The FIA shares details of track limits, DRS zones, circuit changes and more for this weekend’ F1 Canadian GP, as Lance Stroll talks about his injury/return.
The track limits for this weekend’s F1 Canadian GP remains white lines as per FIA Race Directors’ note, but he has additional caution for drivers regarding Turn 1 and Turn 2, along with Turn 9 and Turn 13. It is mostly talks about the run-off usage and rejoining in those specific corners.
- Any driver who fails to negotiate with Turn 1 and enters the runoff on the right hand side of the PZero branding on the ground must re-join the track at the far end of the asphalt run-off at the entry of Turn 2.
- Any driver who fails to negotiate Turn 9 or Turn 13 and passes completely to the left of the orange apex kerb must keep completely to the left of the orange line on the exit of the corner and re-join the track at the far end of the asphalt run-off.
There are host of changes made to the circuit as well from last year’s event, with the big ones relating to run-offs and realignment of width of white lines. They are:
- Improvement to the drainage at turns 2, 8, 10 and 13 (by making small cuts in the kerbs).
- Track surface grinded to remove bump at T12 (area prior to DRS Line).
- Run-off behind Turn 8 and Turn 9 apex was regraded and a paved path was created.
- Realignment of the width of the white line at Turn 4 and Turn 8 with 1,8 meters to the wall.
- Concrete wall at Turn 10 RHS was extended. Realignment of the width of the white line at Turn 14 with 1,8 meters to the wall and add a blue line.
In terms of the DRS zones, the detection for the first is 15m after Turn 5 and activation 95m after Turn 7. At the same time, the second and third’s detection is 110m after Turn 9, where the activation for second is 155m before Turn 12 and third’s is 70m after Turn 14. The FIA stewards panel will be led by Dr. Gerd Ennser, with the support of Matthew Selley, Enrique Bernoldi and Marcel Demers.
Upon his return after wrist procedure, Aston Martin’s Stroll didn’t wish to divulge much detail about it. He stated that he felt pain which grew during the Spanish GP weekend and ultimately led to medical treatment – something he was avoiding in the last few races by driving with pain.
“Yeah, it’s good to be here,” said Stroll. It’s good to be home, racing in Montreal. The wrist is feeling good. [I feel] pretty confident. Should be good. [I had the procedure] just because it was bothering me for a few weeks, over in Imola, Monaco. And then Barcelona was just really brutal throughout the weekend. I got a procedure done and drove this week [in Paul Ricard], and I was feeling pretty good, so I’m confident.
“It’s just the old injury that I had a couple years ago. Just started to bug me again and, you know, so just got it sorted. I’m feeling good about the weekend for sure. I think historically we’ve been good here as a team. We scored points here the last few times we came, and it’s a track I always enjoy coming back to. So yeah, just looking forward to it,” summed up Stroll.
When pressed further about driving with pain, Stroll stressed on athletes doing it often. Initially, it was fine and manageable but in Barcelona, it grew strong which forced him to withdraw. He agreed that he was frustrated after qualifying after reports suggested that the Canadian shouted after parking in the garage.
“I mean, as an athlete in any sport, you’re always trying to push through pain, discomfort, as much as you can to try and get a good result at the end of the weekend,” said Stroll. “In that situation, I was struggling and I was trying to push through it, but I just didn’t feel it was sensible to push anymore. I felt like the damage was getting worse, and I needed to do something more serious about it.
“I don’t really want to get into detail about what I had to do and how I had to do it because it’s just my medical privacy, and I like to keep that confidential. But all I can say for sure is I’m feeling a lot better. As for Barcelona, I was frustrated for sure. Frustrated about my wrist and the last three races from Imola. It was just inhibiting my driving. So I knew that Sunday was going to be tricky, probably impossible. And at that point, I was pretty frustrated about it.”
Here’s full FIA Race Directors’ note: https://www.fia.com/system/files/decision-document/2025_canadian_grand_prix_-_race_directors_event_notes_.pdf
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