2010 Australian Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 28 March 2010
Winner	Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap	Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault
Circuit	Melbourne, 58 laps
Round	2 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
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+3	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	58	1hr 33m 36.531s	25
2	+7	(POL) Robert Kubica	Renault	58	+12.034s	18
3	+2	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Ferrari	58	+14.488s	15
4	-1	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	58	+16.304s	12
5	+1	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	58	+16.683s	10
6	+5	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	58	+29.898s	8
7	+6	(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	58	+59.847s	6
8		(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	58	+1m 00.536s	4
9	-7	(AUS) Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	58	+1m 07.319s	2
10	-3	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	58	+1m 09.391s	1
11	+6	(ESP) Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	58	+1m 11.301s
12	+2	(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	58	+1m 14.084s
13	+6	(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	56	+2 laps
14	+10	(IND) Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	53	+5 laps
R		(DEU) Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	41	DNF
R		(BRA) Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	26	DNF
R		(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	25	DNF
R		(DEU) Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	9	DNF
R		(RUS) Vitaly Petrov	Renault	9	DNF
R		(BRA) Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	4	DNF
R		(CHE) Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	0	DNF
R		(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	0	DNF
R		(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	0	DNF
Did not start
		(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Lotus-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.

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:23.919
2	(AUS) Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:24.035	0.116
3	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:24.111	0.192
4	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:24.675	0.756
5	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:24.837	0.918
6	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:24.884	0.965
7	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:24.927	1.008
8	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:25.217	1.298
9	(POL) Robert Kubica	Renault	1:25.372	1.453
10	(DEU) Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:26.036	2.117
Q2
11	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:25.184
12	(CHE) Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:25.638
13	(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1:25.743
14	(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	1:25.747
15	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:25.748
16	(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	1:25.777
17	(ESP) Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:26.089
Q1
18	(RUS) Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:26.471
19	(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	1:28.797
20	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	1:29.111
21	(DEU) Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:29.592
22	(BRA) Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	1:30.185
23	(BRA) Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1:30.526
24	(IND) Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	1:30.613

Driver	Constructor
(GBR) Paul di Resta	Force India-Mercedes

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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
1-2 start: 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