings. I am fully focused on delivering a strong performance there and the goal is clear: take the lead of the championship this weekend. 

Stat Sheet: Canadian Grand Prix