Jenson Button Wins the Best Race of the 2011 Season in Canada

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Published: June 12, 2011

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The Canadian Grand Prix never fails to impress. I have to admit after a pretty mediocre qualifying session and a delay of over two hours after just 25 laps, I was beginning to worry about the 2011 race.

But, when the race restarted at 15:50, we were treated to easily the best race of 2011, and one of the greatest final laps I’ve seen in a long time. I mean, when was the last time we had a photo finish in Formula One?

Of course, the actual start of the race was pretty dull, as the cars simply lapped behind the safety car. However, when the race was started properly at the end of lap four, there was madness!

Fernando Alonso had been able to cling to Sebastian Vettel expertly as the Red Bull man pulled away, but Alonso was unable to make it past him as the cars darted into turn one.

The real action was further back, as Lewis Hamilton drove into the side of Mark Webber going into turn one.

The McLaren and Red Bull cars both spun off of the racing line, but Webber came out of the incident in a far worse shape. Hamilton dropped back to P7, and Webber found himself in P14. I think the general consensus seems to be that Webber gave Hamilton plenty of space, and that the incident was probably more the McLaren driver’s fault.

As the cars crossed the line to finish their first racing lap, the positions were as follows:

Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg, Michael Schumacher, Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button, Paul di Resta, Nick heidfeld, Kamui Kobayashi, Vitaly Petrov, Pastor Maldinado, Adrian Sutil, Mark Webber, Sebastien Buemi, Rubens Barrichello, Pedro de la Rosa, Jarno Trulli, Heikki Kovalianen, Timo Glock, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Jamie Alguersuari (who started from the pits), Narain Karthikeyan, Jerome D’Ambrosio (who was able to start after the stewards decided he had done enough to prove his speed in practice).

In front, Vettel began to pul...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Formula 1

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