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He set off on his first charge and was up to 11th by lap 17.įurther heavy rain brought the safety car out on lap 20 before the race was suspended on lap 25. The incident prompted Button to shout memorably over team radio: "What is he doing?"ĭown in 15th 14 laps in after serving a penalty for speeding under the safety car, Button had been the first leading driver to change to intermediate tyres. Starting seventh in a race begun under the safety car in wet conditions, he squeezed McLaren team-mate Lewis Hamilton into the pit wall as they entered lap nine and the two cars collided, spraying debris over the track. This was the race that really did have it all.Ī two-hour rain suspension, five safety cars, two collisions for the winner and six visits to the pits - one of them a drive-through penalty.īutton's progress from 21st after 40 laps to first after 70 was an absolutely staggering feat. Oh, Canada The 2011 Canadian Grand Prix lasted more than four hours

Listen: 'It will be messy after my last race'.

'There were days when Button was untouchable'.

With the 36-year-old Briton announcing that Sunday's Abu Dhabi Grand Prix will be his final F1 race, BBC Sport takes a look at how Button comes alive when the rain falls. Perhaps no race better exemplified this than the 2011 Canadian Grand Prix - the longest in F1 history at four hours and four minutes - when he charged through the field from last position after 40 of 70 laps to claim an extraordinary victory.

So often in his career, Button has excelled in changeable conditions, particularly on damp tracks where it has not been clear-cut whether slick, intermediate or full-wet tyres were the way to go.