{"id":12750,"date":"2011-06-12T19:57:24","date_gmt":"2011-06-12T23:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/?p=12750"},"modified":"2011-12-07T18:53:21","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T23:53:21","slug":"vettel-extends-despite-last-lap-loss-to-button","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/formula-1\/vettel-extends-despite-last-lap-loss-to-button\/","title":{"rendered":"Vettel extends despite last-lap loss to Button"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sebastian Vettel still extended his lead in the 2011 world championship despite losing the marathon Canadian grand prix on the very last lap.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I led every lap until part of the last one,&#8221; said the disappointed Red Bull driver, who ran off the dry racing line to let McLaren&#8217;s Jenson Button past mere corners from the chequered flag.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s not the sweetest feeling,&#8221; admitted the German, despite pulling out his lead &#8211; now over Button &#8211; from 58 to 60 points.<\/p>\n<p>It was a marathon day at the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, following an excruciatingly long red flag delay due to torrential rain.<\/p>\n<p>Button&#8217;s victory was epic, given his drive-through penalty, a high speed run from the back of the safety car pack, and collisions with teammate Lewis Hamilton and also Ferrari&#8217;s Fernando Alonso.<\/p>\n<p>As for his clash with Lewis Hamilton, who had to retire, Briton Button said: &#8220;I couldn&#8217;t see anything and I&#8217;ve apologised to him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>McLaren boss Martin Whitmarsh, meanwhile, is hoping the stewards will not issue a post-race penalty after Button tipped Alonso into retirement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think Fernando shut (the door) on him,&#8221; Whitmarsh said on BBC television, but Spaniard Alonso did not agree.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sebastian Vettel still extended his lead in the 2011 world championship despite losing the marathon Canadian grand prix on the very last lap. &#8220;I led every lap until part of the last one,&#8221; said the disappointed Red Bull driver, who ran off the dry racing line to let McLaren&#8217;s Jenson Button past mere corners from &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[2120,3],"tags":[1317,1298,5262,149,5340,153,165,164],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12750"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12750"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12750\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14535,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12750\/revisions\/14535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.racinginfocus.com\/rif\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}