The race was really neutralised just a couple of laps later, however, when the heavens opened and the decision was taken to red flag the proceedings on Lap 25 out of 70… for two hours. Cue another Safety Car, under which Button was handed a stop/go penalty for going too fast while the race was neutralised, dropping him to 15th. Unlike the Webber incident, though, this one was far less clean cut, Button jinking to the left and squeezing Hamilton, who’d gone for a gap at the precise moment that Button decided to close it down.Įither way, the result was curtains for Hamilton, who retired the car on track. Button and Hamilton collide – Just a few laps later, and Hamilton was making headlines again, this time after colliding with team mate Button on the start-finish straight. “I think Lewis thought the chequered flag was in Turn 3,” Webber quipped later.īoth were able to continue, although Webber dropped to 14th as his team mate Vettel led at the front from Alonso, while Button and Mercedes’ Nico Rosberg snuck past Hamilton, relegating him from fifth to sixth.Ģ. Released to go racing on Lap 5, Hamilton immediately blotted his copybook with a clumsy dive on Webber into Turn 1 that turned the Australian around. The start – With rain pounding the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, the race was started behind the Safety Car. Still, he was at least heading the fight for second place when F1 came to Montreal, leading Vettel’s team mate Mark Webber, the sister McLaren of Button and the Ferrari of Fernando Alonso.ġ.
That win aside, 2011 was not a happy year for Hamilton, with the McLaren driver having already racked up a host of penalties and steward visits as he battled through his annus horribilis. If 2010 had seen Sebastian Vettel reveal himself as a driver who could win world championships, 2011 was when he really began kicking sand into everyone’s eyes.īy the time the Canadian Grand Prix rolled around, Vettel had won five of the first six races of the year with Red Bull, to hold a commanding lead over Lewis Hamilton – who’d prevented Vettel’s 100% streak by winning in China. But the story of how he did, beating Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel with a dramatic last lap pass, made for one of the most exciting Grands Prix in the sport’s history.į1 REWIND: Re-live Daniel Ricciardo’s unlikely victory at the 2017 Azerbaijan GP in full How they stood before the race There were many points during the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix when McLaren’s Jenson Button looked like the driver least likely to win the race.
We’ll be streaming the race on F1.com, Facebook and YouTube on Saturday, June 13 at 1400 UTC (1500 BST) – here’s why you won’t want to miss it. The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix may have been the longest race in F1 history – but it still packed one hell of a punch.
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