2011 Canadian Grand Prix

The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix, formally the Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2011, was a Formula One held on the 12th of June. It was won by driver Jenson Button. Button only lead the final lap, and with 30 laps to go, he was 21st, last, and over 50 seconds behind the then race leader, polesitter Sebastian Vettel, who came second in his , having led 68 of the 70 laps. The final podium spot was taken up by Vettel's team-mate Mark Webber. Button also set the fastest lap. The race was the longest in Formula One history, at 4 hours, 4 minutes, and 39.537 seconds, the race being stopped due to rain for 2 hours and 4 minutes on lap 25. This race also had the largest number of safety car periods, with six, totalling 32 laps – 45% of the race.
==Free Practice Overview==
==Qualifying Overview==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Times===
===Grid===
==Race Overview==
===Results===
Pos	No.	Driver 	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired 	Avg Speed	Grid	Pts
1 	4 	Jenson Button 	 	70 	4:04:39.537 	74.864 	7 	25
2 	1 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	70 	+ 2.709 secs 	74.850 	1 	18
3 	2 	Mark Webber 	 	70 	+ 13.828 secs 	74.794 	4 	15
4 	7 	Michael Schumacher	 	70 	+ 14.219 secs 	74.792 	8 	12
5 	10 	Vitaly Petrov 	 	70 	+ 20.395 secs 	74.760 	10 	10
6 	6 	Felipe Massa 	 	70 	+ 33.225 secs 	74.695 	3 	8
7 	16 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	70 	+ 33.270 secs 	74.695 	13 	6
8 	19 	Jaime Alguersuari 	 	70 	+ 35.964 secs 	74.681 	24 	4
9 	11 	Rubens Barrichello	 	70 	+ 45.117 secs 	74.635 	16 	2
10 	18 	Sébastien Buemi 	 	70 	+ 47.056 secs 	74.625 	15 	1
11 	8 	Nico Rosberg 	 	70 	+ 50.454 secs 	74.608 	6 	
12 	17 	Pedro de la Rosa 	 	70 	+ 1m 3.607 secs 	74.541 	17 	
13 	23 	Vitantonio Luizzi 	 	69 	+ 1 lap 	73.427 	20 	
14 	25 	Jérôme d'Ambrosio 	 	69 	+ 1 lap 	73.384 	23 	
15 	24 	Timo Glock 	 	69 	+ 1 lap 	73.383 	21 	
16 	21 	Jarno Trulli 	 	69 	+ 1 lap 	73.381 	18 	
17 	22 	Narain Karthikeyan	 	69 	+ 1 lap 	73.290 	22 	
18 	15 	Paul di Resta 	 	67 	Accident/Puncture 	72.645 	11 	
Ret	12 	Pastor Maldonado 	 	61 	Spun off 	68.258 	12 	
Ret	9 	Nick Heidfeld 	 	55 	Accident 	64.599 	9 	
Ret	14 	Adrian Sutil 	 	49 	Accident/Rear suspension	59.805 	14 	
Ret	5 	Fernando Alonso 	 	36 	Collision/Spun off 	48.979 	2 	
Ret	20 	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	28 	Driveshaft 	41.388 	19 	
Ret	3 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	7 	Collision 	134.594 	5 	
===Fastest Laps===
===Lap Leaders===
====Lap-by-Lap====
Stint	Driver 	Laps 	Count	Distance (km)
1 	Sebastian Vettel	1 – 19 	19 	82.859
2 	Felipe Massa 	20 	1 	4.361
3 	Sebastian Vettel	21 – 69	49 	213.689
4 	Jenson Button 	70 	1 	4.361
====Totals====
Pos.	Driver 	Laps	Distance (km)
1 	Sebastian Vettel	68 	296.548
2 	Jenson Button 	1 	4.361
3 	Felipe Massa 	1 	4.361
==Milestones==
*Longest Race in Formula One history, at 4 hours, 4 minutes, and 39.537 seconds.
*Most Safety Car periods in one race (six).
*Barrichello's last points scoring finish.
==Standings==
==Notes==
Category:Canadian Grand Prix
Category:2011 Grands Prix
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