2010 Singapore Grand Prix
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The 2010 Singapore Grand Prix, officially the 2010 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix, was the fifteenth round of the 2010 Formula One season
, the third Singapore Grand Prix
to be held as part of the Formula One World Championship and the eleventh overall. It was held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore
on 26 September 2010. Ferrari
driver Fernando Alonso
led every lap from pole position to win his second race in succession and moved into second place in the drivers' championship. The Red Bull
cars of Sebastian Vettel
and Mark Webber
completed the podium, with Webber holding on to and extending his championship lead.
's victory at Monza
, combined with Lewis Hamilton
's first-lap retirement, Jenson Button
's second place and a poor performance from Red Bull Racing
's Mark Webber
and Sebastian Vettel
meant that Singapore was predicted to become a critical race in the championship as all five drivers would be able to take the championship lead with a victory. The situation was made difficult for Alonso as, following the Italian Grand Prix, he had used up all eight of his allocated engines, and to replace one would incure a ten-place grid penalty while his rivals all had at least one untouched engine in reserve, with Mark Webber having two. Data projections by Mercedes GP
suggested that Singapore would be the least-demanding on the engine, with just 48% of the lap being run at full throttle, the only circuit on the calendar where drivers use full throttle for less than half a lap.
Nick Heidfeld
replaced Pedro de la Rosa
at BMW Sauber
, a month after he had commenced tyre testing for Pirelli
ahead of their return to the sport. Shortly before the race meeting, Sakon Yamamoto
was replaced by test driver Christian Klien
at Hispania Racing after Yamamoto contracted food poisoning. Virgin Racing
's Jérôme d'Ambrosio
also replaced Lucas di Grassi
and Fairuz Fauzy stood in for Jarno Trulli
for the first practice session.
Williams'
Nico Hülkenberg received a grid penalty ahead of the race after a gearbox change at Monza.
, Michael Schumacher
and Kamui Kobayashi
exchanging blows as they learned the circuit; Petrov was the first to break the two-minute barrier. More drivers took to the circuit as a dry line started to appear, with lap times improving by twenty seconds over the course of the ninety-minute session. Petrov and Kobayashi fell away as the championship contenders emerged, while Schumacher went on to set the second-fastest time behind Mark Webber
; Petrov and Kobayashi finished tenth and twelfth respectively while Ferrari
drivers Fernando Alonso
and Felipe Massa
were eleventh and 19th after a limited-run campaign. Nick Heidfeld was thirteenth – a tenth of a second behind Kobayashi – on his return to the cockpit, while the Lotus of Heikki Kovalainen
was the fastest of the new teams, two and a half seconds ahead of the Virgins of Timo Glock
and d'Ambrosio. Christian Klien was eight seconds behind Webber on his debut for Hispania, while Fairuz Fauzy was eleven seconds off the pace; both Klien and Fauzy were the only drivers who failed to break the two-minute barrier.
The second practice session was also declared wet, though there were only a handful of damp sections around the circuit. Despite claims from their rivals that the FIA's newer, more stringent testing procedures for front wings and floors had hurt Red Bull, the Austrian team continued to dominate, with Sebastian Vettel over half a second quicker than team-mate Webber, who was also half a second faster than third-placed Jenson Button. By the end of the session, Fernando Alonso appeared to be on the verge of setting the fastest time when he was fastest in the first two sectors, but made an uncharacteristic mistake at turn seventeen – the scene of Nelson Piquet, Jr.'s controversial crash in 2008
– and ended up sliding down the access road at the next corner. The Spaniard then stalled while attempting to rejoin the circuit, forcing him to abandon his car and the session. Adrian Sutil
also ran afoul of the circuit when he made a mistake at the notorious turn ten chicane, the 'Singapore Sling'. His Force India bounced violently over the kerbs, damaging his suspension. The German was later fined US$10,000 by the stewards as he attempted to limp back to the pits with a damaged car. Lewis Hamilton
was critical of the reprofiled corner, claiming it was dangerous and unnecessary. The corner was originally conceived to force the cars to take a single-file approach into the next sequence of corners and the narrow Anderson Bridge, but Hamilton claimed that a brake failure could result in a serious accident. The only other driver to have trouble in the session was Renault's Robert Kubica
, who experienced a hydraulics problem that limited his track time in the dry. Heikki Kovalainen was once again the fastest of the newcomers.
The third session was once again declared wet despite a lack of forthcoming rain, with different sections of the circuit drying out at different rates and the surface making it difficult for drivers to tell precisely how wet or dry certain corners were. Vettel was once again fastest, this time ahead of Alonso and Hamilton while Jenson Button struggled to place better than thirteenth. Bruno Senna
spun twice, once at the chicane and again at turn eighteen, the same place as Alonso's incident in second practice. Alonso and Kubica almost made contact as the Ferrari driver left the pits while Schumacher experienced a heavy landing in the chicane and Nico Hülkenberg had several sideways moments. Timo Glock was the fastest of the newcomers.
The second qualifying period opened with another driver in trouble, this time Renault's Vitaly Petrov who spun at turn five and tagged the barriers, damaging his right-rear suspension. Unlike Massa, Petrov was able to set a lap time and would end the session thirteenth, which became twelfth after Nico Hülkenberg's gearbox penalty was applied. Despite running at the front through most of the practice sessions, the Williams driver could only managed twelfth, his five-place penalty demoting him to seventeenth. Nick Heidfeld
qualified fifteenth, ahead of the two Force India
s – Adrian Sutil
ahead of Vitantonio Liuzzi
– who had a disappointing qualifying to finish 16th and 17th; like Petrov, both would be promoted after Hülkenberg's penalty. The two Toro Rossos
were also eliminated, with Jaime Alguersuari
upstaging Sébastien Buemi
by a second to qualify eleventh.
The final period was dominated by Alonso and Ferrari, with Alonso appearing to be untouchable for most of the session. Sebastian Vettel
challenged him on several occasions, but had to settle for second place by the time the chequered flag fell. The McLaren
s of Hamilton and Button filled third and fourth place, with championship leader Mark Webber once again struggling around the Singapore circuit to finish fifth. Rubens Barrichello
in the second Williams put in an unprecedented lap to finish sixth, ahead of Nico Rosberg
and Robert Kubica
, with Kubica electing to only do a single timed run despite limited running in free practice meaning he had several sets of tyres spare. Michael Schumacher
returned to the top ten for the first time since Silverstone
to qualify ninth ahead of Kobayashi.
Minor incidents occurred around the circuit, with Nico Hülkenberg making contact with Vitaly Petrov at turn seven; Hülkenberg escaped unscathed, but Petrov fell down the order to fifteenth from seventh. Jarno Trulli retired from the back of the field with a hydraulics problem, while Felipe Massa – who had pitted on the first lap before the safety car was deployed – was caught in a train in tenth. At the front end of the field, Alonso and Vettel kept pulling out ahead of the McLarens before Kamui Kobayashi and Bruno Senna triggered a safety car halfway into the race. Kobayashi went wide on the approach to turn 18 and tagged the outer wall before spinning around to block half the circuit; Senna was slow to react into the blind corner moments later and buried his Hispania nose-first into the barrier alongside Kobayashi.
The cars were quickly cleared and the racing resumed, but it quickly became apparent that as the cars burned off fuel, Vettel was steadily reeling in Alonso. Both drivers pitted on the same lap despite Vettel potentially having the pace to overhaul Alonso and leapfrog him in the stops, but it was later revealed that both Red Bull and Ferrari were reacting to the McLarens and were attempting to avoid encountering them. Vettel's car bogged down coming out of the pit box, once again giving Alonso an advantage. Meanwhile, the McLarens pitted too late to avoid falling into the clutches of a recovering Mark Webber, but McLaren were able to get Lewis Hamilton back out onto the road close to the Australian, a move that would have serious ramifications for the championship. With fresher tyres than Webber, Hamilton attempted to pass him at turn seven on the restart lap, and the two made contact. The Red Bull driver escaped without damage, but Hamilton's suspension was broken and he was forced out, his second retirement in as many races. It was later revealed that Webber was incredibly fortunate to make it to the finish line at all, as his right front tyre was in serious danger of losing all pressure and deflating. It finally came apart in the post-race parc ferme, just one lap after the race as the car returned to the pits.
Nick Heidfeld fell victim to a similar fate as Hamilton at the very same corner the next lap. Engaged in a duel with Michael Schumacher, the Sauber and the Mercedes came together, resulting in Heidfeld hitting the outer barrier and Schumacher being forced to limp around with a broken front wing trailing sparks as it skimmed the surface of the track. Both incidents were investigated by the stewards, but no further action was taken. Christian Klien also retired, never emerging from his scheduled stop as his car was hamstrung by a hydraulics failure; Timo Glock later joined him with a similar problem. As Alonso and Vettel settled into a routine – both nursing brake issues of varying severity – Robert Kubica was forced to make an unscheduled pit stop with a right-rear puncture. Having pitted from sixth, he was able to make short work of Alguersuari, Buemi, team-mate Petrov, Massa, Hülkenberg and Adrian Sutil in the space of a few laps to make up seventh place as he enjoyed the extra grip of his new tyres.
The final drama of the race came when Heikki Kovalainen and Sébastien Buemi made contact in the final sector of the lap, with the Lotus driver spinning around in front of the Toro Rosso, who was quick to avoid a head-on collision. Kovalainen's car suffered damage to the fuel system and he limped back to the pits, the rear of his Lotus catching fire during the final few turns. Kovalainen aborted the pit entry, but did not make it much further as his car
was consumed by the fire. The Finn stopped on the main straight and put out the fire himself. As he was off the racing line, yellow flags were waved in the final corners instead of a safety car deployment. Alonso made a mistake here on the penultimate lap, allowing Vettel to draw within two tenths of a second going into the final lap. The presence of the Sutil-Hülkenberg-Massa-Petrov train compounded the problem, and while both drivers made short work of Petrov, Alonso was able to hold on into the final sector when they encountered Massa, and he was content to hold position for the remainder of the lap. The yellow flag for Kovalainen's car meant that Vettel's final chance of an overtake – into the final corner – was denied, and the Ferrari driver won the race by 0.293 seconds, securing the first Grand Chelem – leading the entire race from pole position with fastest lap – of his career, and the first since Michael Schumacher in the 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix. Webber retained third place and the championship lead but Button's fourth place meant that he would need a win simply to draw level with Webber. Nico Rosberg claimed fifth place ahead of Barrichello, with Kubica leading home Sutil, Hülkenberg and Massa.
Notes
Notes
Constructors' Championship standings
2010 Formula One season
The 2010 Formula One season was the 61st Formula One season of World Championship motor racing competition. Red Bull Racing won its maiden Constructors' Championship with a one-two finish in Brazil, while Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel won the Drivers' Championship after winning the final race...
, the third Singapore Grand Prix
Singapore Grand Prix
The Singapore Grand Prix is a motor race, currently in the calendar of the FIA Formula One World Championship. It is currently held in the Marina Bay area of Singapore...
to be held as part of the Formula One World Championship and the eleventh overall. It was held at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
on 26 September 2010. Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing....
driver Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, who is currently racing for Ferrari....
led every lap from pole position to win his second race in succession and moved into second place in the drivers' championship. The Red Bull
Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing is a Formula One racing team based in Milton Keynes, England which currently holds an Austrian licence. It is, along with Scuderia Toro Rosso, one of two teams owned by beverage company Red Bull GmbH. The team have won two Constructors' Championship titles, in and , becoming the...
cars of Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for Red Bull Racing. He is the current World Champion, having won the championship in and ....
and Mark Webber
Mark Webber
Mark Alan Webber is an Australian Formula One driver.After some racing success in Australia, Webber moved to the United Kingdom in 1995 to further his motorsport career...
completed the podium, with Webber holding on to and extending his championship lead.
Background
Fernando AlonsoFernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, who is currently racing for Ferrari....
's victory at Monza
2010 Italian Grand Prix
The 2010 Italian Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2010 Formula One season. It was held in Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy on September 12, 2010...
, combined with Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, MBE is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren team. He was the Formula One World Champion.Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire...
's first-lap retirement, Jenson Button
Jenson Button
Jenson Alexander Lyons Button MBE is a British Formula One driver currently signed to McLaren. He was the 2009 World Drivers' Champion.Button began karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the British...
's second place and a poor performance from Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing
Red Bull Racing is a Formula One racing team based in Milton Keynes, England which currently holds an Austrian licence. It is, along with Scuderia Toro Rosso, one of two teams owned by beverage company Red Bull GmbH. The team have won two Constructors' Championship titles, in and , becoming the...
's Mark Webber
Mark Webber
Mark Alan Webber is an Australian Formula One driver.After some racing success in Australia, Webber moved to the United Kingdom in 1995 to further his motorsport career...
and Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for Red Bull Racing. He is the current World Champion, having won the championship in and ....
meant that Singapore was predicted to become a critical race in the championship as all five drivers would be able to take the championship lead with a victory. The situation was made difficult for Alonso as, following the Italian Grand Prix, he had used up all eight of his allocated engines, and to replace one would incure a ten-place grid penalty while his rivals all had at least one untouched engine in reserve, with Mark Webber having two. Data projections by Mercedes GP
Mercedes GP
Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team, the trading name of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited, is a British-based Formula One racing team and constructor, owned by Mercedes-Benz and racing under a German licence since the 2010 season....
suggested that Singapore would be the least-demanding on the engine, with just 48% of the lap being run at full throttle, the only circuit on the calendar where drivers use full throttle for less than half a lap.
Nick Heidfeld
Nick Heidfeld
Nick Lars Heidfeld is a German racing driver.Despite scoring regular podium finishes in and , Heidfeld has yet to win a race since entering Formula One in . This means that amongst the current drivers, he has had the most GP starts without standing at the top spot on the podium...
replaced Pedro de la Rosa
Pedro de la Rosa
Pedro Martínez de la Rosa is a Formula One driver who has participated in 87 Grands Prix for the Arrows, Jaguar, McLaren and Sauber teams, debuting on 7 March 1999, becoming one of very few drivers to score a point at his first race...
at BMW Sauber
Sauber
Sauber F1 Team is a Swiss Formula One team. It was founded in the 1970s by Peter Sauber, who progressed through hillclimbing and the World Sportscar Championship to reach Formula One in 1993....
, a month after he had commenced tyre testing for Pirelli
Pirelli
Pirelli & C. SpA is a diverse multinational company based in Milan, Italy. The company, the world’s fifth largest tyre manufacturer, is present in over 160 countries, has 20 manufacturing sites around the world and a network of around 10,000 distributors and retailers.Founded in Milan in 1872,...
ahead of their return to the sport. Shortly before the race meeting, Sakon Yamamoto
Sakon Yamamoto
is a Japanese racing driver. He competed in 21 Formula One Grands Prix during the and 2007 and 2010 seasons.- Before Formula One:Yamamoto began his racing career in 1994 at the Suzuka Circuit Racing School , and worked his way up through the ranks, to become the test/third driver for the Jordan...
was replaced by test driver Christian Klien
Christian Klien
Christian Klien is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. In total he has scored 14 points in Formula One.Klien currently drives for Aston Martin Racing in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup-Racing career:...
at Hispania Racing after Yamamoto contracted food poisoning. Virgin Racing
Virgin Racing
Marussia Virgin Racing, the trading name of Virgin Racing Limited, is a Russian owned Formula One racing team based in the United Kingdom and racing on a Russian licence, which made its debut in the 2010 Formula One season. It was granted entry as Manor Grand Prix on 12 June 2009, as one of four...
's Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Jérôme d'Ambrosio
Jérôme d'Ambrosio is a Belgian racing driver of Italian descent. He is driving for Marussia Virgin Racing during the 2011 Formula One World Championship.-Karting:...
also replaced Lucas di Grassi
Lucas di Grassi
Lucas Tucci di Grassi is a Brazilian racing driver who drove for Virgin Racing in the 2010 Formula One season...
and Fairuz Fauzy stood in for Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli
Jarno Trulli is an Italian Formula One racing driver. He has been a regular in Formula One since 1997, driving for Minardi, Prost, Jordan, Renault and Toyota. He won the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix for Renault, his only Grand Prix victory to date. He is known for being a qualification expert...
for the first practice session.
Williams'
WilliamsF1
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, trading as AT&T Williams, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head...
Nico Hülkenberg received a grid penalty ahead of the race after a gearbox change at Monza.
Free Practice
In the days before the race, Singapore had been inundated with monsoonal storms, with several drivers expressing concerns over low visibility from the rain combined with the glare from the circuit lighting. The first practice session was declared wet, although the rain had stopped by the time the session started. Only a handful of drivers set times during the first hour and twenty minutes of the session, with Vitaly PetrovVitaly Petrov
Vitaly Alexandrovich Petrov is a Russian Formula One racing driver, currently driving for the Lotus Renault GP team. He is known as "Vyborg Rocket" in Russia. He is, to date, the only Russian to have competed in the Formula One World Championship....
, Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher is a German Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes GP team. Famous for his eleven-year spell with Ferrari, Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as the greatest F1 driver of all time...
and Kamui Kobayashi
Kamui Kobayashi
is a Japanese racing driver. He has competed in the GP2 Series, won the GP2 Asia Series, and made his Formula One debut with Toyota in the final two races of when he replaced Timo Glock after the German was injured in a crash during qualifying for the...
exchanging blows as they learned the circuit; Petrov was the first to break the two-minute barrier. More drivers took to the circuit as a dry line started to appear, with lap times improving by twenty seconds over the course of the ninety-minute session. Petrov and Kobayashi fell away as the championship contenders emerged, while Schumacher went on to set the second-fastest time behind Mark Webber
Mark Webber
Mark Alan Webber is an Australian Formula One driver.After some racing success in Australia, Webber moved to the United Kingdom in 1995 to further his motorsport career...
; Petrov and Kobayashi finished tenth and twelfth respectively while Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari
Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing....
drivers Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso
Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, who is currently racing for Ferrari....
and Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa
Felipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He finished second in the Drivers' World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the season.-Early years:...
were eleventh and 19th after a limited-run campaign. Nick Heidfeld was thirteenth – a tenth of a second behind Kobayashi – on his return to the cockpit, while the Lotus of Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Kovalainen
Heikki Johannes Kovalainen is a Finnish Formula One racing driver who spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons with British based team McLaren and the 2010 and 2011 seasons with Team Lotus....
was the fastest of the new teams, two and a half seconds ahead of the Virgins of Timo Glock
Timo Glock
Timo Glock is a German motor racing driver, currently driving in Formula One for the Virgin Racing team. At the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix, standing in for Giorgio Pantano who had a contract dispute with Jordan Grand Prix, he joined a select group of drivers who have scored a World Championship...
and d'Ambrosio. Christian Klien was eight seconds behind Webber on his debut for Hispania, while Fairuz Fauzy was eleven seconds off the pace; both Klien and Fauzy were the only drivers who failed to break the two-minute barrier.
The second practice session was also declared wet, though there were only a handful of damp sections around the circuit. Despite claims from their rivals that the FIA's newer, more stringent testing procedures for front wings and floors had hurt Red Bull, the Austrian team continued to dominate, with Sebastian Vettel over half a second quicker than team-mate Webber, who was also half a second faster than third-placed Jenson Button. By the end of the session, Fernando Alonso appeared to be on the verge of setting the fastest time when he was fastest in the first two sectors, but made an uncharacteristic mistake at turn seventeen – the scene of Nelson Piquet, Jr.'s controversial crash in 2008
Renault Formula One crash controversy
The Renault Formula One crash controversy, dubbed Crashgate by some in the media, is a sporting scandal perpetrated by the Renault F1 team who ordered Nelson Piquet, Jr...
– and ended up sliding down the access road at the next corner. The Spaniard then stalled while attempting to rejoin the circuit, forcing him to abandon his car and the session. Adrian Sutil
Adrian Sutil
-Biography:Sutil is the son of professional musicians Monika, a German, and Jorge, a Uruguayan. He has two brothers named Daniel and Raphael. He weighs 165 pounds and is 6 feet tall. A talented pianist, Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to Swiss Formula Ford 1800 in 2002...
also ran afoul of the circuit when he made a mistake at the notorious turn ten chicane, the 'Singapore Sling'. His Force India bounced violently over the kerbs, damaging his suspension. The German was later fined US$10,000 by the stewards as he attempted to limp back to the pits with a damaged car. Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton
Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, MBE is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren team. He was the Formula One World Champion.Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire...
was critical of the reprofiled corner, claiming it was dangerous and unnecessary. The corner was originally conceived to force the cars to take a single-file approach into the next sequence of corners and the narrow Anderson Bridge, but Hamilton claimed that a brake failure could result in a serious accident. The only other driver to have trouble in the session was Renault's Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica
Robert Józef Kubica is the first Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. Between 2006 and 2009 he drove for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted from test driver to race driver during 2006...
, who experienced a hydraulics problem that limited his track time in the dry. Heikki Kovalainen was once again the fastest of the newcomers.
The third session was once again declared wet despite a lack of forthcoming rain, with different sections of the circuit drying out at different rates and the surface making it difficult for drivers to tell precisely how wet or dry certain corners were. Vettel was once again fastest, this time ahead of Alonso and Hamilton while Jenson Button struggled to place better than thirteenth. Bruno Senna
Bruno Senna
Bruno Senna Lalli is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver and the nephew of the late three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna. His mother is Ayrton's older sister, Viviane. His father, Flávio Lalli, died in a motorcycle crash in 1996. He wears a slightly modified version of his uncle's...
spun twice, once at the chicane and again at turn eighteen, the same place as Alonso's incident in second practice. Alonso and Kubica almost made contact as the Ferrari driver left the pits while Schumacher experienced a heavy landing in the chicane and Nico Hülkenberg had several sideways moments. Timo Glock was the fastest of the newcomers.
Qualifying
The first qualifying period was marked by Felipe Massa stopping on the circuit and failing to set a time, the victim of a gearbox fault. Ferrari later elected to replace his engine and gearbox as a precaution, using his ninth engine of the season. As Massa was already starting last on the grid, the ten-place grid penalty was nullified. With Massa out and the newcomers circling four seconds off the pace, the seventeen remaining drivers had to do little more than set a time to progress to the second period. Timo Glock and Virgin led the newcomers despite a late charge from the Lotus drivers, with commentators remarking that it was the first time all season that Virgin had the upper hand over the other teams, aided in part by a new aerodynamic package for the race. Heikki Kovalainen split the Virgins, with Lucas di Grassi followed by Jarno Trulli; the four cars were separated by less than a second. Both Christian Klien and Bruno Senna had minor moments in the first period, with Klien out-qualifying Senna by over a second on his return to the cockpit.The second qualifying period opened with another driver in trouble, this time Renault's Vitaly Petrov who spun at turn five and tagged the barriers, damaging his right-rear suspension. Unlike Massa, Petrov was able to set a lap time and would end the session thirteenth, which became twelfth after Nico Hülkenberg's gearbox penalty was applied. Despite running at the front through most of the practice sessions, the Williams driver could only managed twelfth, his five-place penalty demoting him to seventeenth. Nick Heidfeld
Nick Heidfeld
Nick Lars Heidfeld is a German racing driver.Despite scoring regular podium finishes in and , Heidfeld has yet to win a race since entering Formula One in . This means that amongst the current drivers, he has had the most GP starts without standing at the top spot on the podium...
qualified fifteenth, ahead of the two Force India
Force India
Sahara Force India Formula One Team, the trading name of Force India Formula One Team Limited, is a Formula One racing team based in Silverstone, United Kingdom which currently holds an Indian licence. The team was formed in October 2007 when a consortium led by Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and...
s – Adrian Sutil
Adrian Sutil
-Biography:Sutil is the son of professional musicians Monika, a German, and Jorge, a Uruguayan. He has two brothers named Daniel and Raphael. He weighs 165 pounds and is 6 feet tall. A talented pianist, Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to Swiss Formula Ford 1800 in 2002...
ahead of Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Vitantonio "Tonio" Liuzzi is an Italian race driver who is currently racing in Formula One for the HRT F1 Team. He has homes in Lugano, Switzerland and Pescara, Italy.-Karting:...
– who had a disappointing qualifying to finish 16th and 17th; like Petrov, both would be promoted after Hülkenberg's penalty. The two Toro Rossos
Scuderia Toro Rosso
Scuderia Toro Rosso , also known simply as Toro Rosso or by its abbreviation STR, is an Italian Formula One racing team...
were also eliminated, with Jaime Alguersuari
Jaime Alguersuari
Jaime Víctor Alguersuari Escudero , is a Spanish racing driver who became the youngest Formula One driver to start a Grand Prix in history at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix. Alguersuari is the first driver to be born in the 1990s to compete in Formula One....
upstaging Sébastien Buemi
Sébastien Buemi
Sébastien Olivier Buemi is a Swiss racing driver, who competes for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula One.-Formula BMW:...
by a second to qualify eleventh.
The final period was dominated by Alonso and Ferrari, with Alonso appearing to be untouchable for most of the session. Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel
Sebastian Vettel is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for Red Bull Racing. He is the current World Champion, having won the championship in and ....
challenged him on several occasions, but had to settle for second place by the time the chequered flag fell. The McLaren
McLaren
McLaren Racing Limited, trading as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, is a British Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed and won in the Indianapolis 500 and Canadian-American Challenge Cup...
s of Hamilton and Button filled third and fourth place, with championship leader Mark Webber once again struggling around the Singapore circuit to finish fifth. Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Barrichello
Rubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He is currently racing for Williams F1.Barrichello has scored the seventh highest points total in Formula One history. Barrichello drove for Ferrari from to , as Michael Schumacher's teammate, enjoying considerable...
in the second Williams put in an unprecedented lap to finish sixth, ahead of Nico Rosberg
Nico Rosberg
Nico Erik Rosberg is a racing driver for the Mercedes GP Formula One team. He races under the German flag in Formula One, although he competed for Finland earlier in his career...
and Robert Kubica
Robert Kubica
Robert Józef Kubica is the first Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. Between 2006 and 2009 he drove for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted from test driver to race driver during 2006...
, with Kubica electing to only do a single timed run despite limited running in free practice meaning he had several sets of tyres spare. Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher
Michael Schumacher is a German Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes GP team. Famous for his eleven-year spell with Ferrari, Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as the greatest F1 driver of all time...
returned to the top ten for the first time since Silverstone
2010 British Grand Prix
The 2010 British Grand Prix was the tenth race of the 2010 Formula One season. On 7 December 2009, it was confirmed that the race would take place at Silverstone for the next seventeen years after the failure of Donington Park to raise the necessary funds to hold the race...
to qualify ninth ahead of Kobayashi.
Race
Sebastian Vettel got the best start from the line, but an intimidating move from Alonso forced Vettel back into position. It would be as close as Vettel would get for the next 60 laps as Alonso quickly pulled out a three second lead. The early momentum of the field was broken up by contact between Nick Heidfeld and Vitantonio Liuzzi, which forced retirement for Liuzzi with rear suspension damage, while Heidfeld was forced to pit for a new front wing. The safety car was deployed as Liuzzi's car was removed from the circuit and most of the field dived for the pits, with Mark Webber leading the early round of stops. Any chance at playing the long strategy card was put paid to by a road block in the shape of the non-stopping Timo Glock in tenth and the harder compound tyres now run by those who had stopped, that were three seconds per lap slower than the softer options. Webber was soon locked in a race to stay in touch with the McLarens in the hopes of leapfrogging them during their stop.Minor incidents occurred around the circuit, with Nico Hülkenberg making contact with Vitaly Petrov at turn seven; Hülkenberg escaped unscathed, but Petrov fell down the order to fifteenth from seventh. Jarno Trulli retired from the back of the field with a hydraulics problem, while Felipe Massa – who had pitted on the first lap before the safety car was deployed – was caught in a train in tenth. At the front end of the field, Alonso and Vettel kept pulling out ahead of the McLarens before Kamui Kobayashi and Bruno Senna triggered a safety car halfway into the race. Kobayashi went wide on the approach to turn 18 and tagged the outer wall before spinning around to block half the circuit; Senna was slow to react into the blind corner moments later and buried his Hispania nose-first into the barrier alongside Kobayashi.
The cars were quickly cleared and the racing resumed, but it quickly became apparent that as the cars burned off fuel, Vettel was steadily reeling in Alonso. Both drivers pitted on the same lap despite Vettel potentially having the pace to overhaul Alonso and leapfrog him in the stops, but it was later revealed that both Red Bull and Ferrari were reacting to the McLarens and were attempting to avoid encountering them. Vettel's car bogged down coming out of the pit box, once again giving Alonso an advantage. Meanwhile, the McLarens pitted too late to avoid falling into the clutches of a recovering Mark Webber, but McLaren were able to get Lewis Hamilton back out onto the road close to the Australian, a move that would have serious ramifications for the championship. With fresher tyres than Webber, Hamilton attempted to pass him at turn seven on the restart lap, and the two made contact. The Red Bull driver escaped without damage, but Hamilton's suspension was broken and he was forced out, his second retirement in as many races. It was later revealed that Webber was incredibly fortunate to make it to the finish line at all, as his right front tyre was in serious danger of losing all pressure and deflating. It finally came apart in the post-race parc ferme, just one lap after the race as the car returned to the pits.
Nick Heidfeld fell victim to a similar fate as Hamilton at the very same corner the next lap. Engaged in a duel with Michael Schumacher, the Sauber and the Mercedes came together, resulting in Heidfeld hitting the outer barrier and Schumacher being forced to limp around with a broken front wing trailing sparks as it skimmed the surface of the track. Both incidents were investigated by the stewards, but no further action was taken. Christian Klien also retired, never emerging from his scheduled stop as his car was hamstrung by a hydraulics failure; Timo Glock later joined him with a similar problem. As Alonso and Vettel settled into a routine – both nursing brake issues of varying severity – Robert Kubica was forced to make an unscheduled pit stop with a right-rear puncture. Having pitted from sixth, he was able to make short work of Alguersuari, Buemi, team-mate Petrov, Massa, Hülkenberg and Adrian Sutil in the space of a few laps to make up seventh place as he enjoyed the extra grip of his new tyres.
The final drama of the race came when Heikki Kovalainen and Sébastien Buemi made contact in the final sector of the lap, with the Lotus driver spinning around in front of the Toro Rosso, who was quick to avoid a head-on collision. Kovalainen's car suffered damage to the fuel system and he limped back to the pits, the rear of his Lotus catching fire during the final few turns. Kovalainen aborted the pit entry, but did not make it much further as his car
Lotus T127
The Lotus T127 is a Formula One motor racing car designed and built by the Lotus Racing team for the season. It was driven by Jarno Trulli and Heikki Kovalainen and was unveiled in London, on 12 February 2010...
was consumed by the fire. The Finn stopped on the main straight and put out the fire himself. As he was off the racing line, yellow flags were waved in the final corners instead of a safety car deployment. Alonso made a mistake here on the penultimate lap, allowing Vettel to draw within two tenths of a second going into the final lap. The presence of the Sutil-Hülkenberg-Massa-Petrov train compounded the problem, and while both drivers made short work of Petrov, Alonso was able to hold on into the final sector when they encountered Massa, and he was content to hold position for the remainder of the lap. The yellow flag for Kovalainen's car meant that Vettel's final chance of an overtake – into the final corner – was denied, and the Ferrari driver won the race by 0.293 seconds, securing the first Grand Chelem – leading the entire race from pole position with fastest lap – of his career, and the first since Michael Schumacher in the 2004 Hungarian Grand Prix. Webber retained third place and the championship lead but Button's fourth place meant that he would need a win simply to draw level with Webber. Nico Rosberg claimed fifth place ahead of Barrichello, with Kubica leading home Sutil, Hülkenberg and Massa.
Qualifying
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Grid |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |  Fernando AlonsoFernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, who is currently racing for Ferrari.... |
Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
1:46.541 | 1:45.809 | 1:45.390 | 1 |
| 2 | 5 |  Sebastian VettelSebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for Red Bull Racing. He is the current World Champion, having won the championship in and .... |
Red Bull Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing is a Formula One racing team based in Milton Keynes, England which currently holds an Austrian licence. It is, along with Scuderia Toro Rosso, one of two teams owned by beverage company Red Bull GmbH. The team have won two Constructors' Championship titles, in and , becoming the... -Renault Renault F1 Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking... |
1:46.960 | 1:45.561 | 1:45.457 | 2 |
| 3 | 2 |  Lewis HamiltonLewis Hamilton Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, MBE is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren team. He was the Formula One World Champion.Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire... |
McLaren McLaren McLaren Racing Limited, trading as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, is a British Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed and won in the Indianapolis 500 and Canadian-American Challenge Cup... -Mercedes |
1:48.296 | 1:46.042 | 1:45.571 | 3 |
| 4 | 1 | Jenson Button Jenson Button Jenson Alexander Lyons Button MBE is a British Formula One driver currently signed to McLaren. He was the 2009 World Drivers' Champion.Button began karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the British... |
McLaren McLaren McLaren Racing Limited, trading as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, is a British Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed and won in the Indianapolis 500 and Canadian-American Challenge Cup... -Mercedes |
1:48.032 | 1:46.490 | 1:45.944 | 4 |
| 5 | 6 |  Mark WebberMark Webber Mark Alan Webber is an Australian Formula One driver.After some racing success in Australia, Webber moved to the United Kingdom in 1995 to further his motorsport career... |
Red Bull Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing is a Formula One racing team based in Milton Keynes, England which currently holds an Austrian licence. It is, along with Scuderia Toro Rosso, one of two teams owned by beverage company Red Bull GmbH. The team have won two Constructors' Championship titles, in and , becoming the... -Renault Renault F1 Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking... |
1:47.088 | 1:46.908 | 1:45.977 | 5 |
| 6 | 9 |  Rubens BarrichelloRubens Barrichello Rubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He is currently racing for Williams F1.Barrichello has scored the seventh highest points total in Formula One history. Barrichello drove for Ferrari from to , as Michael Schumacher's teammate, enjoying considerable... |
Williams WilliamsF1 Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, trading as AT&T Williams, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head... -Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
1:48.183 | 1:47.019 | 1:46.236 | 6 |
| 7 | 4 | Nico Rosberg Nico Rosberg Nico Erik Rosberg is a racing driver for the Mercedes GP Formula One team. He races under the German flag in Formula One, although he competed for Finland earlier in his career... |
Mercedes Mercedes GP Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team, the trading name of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited, is a British-based Formula One racing team and constructor, owned by Mercedes-Benz and racing under a German licence since the 2010 season.... |
1:48.554 | 1:46.783 | 1:46.443 | 7 |
| 8 | 11 |  Robert KubicaRobert Kubica Robert Józef Kubica is the first Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. Between 2006 and 2009 he drove for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted from test driver to race driver during 2006... |
Renault Renault F1 Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking... |
1:47.657 | 1:46.949 | 1:46.593 | 8 |
| 9 | 3 | Michael Schumacher Michael Schumacher Michael Schumacher is a German Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes GP team. Famous for his eleven-year spell with Ferrari, Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as the greatest F1 driver of all time... |
Mercedes Mercedes GP Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team, the trading name of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited, is a British-based Formula One racing team and constructor, owned by Mercedes-Benz and racing under a German licence since the 2010 season.... |
1:48.425 | 1:47.160 | 1:46.702 | 9 |
| 10 | 23 |  Kamui KobayashiKamui Kobayashi is a Japanese racing driver. He has competed in the GP2 Series, won the GP2 Asia Series, and made his Formula One debut with Toyota in the final two races of when he replaced Timo Glock after the German was injured in a crash during qualifying for the... |
BMW Sauber Sauber Sauber F1 Team is a Swiss Formula One team. It was founded in the 1970s by Peter Sauber, who progressed through hillclimbing and the World Sportscar Championship to reach Formula One in 1993.... -Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
1:48.908 | 1:47.559 | 1:47.884 | 10 |
| 11 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari Jaime Alguersuari Jaime Víctor Alguersuari Escudero , is a Spanish racing driver who became the youngest Formula One driver to start a Grand Prix in history at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix. Alguersuari is the first driver to be born in the 1990s to compete in Formula One.... |
Toro Rosso Scuderia Toro Rosso Scuderia Toro Rosso , also known simply as Toro Rosso or by its abbreviation STR, is an Italian Formula One racing team... -Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
1:48.127 | 1:47.666 | 11 | |
| 12 | 10 | Nico Hülkenberg |
Williams WilliamsF1 Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, trading as AT&T Williams, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head... -Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
1:47.984 | 1:47.674 | 17 | |
| 13 | 12 |  Vitaly PetrovVitaly Petrov Vitaly Alexandrovich Petrov is a Russian Formula One racing driver, currently driving for the Lotus Renault GP team. He is known as "Vyborg Rocket" in Russia. He is, to date, the only Russian to have competed in the Formula One World Championship.... |
Renault Renault F1 Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking... |
1:48.906 | 1:48.165 | 12 | |
| 14 | 16 |  Sébastien BuemiSébastien Buemi Sébastien Olivier Buemi is a Swiss racing driver, who competes for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula One.-Formula BMW:... |
Toro Rosso Scuderia Toro Rosso Scuderia Toro Rosso , also known simply as Toro Rosso or by its abbreviation STR, is an Italian Formula One racing team... -Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
1:49.063 | 1:48.502 | 13 | |
| 15 | 22 | Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Nick Lars Heidfeld is a German racing driver.Despite scoring regular podium finishes in and , Heidfeld has yet to win a race since entering Formula One in . This means that amongst the current drivers, he has had the most GP starts without standing at the top spot on the podium... |
BMW Sauber Sauber Sauber F1 Team is a Swiss Formula One team. It was founded in the 1970s by Peter Sauber, who progressed through hillclimbing and the World Sportscar Championship to reach Formula One in 1993.... -Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
1:48.696 | 1:48.557 | 14 | |
| 16 | 14 | Adrian Sutil Adrian Sutil -Biography:Sutil is the son of professional musicians Monika, a German, and Jorge, a Uruguayan. He has two brothers named Daniel and Raphael. He weighs 165 pounds and is 6 feet tall. A talented pianist, Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to Swiss Formula Ford 1800 in 2002... |
Force India Force India Sahara Force India Formula One Team, the trading name of Force India Formula One Team Limited, is a Formula One racing team based in Silverstone, United Kingdom which currently holds an Indian licence. The team was formed in October 2007 when a consortium led by Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and... -Mercedes |
1:48.496 | 1:48.899 | 15 | |
| 17 | 15 |  Vitantonio LiuzziVitantonio Liuzzi Vitantonio "Tonio" Liuzzi is an Italian race driver who is currently racing in Formula One for the HRT F1 Team. He has homes in Lugano, Switzerland and Pescara, Italy.-Karting:... |
Force India Force India Sahara Force India Formula One Team, the trading name of Force India Formula One Team Limited, is a Formula One racing team based in Silverstone, United Kingdom which currently holds an Indian licence. The team was formed in October 2007 when a consortium led by Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and... -Mercedes |
1:48.988 | 1:48.961 | 16 | |
| 18 | 24 | Timo Glock Timo Glock Timo Glock is a German motor racing driver, currently driving in Formula One for the Virgin Racing team. At the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix, standing in for Giorgio Pantano who had a contract dispute with Jordan Grand Prix, he joined a select group of drivers who have scored a World Championship... |
Virgin Virgin Racing Marussia Virgin Racing, the trading name of Virgin Racing Limited, is a Russian owned Formula One racing team based in the United Kingdom and racing on a Russian licence, which made its debut in the 2010 Formula One season. It was granted entry as Manor Grand Prix on 12 June 2009, as one of four... -Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
1:50.721 | 18 | ||
| 19 | 19 |  Heikki KovalainenHeikki Kovalainen Heikki Johannes Kovalainen is a Finnish Formula One racing driver who spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons with British based team McLaren and the 2010 and 2011 seasons with Team Lotus.... |
Lotus-Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
1:50.915 | 19 | ||
| 20 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi Lucas di Grassi Lucas Tucci di Grassi is a Brazilian racing driver who drove for Virgin Racing in the 2010 Formula One season... |
Virgin Virgin Racing Marussia Virgin Racing, the trading name of Virgin Racing Limited, is a Russian owned Formula One racing team based in the United Kingdom and racing on a Russian licence, which made its debut in the 2010 Formula One season. It was granted entry as Manor Grand Prix on 12 June 2009, as one of four... -Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
1:51.107 | 20 | ||
| 21 | 18 | Jarno Trulli Jarno Trulli Jarno Trulli is an Italian Formula One racing driver. He has been a regular in Formula One since 1997, driving for Minardi, Prost, Jordan, Renault and Toyota. He won the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix for Renault, his only Grand Prix victory to date. He is known for being a qualification expert... |
Lotus-Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
1:51.641 | 21 | ||
| 22 | 20 |  Christian KlienChristian Klien Christian Klien is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. In total he has scored 14 points in Formula One.Klien currently drives for Aston Martin Racing in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup-Racing career:... |
HRT-Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
1:52.964 | 22 | ||
| 23 | 21 | Bruno Senna Bruno Senna Bruno Senna Lalli is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver and the nephew of the late three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna. His mother is Ayrton's older sister, Viviane. His father, Flávio Lalli, died in a motorcycle crash in 1996. He wears a slightly modified version of his uncle's... |
HRT-Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
1:54.174 | 23 | ||
| 24 | 7 | Felipe Massa Felipe Massa Felipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He finished second in the Drivers' World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the season.-Early years:... |
Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
no time | 24 | ||
Notes
- – Jaime AlguersuariJaime AlguersuariJaime Víctor Alguersuari Escudero , is a Spanish racing driver who became the youngest Formula One driver to start a Grand Prix in history at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix. Alguersuari is the first driver to be born in the 1990s to compete in Formula One....
started from the pitlane. - – Nico Hülkenberg was given a five-place grid penalty for changing his gearbox after the Monza round2010 Italian Grand PrixThe 2010 Italian Grand Prix was the fourteenth round of the 2010 Formula One season. It was held in Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy on September 12, 2010...
. - – Felipe MassaFelipe MassaFelipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He finished second in the Drivers' World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the season.-Early years:...
failed to set a lap time after stopping on the circuit in the first part of the qualifying session. - - FerrariScuderia FerrariScuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing....
replaced Massa's gearbox and engine – his ninth for the season – after his stoppage in qualifying; Massa could not be penalised because he had already qualified last after failing to set a time.
Race
| Pos | No | Driver | Constructor | Laps | Time/Retired | Grid | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, who is currently racing for Ferrari.... |
Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
61 | 1:57:53.579 | 1 | 25 |
| 2 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for Red Bull Racing. He is the current World Champion, having won the championship in and .... |
Red Bull Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing is a Formula One racing team based in Milton Keynes, England which currently holds an Austrian licence. It is, along with Scuderia Toro Rosso, one of two teams owned by beverage company Red Bull GmbH. The team have won two Constructors' Championship titles, in and , becoming the... -Renault Renault F1 Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking... |
61 | +0.293 | 2 | 18 |
| 3 | 6 | Mark Webber Mark Webber Mark Alan Webber is an Australian Formula One driver.After some racing success in Australia, Webber moved to the United Kingdom in 1995 to further his motorsport career... |
Red Bull Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing is a Formula One racing team based in Milton Keynes, England which currently holds an Austrian licence. It is, along with Scuderia Toro Rosso, one of two teams owned by beverage company Red Bull GmbH. The team have won two Constructors' Championship titles, in and , becoming the... -Renault Renault F1 Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking... |
61 | +29.141 | 5 | 15 |
| 4 | 1 | Jenson Button Jenson Button Jenson Alexander Lyons Button MBE is a British Formula One driver currently signed to McLaren. He was the 2009 World Drivers' Champion.Button began karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the British... |
McLaren McLaren McLaren Racing Limited, trading as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, is a British Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed and won in the Indianapolis 500 and Canadian-American Challenge Cup... -Mercedes |
61 | +30.384 | 4 | 12 |
| 5 | 4 | Nico Rosberg Nico Rosberg Nico Erik Rosberg is a racing driver for the Mercedes GP Formula One team. He races under the German flag in Formula One, although he competed for Finland earlier in his career... |
Mercedes Mercedes GP Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team, the trading name of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited, is a British-based Formula One racing team and constructor, owned by Mercedes-Benz and racing under a German licence since the 2010 season.... |
61 | +49.394 | 7 | 10 |
| 6 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello Rubens Barrichello Rubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He is currently racing for Williams F1.Barrichello has scored the seventh highest points total in Formula One history. Barrichello drove for Ferrari from to , as Michael Schumacher's teammate, enjoying considerable... |
Williams WilliamsF1 Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, trading as AT&T Williams, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head... -Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
61 | +56.101 | 6 | 8 |
| 7 | 11 | Robert Kubica Robert Kubica Robert Józef Kubica is the first Polish racing driver to compete in Formula One. Between 2006 and 2009 he drove for the BMW Sauber F1 team, promoted from test driver to race driver during 2006... |
Renault Renault F1 Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking... |
61 | +1:26.559 | 8 | 6 |
| 8 | 7 | Felipe Massa Felipe Massa Felipe Massa is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. He finished second in the Drivers' World Championship, and is under contract to race for Scuderia Ferrari until the end of the season.-Early years:... |
Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
61 | +1:53.297 | 24 | 4 |
| 9 | 14 | Adrian Sutil Adrian Sutil -Biography:Sutil is the son of professional musicians Monika, a German, and Jorge, a Uruguayan. He has two brothers named Daniel and Raphael. He weighs 165 pounds and is 6 feet tall. A talented pianist, Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to Swiss Formula Ford 1800 in 2002... |
Force India Force India Sahara Force India Formula One Team, the trading name of Force India Formula One Team Limited, is a Formula One racing team based in Silverstone, United Kingdom which currently holds an Indian licence. The team was formed in October 2007 when a consortium led by Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and... -Mercedes |
61 | +2:12.416 | 15 | 2 |
| 10 | 10 | Nico Hülkenberg |
Williams WilliamsF1 Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, trading as AT&T Williams, is a British Formula One motor racing team and constructor. It was founded and run by Sir Frank Williams and Patrick Head... -Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
61 | +2:12.791 | 17 | 1 |
| 11 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov Vitaly Petrov Vitaly Alexandrovich Petrov is a Russian Formula One racing driver, currently driving for the Lotus Renault GP team. He is known as "Vyborg Rocket" in Russia. He is, to date, the only Russian to have competed in the Formula One World Championship.... |
Renault Renault F1 Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking... |
60 | +1 Lap | 12 | |
| 12 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari Jaime Alguersuari Jaime Víctor Alguersuari Escudero , is a Spanish racing driver who became the youngest Formula One driver to start a Grand Prix in history at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix. Alguersuari is the first driver to be born in the 1990s to compete in Formula One.... |
Toro Rosso Scuderia Toro Rosso Scuderia Toro Rosso , also known simply as Toro Rosso or by its abbreviation STR, is an Italian Formula One racing team... -Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
60 | +1 Lap | 11 | |
| 13 | 3 | Michael Schumacher Michael Schumacher Michael Schumacher is a German Formula One racing driver for the Mercedes GP team. Famous for his eleven-year spell with Ferrari, Schumacher is a seven-time World Champion and is widely regarded as the greatest F1 driver of all time... |
Mercedes Mercedes GP Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team, the trading name of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited, is a British-based Formula One racing team and constructor, owned by Mercedes-Benz and racing under a German licence since the 2010 season.... |
60 | +1 Lap | 9 | |
| 14 | 16 | Sébastien Buemi Sébastien Buemi Sébastien Olivier Buemi is a Swiss racing driver, who competes for Scuderia Toro Rosso in Formula One.-Formula BMW:... |
Toro Rosso Scuderia Toro Rosso Scuderia Toro Rosso , also known simply as Toro Rosso or by its abbreviation STR, is an Italian Formula One racing team... -Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
60 | +1 Lap | 13 | |
| 15 | 25 | Lucas di Grassi Lucas di Grassi Lucas Tucci di Grassi is a Brazilian racing driver who drove for Virgin Racing in the 2010 Formula One season... |
Virgin Virgin Racing Marussia Virgin Racing, the trading name of Virgin Racing Limited, is a Russian owned Formula One racing team based in the United Kingdom and racing on a Russian licence, which made its debut in the 2010 Formula One season. It was granted entry as Manor Grand Prix on 12 June 2009, as one of four... -Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
59 | +2 Laps | 20 | |
| 16 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Kovalainen Heikki Johannes Kovalainen is a Finnish Formula One racing driver who spent the 2008 and 2009 seasons with British based team McLaren and the 2010 and 2011 seasons with Team Lotus.... |
Lotus-Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
58 | Fire | 19 | |
| Ret | 24 | Timo Glock Timo Glock Timo Glock is a German motor racing driver, currently driving in Formula One for the Virgin Racing team. At the 2004 Canadian Grand Prix, standing in for Giorgio Pantano who had a contract dispute with Jordan Grand Prix, he joined a select group of drivers who have scored a World Championship... |
Virgin Virgin Racing Marussia Virgin Racing, the trading name of Virgin Racing Limited, is a Russian owned Formula One racing team based in the United Kingdom and racing on a Russian licence, which made its debut in the 2010 Formula One season. It was granted entry as Manor Grand Prix on 12 June 2009, as one of four... -Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
49 | Hydraulics | 18 | |
| Ret | 22 | Nick Heidfeld Nick Heidfeld Nick Lars Heidfeld is a German racing driver.Despite scoring regular podium finishes in and , Heidfeld has yet to win a race since entering Formula One in . This means that amongst the current drivers, he has had the most GP starts without standing at the top spot on the podium... |
BMW Sauber Sauber Sauber F1 Team is a Swiss Formula One team. It was founded in the 1970s by Peter Sauber, who progressed through hillclimbing and the World Sportscar Championship to reach Formula One in 1993.... -Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
36 | Collision | 14 | |
| Ret | 2 | Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, MBE is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren team. He was the Formula One World Champion.Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire... |
McLaren McLaren McLaren Racing Limited, trading as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, is a British Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed and won in the Indianapolis 500 and Canadian-American Challenge Cup... -Mercedes |
35 | Collision | 3 | |
| Ret | 20 | Christian Klien Christian Klien Christian Klien is an Austrian former Formula One racing driver. In total he has scored 14 points in Formula One.Klien currently drives for Aston Martin Racing in the Intercontinental Le Mans Cup-Racing career:... |
HRT-Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
31 | Hydraulics | 22 | |
| Ret | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi Kamui Kobayashi is a Japanese racing driver. He has competed in the GP2 Series, won the GP2 Asia Series, and made his Formula One debut with Toyota in the final two races of when he replaced Timo Glock after the German was injured in a crash during qualifying for the... |
BMW Sauber Sauber Sauber F1 Team is a Swiss Formula One team. It was founded in the 1970s by Peter Sauber, who progressed through hillclimbing and the World Sportscar Championship to reach Formula One in 1993.... -Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
30 | Accident | 10 | |
| Ret | 21 | Bruno Senna Bruno Senna Bruno Senna Lalli is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver and the nephew of the late three-time Formula One world champion Ayrton Senna. His mother is Ayrton's older sister, Viviane. His father, Flávio Lalli, died in a motorcycle crash in 1996. He wears a slightly modified version of his uncle's... |
HRT-Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
29 | Accident | 23 | |
| Ret | 18 | Jarno Trulli Jarno Trulli Jarno Trulli is an Italian Formula One racing driver. He has been a regular in Formula One since 1997, driving for Minardi, Prost, Jordan, Renault and Toyota. He won the 2004 Monaco Grand Prix for Renault, his only Grand Prix victory to date. He is known for being a qualification expert... |
Lotus-Cosworth Cosworth Cosworth is a high performance engineering company founded in London in 1958, specialising in engines and electronics for automobile racing , mainstream automotive and defence industries... |
27 | Hydraulics | 21 | |
| Ret | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi Vitantonio Liuzzi Vitantonio "Tonio" Liuzzi is an Italian race driver who is currently racing in Formula One for the HRT F1 Team. He has homes in Lugano, Switzerland and Pescara, Italy.-Karting:... |
Force India Force India Sahara Force India Formula One Team, the trading name of Force India Formula One Team Limited, is a Formula One racing team based in Silverstone, United Kingdom which currently holds an Indian licence. The team was formed in October 2007 when a consortium led by Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and... -Mercedes |
1 | Collision | 16 |
Notes
- – Adrian SutilAdrian Sutil-Biography:Sutil is the son of professional musicians Monika, a German, and Jorge, a Uruguayan. He has two brothers named Daniel and Raphael. He weighs 165 pounds and is 6 feet tall. A talented pianist, Sutil started karting at 14 before moving up to Swiss Formula Ford 1800 in 2002...
was penalised 20 seconds post-race for illegally gaining an advantage at turn seven on the first lap. - – Following a protest by Force IndiaForce IndiaSahara Force India Formula One Team, the trading name of Force India Formula One Team Limited, is a Formula One racing team based in Silverstone, United Kingdom which currently holds an Indian licence. The team was formed in October 2007 when a consortium led by Indian businessman Vijay Mallya and...
, Nico Hülkenberg was penalised 20 seconds post-race for illegally gaining an advantage. - – Jaime AlguersuariJaime AlguersuariJaime Víctor Alguersuari Escudero , is a Spanish racing driver who became the youngest Formula One driver to start a Grand Prix in history at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix. Alguersuari is the first driver to be born in the 1990s to compete in Formula One....
started from the pit lane following a water leak before the race.
Standings after the race
Drivers' Championship standings| Pos | Driver | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark Webber Mark Webber Mark Alan Webber is an Australian Formula One driver.After some racing success in Australia, Webber moved to the United Kingdom in 1995 to further his motorsport career... |
202 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time World Champion, who is currently racing for Ferrari.... |
191 |
| 3 | Lewis Hamilton Lewis Hamilton Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton, MBE is a British Formula One racing driver from England, currently racing for the McLaren team. He was the Formula One World Champion.Hamilton was born in Stevenage, Hertfordshire... |
182 |
| 4 | Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel Sebastian Vettel is a German Formula One racing driver, currently driving for Red Bull Racing. He is the current World Champion, having won the championship in and .... |
181 |
| 5 | Jenson Button Jenson Button Jenson Alexander Lyons Button MBE is a British Formula One driver currently signed to McLaren. He was the 2009 World Drivers' Champion.Button began karting at the age of eight and achieved early success, before progressing to car racing in the British Formula Ford Championship and the British... |
177 |
Constructors' Championship standings
| Pos | Constructor | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Red Bull Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing is a Formula One racing team based in Milton Keynes, England which currently holds an Austrian licence. It is, along with Scuderia Toro Rosso, one of two teams owned by beverage company Red Bull GmbH. The team have won two Constructors' Championship titles, in and , becoming the... -Renault Renault F1 Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking... |
383 |
| 2 | McLaren McLaren McLaren Racing Limited, trading as Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, is a British Formula One team based in Woking, Surrey, United Kingdom. McLaren is best known as a Formula One constructor but has also competed and won in the Indianapolis 500 and Canadian-American Challenge Cup... -Mercedes |
359 |
| 3 | Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari Scuderia Ferrari is the racing team division of the Ferrari automobile marque. The team currently only races in Formula One but has competed in numerous classes of motorsport since its formation in 1929, including sportscar racing.... |
319 |
| 4 | Mercedes Mercedes GP Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team, the trading name of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited, is a British-based Formula One racing team and constructor, owned by Mercedes-Benz and racing under a German licence since the 2010 season.... |
168 |
| 5 |  RenaultRenault F1 Lotus Renault GP, formerly the Renault F1 Team, is a British Formula One racing team. The Oxfordshire-based team can trace its roots back through the Benetton team of the late 1980s and 1990s to the Toleman team of the early 1980s. Renault had also competed in various forms since , before taking... |
133 |
- Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.