• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

GP Racing Stats

  • 2022 Season
  • Drivers
  • Constructors
  • Records
  • Seasons
  • Grands Prix
  • Circuits
Home / Seasons / 2010 F1 World Championship Season / 2010 Australian Grand Prix

2010 Australian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 28 March 2010
Winner
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
CircuitMelbourne, 58 laps
Round2 of 19
Race numbers

The 2010 Australian Grand Prix was the

  • 822nd World Championship race
  • 26th World Championship Australian Grand Prix
  • 15th World Championship race at Melbourne
More 2010 season
More Australian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+3United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes581hr 33m 36.531s25
2+7Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaRenault58+12.034s18
3+2Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari58+14.488s15
4-1Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari58+16.304s12
5+1Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes58+16.683s10
6+5United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes58+29.898s8
7+6Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes58+59.847s6
8 Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth58+1m 00.536s4
9-7Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault58+1m 07.319s2
10-3Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes58+1m 09.391s1
11+6Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari58+1m 11.301s 
12+2Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari58+1m 14.084s 
13+6Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth56+2 laps 
14+10India flag lazyload Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth53+5 laps 
R Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth41DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth26DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault25DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes9DNF 
R Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovRenault9DNF 
R Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth4DNF 
R Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari0DNF 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth0DNF 
R Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari0DNF 
Did not start
  Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth   

Notes

  • Sebastian Vettel ended lap 25 as the race leader before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jarno Trulli did not start after suffering hydraulic issues before the race.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
2Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
3Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
5Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari
6Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes
7Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes
8Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth
9Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaRenault
10Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
12Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari
13Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes
14Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari
15Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth
16Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari
17Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari
18Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovRenault
19Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth
20  
21  
22  
23Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth
24India flag lazyload Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth
 Brazil flag lazyload Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:23.919 
2Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:24.0350.116
3Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:24.1110.192
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:24.6750.756
5Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:24.8370.918
6Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:24.8840.965
7Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes1:24.9271.008
8Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth1:25.2171.298
9Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaRenault1:25.3721.453
10Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:26.0362.117
Q2
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:25.184 
12Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:25.638 
13Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes1:25.743 
14Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:25.747 
15Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth1:25.748 
16Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:25.777 
17Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:26.089 
Q1
18Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovRenault1:26.471 
19Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth1:28.797 
20Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth1:29.111 
21Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:29.592 
22Brazil flag lazyload Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth1:30.185 
23Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth1:30.526 
24India flag lazyload Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth1:30.613 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaIndia flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-2010 Australian Grand Prix.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso37
2Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa33
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button31
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton23
5Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg20
6Poland flag lazyload Robert Kubica18
7Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel12
8Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher9
9Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio Liuzzi8
10Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber6
11Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello5

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Italy flag lazyload Ferrari70
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes54
3Germany flag lazyload Mercedes29
4France flag lazyload Renault18
5Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault18
6India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes8
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Cosworth5

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
250th for Michael Schumacher (3rd driver to start 250 races, 1st German driver)
Wins
8th for Jenson Button (first for McLaren)
165th for McLaren
Podiums
30th for Felipe Massa (27th driver to score 30 podiums, 5th Brazilian driver), 25th for Jenson Button (first for McLaren), 10th for Robert Kubica (69th driver to start ten podiums, 1st Polish driver; first for Renault)
631st for Ferrari, 438th for McLaren, 96th for Renault
Poles
7th for Sebastian Vettel
7th for Red Bull
Qualifying 1-2
1st for Red Bull (20th different constructor to qualify 1-2)
Fastest laps
4th for Mark Webber
7th for Red Bull
Front row starts
11th for Sebastian Vettel, 7th for Mark Webber

See also

  • Australian Grand Prix
  • Melbourne circuit
  • 2010 World Championship season

GP Racing Stats is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula 1 companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.

The information provided in this website is for general information purposes only.

Although every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate and up to date, GP Racing Stats does not accept any responsibility for and cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies. The use of data on this website is at your own risk.

GP Racing Stats claims no rights to these data.

  • © 2022 GP Racing Stats
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact