McLaren driver Lando Norris quipped that Max Verstappen‘s move on George Russell in the closing stages of the Monaco Grand Prix was reminiscent of the Mario Kart video game. Norris’s McLaren team-mate Oscar Piastri collected his fifth victory of the F1 2025 season at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya,

Verstappen was forced on to hard tyres for the final sprint to the flag and was involved in a series of incidents with Mercedes' George Russell.