2011 Canadian Grand Prix

2011 Canadian Grand Prix
Race 7 of 19 in the 2011 Formula One season
Date	12 June 2011
Official name	Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2011
Location	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Distance	70 laps, 305.27 km (189.7 mi)
Weather	Wet at start, very heavy rain later, after rain stops, track drying towards the end.
Pole Position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault)
Time	1:13.014
Fastest Lap
Driver	Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes)
Time	1:16.956 on lap 69
Podium
First	Jenson Button (McLaren-Mercedes)
Second	Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull-Renault)
Third	Mark Webber (Red Bull-Renault)

The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada) was a Formula One motor race held on 12 June 2011 at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, in Montreal, Canada. It was the seventh race of the 2011 Formula One season and the 48th Canadian Grand Prix. The 70-lap race was won by McLaren driver Jenson Button after starting from seventh position. Sebastian Vettel, who started from pole position, finished second in a Red Bull with teammate Mark Webber finishing third.

Report

Background

Going into the race, Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel led the Drivers' Championship with 143 points, ahead of Lewis Hamilton on 85 points and Mark Webber on 79. In the Constructors' Championship Red Bull were leading with 222 points, McLaren and Ferrari were second and third with 161 and 93 points respectively. Prior to the event Virgin Racing announced they would end their partnership with Wirth Research, the company responsible for designing and developing the team's racing cars. Wirth Research would continue to develop the car until the end of the 2011 season, while Virgin Racing would set up their own technical department under the control of former Renault Director of Engineering Pat Symonds.

Race

Button won his first race since the 2010 Chinese GP

Podium

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Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Grid
1	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:14.011	1:13.486	1:13.014	1
2	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:13.822	1:13.672	1:13.199	2
3	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:14.026	1:13.431	1:13.217	3
4	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:14.375	1:13.654	1:13.429	4
5	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.114	1:13.926	1:13.565	5
6	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:14.920	1:13.950	1:13.814	6
7	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:14.374	1:13.955	1:13.838	7
8	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:14.970	1:14.242	1:13.864	8
9	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	1:15.096	1:14.467	1:14.062	9
10	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:14.699	1:14.354	1:14.085	10
11	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	1:14.874	1:14.752		11
12	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	1:15.585	1:15.043		12
13	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	1:15.694	1:15.285		13
14	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:14.931	1:15.287		14
15	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:15.901	1:15.334		15
16	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:15.331	1:15.361		16
17	17	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber-Ferrari	1:16.229	1:15.587		17
18	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:16.294			PL
19	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	1:16.745			18
20	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	1:16.786			19
21	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	1:18.424			20
22	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:18.537			21
23	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	1:18.574			22
107% time: 1:18.989
24	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	1:19.414			23

1. ^  – Jérôme d'Ambrosio did not set a lap time within the 107% rule, but was allowed to race by the stewards discretion.

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	4	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	70	4:04:39.537	7	25
2	1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	70	+2.709	1	18
3	2	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	70	+13.828	4	15
4	7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	70	+14.219	8	12
5	10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	70	+20.395	10	10
6	6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	70	+33.225	3	8
7	16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+33.270	13	6
8	19	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	+35.964	PL	4
9	11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	70	+45.117	16	2
10	18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	+47.056	15	1
11	8	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	70	+50.454	6
12	17	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1:03.607	17
13	23	Vitantonio Liuzzi	HRT-Cosworth	69	+1 Lap	20
14	25	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin-Cosworth	69	+1 Lap	23
15	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	69	+1 Lap	21
16	21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Renault	69	+1 Lap	18
17	22	Narain Karthikeyan	HRT-Cosworth	69	+1 Lap	22
18	15	Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes	67	Accident	11
Ret	12	Pastor Maldonado	Williams-Cosworth	61	Spun off	12
Ret	9	Nick Heidfeld	Renault	55	Accident	9
Ret	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	49	Accident damage	14
Ret	5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	36	Collision	2
Ret	20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Renault	28	Driveshaft	19
Ret	3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	7	Collision	5

1. ^  – Jaime Alguersuari started from the pit lane.
2. ^  – Karthikeyan finished 14th but was given a post-race 20 second penalty for cutting the chicane and gaining an advantage.

Championship standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

	Pos.	Driver	Points
	1	Sebastian Vettel	161
2	2	Jenson Button	101
	3	Mark Webber	94
2	4	Lewis Hamilton	85
	5	Fernando Alonso	69

Constructors' Championship standings

	Pos.	Constructor	Points
	1	Red Bull-Renault	255
	2	McLaren-Mercedes	186
	3	Ferrari	101
	4	Renault	60
	5	Mercedes	52

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Canadian_Grand_Prix
2. http://www.statsf1.com/en/2011/canada.aspx

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