Formula One - Canadian Grand Prix Preview
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| DATE: Sunday, June 10th |
| SITE: Circuit Gilles Villeneuve (1978) -- Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| TRACK: 4.361 km (2.709) miles) 14-turn road course |
| CAPACITY: 100,000 |
| ANNUAL: 42nd |
| TELEVISION: FOX, TSN |
| START TIME: 2 p.m. (ET) |
| DEFENDING CHAMPION: Jenson Button |
| RUNNER-UP: Sebastian Vettel |
| POLE WINNER: Sebastian Vettel (Finished 2nd) |
| LAPS: 70 |
| MILES: 189.694 (305.270 km) |
| QUALIFYING RECORD: Ralf Schumacher, 2004 (1 minute, 12.275 seconds) |
| RACE RECORD: Michael Schumacher, 2004 (1 hr., 28 min., 24.803 sec.) |
| 2011 Finish |
| Finish | Driver | Start | Finish | Driver | Start |
| 1 | Jenson Button | 7 | 6 | Felipe Massa | 3 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 7 | Kamui Kobayashi | 13 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | 4 | 8 | Jaime Alguersuari | 18 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | 8 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | 16 |
| 5 | Vitaly Petrov | 10 | 10 | Sebastien Buemi | 15 |
| 2011 Canadian Grand Prix Facts and Figures |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 74.864 k.p.h. |
| TIME OF RACE: 4 hours, 4 minutes, 39.537 seconds (includes time of rain delay) |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2.709 seconds |
| CARS RUNNING AT FINISH: 17 |
| CARS ON FINAL LAP: 12 |
| FASTEST LAP: Jenson Button, 1:16.956, lap 69 |
| POLE WINNER: Sebastian Vettel (1:13.014) |
| Past Canadian Grand Prix Winners (Starting Position) Car -- Speed |
| 2011 -- Jenson Button (7th) -- McLaren-Mercedes -- 74.864 k.p.h./4:04:39.537 |
| 2010 -- Lewis Hamilton (1st) -- McLaren-Mercedes -- 195.079 k.p.h./1:33:53.456 |
| 2009 -- Not Held |
| 2008 -- Robert Kubica (2nd) -- BMW Sauber -- 189.987 k.p.h./1:36:24.447 |
| 2007 -- Lewis Hamilton (1st) -- McLaren-Mercedes -- 175.799 k.p.h./1:44:11.292 |
| 2006 -- Fernando Alonso (1st) -- Renault -- 193.572 k.p.h./1:34:37.308 |
| 2005 -- Kimi Raikkonen (7th) -- McLaren-Mercedes -- 198.754 k.p.h./1:32:09.290 |
| 2004 -- Michael Schumacher (6th) -- Ferrari -- 207.165 k.p.h./1:28:24.803 |
| 2003 -- Michael Schumacher (3rd) -- Ferrari -- 200.777 k.p.h./1:31:13.591 |
| 2002 -- Michael Schumacher (2nd) -- Ferrari -- 1:33:36.111s |
| 2001 -- Ralf Schumacher (2nd) -- Williams-BMW -- 1:34:31.522 |
| 2000 -- Michael Schumacher (1st) -- Ferrari -- 1:41:12.313 |
| 1999 -- Mika Hakkinen (2nd) -- McLaren -- 1:41:35.727 |
| 1998 -- Michael Schumacher (3rd) -- Ferrari -- 1:40:57.355 |
| 1997 -- Michael Schumacher (1st) -- Ferrari -- 1:17:40.646 |
| 1996 -- Damon Hill (1st) -- Williams -- 1:36:03.465 |
| 1995 -- Jean Alesi (5th) -- Ferrari -- 1:44:54.171 |
| 1994 -- Michael Schumacher (1st) -- Benetton -- 1:44:31.887 |
| 1993 -- Alain Prost (1st) -- Williams -- 1:36:41.822 |
| 1992 -- Gerhard Berger (4th) -- McLaren -- 1:37:08.299 |
| 1991 -- Nelson Piquet (8th) -- Benetton -- 1:38:51.490 |
| 1990 -- Ayrton Senna (1st) -- McLaren -- 1:42:56.400 |
| 1989 -- Thierry Boutsen (6th) -- Williams -- 2:01:24.073 |
| 1988 -- Ayrton Senna (1st) -- McLaren -- 1:39:46.618 |
| 1987 -- Not Held |
| 1986 -- Nigel Mansell (1st) -- Williams -- 1:42:26.415 |
| 1985 -- Michele Alboreto (3rd) -- Ferrari -- 1:46:01.813 |
| 1984 -- Nelson Piquet (1st) -- Brabham -- 1:46:23.748 |
| 1983 -- Rene Arnoux (1st) -- Ferrari -- 1:48:31.838 |
| 1982 -- Nelson Piquet (4th) -- Brabham-BMW -- 1:46:39.577 |
| 1981 -- Jacques Laffite (10th) -- Ligier-Matra -- 2:01:25.20 |
| 1980 -- Alan Jones (2nd) -- Williams-Ford -- 1:46:45.53 |
| 1979 -- Alan Jones (1st) -- Williams-Ford -- 1:52:06.892 |
| 1978 -- Gilles Villeneuve (3rd) -- Ferrari -- 1:57:49.196 |
| 1977 -- Jody Scheckter (9th) -- Wolf-Ford -- 1:40:00.00 |
| 1976 -- James Hunt (1st) -- McLaren-Ford -- 1:40:09.626 |
| 1975 -- Not Held |
| 1974 -- Emerson Fittipaldi (1st) -- McLaren-Ford -- 1:40:26.136 |
| 1973 -- Peter Revson (2nd) -- McLaren-Ford -- 1:59:04.083 |
| 1972 -- Jackie Stewart (5th) -- Tyrrell-Ford -- 1:43:16.9 |
| 1971 -- Jackie Stewart (1st) -- Tyrrell-Ford -- 1:55:12.9 |
| 1970 -- Jacky Ickx (2nd) -- Ferrari -- 2:21:18.4 |
| 1969 -- Jacky Ickx (1st) -- Brabham-Ford -- 1:59:25.7 |
| 1968 -- Denny Hulme (6th) -- McLaren-Ford -- 2:27:11.2 |
| 1967 -- Jack Brabham (7th) -- Brabham-Repco -- 2:40:40.0 |
| NOTE: Race changed to 70 laps (1978, 80, 82-85, 90, 2001-present), 69 lap race |
| (1986-89, 91-94, 96, 98-2000), 54 lap race (1997), 68 lap race (1995), |
| 63 lap race (1981), 72 lap race (1979), 80 lap race (1972-77), 64 lap |
| race (1971), 90 lap race (1967-70). |
| Past Canadian Grand Prix Pole Winners (Finish) |
| 2011 -- Sebastian Vettel -- 2nd |
| 2010 -- Lewis Hamilton -- 1st |
| 2009 -- Not Held |
| 2008 -- Lewis Hamilton -- 19th |
| 2007 -- Lewis Hamilton -- 1st |
| 2006 -- Fernando Alonso -- 1st |
| 2005 -- Jenson Button -- 13th |
| 2004 -- Ralf Schumacher -- 17th |
| 2003 -- Ralf Schumacher -- 2nd |
| 2002 -- Juan Pablo Montoya -- 16th |
| 2001 -- Michael Schumacher -- 2nd |
| 2000 -- Michael Schumacher -- 1st |
| 1999 -- Michael Schumacher -- 15th |
| 1998 -- David Coulthard -- 15th |
| 1997 -- Michael Schumacher -- 1st |
| 1996 -- Damon Hill -- 1st |
| 1995 -- Michael Schumacher -- 5th |
| 1994 -- Michael Schumacher -- 1st |
| 1993 -- Alain Prost -- 1st |
| 1992 -- Ayrton Senna -- 18th |
| 1991 -- Riccardo Patrese -- 3rd |
| 1990 -- Ayrton Senna -- 1st |
| 1989 -- Alain Prost -- 21st |
| 1988 -- Ayrton Senna -- 1st |
| 1987 -- Not Held |
| 1986 -- Nigel Mansell -- 1st |
| 1985 -- Elio de Angelis -- 5th |
| 1984 -- Nelson Piquet -- 1st |
| 1983 -- Rene Arnoux -- 1st |
| 1982 -- Didier Pironi -- 9th |
| 1981 -- Nelson Piquet -- 5th |
| 1980 -- Nelson Piquet -- 16th |
| 1979 -- Alan Jones -- 1st |
| 1978 -- Jean-Pierre Jarier -- 16th |
| 1977 -- Mario Andretti -- 9th |
| 1976 -- James Hunt -- 1st |
| 1975 -- Not Held |
| 1974 -- Emerson Fittipaldi -- 1st |
| 1973 -- Ronnie Peterson -- 25th |
| 1972 -- Peter Revson --2nd |
| 1971 -- Jackie Stewart -- 1st |
| 1970 -- Jackie Stewart -- 18th |
| 1969 -- Jacky Ickx -- 1st |
| 1968 -- Jochen Rindt -- 12th |
| 1967 -- Jim Clark -- 12th |
| Last Race Results |
| RACE: Monaco Grand Prix (May 27th) |
| SITE: Circuit de Monaco -- Monte Carlo, Monaco |
| LAPS: 78 |
| MILES: 161.887 (260.520 km) |
| WINNER: Mark Webber |
| RUNNER-UP: Nico Rosberg |
| THIRD: Fernando Alonso |
| FOURTH: Sebastian Vettel |
| FIFTH: Lewis Hamilton |
| POLE WINNER: Mark Webber (Finished 1st) |
| TIME OF RACE: 1 hour, 46 minutes, 6.557 seconds |
| AVERAGE SPEED: 147.312 k.p.h. |
| MARGIN OF VICTORY: 0.643 second |
| Canadian Grand Prix Entry List |
| Car | Driver, Hometown | Car/Name |
| 1 | Sebastien Vettel (Heppenheim, Germ) | Renault/Red Bull |
| 2 | Mark Webber (Queanbeyan, Australia) | Renault/Red Bull |
| 3 * | Jenson Button (Frome, England) | Mercedes/McLaren Vodafone |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton (Stevenage, England) | Mercedes/McLaren Vodafone |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso (Oviedo, Spain) | Ferrari/Scuderia |
| 6 | Felipe Massa (Sao Paulo, Brazil) | Ferrari/Scuderia |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher (Germany) | Mercedes/AMG Petronas |
| 8 | Nico Rosberg (Wiesbaden, Germany) | Mercedes/AMG Petronas |
| 9 | Kimi Raikkonen (Espoo, Finland) | Renault/Lotus |
| 10 | Romain Grosjean (Geneva,Switzerland) | Renault/Lotus |
| 11 | Paul di Resta (Livingston, Scotland) | Mercedes/Force India |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg (Emmerich, Germany) | Mercedes/Force India |
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi (Amagasaki, Japan) | Ferrari/Sauber |
| 15 | Sergio Perez (Guadalajara, Mexico) | Ferrari/Sauber |
| 16 | Daniel Ricciardo (Perth, Australia) | Ferrari/Scuderia Toro Rosso |
| 17 | Jean-Eric Vergne (Pontoise, France) | Ferrari/Scuderia Toro Rosso |
| 18 | Pastor Maldonado (Maracay,Venezuela) | Renault/Williams |
| 19 | Bruno Senna (Sao Paulo, Brazil) | Renault/Williams |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen (Finland) | Renault/Caterham |
| 21 | Vitaly Petrov (Vyborg, Russia) | Renault/Caterham |
| 22 | Pedro de la Rosa (Barcelona, Spain) | Cosworth/HRT |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan (Chennai, India) | Cosworth/HRT |
| 24 | Timo Glock (Lindenfels, Germany) | Cosworth/Marussia |
| 25 | Charles Pic (Montelimar, France) | Cosworth/Marussia |
| Leading Contenders (Finish the last nine years) |
| Driver | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Jenson Button | 13th | 3rd | 13th | 9th | 20th | 11th | --- | 2nd | Won |
| Sebastian Vettel | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 8th | --- | 4th | 2nd |
| Mark Webber | 7th | 15th | 5th | 12th | 9th | 12th | --- | 5th | 3rd |
| Michael Schumacher | Won | Won | 2nd | 2nd | --- | --- | --- | 11th | 4th |
| Nico Rosberg | --- | --- | --- | 21st | 10th | 10th | --- | 6th | 11th |
| Pastor Maldonado | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 19th |
| Fernando Alonso | 4th | 13th | 18th | Won | 7th | 16th | --- | 3rd | 22nd |
| Lewis Hamilton | --- | --- | --- | --- | Won | 19th | --- | Won | 24th |
| Kimi Raikkonen | 6th | 5th | Won | 3rd | 5th | 18th | --- | --- | --- |
| Romain Grosjean | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mover of the Week |
| Sergio Perez - Started in the 23rd position and finished 11th |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Lewis Hamilton |
| Darkhorse - Sergio Perez |
| Last Week's Pick to Win (Fernando Alonso) - Finished 3rd |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (Heikki Kovalainen) - Finished 13th |
| NOTES: |
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After a string of four straight fourth-place finishes, followed by an
11th-place result in Spain, Mark Webber picked up his first victory of the
season in the May 27 Monaco Grand Prix.
Webber, currently tied for second in the championship point standings, has had
little success in the Canadian Grand Prix, posting just three top-five
finishes in his last eight appearances in Montreal.
Last year, Jenson Button fought back from a penalty, wet weather and a
collision with his McLaren teammate, Lewis Hamilton, to win the Canadian GP.
Button made a dramatic last-lap pass on defending world champion Sebastian
Vettel for the lead. The final margin of victory was 2.7 seconds. The victory
was Button's first of 2011 season and 10th of 13 F1 titles.
The race began with the safety car on track, as rain marred the start of the
event. The safety car stayed out front for four laps before the "real" race
was allowed to begin. However, with the track still very slippery, spin outs
were expected and Mark Webber was the first to oblige - at the first turn past
the start/finish line after the green flag dropped.
Rain continued to plague the race, as it was halted again for two more hours
after 23 laps. The final tally for rain stoppage was almost four hours.
Finally back on the track and with just two laps remaining, Button maintained
the pressure and finally got to Vettel. He slid wide, just a little bit, but
that was all Button needed.
After a one-year hiatus, the Canadian Grand Prix returned to the Formula
One schedule in 2010, as Lewis Hamilton raced to victory. Hamilton put on a
masterful performance to win this race for the second time in three
appearances, finishing ahead of Button.
Hamilton, the pole sitter, passed Red Bull's Mark Webber on lap 50 of the 70-
lap event at the 2.709-mile Circuit Gilles Villeneuve road course. He beat
Button to the finish line by 2.2 seconds for his second victory of the season
and the 13th of his Formula One career.
Prior to 2010, the last race in Montreal was in 2008, as Robert Kubica
captured the checkered flag, cruising to a whopping 16.495 seconds win over
Nick Heidfeld for his only Formula One title.
Pole sitter Hamilton raced to victory in 2007, as he took the checkered
flag 4.343 seconds ahead of Nick Heidfeld. With his win, became the first
rookie to win a Formula One race since 2001 when Juan Montoya won in Italy.
In 2006, Fernando Alonso crossed the finish line 2.1 seconds ahead of Michael
Schumacher for his first Canadian Grand Prix title. The win was Alonso's
fourth straight victory of that season and the 14th of his career.
Pole sitters have captured this race 18 times overall. Michael Schumacher was
a seven-time winner of this race and the last driver to repeat as champion
(2002-04). Schumacher was also a six-time pole sitter.
The Canadian Grand Prix was moved to Montreal in 1978, as Mosport Park was
thought to be outdated and too dangerous. It was built around the site of
Expo 67, and it is a mixture of street circuit and permanent road course.
Downtown Montreal is only a stone's throw away. One look at the circuit is
enough to tell the story. This track breaks many a car. The first chicane
catches out even the best of driver, then there is a kink leading into the
Senna hairpin, which leads the left-right "s". The first race held on this
circuit showed a maiden victory for the local hero, Gilles Villeneuve. In
1982, the track was renamed in his memory, and saw tragedy when Riccardo
Paletti was involved in an opening lap accident, running into the back of
Didier Pironi's stalled Ferrari, an accident that claimed Paletti's life.
The strangest finish ever remembered at Montreal was when Nigel Mansell was
leading, and celebrated a little too soon. He coasted to a halt and stalled
his Williams car, allowing a very surprised Nelson Piquet to capture his last
victory for Benetton.
The next Formula One race is the June 24 European Grand Prix in Valencia
Spain. Sebastian Vettel won last year's race there.
06/06 13:30:27 ET
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As of June 6, 2012, at 01:30 PM ET
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