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Canada - 11-13 Jun 2010
Grand Prix du Canada
Circuit de Gilles Villenuve, Montreal, Canada
Race Distance: 70 laps, 305.270 km

After a hiatus from the schedule in 2009, the Canadian Grand Prix is back, held on Isle Notre Dame in Montreal at Circuit de Gille Villeneuve. For most of the year, the course is a simple road that follows the shape of the island's park. But for one week of the year, it's converted into one of Formula 1's fastest courses.

The most (in)famous part of the track is known as the "Wall of Champions", a barrier on the exit of the final chicane leading to the front straight that's taken several past F1 champs out of the race. Ironically, the wall is labeled "Bienvenue au Québec" (Welcome to Quebec).

In 2008, Kubica scored his first victory, driving for BMW. Teammate Heidfeld took second, and now-retired David Coulthard placed 3rd.
Hamilton breaks the Red Bull pole position dominance by knocking out a top lap over Webber and Vettel. However, Hamilton's pole comes with a cost as he has to use the softer optional compound tires while the Red Bull team sticks to the harder prime tires for the start of the race which should give them the advantage after the first few opening laps.

The rest of the field is unsurprising, with the exception of Liuzzi who hauls his Force India into the 6th starting position, and Schumacher who fails to exit Q2 and will start 13th.

The top 10 starting positions for Canada:
HAM WEB VET ALO BUT LIU MAS KUB SUT ROS
The return to Canada results in a race of furious pace, where lack of lasting tires mixes up the field's strategies on the fly.

Hamilton looked sure to be pounced on by the Red Bull cars when his soft tires didn't appear to last long into the first stint. But he was able to fight back and take the win as Webber falls off pace trying to make a set of hard tires last and Vettel is once again snookered by a system failure on the car.

Button and Alonso are also able to capitalize on Red Bull's lack of pace, finishing 2nd and 3rd. Vettel nurses his car home in 4th and Webber takes 5th.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th
HAM
(+25)
BUT
(+18)
ALO
(+15)
VET
(+12)
WEB
(+10)
ROS
(+8)
KUB
(+6)
BUE
(+4)
LIU
(+2)
SUT
(+1)
MSC
 
ALG
 
HUL
 
BAR
 
MAS
 
KOV
 
PET
 
CHD
 
DIG
 
GLO
 
TRU
 
DLR
 
SEN
 
KOB
 
Pos Participant Driver Picks Round
Points
Season
Points
Champ.
Standings
1 April ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 80 335 14th  
2 Nick ALO HAM KUB VET WEB 68 504 1st ↑ 2
= Rod R ALO HAM KUB VET WEB 68 381 13th  
4 David ALO BUT HAM MAS ROS 66 457 5th ↑ 2
5 MattR ALO HAM KUB ROS VET 66 452 6th ↑ 3
6 7thBeatle BUT HAM MSC VET WEB 65 424 8th ↑ 4
7 Carrie ALO HAM MAS ROS VET 60 503 2nd  
8 Irfan Gilani ALO HAM KUB MSC WEB 56 474 4th  
9 curley ALO MAS ROS VET WEB 45 493 3rd ↓ 2
= Van ALO MAS ROS VET WEB 45 408 9th ↑ 1
11 sperry BAR HAM KUB ROS SUT 40 440 7th ↓ 2
12 zpeed ALO MAS ROS SUT VET 36 395 12th ↓ 1
13 lisaab KUB MAS PET SUT WEB 17 403 11th ↓ 3
14 Tahoe RX7 KUB MAS MSC ROS SUT 15 407 10th ↓ 4
15 tysonk -- -- -- -- -- 0 246 15th  
Grand Prix du Canada
Circuit de Gilles Villenuve, Montreal, Canada