[Official] Driver of the race:Canadian Grand Prix

[Marbot]

Button. Six trips through the pits, including one for a drive-through and one for a puncture.

Special mentions for TGF, the STR's and Liuzzi, who puts HRT ahead of Virgin in the constructors championship with his 13th place finish.

[GTRMagic]

Originally Posted by Mr V

I'm sorry but Webber DOTR? (i know who voted for him) but are you so blinkered?

From the midfield to 3rd, fighting the same people Mr Button got thru (apart from Mr Vettel) without punting Mr Alonso and Mr Hamilton. Just because the powerbrokers gave Mr Button the benefit of the doubt not once but twice, and that he capitalised on Mr Vettel's mistake under pressure (meaning there was a non ho-hum result...) doesnt make him the only good racer on the day!

Sorry if I see value in that

[beau1]

Originally Posted by Mr V

Mercades have arguably the best DRS out there, Michaels trouble was, once he was overtaken, he wasn't then fast enough to make use of it.

Erm, DRS only works if you can get near the cars in front something that the Mercedes clearly cannot do against Red Bull and McLaren who are miles ahead of them and are coincidentally the cars that passed Michael.

[ujoint]

Button. Hands down. If this was not your choice, you probably didn't watch this one. IMO.

[Neil22]

Button, no doubt. Kudos to Shumacher and Massa too.

[Steve Milward]

Without a doubt Button, but a mention for Schumacher too. He drove a great race but didn't have the pace once the dry line appeared. Surprised he didn't defend more in the DRS zone.

Button was awesome and at one stage in 21st place I thought his day was over, how wrong can you be.

[neil_davidson2]

Button for me too - very eventful drive!

[sparkione]

Originally Posted by Razzzor

I think Schumi was easily driver of the race. Button clearly had the faster car, in fact the best car in the field by the looks of it, and he still managed to take 2 ex-champions out of the race - both of which were more his fault. How do you give someone who took out his own team-mate and Alonso, driver of the race??? Without the many safety cars he would have been lapped after his drive through and those 2 incidents.

Er, sorry, which planet was it again that you live on?

[p261brm]

21st to 1st, drive through and a ''whats he doing'' plus the thought of that ''finger'' JB top man.

[Tourer]

JB for me with an honourable mention for TGF.

I reckon it'll take a whole lot for JB to have a more satisfying win than that one.

[VIVA GT]

It hyas to be Button for me too, excellent drive, but (typped through gritted teeth) MSC did well too, as did Koboyashi (especially that power-slide in qualifying!)

[JamesH]

Amazing. Button drives the best recovery drive anyone has ever seen, and some people vote for someone else. In that last stint he didn't put his wheels off the racing line once (unless he needed to avoiding an almost crashing Webber. That is really REAL quality. Like I said, amazing.

And just for completeness, Button was not responsible for either of his 'accidents'. Look at the replays.

MS drove very well, but tailed off at the end - so how can he be DOTR? JB drove well for the WHOLE race.

Webber? What? Were you watching the same race? He did well, and on a day where JB and MS (and KK?) were not there, he would probably have been DoTR. Not Canada.

[Andy77]

TGF thats for sure. It just is a shame he wasnt allowed to defend with equal weapons thanks to DRS of Button and Webber.

[Hesketh]

Button

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by Andy77

TGF thats for sure. It just is a shame he wasnt allowed to defend with equal weapons thanks to DRS of Button and Webber.

He had those "equal weapons" too.

[Super Hans]

Can people stick to voting for their own choice and stop telling others how they should've voted? Cheers.

[rustyfan]

Although helped a lot by the SC periods I got to hand it to Button, brilliant drive there.

Overtake of the race was easily the one by Schumacher when he went three wide with Kobayashi and Massa though

[Andy77]

Originally Posted by Marbot

He had those "equal weapons" too.

I am under the impression that the defender ain`t allowed to use drs so the overtaker only has that advantage while he overtakes. Without the device Button as well as Webber would have died on the outside of Schumacher in both their moves since TGF simply made the way longer to both. Great defending with a slower car, like Alonso did to TGF at Imola one year, is almost impossible with this gimmick

[Mr V]

Originally Posted by Andy77

I am under the impression that the defender ain`t allowed to use drs so the overtaker only has that advantage while he overtakes. Without the device Button as well as Webber would have died on the outside of Schumacher in both their moves since TGF simply made the way longer to both. Great defending with a slower car, like Alonso did to TGF at Imola one year, is almost impossible with this gimmick

But then, if Michael was quick enough he'd have been in a position to do the same next lap round, but he wasn't. Don't get me wrong, Michaels was an excellent drive and he's done his fair share of overtaking this season, but alot of that was also DRS assisted.

[Marbot]

IIRC, TGF was right on the back of Webber when they took the flag. No doubt DRS assisted. Another lap, and.....

IIRC, TGF is a big fan of the DRS.

IIRC, his teams is the best DRS out there.

[Andy77]

Originally Posted by Mr V

But then, if Michael was quick enough he'd have been in a position to do the same next lap round, but he wasn't. Don't get me wrong, Michaels was an excellent drive and he's done his fair share of overtaking this season, but alot of that was also DRS assisted.

My problem is not a who has done what. My problem is that a skill, the skill of defending the position of a literrally slower car through a corner, gets killed by the useage of these gimmicks, mainly because only the overtaker has the advantage. Now I know, if both had drs allowed the whole gimmick would not have needed to be introduced but it would have been intrigueing to see how these battles ended up if both were allowed to use gimmick on the same spot.

You can call me conservative but finally it is a huge kick in the butt of racecraft.

[Andy77]

Originally Posted by Marbot

IIRC, TGF was right on the back of Webber when they took the flag. No doubt DRS assisted. Another lap, and.....

IIRC, TGF is a big fan of the DRS.

IIRC, his teams is the best DRS out there.

This is not a good example. It only goes to show that a race driver will take every ever so light advantage given

This race was a major kick in the butt of racecraft.

[Mr V]

I personally have no problem with DRS, but i do think that between the hairpin and final turn is the wrong place to have it. Personally i'd prefer it (in Canada) on the start/finish line only or the small straight going into the hairpin.

BTW, Spain showed that DRS is not always an advantage.

[Andy77]

Originally Posted by Mr V

I personally have no problem with DRS, but i do think that between the hairpin and final turn is the wrong place to have it. Personally i'd prefer it (in Canada) on the start/finish line only or the small straight going into the hairpin.

BTW, Spain showed that DRS is not always an advantage.

I knew Spain would be thrown in as a counter example
At Spain Hamilton wasn`t able to use up to 25 km/h advantages over Vettel, tahnks to broken kers, although Hamilton made use of DRS every single lap at the end of sf straight.
But here we talk about two cars that are almost on par regarding outright speed. When the kers worked for Vettel or Hamilton didn`t use it, both ended up with a similar speed in DRS zone. (Given that the screens that BBC showed were matching the true speeds and gimmick activation)

The Mercedes this season is not nearly as fast as the Red Bull nor the McLaren.

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by Andy77

The Mercedes this season is not nearly as fast as the Red Bull nor the McLaren.

We can only assume that Schumacher got into the position he got into during the race by using DRS on slower cars that would have normally held him up. So it should come as no surprise to him that he might also befall the same fate in his slower car when faster cars come up behind him.