2010 Formula One World Championship

The 2010 Formula One season was the 61st Formula One season. Red Bull Racing won its first Constructors' Championship. Sebastian Vettel won his first Drivers' Championship. He only took the championship by winning the final race of the season. Vettel became the youngest World Champion.

2010 FIA Formula One World Championship
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Races by country Races by season

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship. ^[1]

Team	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	Tyre	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds	Test Driver(s)
Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes	McLaren	MP4-25[2]	Mercedes-Benz FO108X 2.4 L V8	B	1	Jenson Button	All	Gary Paffett
					2	Lewis Hamilton	All
Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team	Mercedes	MGP W01[3]	Mercedes-Benz FO108X 2.4 L V8	B	3	Michael Schumacher	All	N/A
					4	Nico Rosberg	All
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull	RB6[4]	Renault RS27-2010 2.4 L V8	B	5	Sebastian VettelRalf Schumacher	1-14-17	Ralf Schumacher Daniel Riccardo David Coulthard
					6	Mark WebberDavid Coulthard	16-17
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	Ferrari	F10[5]	Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8	B	7	Felipe Massa Barichello	16	Giancarlo Fisichella Marc Gené Luca Badoer
					8	Fernando Alonso	All
AT&T Williams	Williams	FW32[6]	Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8	B	9	Rubens BarrichelloValtteri Bottas	16	Valtteri Bottas
					10	Nico Hulkenberg	All
Renault F1 Team	Renault	R30[7]	Renault RS27-2010 2.4 L V8	B	11	Robert Kubica	All	Ho Pin-Tung Jérôme d'Ambrosio Jan Charouz
					12	Vitaly Petrov	All
Force India F1 Team	Force India	VJM03[8]	Mercedes-Benz FO108X 2.4 L V8	B	14	Adrian Sutil	All	Paul di Resta
					15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	All
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso	STR5[9]	Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8	B	16	Sebastien Buemi	All	Brendon Hartley Daniel Riccardo David Coulthard
					17	Jaime Alguersuari	All
Lotus Racing	Lotus	T127[10]	Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8	B	18	Jarno Trulli	All	Fairuz Fauzy
					19	Heikki Kovalainen	All
HRT F1 Team	HRT	F110[11]	Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8	B	20	Karun Chandhok	1–10	Sakon Yamamoto Christian Klien
						Sakon Yamamoto[12]	11-14, 16-17
						Christian Klien[13][14]	15, 18-19
					21	Bruno Senna[12]	1–9, 11-19
						Sakon Yamamoto[15]	10
BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber	C29[16]	Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8	B	22	Pedro de la Rosa	1–14	Esteban Gutiérrez
						Nick Heidfeld[17]	15-19
					23	Kamui Kobayashi	All
Virgin Racing	Virgin	VR-01[18]	Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8	B	24	Timo Glock	All	Luiz Razia Andy Soucek Jérôme d'Ambrosio[19]
					25	Lucas di Grassi	All

Driver changes

On 8 July, 2010, the Thursday before the British Grand Prix, the HRT F1 Team (HRT) announced that Bruno Senna would be replaced by test driver Sakon Yamamoto. After the British race, HRT announced that Senna would return to his seat and race the number 21 car. HRT also announced that Yamamoto would replace Karun Chandhok at the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim.^[12]

In August, Mercedes released Nick Heidfeld from his contract. Heidfeld was released so he could join Pirelli and test of the new tyre for the 2011 season.^[20]

In September, Sauber replaced Pedro de la Rosa with Nick Heidfeld for the remainder of the season, starting with the Singapore Grand Prix.^[17]

For the Singapore Grand Prix Christian Klien replaced Sakon Yamamoto. HRT reported that Yamamoto was sick from food posining.^[13] For the Brazilian Grand Prix, HRT announced that Klien would race in place of Yamamoto.^[14]

Race schedule

^[21]

Rd.	Official Race Title	Grand Prix	Circuit	City / Location	Date	Time
						Local	UTC
1	Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain GP	Bahrain International Circuit	Sakhir	14 March	15:00	12:00
2	Qantas Australian Grand Prix	Australian GP	Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit	Melbourne	28 March	17:00	06:00
3	Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix	Malaysian GP	Sepang International Circuit	Kuala Lumpur	4 April	16:00	08:00
4	Santander Chinese Grand Prix	Chinese GP	Shanghai International Circuit	Shanghai	18 April	15:00	07:00
5	Gran Premio de España Telefónica	Spanish GP	Circuit de Catalunya	Barcelona Catalunya	9 May	14:00	12:00
6	Grand Prix de Monaco	Monaco GP	Circuit de Monaco	Monte Carlo	16 May	14:00	12:00
7	Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix	Turkish GP	Istanbul Park	Istanbul	30 May	15:00	12:00
8	Grand Prix du Canada	Canadian GP	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve	Montreal	13 June	12:00	16:00
9	Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe	European GP	Valencia Street Circuit	Valencia	27 June	14:00	12:00
10	Santander British Grand Prix	British GP	Silverstone Circuit	Silverstone	11 July	13:00	12:00
11	Grosser Preis Santander Von Deutschland	German GP	Hockenheimring	Hockenheim	25 July	14:00	12:00
12	Eni Magyar Nagydij	Hungarian GP	Hungaroring	Budapest	1 August	14:00	12:00
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Belgian GP	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps	Spa-Francorchamps	29 August	14:00	12:00
14	Gran Premio Santander d'Italia	Italian GP	Autodromo di Monza	Monza	12 September	14:00	12:00
15	Singtel Singapore Grand Prix	Singapore GP	Marina Bay Street Circuit	Singapore	26 September	20:00	12:00
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Japanese GP	Suzuka Circuit	Suzuka	10 October	15:00	06:00
17	Korean Grand Prix	Korean GP	Korean International Circuit	Yeongam	24 October	15:00	6:00
18	Grande Prêmio do Brasil	Brazilian GP	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	São Paulo	7 November	14:00	16:00
19	Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Abu Dhabi GP	Yas Marina Circuit	Yas Island	14 November	17:00	13:00

The Korean Grand Prix ran as scheduled. The Korean International Circuit passed its inspection on 12 October.^[22]

Results and standings

Race results

Round	Grands Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor
1	Bahrain Grand Prix[23]	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
2	Australian Grand Prix[24]	Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
3	Malaysian Grand Prix[25]	Mark Webber	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
4	Chinese Grand Prix[26]	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
5	Spanish Grand Prix[27]	Mark Webber	Lewis Hamilton	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
6	Monaco Grand Prix[28]	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
7	Turkish Grand Prix[29]	Mark Webber	Vitaly Petrov	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
8	Canadian Grand Prix[30]	Lewis Hamilton	Robert Kubica	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
9	European Grand Prix[31]	Sebastian Vettel	Jenson Button	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
10	British Grand Prix[32]	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
11	German Grand Prix[33]	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
12	Hungarian Grand Prix[34]	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
13	Belgian Grand Prix[35]	Mark Webber	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
14	Italian Grand Prix[36]	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
15	Singapore Grand Prix[37]	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
16	Japanese Grand Prix[38]	Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
17	Korean Grand Prix[39]	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
18	Brazilian Grand Prix[40]	Nico Hülkenberg	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
19	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix[41]	Ralf Schumache	Lewis Hamilton	Ralf Schumacher	Red Bull-Renault

Drivers standings

Pos Driver BHR [23] AUS [24] MAL [25] CHN [26] ESP [27] MON [28] TUR [29] CAN [30] EUR [31] GBR [32] GER [33] HUN [34] BEL [35] ITA [36] SIN [37] JPN [38] KOR [39] BRA [40] ABU [41] Points 1 Sebastian Vettel 4 Ret 1 6 3 2 Ret 4 1 7 3 3 15 4 2 1 Ret 1 ' 256 2 Fernando Alonso 1 4 13† 4 2 6 8 3 8 14 1 2 Ret 1 1 3 1 3 7 252 3 Mark Webber 8 9 2 8 1 1 3 5 Ret 1 6 1 2 6 3 2 Ret 2 234 4 Lewis Hamilton 3 6 6 2 14† 5 1 1 2 2 4 Ret 1 Ret Ret 5 2 4 2 234 5 Jenson Button 7 1 8 1 5 Ret 2 2 3 4 5 8 Ret 2 4 4 12 5 3 214 6 Nico Rosberg 2 3 7 9 6 4 7 15 11 15 2 4 4 3 8 Ret 3 15 144 7 Felipe Massa 5 5 3 3 13 7 5 6 10 3 8 Ret 6 5 5 17† Ret 6 4 134 8 Robert Kubica 11 2 4 5 8 3 6 7 5 Ret 7 Ret 3 8 7 Ret 5 dqs DSQ '131 9 Michael Schumacher 6 10 Ret 10 4 12 4 11 15 9 9 11 7 9 13 6 4 7 Ret 72 10 Rubens Barrichello 10 8 12 12 9 Ret 14 14 4 5 12 10 Ret 10 6 9 7 14 12 47 11 Adrian Sutil 12 Ret 5 11 7 8 9 10 6 8 17 Ret 5 16 9 Ret Ret 12 13 47 12 Kamui Kobayashi Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 10 Ret 7 6 11 9 8 Ret Ret 7 8 10 14 32 13 Vitaly Petrov Ret Ret Ret 7 11 13† 15 17 14 13 10 5 9 13 11 Ret Ret 16 6 27 14 Ralf Schumacher 25 25 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi 9 7 Ret Ret 15† 9 13 9 16 11 16 13 10 12 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 21 16 Sébastien Buemi 16† Ret 11 Ret Ret 10 16 8 9 12 Ret 12 12 11 14 10 Ret 13 15 8 17 Pedro de la Rosa Ret 12 DNS Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 Ret 14 7 11 14 6 18 Nick Heidfeld Ret 8 9 17 11 6 19 Jaime Alguersuari 13 11 9 13 10 11 12 12 13 Ret 15 Ret 13 15 12 11 11 11 9 5 20 Heikki Kovalainen 15 13 Ret 14 DNS Ret Ret 16 Ret 17 Ret 14 16 18 16† 12 13 18 17 0 21 Jarno Trulli 17† DNS 17 Ret 17 15† Ret Ret 21 16 Ret 15 19 Ret Ret 13 Ret 19 21† 0 22 Karun Chandhok Ret 14 15 17 Ret 14† 20† 18 18 19 0 23 Bruno Senna Ret Ret 16 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 19 17 Ret Ret Ret 15 14 21 19 0 24 Lucas di Grassi Ret Ret 14 Ret 19 Ret 19 19 17 Ret Ret 18 17 20† 15 DNS Ret NC 18 0 25 Timo Glock Ret Ret Ret DNS 18 Ret 18 Ret 19 18 18 16 18 17 Ret 14 Ret 20 Ret 0 26 Sakon Yamamoto 20 Ret 19 20 19 16 15 0 27 Christian Klien Ret 22 20 0 Pos Driver BHR AUS MAL CHN ESP MON TUR CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR BRA ABU Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold - Pole Italics - Fastest lap

^† Driver that did not finish the Grand Prix. Driver was classified (ranked) because they finish more than 90% of the race.

Constructors standings

Pos Constructor Car No. BHR [23] AUS [24] MAL [25] CHN [26] ESP [27] MON [28] TUR [29] CAN [30] EUR [31] GBR [32] GER [33] HUN [34] BEL [35] ITA [36] SIN [37] JPN [38] KOR [39] BRA [40] ABU [41] Points 1 Red Bull-Renault 5 4 Ret 1 6 3 2 Ret 4 1 7 3 3 15 4 2 1 Ret 1 1 498 6 8 9 2 8 1 1 3 5 Ret 1 6 1 2 6 3 2 Ret 2 8 2 McLaren-Mercedes 1 7 1 8 1 5 Ret 2 2 3 4 5 8 Ret 2 4 4 12 5 3 454 2 3 6 6 2 14† 5 1 1 2 2 4 Ret 1 Ret Ret 5 2 4 2 3 Ferrari 7 2 3 7 9 6 4 7 15 11 15 2 4 4 3 8 Ret 3 15 10 396 8 1 4 13† 4 2 6 8 3 8 14 1 2 Ret 1 1 3 1 3 7 4 Mercedes 3 6 10 Ret 10 4 12 4 11 15 9 9 11 7 9 13 6 4 7 Ret 214 4 5 5 3 3 13 7 5 6 10 3 8 Ret 6 5 5 17† Ret 6 4 5 Renault 11 11 2 4 5 8 3 6 7 5 Ret 7 Ret 3 8 7 Ret 5 9 5 163 12 Ret Ret Ret 7 11 13† 15 17 14 13 10 5 9 13 11 Ret Ret 16 6 6 Williams-Cosworth 9 10 8 12 12 9 Ret 14 14 4 5 12 10 Ret 10 6 9 7 14 12 69 10 14 Ret 10 15 16 Ret 17 13 Ret 10 13 6 14 7 10 Ret 10 8 16 7 Force India-Mercedes 14 12 Ret 5 11 7 8 9 10 6 8 17 Ret 5 16 9 Ret Ret 12 13 68 15 9 7 Ret Ret 15† 9 13 9 16 11 16 13 10 12 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 8 BMW Sauber-Ferrari 22 Ret 12 DNS Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 Ret 14 7 11 14 Ret 8 9 17 11 44 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 10 Ret 7 6 11 9 8 Ret Ret 7 8 10 14 9 Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16 16† Ret 11 Ret Ret 10 16 8 9 12 Ret 12 12 11 14 10 Ret 13 15 13 17 13 11 9 13 10 11 12 12 13 Ret 15 Ret 13 15 12 11 11 11 9 10 Lotus-Cosworth 18 17† DNS 17 Ret 17 15† Ret Ret 21 16 Ret 15 19 Ret Ret 13 Ret 19 21† 0 19 15 13 Ret 14 DNS Ret Ret 16 Ret 17 Ret 14 16 18 16† 12 13 18 17 11 HRT-Cosworth 20 Ret 14 15 17 Ret 14† 20† 18 18 19 Ret 19 20 19 Ret 16 15 22 20 0 21 Ret Ret 16 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 20 19 17 Ret Ret Ret 15 14 21 19 12 Virgin-Cosworth 24 Ret Ret Ret DNS 18 Ret 18 Ret 19 18 18 16 18 17 Ret 14 Ret 20 Ret 0 25 Ret Ret 14 Ret 19 Ret 19 19 17 Ret Ret 18 17 20 15 DNS Ret NC 18 Pos Constructor Car No. BHR AUS MAL CHN ESP MON TUR CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR BRA ABU Points

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Red Did not qualify (DNQ) Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ) Black Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Race cancelled (C) Light blue Practiced only (PO) Friday test driver (TD) (starting in 2003) Blank Did not practice (DNP) Excluded (EX) Did not arrive (DNA) Withdrew entry before the event (WD) Bold – Pole Italics – Fastest Lap

^† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix. Driver was classified (ranked) because they finished over 90% of the race.