In the differing conditions and various tyre changes, Button was the best to adapt. The reason: A drive-through penalty yet again for speeding in the pit lane. The British driver had to make a sixth pit stop.
However, this was not the end of Button’s troubles. Unfortunately, the crash with Alonso dropped him further down the order after a fifth pit stop. However, the safety car came back out again, and Button was the culprit again, with his new victim being Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso, with the Spaniard retiring. When the race restarted, the safety came out yet again and triggered another round of pit stops to change back to intermediates with the track drying quickly. However, the race was suspended for over two hours due to heavy rain. For that crash, Button received a penalty and dropped down the order.īutton switched to intermediate tyres and made up time until the safety car made its third appearance on lap 20. When the race resumed, Jenson Button had a crash with Lewis Hamilton. Once again, the Safety Car came out and the normal race was delayed again.
Unfortunately, there was a collision between Red Bull driver Mark Webber and Button’s teammate, Lewis Hamilton. Luckily, the rain eased up and the circuit began to dry, so the Safety car dived in the pits.
The race commenced behind the Safety car as it would have been suicidal for 22 cars to race each other on a drenched track. But, none can compare to the sheer drama of what unfolded in the Canadian Grand Prix in 2011. India’s follow-on win against Australia in the 2001 Kolkata Test is epochal. Barcelona’s win against Paris Saint Germain in the UEFA Champions League is legendary. The race at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve on that day would be etched in folklore as one of the greatest comebacks in modern day racing.Ĭomebacks in sport are a fairytale. In the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix, history was created when Britain’s Jenson Button won the race in dramatic circumstances. One driver pitted six times, one of which was a drive-through penalty. Cars crashed in big numbers on a drenched track.
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