2011 Canadian Grand Prix

Jenson Button won the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on 12 Jun 2011 for McLaren, from 7th on the grid; Sebastian Vettel was second and Mark Webber third. Pole position: Sebastian Vettel.

Button took the lead for good on lap 70 of 70, from Sebastian Vettel; the lead changed hands 3 times in all. There were 6 safety-car periods (laps 1 to 5, laps 9 to 13, laps 20 to 26, laps 26 to 35, laps 37 to 41, laps 56 to 61). Button stopped 6 times, on laps 8 and 13 and 19 and 35 and 37 and 51; 13 of 18 finishers made 3 stops, and the median first stop was lap 20. The fastest lap was Jenson Button's, 1:16.956 on lap 69. 18 of 24 starters were classified; 6 retired or were not classified. After the race Sebastian Vettel led the championship with 161 points, 60 ahead of Jenson Button, with 12 rounds left.

Date

12 Jun 2011

Circuit

Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal, Canada

Round

7 of 19

Winner

Jenson Button (McLaren)

Pole position

Sebastian Vettel (1:13.014)

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Race classification

Grid differs from qualifying for 7 drivers: Jaime Alguersuari qualified 18th, started 24th; Jarno Trulli qualified 19th, started 18th; Heikki Kovalainen qualified 20th, started 19th; Vitantonio Liuzzi qualified 21st, started 20th; Timo Glock qualified 22nd, started 21st; Narain Karthikeyan qualified 23rd, started 22nd; Jérôme d'Ambrosio qualified 24th, started 23rd. The data records the positions, not the reason; such gaps come from grid penalties, car or engine changes, or pit-lane starts. The small "q" number in the Grid column is the qualifying position.

Grid "PL" means started from the pit lane. FL marks the fastest lap of the race.

Lap chart

Explained: how to read a lap chart · safety car, virtual safety car and red flags.

Race history: gap to the leader

How the race was won

Winner

Jenson Button: 6 stops (laps 8, 13, 19, 35, 37, 51), stints of 8, 5, 6, 16, 2, 14, 19 laps

2nd

Sebastian Vettel: 3 stops (laps 20, 37, 53), stints of 20, 17, 16, 17 laps

3rd

Mark Webber: 3 stops (laps 20, 36, 50), stints of 20, 16, 14, 20 laps

Finishers

2 stops: 5 · 3 or more: 13

First stops

median lap 20 of 70

Pit stops

Explained: tyres, compounds and pit stops · pit stops per race since 1994.

Pit-lane time: pit entry to pit exit. Tyre changes under a red flag are not counted.

Qualifying

Explained: how qualifying works · how often pole position wins.

Gap: the driver's best time in any session (session named), in seconds behind the fastest time of qualifying. That is usually the pole time; when a session gets slower (rain, for example), an earlier session's time can be faster. The bar is full at 3 seconds; larger gaps are cut off.

Standings after this race

Explained: how points and the two championships work.

Full 2011 standings