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Canada   10-12 Jun 2011
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 return in 2010, 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).

Hamilton overcame tire issues to take the win. Webber had his own tire issues, and Vettel suffered yet another mechanical failure, allowing Button and Alonso to take 2nd and 3rd.
Vettel scores yet another pole for Red Bull, but it's a surprising result for Ferrari who qualify 2nd and 3rd at the very fast Circuit Gille Villeneuve. Also beating expectations are Mercedes teammates Schumacher and Rosberg who will start 8th and 6th.

The top 10 qualifiers in Canada:
VET ALO MAS WEB HAM ROS BUT MSC HEI PET
The long soggy race in Canada is red flagged for over 2 hours due to heavy rain and finishes with 5 safety car periods.

Looking to win from pole, Vettel put on another Schumachian display leading the whole race until the last lap. Then a small bobble in a chicane allowed hard pressing Button to snatch the win after coming from as far back as dead last, surviving earlier contact with both teammate Hamilton and Alonso that took both the other drivers out. Vettel is left to 2nd place, with Red Bull teammate Webber clawing his way to the podium with a car struggling mechanically.

Schumacher showed his epic talent in the wet with a fantastic drive to the front that fell short when the track finally dried out in the closing laps and finishes 4th. Petrov nabs 5th while Massa takes a disappointing 6th after running in the top 3 for much of the race.
1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th 19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th
BUT
(+25)
VET
(+18)
WEB
(+15)
MSC
(+12)
PET
(+10)
MAS
(+8)
KOB
(+6)
ALG
(+4)
BAR
(+2)
BUE
(+1)
ROS
 
DLR
 
LIU
 
DAM
 
GLO
 
TRU
 
KAR
 
DIR
 
MAL
 
HEI
 
SUT
 
ALO
 
KOV
 
HAM
 
Pos Participant Driver Picks Round
Points
Season
Points
Champ.
Standings
1 Motoring BAR BUT MAS PET WEB 60 331 9th ↑ 2
2 Chris ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 58 417 4th  
= Double Phister ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 58 467 3rd  
= Nick ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 58 401 5th ↑ 1
= Rod R ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 58 491 2nd  
= Tahoe RX7 ALO BUT HAM VET WEB 58 366 7th ↑ 1
7 lisaab ALO BUT HAM MAS VET 51 321 10th ↑ 2
= owace ALO BUT MAS ROS VET 51 493 1st  
9 Carpenterbob ALO BUT DIR MAS PET 43 337 8th ↑ 2
10 Matt ALO HAM MAS MSC VET 38 392 6th ↓ 1
11 curley ALO HAM HEI MAS PET 18 314 11th ↓ 4
12 sperry ALO HAM MAS ROS SUT 8 306 12th ↓ 3
13 S.Monkey -- -- -- -- -- 0 183 13th  
= van -- -- -- -- -- 0 143 14th  
Grand Prix du Canada
Circuit de Gilles Villenuve, Montreal, Canada