2010 F1 World Championship Season

Season:	61st World Championship season
Drivers’ Champion:	Sebastian Vettel (1st title, 32nd different world champion, 2nd German champion)
Constructors’ Champion:	Red Bull-Renault (1st title for Red Bull, 14th different world champion constructor)
Reigning drivers’ champion:	Jenson Button
Reigning constructors’ champion:	Brawn GP
Races:	19
Winning drivers:	Fernando Alonso (5) Sebastian Vettel (5) Mark Webber (4) Lewis Hamilton (3) Jenson Button (2)
Winning constructors:	Red Bull (9) McLaren (5) Ferrari (5)
First-time winners (driver):	none
First-time winners (constructor):	none
Other seasons:

Calendar

DT: Drivers’ title decider
CT: Constructors’ title decider

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date	Race Result
1	Bahrain	Sakhir	14 March	2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
2	Australia	Melbourne	28 March	2010 Australian Grand Prix
3	Malaysia	Sepang	04 April	2010 Malaysian Grand Prix
4	China	Shanghai	18 April	2010 Chinese Grand Prix
5	Spain	Catalunya	09 May	2010 Spanish Grand Prix
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	16 May	2010 Monaco Grand Prix
7	Turkey	Istanbul	30 May	2010 Turkish Grand Prix
8	Canada	Montreal	13 June	2010 Canadian Grand Prix
9	Europe	Valencia	27 June	2010 European Grand Prix
10	Britain	Silverstone	11 July	2010 British Grand Prix
11	Germany	Hockenheim	25 July	2010 German Grand Prix
12	Hungary	Hungaroring	01 August	2010 Hungarian Grand Prix
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	29 August	2010 Belgian Grand Prix
14	Italy	Monza	12 September	2010 Italian Grand Prix
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	26 September	2010 Singapore Grand Prix
16	Japan	Suzuka	10 October	2010 Japanese Grand Prix
17	South Korea	Yeongam	24 October	2010 Korean Grand Prix
18	Brazil CT	Interlagos	07 November	2010 Brazilian Grand Prix
19	Abu Dhabi DT	Yas Marina	14 November	2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

Driver and constructor entries

Race drivers

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
BMW Sauber	Pedro de la Rosa	1-14
	Nick Heidfeld	15-19
	Kamui Kobayashi	All
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso	All
Ferrari	Felipe Massa	All
Force India	Vitantonio Liuzzi	All
Force India	Adrian Sutil	All
HRT	Karun Chandhok	1-10
	Christian Klien	15, 18-19
	Bruno Senna	1-9, 11-19
	Sakon Yamamoto	10-14, 16-17
Lotus	Heikki Kovalainen	All
Lotus	Jarno Trulli	All
McLaren	Jenson Button	All
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton	All
Mercedes	Nico Rosberg	All
Mercedes	Michael Schumacher	All
Red Bull	Sebastian Vettel	All
Red Bull	Mark Webber	All
Renault	Robert Kubica	All
Renault	Vitaly Petrov	All
Toro Rosso	Jaime Alguersuari	All
Toro Rosso	Sebastien Buemi	All
Virgin	Lucas di Grassi	All
Virgin	Timo Glock	All
Williams	Rubens Barrichello	All
Williams	Nico Hulkenberg	All

Free practice drivers

Constructor	Driver	Round(s) entered
Force India	Paul di Resta	2-5, 9-10, 12, 14
HRT	Christian Klien	5, 9
HRT	Sakon Yamamoto	7
Lotus	Fairuz Fauzy	3, 10-11, 15, 19
Virgin	Jerome d’Ambrosio	15-18

Race winners

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Start	Win Margin
1	Bahrain	Sakhir	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	16.099s
2	Australia	Melbourne	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	4	12.034s
3	Malaysia	Sepang	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	3	4.849s
4	China	Shanghai	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	5	1.530s
5	Spain	Catalunya	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1	24.065s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1	0.448s
7	Turkey	Istanbul	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	2	2.645s
8	Canada	Montreal	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1	2.254s
9	Europe	Valencia	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	5.042s
10	Britain	Silverstone	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	2	1.360s
11	Germany	Nurburgring	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	2	4.196s
12	Hungary	Hungaroring	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	2	17.821s
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	2	1.571s
14	Italy	Monza	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1	2.938s
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1	0.293s
16	Japan	Suzuka	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	0.905s
17	South Korea	Yeongam	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	14.999s
18	Brazil	Interlagos	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	2	4.243s
19	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	10.162s

Polesitters

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor	Race	Pole Margin
1	Bahrain	Sakhir	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	4	0.141s
2	Australia	Melbourne	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	DNF	0.116s
3	Malaysia	Sepang	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	2	1.346s
4	China	Shanghai	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	6	0.248s
5	Spain	Catalunya	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1	0.106s
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1	0.294s
7	Turkey	Istanbul	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	3	0.138s
8	Canada	Montreal	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1	0.268s
9	Europe	Valencia	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	0.075s
10	Britain	Silverstone	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	7	0.143s
11	Germany	Nurburgring	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	3	0.002s
12	Hungary	Hungaroring	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	3	0.411s
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	2	0.085s
14	Italy	Monza	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1	0.122s
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1	0.067s
16	Japan	Suzuka	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	0.068s
17	South Korea	Yeongam	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	DNF	0.074s
18	Brazil	Interlagos	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	8	1.049s
19	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1	0.031s

Fastest laps

Highlight: Home driver/constructor

No.	Grand Prix	Circuit	Driver	Constructor
1	Bahrain	Sakhir	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
2	Australia	Melbourne	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
3	Malaysia	Sepang	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
4	China	Shanghai	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
5	Spain	Catalunya	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
6	Monaco	Monte Carlo	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
7	Turkey	Istanbul	Vitaly Petrov	Renault
8	Canada	Montreal	Robert Kubica	Renault
9	Europe	Valencia	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
10	Britain	Silverstone	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
11	Germany	Nurburgring	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
12	Hungary	Hungaroring	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
13	Belgium	Spa-Francorchamps	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
14	Italy	Monza	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
15	Singapore	Marina Bay	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
16	Japan	Suzuka	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
17	South Korea	Yeongam	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
18	Brazil	Interlagos	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
19	Abu Dhabi	Yas Marina	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes

Qualifying results

See: 2010 F1 World Championship Qualifying Statistics

World Drivers’ Championship standings

The top ten classified finishers of each race were awarded points on the following basis: 1st (25), 2nd (18), 3rd (15), 4th (12), 5th (10), 6th (8), 7th (6), 8th (4), 9th (2), 10th (1)

Highlight: Rookie
Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Driver	BHR	AUS	MYS	CHN	ESP	MCO	TUR	CAN	EUR	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	JPN	KOR	BRA	ABU	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	4	R	1	6	3	2	R	4	1	7	3	3	15	4	2	1	R	1	1	256
2	Fernando Alonso	1	4	13^R	4	2	6	8	3	8	14	1	2	R	1	1	3	1	3	7	252
3	Mark Webber	8	9	2	8	1	1	3	5	R	1	6	1	2	6	3	2	R	2	8	242
4	Lewis Hamilton	3	6	6	2	14^R	5	1	1	2	2	4	R	1	R	R	5	2	4	2	240
5	Jenson Button	7	1	8	1	5	R	2	2	3	4	5	8	R	2	4	4	12	5	3	214
6	Felipe Massa	2	3	7	9	6	4	7	15	11	15	2	4	4	3	8	R	3	15	10	144
7	Nico Rosberg	5	5	3	3	13	7	5	6	10	3	8	R	6	5	5	17^R	R	6	4	142
8	Robert Kubica	11	2	4	5	8	3	6	7	5	R	7	R	3	8	7	R	5	9	5	136
9	Michael Schumacher	6	10	R	10	4	12	4	11	15	9	9	11	7	9	13	6	4	7	R	72
10	Rubens Barrichello	10	8	12	12	9	R	14	14	4	5	12	10	R	10	6	9	7	14	12	47
11	Adrian Sutil	12	R	5	11	7	8	9	10	6	8	17	R	5	16	9	R	R	12	13	47
12	Kamui Kobayashi	R	R	R	R	12	R	10	R	7	6	11	9	8	R	R	7	8	10	14	32
13	Vitaly Petrov	R	R	R	7	11	13^R	15	17	14	13	10	5	9	13	11	R	R	16	6	27
14	Nico Hulkenberg	14	R	10	15	16	R	17	13	R	10	13	6	14	7	10	R	10	8	16	22
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	9	7	R	R	15^R	9	13	9	16	11	16	13	10	12	R	R	6	R	R	21
16	Sebastien Buemi	16^R	R	11	R	R	10	16	8	9	12	R	12	12	11	14	10	R	13	15	8
17	Pedro de la Rosa	R	12	DNS	R	R	R	11	R	12	R	14	7	11	14						6
18	Nick Heidfeld															R	8	9	17	11	6
19	Jaime Alguersuari	13	11	9	13	10	11	12	12	13	R	15	R	13	15	12	11	11	11	9	5
20	Heikki Kovalainen	15	13	R	14	DNS	R	R	16	R	17	R	14	16	18	16^R	12	13	18	17
21	Jarno Trulli	17^R	DNS	17	R	17	15^R	R	R	21	16	R	15	19	R	R	13	R	19	21^R
22	Karun Chandhok	R	14	15	17	R	14^R	20^R	18	18	19
23	Bruno Senna	R	R	16	16	R	R	R	R	20		19	17	R	R	R	15	14	21	19
24	Lucas di Grassi	R	R	14	R	19	R	19	19	17	R	R	18	17	20^R	15	DNS	R	NC	18
25	Timo Glock	R	R	R	DNS	18	R	18	R	19	18	18	16	18	17	R	14	R	20	R
26	Sakon Yamamoto										20	R	19	20	19		16	15
27	Christian Klien															R			22	20
No.	Driver	BHR	AUS	MYS	CHN	ESP	MCO	TUR	CAN	EUR	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	JPN	KOR	BRA	ABU	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top six drivers of 2010.

World Constructors’ Championship standings

Bold: pole position
Underline: fastest lap
Bold & underline: pole & fastest lap

Pos	Constructor	BHR	AUS	MYS	CHN	ESP	MCO	TUR	CAN	EUR	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	JPN	KOR	BRA	ABU	Points
1	Red Bull-Renault	4	9	1	6	1	1	3	4	1	1	3	1	2	4	2	1	R	1	1	498
1	Red Bull-Renault		Red Bull-Renault	8	R	2	8	3	2	R	5	R	7	6	3	15	6	3	2	R	498	2	8
2	McLaren-Mercedes	3	1	6	1	5	5	1	1	2	2	4	8	1	2	4	4	2	4	2	454
2	McLaren-Mercedes		McLaren-Mercedes	7	6	8	2	14^R	R	2	2	3	4	5	R	R	R	R	5	12	454	5	3
3	Ferrari	1	3	7	4	2	4	7	3	8	14	1	2	4	1	1	3	1	3	7	396
3	Ferrari		Ferrari	2	4	13^R	9	6	6	8	15	11	15	2	4	R	3	8	R	3	396	15	10
4	Mercedes	5	5	3	3	4	7	4	6	10	3	8	11	6	5	5	6	4	6	4	214
4	Mercedes		Mercedes	6	10	R	10	13	12	5	11	15	9	9	R	7	9	13	17^R	R	214	7	R
5	Renault	11	2	4	5	8	3	6	7	5	13	7	5	3	8	7	R	5	9	5	163
5	Renault		Renault	R	R	R	7	11	13^R	15	17	14	R	10	R	9	13	11	R	R	163	16	6
6	Williams-Cosworth	10	8	10	12	9	R	14	13	4	5	12	6	14	7	6	9	7	8	12	69
6	Williams-Cosworth		Williams-Cosworth	14	R	12	15	16	R	17	14	R	10	13	10	R	10	10	R	10	69	14	16
7	Force India-Mercedes	9	7	5	11	7	8	9	9	6	8	16	13	5	12	9	R	6	12	13	68
7	Force India-Mercedes		India-Mercedes	12	R	R	R	15^R	9	13	10	16	11	17	R	10	16	R	R	R	68	R	R
8	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	R	12	R	R	12	R	10	R	7	6	11	7	8	14	R	7	8	10	11	44
8	BMW Sauber-Ferrari		BMW Sauber-Ferrari	R	R	DNS	R	R	R	11	R	12	R	14	9	11	R	R	8	9	44	17	14
9	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	13	11	9	13	10	10	12	8	9	12	15	12	12	11	12	10	11	11	9	13
9	Toro Rosso-Ferrari		Toro Rosso-Ferrari	16^R	R	11	R	R	11	16	12	13	R	R	R	13	15	14	11	R	13	13	15
10	Lotus-Cosworth	15	13	17	14	17	15^R	R	16	21	16	R	14	16	18	16^R	12	13	18	17	0
10	Lotus-Cosworth		Lotus-Cosworth	17^R	DNS	NC	R	DNS	R	R	R	R	17	R	15	19	R	R	13	R	0	19	21^R
11	HRT-Cosworth	R	14	15	16	R	14^R	20^R	18	18	19	19	17	20	19	R	15	14	21	19	0
11	HRT-Cosworth		HRT-Cosworth	R	R	16	17	R	R	R	R	20	20	R	19	R	R	R	16	15	0	22	20
12	Virgin-Cosworth	R	R	14	R	18	R	18	19	17	18	18	16	17	17	15	14	R	20	18	0
12	Virgin-Cosworth		Virgin-Cosworth	R	R	R	DNS	19	R	19	R	19	R	R	18	18	20^R	R	DNS	R	0	NC	R
No.	Constructor	BHR	AUS	MYS	CHN	ESP	MCO	TUR	CAN	EUR	GBR	DEU	HUN	BEL	ITA	SGP	JPN	KOR	BRA	ABU	Points

Race to the title

The Race to the title graph shows how the title race played out over the course of the season between the top five constructors of 2010.

Season statistics

See: 2010 F1 World Championship Season Statistics