Button Snatches Victory In Canadian GP

The former world champion Jenson Button managed to win “the best race of my life” last Sunday. He managed to do it in great style, starting from the back of the grid and passing S. Vettel on the very last lap of the race. The race was red-flagged for two hours due to heavy raining and we saw the deployment of five safety cars.

Button’s victory is very impressive if we take into consideration the fact that he had a clash with Hamilton who in the eight lap of the race had to abandon the race. Button, after visiting the pit stops for six times, managed to win the Canadian GP in great style. He was under investigation following the crashes with Alonso and Hamilton, but he didn’t get any penalty.

I am glad to see that Formula 1 is once again exciting, after a couple of years of a rather boring competition.

Here are the full results of the 2011 Canadian GP:

Pos. Driver Team Time
1. Jenson Button McLaren 4:04:39.539
2. Sebastian Vettel Red Bull +2.709
3. Mark Webber Red Bull +13.828
4. Michael Schumacher Mercedes Grand Prix +14.219
5. Vitaly Petrov Renault +20.395
6. Felipe Massa Ferrari +33.225
7. Kamui Kobayashi Sauber +33.270
8. Jaime Alguersuari Scuderia Toro Rosso +35.964
9. Rubens Barrichello Williams +45.117
10. Sebastien Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso +47.056
11. Nico Rosberg Mercedes Grand Prix +50.454
12. Pedro de la Rosa Sauber +1:03.607
13. Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT F1 Team +1 Lap
14. Jerome d` Ambrosio Virgin Racing +1 Lap
15. Timo Glock Virgin Racing +1 Lap
16. Jarno Trulli Lotus F1 +1 Lap
17. Narain Karthikeyan HRT F1 Team +1 Lap
Did not finish
18. Paul di Resta Force India F1 +3 Laps
19. Pastor Maldonado Williams +9 Laps
20. Nick Heidfeld Renault +15 Laps
21. Adrian Sutil Force India F1 +21 Laps
22. Fernando Alonso Ferrari +34 Laps
23. Heikki Kovalainen Lotus F1 +42 Laps
24. Lewis Hamilton McLaren +63 Laps

Here’s how things look in the drivers standings:

Pos Driver Team Points
1 Sebastian Vettel Red Bull 161
2 Jenson Button McLaren 101
3 Mark Webber Red Bull 94
4 Lewis Hamilton McLaren 85
5 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 69
6 Felipe Massa Ferrari 32
7 Vitaly Petrov Lotus Renault GP 31
8 Nick Heidfeld Lotus Renault GP 29
9 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 26
10 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 26
11 Kamui Kobayashi Sauber F1 25
12 Adrian Sutil Force India 8
13 Sebastian Buemi Scuderia Toro Rosso 8
14 Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso 4
15 Rubens Barrichello Williams F1 4
16 Sergio Peres Sauber F1 2
17 Paul Di Resta Force India 2
18 Pedro De La Rosa Sauber 0
19 Jarno Trulli Team Lotus 0
20 Vitantonio Liuzzi HRT 0
21 Heikki Kovalainen Sauber F1 0
22 Jerome d’Ambrosio Virgin 0
23 Narain Karthikeyan HRT 0
24 Pastor Maldonado Willaims F1 0
24 Timo Glock Virgin 0

And here is the situation in the constructors’ standings:

1 Red Bull Racing 255
2 McLaren 156
3 Ferrari 101
4 Lotus-Renault GP 60
5 Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team 52
6 Sauber F1 Team 27
7 Scuderia Toro Rosso 12
8 Force India F1 Team 10
9 Williams 4
10 Team Lotus 0
11 Hispania Racing F1 Team 0
12 Marussia Virgin Racing 0

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