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The safety car leads a gaggle of cars through the rain on Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Phil Carpenter, Gazette
It was a racing purist’s nightmare. But for anyone who loves motorsport for the fun of it, Sunday’s 42nd Canadian Grand Prix was off the charts.
Torrential rains, dozens of pit stops, strategies for tires, strewn car parts, incredible skill shown in blinding conditions, stewards’ investigations – all of it combined to produce a thrilling victory for McLaren-Mercedes’ Jenson Button.
Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel led every lap but the final one, the only one that matters. Button seized upon Vettel’s bobble on a wet track to race past with the checkered flag nearly in view to earn his first Circuit Gilles Villeneuve win.
Here’s my column on a remarkable day at the track.

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