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Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2011 · race
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THE HISTORICAL RECORD
Profile & context
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- Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2011 · race
PROVENANCE
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F1DB
v2026.17.0 · session/846-race
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F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.
Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.
Grand Prix context
Formula 1 Grand Prix du Canada 2011 · Circuit Gilles Villeneuve
Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.
2011 Formula 1 World Championship · round 7
Race classification
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 4:04:39.537 · 70 laps · mercedes | 25 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 4:04:42.246 · 70 laps · renault | 18 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 4:04:53.365 · 70 laps · renault | 15 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 4:04:53.756 · 70 laps · mercedes | 12 |
| 5 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 4:04:59.932 · 70 laps · renault | 10 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 4:05:12.762 · 70 laps · ferrari | 8 |
| 7 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 4:05:12.807 · 70 laps · ferrari | 6 |
| 8 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 4:05:15.501 · 70 laps · ferrari | 4 |
| 9 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 4:05:24.654 · 70 laps · cosworth | 2 |
| 10 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 4:05:26.593 · 70 laps · ferrari | 1 |
| 11 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4:05:29.991 · 70 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| 12 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 4:05:43.144 · 70 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| 13 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | Time not recorded · 69 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 14 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | Time not recorded · 69 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 15 | Timo Glock | Virgin | Time not recorded · 69 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 16 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus Racing | Time not recorded · 69 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| 17 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | Time not recorded · 69 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| 18 | Paul di Resta | Force India | Accident · Time not recorded · 67 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | Spun off · Time not recorded · 61 laps · cosworth | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | Accident · Time not recorded · 55 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Adrian Sutil | Force India | Accident damage · Time not recorded · 49 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | Collision · Time not recorded · 36 laps · ferrari | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus Racing | Driveshaft · Time not recorded · 28 laps · renault | Unknown / not applicable |
| DNF | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | Collision · Time not recorded · 7 laps · mercedes | Unknown / not applicable |
Qualifying
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | Q1 1:14.011 · 17 laps · renault | |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | Q1 1:13.822 · 19 laps · ferrari | |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | Q1 1:14.026 · 20 laps · ferrari | |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | Q1 1:14.375 · 22 laps · renault | |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | Q1 1:14.114 · 18 laps · mercedes | |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | Q1 1:14.920 · 14 laps · mercedes | |
| 7 | Jenson Button | McLaren | Q1 1:14.374 · 20 laps · mercedes | |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | Q1 1:14.970 · 14 laps · mercedes | |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | Q1 1:15.096 · 27 laps · renault | |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | Q1 1:14.699 · 25 laps · renault | |
| 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India | Q1 1:14.874 · 19 laps · mercedes | |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | Q1 1:15.585 · 20 laps · cosworth | |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | Q1 1:15.694 · 21 laps · ferrari | |
| 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | Q1 1:14.931 · 21 laps · mercedes | |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:15.901 · 18 laps · ferrari | |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | Q1 1:15.331 · 20 laps · cosworth | |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | Q1 1:16.229 · 21 laps · ferrari | |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | Q1 1:16.294 · 10 laps · ferrari | |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus Racing | Q1 1:16.745 · 12 laps · renault | |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus Racing | Q1 1:16.786 · 10 laps · renault | |
| 21 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | Q1 1:18.424 · 10 laps · cosworth | |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Virgin | Q1 1:18.537 · 12 laps · cosworth | |
| 23 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | Q1 1:18.574 · 11 laps · cosworth | |
| NC | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | Q1 1:19.414 · 13 laps · cosworth |
Starting grid
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull | 1:13.014 · renault | |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 1:13.199 · ferrari | |
| 3 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 1:13.217 · ferrari | |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull | 1:13.429 · renault | |
| 5 | Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 1:13.565 · mercedes | |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 1:13.814 · mercedes | |
| 7 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1:13.838 · mercedes | |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 1:13.864 · mercedes | |
| 9 | Nick Heidfeld | Renault | 1:14.062 · renault | |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 1:14.085 · renault | |
| 11 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 1:14.752 · mercedes | |
| 12 | Pastor Maldonado | Williams | 1:15.043 · cosworth | |
| 13 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 1:15.285 · ferrari | |
| 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 1:15.287 · mercedes | |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Toro Rosso | 1:15.334 · ferrari | |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 1:15.361 · cosworth | |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 1:15.587 · ferrari | |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Lotus Racing | 1:16.745 · renault | |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Lotus Racing | 1:16.786 · renault | |
| 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | HRT | 1:18.424 · cosworth | |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin | 1:18.537 · cosworth | |
| 22 | Narain Karthikeyan | HRT | 1:18.574 · cosworth | |
| 23 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Virgin | Time not recorded · cosworth | |
| PL | Jaime Alguersuari | Toro Rosso | 1:16.294 · ferrari |
Championship progression
| Position | Driver | Constructor | Recorded details | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 161 |
| 2 | Jenson Button | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 101 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 94 |
| 4 | Lewis Hamilton | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 85 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 69 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 32 |
| 7 | Vitaly Petrov | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 31 |
| 8 | Nick Heidfeld | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 29 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 26 |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 26 |
| 11 | Kamui Kobayashi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 25 |
| 12 | Adrian Sutil | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 8 |
| 13 | Sébastien Buemi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 8 |
| 14 | Jaime Alguersuari | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 4 |
| 16 | Sergio Pérez | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 17 | Paul di Resta | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 2 |
| 18 | Pedro de la Rosa | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 20 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 21 | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 22 | Heikki Kovalainen | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 23 | Timo Glock | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 24 | Pastor Maldonado | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
| 25 | Narain Karthikeyan | Not applicable / not recorded | Time not recorded | 0 |
Practice & warm-up observations
Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.
| Session | Driver | Position | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| freePractice1Results | Nico Rosberg | 1 | 1:15.591 |
| freePractice1Results | Fernando Alonso | 2 | 1:16.139 |
| freePractice1Results | Michael Schumacher | 3 | 1:16.549 |
| freePractice1Results | Felipe Massa | 4 | 1:16.658 |
| freePractice1Results | Jenson Button | 5 | 1:16.676 |
| freePractice1Results | Lewis Hamilton | 6 | 1:16.842 |
| freePractice1Results | Rubens Barrichello | 7 | 1:16.990 |
| freePractice1Results | Paul di Resta | 8 | 1:17.294 |
| freePractice1Results | Nick Heidfeld | 9 | 1:17.445 |
| freePractice1Results | Nico Hülkenberg | 10 | 1:17.549 |
| freePractice1Results | Sergio Pérez | 11 | 1:17.662 |
| freePractice1Results | Mark Webber | 12 | 1:17.820 |
| freePractice1Results | Jaime Alguersuari | 13 | 1:18.458 |
| freePractice1Results | Vitaly Petrov | 14 | 1:18.506 |
| freePractice1Results | Daniel Ricciardo | 15 | 1:18.648 |
| freePractice1Results | Sebastian Vettel | 16 | 1:18.852 |
| freePractice1Results | Pastor Maldonado | 17 | 1:18.932 |
| freePractice1Results | Jarno Trulli | 18 | 1:19.274 |
| freePractice1Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 19 | 1:19.422 |
| freePractice1Results | Kamui Kobayashi | 20 | 1:19.577 |
| freePractice1Results | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 21 | 1:19.838 |
| freePractice1Results | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 22 | 1:19.960 |
| freePractice1Results | Timo Glock | 23 | 1:20.520 |
| freePractice1Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 24 | 1:20.839 |
| freePractice2Results | Fernando Alonso | 1 | 1:15.107 |
| freePractice2Results | Sebastian Vettel | 2 | 1:15.476 |
| freePractice2Results | Felipe Massa | 3 | 1:15.601 |
| freePractice2Results | Lewis Hamilton | 4 | 1:15.977 |
| freePractice2Results | Jenson Button | 5 | 1:15.989 |
| freePractice2Results | Paul di Resta | 6 | 1:16.089 |
| freePractice2Results | Mark Webber | 7 | 1:16.102 |
| freePractice2Results | Vitaly Petrov | 8 | 1:16.324 |
| freePractice2Results | Nick Heidfeld | 9 | 1:16.422 |
| freePractice2Results | Rubens Barrichello | 10 | 1:16.687 |
| freePractice2Results | Adrian Sutil | 11 | 1:16.905 |
| freePractice2Results | Pastor Maldonado | 12 | 1:16.941 |
| freePractice2Results | Sébastien Buemi | 13 | 1:17.051 |
| freePractice2Results | Jaime Alguersuari | 14 | 1:17.684 |
| freePractice2Results | Kamui Kobayashi | 15 | 1:17.757 |
| freePractice2Results | Jarno Trulli | 16 | 1:18.470 |
| freePractice2Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 17 | 1:18.482 |
| freePractice2Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 18 | 1:18.536 |
| freePractice2Results | Nico Rosberg | 19 | 1:18.601 |
| freePractice2Results | Michael Schumacher | 20 | 1:19.209 |
| freePractice2Results | Timo Glock | 21 | 1:19.810 |
| freePractice2Results | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 22 | 1:20.284 |
| freePractice2Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 23 | 1:20.311 |
| freePractice2Results | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 24 | 1:20.922 |
| freePractice3Results | Sebastian Vettel | 1 | 1:13.381 |
| freePractice3Results | Fernando Alonso | 2 | 1:13.701 |
| freePractice3Results | Nico Rosberg | 3 | 1:13.919 |
| freePractice3Results | Felipe Massa | 4 | 1:13.956 |
| freePractice3Results | Jenson Button | 5 | 1:14.335 |
| freePractice3Results | Lewis Hamilton | 6 | 1:14.469 |
| freePractice3Results | Michael Schumacher | 7 | 1:14.488 |
| freePractice3Results | Vitaly Petrov | 8 | 1:14.917 |
| freePractice3Results | Adrian Sutil | 9 | 1:15.217 |
| freePractice3Results | Paul di Resta | 10 | 1:15.243 |
| freePractice3Results | Pastor Maldonado | 11 | 1:15.312 |
| freePractice3Results | Nick Heidfeld | 12 | 1:15.350 |
| freePractice3Results | Sébastien Buemi | 13 | 1:16.138 |
| freePractice3Results | Jaime Alguersuari | 14 | 1:16.145 |
| freePractice3Results | Kamui Kobayashi | 15 | 1:16.236 |
| freePractice3Results | Rubens Barrichello | 16 | 1:16.438 |
| freePractice3Results | Pedro de la Rosa | 17 | 1:16.706 |
| freePractice3Results | Heikki Kovalainen | 18 | 1:17.093 |
| freePractice3Results | Jarno Trulli | 19 | 1:17.523 |
| freePractice3Results | Vitantonio Liuzzi | 20 | 1:18.910 |
| freePractice3Results | Timo Glock | 21 | 1:19.073 |
| freePractice3Results | Narain Karthikeyan | 22 | 1:19.213 |
| freePractice3Results | Jérôme d'Ambrosio | 23 | 1:20.475 |
Recorded pit stops
F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.