Vote for your Canadian GP driver of the weekend
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Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Montreal, 2011
Who was the most impressive driver throughout the Canadian Grand Prix weekend?
See below for my pick of the best drivers in the Canadian Grand Prix.
Review each driver’s race weekend in detail below and vote for who you thought was the most impressive driver.
For your consideration
Here are some of the drivers who impressed me during the Grand Prix weekend:
Jenson Button – Stunning pace at the end of the race and level-headed overtaking moves put him in a position to score a remarkable win.
Mark Webber – Fought back well from his early setback, but made hard work of overtaking Schumacher.
Michael Schumacher – His best race since his comeback, deserved a podium finish.
Jaime Alguersuari – Impressive comeback drive having started in the pits for the best result of his career.
Vitantonio Liuzzi – Single-handedly beat the Lotuses and Virgins to give HRT their highest finish.
Compare all the drivers
Review what happened to each driver over the race weekend and compare their performances with their team mates using the links below:
Red Bull: Sebastian Vettel and Mark Webber
McLaren: Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton
Ferrari: Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa
Mercedes: Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher
Renault: Nick Heidfeld and Vitaly Petrov
Williams: Rubens Barrichello and Pastor Maldonado
Force India: Adrian Sutil and Paul di Resta
Sauber: Kamui Kobayashi and Pedro de la Rosa
Toro Rosso: Sebastien Buemi and Jaime Alguersuari
Lotus: Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen
HRT: Narain Karthikeyan and Vitantonio Liuzzi
Virgin: Timo Glock and Jerome d’Ambrosio
Vote for your driver of the weekend
Which driver impressed you the most throughout the Canadian Grand Prix weekend? Cast your vote below and have your say in the comments.
Who was the best driver of the Canadian Grand Prix weekend?
- Sebastian Vettel (2%)
- Mark Webber (2%)
- Lewis Hamilton (2%)
- Jenson Button (61%)
- Fernando Alonso (0%)
- Felipe Massa (0%)
- Michael Schumacher (28%)
- Nico Rosberg (0%)
- Nick Heidfeld (0%)
- Vitaly Petrov (0%)
- Rubens Barrichello (0%)
- Pastor Maldonado (0%)
- Adrian Sutil (0%)
- Paul di Resta (0%)
- Kamui Kobayashi (1%)
- Pedro de la Rosa (0%)
- Sebastien Buemi (0%)
- Jaime Alguersuari (1%)
- Heikki Kovalainen (0%)
- Jarno Trulli (0%)
- Narain Karthikeyan (0%)
- Vitantonio Liuzzi (2%)
- Timo Glock (0%)
- Jerome d'Ambrosio (1%)
Total Voters: 644
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Monaco Grand Prix result
Jenson Button was voted the best driver of the Monaco Grand Prix weekend:
1. Jenson Button – 33.1%
2. Fernando Alonso – 18.8%
3. Sebastian Vettel – 17.0%
Rate the Race: Canadian Grand Prix
Don’t forget to cast your vote in the ‘rate the race’ poll as well:
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mrgrieves (@mrgrieves) said on 13th June 2011, 23:29
I’d split it 3 ways
Button – Great last 30 laps to get through the field after a terrible first 40 laps
Schumacher – Dragged that dog of a car u to 2nd when the track was at its worst only DRS kept him off the podium
Liuzzi – Beat both lotus’s in the HRT. Hazza!!
UKfanatic (@) said on 14th June 2011, 0:11
nice short version, anyway I hope that people continue to remenber the first 40 laps of Button and vote on other cars cause none of the other candidates took out of race opponents. I wonder if Buttons clash with Alonso counted as an overtake on the official statistics
Commendatore (@commendatore) said on 13th June 2011, 23:43
Best: MSC
Worst: HAM
Damon (@damon) said on 14th June 2011, 9:31
“Worst: Ham” – because he outqualified Button by 4 tenths of a second?
Commendatore (@commendatore) said on 14th June 2011, 15:56
Because he yet again negatively affected the race of two of his innocent collages!
P.S. I think Jean Todt made an error not to punish L.H. for his Monaco weekend…
Cristian (@cristian) said on 14th June 2011, 17:30
He will have other opportunities I’m sure ;)
Atticus said on 13th June 2011, 23:49
Schumacher.
Button ‘outperformed’ the car at one stage. (In the dying stages.) Schumacher did too. (In about the third quarter of the race.)
Button made mistakes. Schumacher did not.
W-K (@w-k) said on 14th June 2011, 17:01
Not seen on TV but is was reported that Schumi went off the track. That I think is a mistake.
W-K (@w-k) said on 14th June 2011, 18:06
Lap 50, MS off at turn 8.
Oliver said on 14th June 2011, 0:04
Massa for making Alonso queue in the pits. Made my night.
ManjuBoy (@manjuboy) said on 14th June 2011, 20:12
LOL
UKfanatic (@) said on 14th June 2011, 0:06
Why wasnt Button the best driver of the weekend? Simple, despite a fantastic drive on the race his comeback had some troubles (I’m happy that he escaped penaltys afterwards) for starters he didnt saw hamilton and second despite alonso letting him pass he still rammed him almost the same as the Ham Web clash and to finnish it would have been more fantastic to see him pass Vettel on the harpin or last chicane. Vitantonio Liuzzi for me was the best driver, poor car, poor conditions, stayed off the wall and beat the bransons and the Fernandes.
wasiF1 (@wasif1) said on 14th June 2011, 2:17
Many to choose.But for a driver who been hit by his team mate, got a penalty, was on the wrong tyres when the rain came heavy, had a puncture when crashed with ALonso to win by overtaking Webber,Schumacher & forced Vettel to a mistake he deserve it.Schumacher was the second best not sure what happened to him in the end of the race but he deserve a podium.
YUTAO said on 14th June 2011, 3:49
Keith did not mention Kobayashi??!!
dragon said on 14th June 2011, 4:17
Best: MSC. By a hair. Probably had the most error free race, was supreme in the difficult conditions, smashed his team-mate, and with his on the limit defensive skills would have had a podium if not for DRS. Button a very close second, I’d have voted for him if he weren’t involved in two somewhat clumsy racing incidents which ended the race for two other drivers.
Worst: Lewis Ramilton (thanks for that, got a lol), that was ridiculous at the start, Webber gave him enough room for a semi trailer and he still went in too hot and understeered into him. Makes you wonder how many more accidents he has to be involved in before they actually do slap a ban on him.
DavidS (@davids) said on 14th June 2011, 7:48
Button, easily.
I was thinking mid-race that Kobayashi was going to be the driver of the weekend, then it changed to Schumacher, as he was driving exceptionally well. But of course, Jenson drove like a scalded cat in the latter part.
On a side note: 5 people voted for Hamilton? Even though his incidents were all deemed racing incidents, it’s not hard to see that he had a shocker.
Cristian (@cristian) said on 14th June 2011, 8:18
In my opinion, voting for Liuzzi doesn’t make sense. He beat two broken Lotuses, as someone already pointed out. And so did D’Ambrosio, who had to change his chassis this weekend. So why not vote for him instead? I think this vote, at least for some, is just because they like one of the big names who didn’t have a great race, so they can’t vote for him.
I go for Button with Schumi second. I also liked Kobayashi. And Vettel drove an outstanding race, perfect until the last lap.
One more thing: was Webber better than Heidfeld? He has 0 votes, and Webber got 6 in a race where he didn’t do anything spectacular ( in my opinion).
Alex W said on 14th June 2011, 11:15
Drove without KERS again, got taken out by Ramilton at the start, lost 2 places with faulty gear selector, and pulled off several difficult overtakes… Heidfeld drove well but then crashed out. Schu was my pick.
Cristian (@cristian) said on 14th June 2011, 15:35
My point is : Webber was again outraced by his teammate, as in all the other races this year( including the one when he made the impossible possible : being kicked out in Q1).
dragon said on 14th June 2011, 16:33
Well he does have the difficult problem of currently having a teammate who’s showing the kind of form MSC did at Ferrari.
smifaye (@smifaye) said on 14th June 2011, 9:24
Wow, looks like Button will win Best driver of the weekend two times in a row. Probably deservedly so as well.
Snatch (@snatch) said on 14th June 2011, 10:00
Schumacher.
spankythewondermonkey (@spankythewondermonkey) said on 14th June 2011, 10:07
jenson. his qualifying wasn’t the best, however his race pace in the last 30 laps eclipsed everything else that would otherwise have said he wasn’t the best over the weekend.
close 2nd would be schumi. just a shame he couldn’t hold mark off (with DRS it was never going to happen) and take a podium finish.
brum55 said on 14th June 2011, 10:55
Button was impressive at the end, but he was in the fastest car with the correct set-up for the conditions and overtaking was as easy for him as slicing through butter with the double DRS.
Obviously it helped him massively that he took out of his competition Hamilton and Alonso. Alonso may have beaten him, as he was ahead of him before their collision and Hamilton was certainly faster than him in their few laps together.
Unforunately that all but ends the title as a whole as Hamilton and Alonso were the only drivers capable of overhauling Vettel but now his lead over them is collossal.
Still even as an old school Damon Hill fan it was great to see Schumacher rolling back the years and putting a
Reinmaster-esque display. To be the fastest man in the 4th fastest car when conditions were very tricky makes him the man of the race imo.
Spinmonkey (@spinmonkey) said on 14th June 2011, 11:16
I also chose Michael because he had me at different times toward the end holding my breath, jumping up and clapping, wringing my hands, and yelling at the tv and he hasn’t done that in a while.
Icemangrins said on 14th June 2011, 15:25
me too…. all the Alonso fans sitting next to me in Grandstand 1 were giving me a dirty look