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Well, what an amazing race - what an amazing weekend. Button gives McLaren a great boost with victory but the Red Bulls were there once again, and Michael Schumacher can finally take something positive out of his Formula 1 comeback, after a fighting drive.
This was the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix weekend on AUTOSPORT Live. Thanks for your company over the course of a great motorsport weekend. Both the Le Mans 24 hours and the Canadian Grand Prix were fascinating.
We will be back for all the usual coverage for the European Grand Prix at Valencia in two week's time.
This was the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix weekend on AUTOSPORT Live. Thanks for your company over the course of a great motorsport weekend. Both the Le Mans 24 hours and the Canadian Grand Prix were fascinating.
We will be back for all the usual coverage for the European Grand Prix at Valencia in two week's time.
Vettel lost the lead on the final lap but still maintains a healthy lead in the championship as the sport returns to Europe for the mid-summer leg of the championship.
Seven drivers retired from today's race:
Di Resta pulled off to the side of the track with a technical problem after being heavily involved at the sharp end in the first half of the race.
Pastor Maldonado pulled off at Turn 2 after a slow lap and a stop to try and fix the problem on the last restart.
Nick Heidfeld caused the final safety car period when he nudged the back of Schumacher at Turn 2 rode over his own front wing.
Sutil retired in the pits after a difficult race.
Alonso turned in on Button at the second to last restart, the pair made contact and Alonso spun backwards into the Turn 4 wall and retirement.
Kovalainen retired in the pits after a technical problem.
Lewis Hamilton was the first casualty when he clashed with team-mate Jenson Button in the opening phase of the race.
Di Resta pulled off to the side of the track with a technical problem after being heavily involved at the sharp end in the first half of the race.
Pastor Maldonado pulled off at Turn 2 after a slow lap and a stop to try and fix the problem on the last restart.
Nick Heidfeld caused the final safety car period when he nudged the back of Schumacher at Turn 2 rode over his own front wing.
Sutil retired in the pits after a difficult race.
Alonso turned in on Button at the second to last restart, the pair made contact and Alonso spun backwards into the Turn 4 wall and retirement.
Kovalainen retired in the pits after a technical problem.
Lewis Hamilton was the first casualty when he clashed with team-mate Jenson Button in the opening phase of the race.
The champagne sprays on the podium at the end of an unbelievable Canadian Grand Prix.
Mark Webber gets his trophy for taking third after a determined drive from the midfield after a spin on the first lap.
Sebastian Vettel is handed his prize for second place. He masks the disappointment of losing the victory well with a smile.
Paddy Lowe collects the constructors' award for McLaren.
Button receives his award for a fine victory. He raises it aloft and gets huge applause.
The drivers step out onto the podium and God Save the Queen rings out over the circuit Gilles Villeneuve for Jenson Button and McLaren.
Karthikeyan led home a train of cars all fighting for that 14th place. D'Ambrosio, Glock and Trulli were all on his tail.
A clearly disappointed Vettel shakes hands with McLaren's Paddy Lowe.
Button bounds over to his crew and father in parc ferme for some well deserved celebrations.
Rosberg was very slow on the last lap and lost points. He ends up 11th with de la Rosa 12th, Liuzzi 13th and HRT team-mate Karthikeyan 14th.
Alguersuari finished eighth behind Kobayashi, with Barrichello ninth and Buemi rounding out the top 10.
Replays underline that Vettel nearly spun off completely as he went wide at Turn 6 in the crucial mistake on the last lap.
Petrov crossed the line in fifth and Massa snatched sixth in a side-by-side race over the line with Kobayashi.
"A fantastic win. We deserved that after the race we had. It's been a long time coming," roars Button.
Button goes unsurprisingly crazy over the radio.
Webber resists a resurgent Schumacher to take third.
Vettel finishes 2.7s behind, defeated for only the second time this year.
Button crosses the line to take a remarkable victory in Canada!
Despite a clash with his team-mate and a penalty that dropped him to last, Button is within sight of victory.
Button is set to win his first race since China in April 2010.
Massa is on Kobayashi's tail and will try to take sixth on the final lap.
Vettel runs very wide, gets sideways at Turn 3, and Button sweeps into the lead.
He will be close enough to hit DRS on the run to the flag.
Button is now 0.9s behind heading onto the final lap of the race.
The fight for the final point is over as di Resta pulls off with problems, leaving Barrichello well ahead of Buemi in 11th.
Button is close enough to trigger DRS.
Vettel locks up at the hairpin but keeps it tight.
Button edges slightly closer.
Petrov posts his fastest lap of the race - 1m19.054s and is catching Schumacher.
Button only takes a tenth off Vettel, they're 1.1s apart with two laps to go.
Rosberg has passed Alguersuari and is up into eighth place.
Vettel has found enough speed to stay just ahead of Button.
Di Resta is just 0.6s behind Barrichello as they begin the fight for the final point.
Schumacher then slid over the chicane, but the place was already lost.
The Red Bull used a straightforward DRS move down the outside towards the final chicane.
Webber finally makes it past Schumacher for third.
Button only managed to take 0.3s off Vettel on that lap. Three to go.
By: Emlyn Hughes, Matt Beer
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