2011 Canadian Grand Prix result
2011 Canadian Grand Prix
*20-second post-race time penalty for gaining an advantage by cutting the track.
2011 Canadian Grand Prix
- Technical review: 2011 Canadian Grand Prix
- 2011 Canadian Grand Prix: complete race weekend review
- Vote for your Canadian GP driver of the weekend
- McLaren: Button makes amends for collision with stunning win
- Red Bull: Vettel finally cracks under pressure
- Ferrari: Alonso rues ‘bad luck’ after retiring
- Mercedes: Schumacher misses out on podium
- Sauber: Kobayashi slips from second to seventh
- Renault: Heidfeld crash leaves Petrov fifth
- Williams: Barrichello in points, Maldonado crashes
Faraz said on 12th June 2011, 22:13
He took his team-mate and Alonso out the race.
Webber lost control so he gained a postion.
Schumacher was on old tires and Button had DRS.
Then Vettel went wide.
Button only won on luck not a real victory.
A lot of things factored into that.
So nothing special.
Slim said on 12th June 2011, 22:17
Dude whatever, you’re probably into Red Bull or Ferrari
James_mc (@james_mc) said on 12th June 2011, 22:18
If it had been Hamilton that won once his team-mate had retired following contact and took Alonso out of the race following contact, everyone would have been up in arms and Hamilton would have been pilloried for it!
Copersucar (@copersucar) said on 13th June 2011, 0:05
And deservedly. Why should JB get off the hook. Well, we all know why.
Fer no.65 (@fer-no65) said on 12th June 2011, 22:19
Look at it the other way.
Jenson had a puncture, a penalty, 6 stops after all. And still won.
ogamii (@ogamii) said on 12th June 2011, 22:27
Nice one! He was the fastest man out there.
Eggry (@eggry) said on 12th June 2011, 22:33
Exactly. I’m a huge Ferrari fan but I won’t complain at all!
Fixy (@fixy) said on 12th June 2011, 22:43
I thought he wasn’t going to win even if he was going to be close, but the ending was spectacular with Massa and Button earning places. It’s sad though that we’re not supporting our drivers but supporting against Vettel, but to see him nearly spin and someone else take the first position made his near-perfect race seem mediocre.
Slim said on 12th June 2011, 22:19
Dude whatever, you’re probably just salty that a Red Bull or Ferrari didn’t win
Faraz said on 12th June 2011, 23:14
Im actually a Hamilton fan. Read the facts.
PieLighter (@pielighter) said on 12th June 2011, 22:20
Wait, did you just say [i]Button[/i] took Hamilton out?!
BasCB (@bascb) said on 12th June 2011, 22:20
He gave us a lot to look out for after that 2.5 hr wait!
Younger Hamii said on 12th June 2011, 22:21
Nothing really Intelligent about your Comment,Which tells me you’re just a McLaren Hater.
BEST GRAND PRIX EVER,Regardless of Vettel winning or not.
driftin (@driftin) said on 12th June 2011, 22:22
6 stops, 1 drive through penalty, 2 collisions, restarting in last place and he still won. That’s skill, determination and strategy, not luck.
Stefanauss (@stefanauss) said on 12th June 2011, 22:25
5 stops, 1 DT.
Carl Craven said on 12th June 2011, 22:53
and the 6 fastest laps that he posted, I guess they were all luck too.
And the 20 cars infront of him just luckily moved out of the way.
You are funny.
carfreak97 said on 16th June 2011, 9:42
hamilton took himself out of the race….and the alonso part was not his fault……bad driving on webber’s part……schumi had the same drs and and ample sets of tires……and vettel broke under pressure……this was all mistakes made by the drivers in front of him…..u cant blame him 4 their mistakes….it was not button’s luck……it was just the other guy’s mistakes
Abbiej (@abbiej) said on 10th July 2011, 22:42
All part of being a skillful driver, Vettel should have known to stay away from the wet area. The pressure from Button didn’t help him either.
Tom said on 12th June 2011, 22:16
I await the stewards decisions on his clashes with Lewis and Fernando before getting too happy.
Macca77 said on 12th June 2011, 22:29
I Forgot about it. Let’s hope Schumi gets the podium he deserves today.
Larcem said on 12th June 2011, 22:20
I hope button gets this victory.
bananarama said on 12th June 2011, 22:30
I hope so aswell, but for quite a while i was getting excited for Schumacher. He looked so good on a drying track. Reminded me of his drives that made me a fan. Sad i couldn’t really watch the race as I’m hanging round the hospital. (just a tiny bit of livestream now and then .. oh and thanks for the good wishes in the live chat btw).
Antranik (@antranik) said on 12th June 2011, 22:22
One of the best wins ever… after this race, Jenson is my favorite in the current field, next to MSC… Amazing race, totally worth the 2 hour delay and Safety cars.
Slim said on 12th June 2011, 22:23
What Faraz forgot to mention in his spiteful comment was that Button was repeatedly setting the fastest laps and was in last place with 6 pit stops before charging the field into forth place. Then he overtook Webber (who made a mistake, yes) and then Schumacher – legitimately. So Button deserves this win for sure.
Tobitron said on 12th June 2011, 23:21
And the fact that the collision with Hamilton did nothing to help him get that victory, AND the collision with Fernando actually hindered his victory chances, actually does show it was down to his sheer determination to scramble up from the back, right to the end, setting fastest lap after fastest lap to claim what is so rightfully his.
Faraz said on 12th June 2011, 23:29
No because both of them nearly got ahead of Button. So it would have been most likely one of them could have won. Also the Safety car played a massive part in the race.
Faraz said on 12th June 2011, 23:31
Vettel made a mistake??? About 4 cars retired ahead of him. Safety car played a massive role in the race. Which gave Button a load of luck.
hohum said on 13th June 2011, 2:01
Yeah, right Faraz, the safety car should have won.
F1_Dave said on 12th June 2011, 22:24
DRS is a joke.
Those DRS passes just looked completely ridiculous, that ain’t racing!
Ady said on 12th June 2011, 22:27
Which ones? Mark was behind Michael for ages, Button was flying.
Mike said on 12th June 2011, 22:55
Once the DRS became available it didn’t take very long at all for Mark and Button to pass Schumacher. He was a sitting duck.
JimN (@jimn) said on 12th June 2011, 23:08
I agree, I enjoyed the race but it showed up all the reasons why I’m against DRS. It robbed us a of potentialy great fight between Schumacher, Webber and Button. Button’s victory was impressive, but would have been impossible without all the easy passes from DRS, and even at the end Massa got 6th purely because he could use DRS and Kobayashi couldn’t.
hohum said on 13th June 2011, 2:05
wrong there, I was watching Massas’ wing on the replay just better drive out of the cnr. but I am not a fan of DRS for above stated reasons.
xtophe (@xtophe) said on 12th June 2011, 23:24
DRS completely reshuffled the field and accelerated general trends in people’s racepace I think. I blame the second DRS activation, but I might be wrong. Let’s wait for Keith to roll out the numbers for us!
Alfie said on 12th June 2011, 22:24
A very close race, skill came into it a lot, the tyres less so than in other races, in my opinion. Very lucky for Jenson but I think he could’ve passed Vettel with DRS anyway. It’s a shame there wasn’t another lap, I’m pretty sure Schumi was 1.2s away coming into the detection point, and that extra lap probably would’ve ensured full use of that 20KPH DRS.
I was hoping for Kobayashi to pull off a special one for Peter Sauber but he just couldn’t get past Vettel, which was a shame, but he is just so quick. Really enjoyed this 4 hour spectacular, apart from the part where they weren’t racing..
Particularly loving Quick Nick’s parking skills.
Fil82 (@fil82) said on 12th June 2011, 22:26
That was an incredible come back for JB… 21st at the restart to 1st! amazing!
jossh24 (@jossh24) said on 12th June 2011, 22:28
Rule 40.7 of the FIA sporting regulations implies that all cars must “form up in line behind the safety car no more than ten car lengths apart” if i saw correctly, Vettel fell well over 10 car lengths behind the safety car 2 or 3 times when running away down the final straight, is he not due some time penalties???
BasCB (@bascb) said on 12th June 2011, 22:41
yeah and find something for Webber as well, to have Schu in 2nd!
mename2332 (@mename2332) said on 12th June 2011, 22:42
The safety car had turned its lights off, so Vettel was effectively the safety car up until the safety car line, so we was well within his right to back up the pack
Bleeps_and_Tweaks (@bleeps_and_tweaks) said on 12th June 2011, 22:30
What a mental race! Awesome from Button at the end, how on earth did he have that pace compared to the Bulls and Schumacher?! Incredible. I think RBR will need to ask some serious questions where their pace was when on the dry tyres.
Is this the race where Vettel’s luck runs out? There will only be further questions about his place at the top of the sport if he cracks under the first sign of pressure like today.
Hamilton must be absolutely kicking himself.
Mike said on 12th June 2011, 22:58
He’s been under pressure for a lot of the weekend and as much as Vettel annoys me, this is the first big mistake he has made all year.
Copersucar (@copersucar) said on 13th June 2011, 0:10
Of course Vettel had a lot more pace along the race. He got way ahead several times, only to lose the advantage because of the SC. JB would never have caught him without it. SV was being lucky this year, but not this time.
Dizzy-A (@david-a) said on 13th June 2011, 1:33
Well, he was under pressure in Spain and Monaco, so I question your counting skills.
Eggry (@eggry) said on 12th June 2011, 22:31
I have many things to say as a Ferrari fan, but it’s just fantastic.
Gustav (@gustav) said on 12th June 2011, 22:31
Had Hamilton taken Alonso outlike that everybody would be crying for a penalty. I honestly feel for Hamilton, he is by far the best challenger against Vettel. Button did not stick to his racing line, just look where the dry line was at the end of the race, Button was way off that.
ferranmclaren said on 12th June 2011, 22:34
i always hated that evil german called schumacher but man EVEN I WAS SCREAMING for him come on schumi come on ,thats the mos special about the race for me ,even more special then buttons great win and the crashes and action
Ben said on 12th June 2011, 22:44
Correct me if I am wrong Keith… Although button did not start from the back of the grid, Am I right in thinking that this is the first time that anyone has won from that far back since John Watson from 22nd at Long Beach in 1983 in a Mclaren too.
GameR_K said on 13th June 2011, 7:05
Watson started from grid position 22, JB started from 7th?
Mole said on 12th June 2011, 22:45
The greatest sportsmen win on a bad day.
That’s the single most important lesson I’ve learnt from sport. Vettel drives immaculate races, he really does, and that takes skill – however that’s what a computer can do, pick the most optimal path and take it.
The human element to F1 is something we don’t see so much nowadays, but Button went through a great trial today. In football, this was akin to Manchester United winning 1-0 after being a man down to Bolton. It took grit, determination and experience for Button to win today. His tyres were older than Vettel’s, yet he was a huge amount faster per lap – the driver clearly making the difference.
I know Vettel may win the season rather easily, but this win today impresses me so much more than an easy championship. Congratulations Button, you may treat us fans rough with your qualifying results, but you make up for it with these breathtaking races!
Alex R said on 12th June 2011, 22:55
COTD
Alex R said on 12th June 2011, 22:55
COTD
Carl Craven said on 12th June 2011, 22:58
Best thing anyone has said about Button and the current race status quo in a while.
Well said!!!
AndrewTanner (@andrewtanner) said on 12th June 2011, 23:03
Great comment. I’m sure I heard that his tyres were two laps fresher than Vettel’s though?
BasCB (@bascb) said on 12th June 2011, 23:28
No Vettel had tyres 2 laps fresher than Button.
hohum said on 13th June 2011, 2:11
said by the same person who said he was the first to change to the slicks, speedtv has its own version of Legard.
Icthyes (@icthyes) said on 12th June 2011, 23:07
This gets my vote too!
Eggry (@eggry) said on 12th June 2011, 23:23
+1
BasCB (@bascb) said on 12th June 2011, 23:27
Really nice one Mole. Great description of what matters.
Perfect is just no fun, racing like this is!
Mouse_Nightshirt (@mouse_nightshirt) said on 12th June 2011, 23:44
Agreed, although it felt more like the 2-1 victory Manchester United had over Bayern Munich in the Champions League Final of 1999, when they were 1-0 down with 2 minutes to go and went on to win!
Copersucar (@copersucar) said on 13th June 2011, 0:12
I would call JB a sportsman at all after crushing LH and ramming into FA.
Dizzy-A (@david-a) said on 13th June 2011, 2:56
Vettel made a mistake, and suddenly he’s a computer?
GameR_K said on 13th June 2011, 7:37
Computers crash :)
Dizzy-A (@david-a) said on 13th June 2011, 8:49
Hehe, true :)
But of course, I dislike the point about Vettel’s five wins being robotic, while Button’s solitary win is down to him making a difference. Not to say Button didn’t make the difference yesterday, but Vettel has also made the difference to be 60 points over everyone else, including his teammate.