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Home / Seasons / 2010 F1 World Championship Season / 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix

2010 Bahrain Grand Prix

DateSunday, 14 March 2010
Winner
  • Fernando Alonso
  • Ferrari
Pole position
  • Sebastian Vettel
  • Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Fernando Alonso
  • Ferrari
CircuitSakhir, 49 laps
Round1 of 19
Race numbers

The 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix was the:

  • 821st World Championship race
  • 7th World Championship Bahrain Grand Prix
  • 7th World Championship race at Sakhir
More 2010 season
More Bahrain Grands Prix
Previous race2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari491hr 39m 20.396s25
2 (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari49+16.099s18
3+1(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes49+23.182s15
4-3(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault49+38.799s12
5 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes49+40.213s10
6+1(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes49+44.163s8
7+1(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes49+45.280s6
8-2(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault49+46.360s4
9+3(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes49+53.008s2
10+1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth49+1m 02.489s1
11-2(POL) Robert KubicaRenault49+1m 09.093s 
12-2(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes49+1m 22.958s 
13+5(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari49+1m 32.656s 
14-1(DEU) Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth48+1 lap 
15+6(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth47+2 laps 
16-1(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari46DNF 
17+3(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth46DNF 
R (ESP) Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari28DNF 
R (BRA) Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth17DNF 
R (DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth16DNF 
R (RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault13DNF 
R (JPN) Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari11DNF 
R (BRA) Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth2DNF 
R (IND) Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth1DNF 

Notes

  • Sebastien Buemi ended lap 46 in P14 before retiring on the following lap.
  • Jarno Trulli ended lap 46 in P17 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
2(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
3(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari
4(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
5(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
6(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
7(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes
8(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
9(POL) Robert KubicaRenault
10(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes
11(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth
12(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes
13(DEU) Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth
14(ESP) Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari
15(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari
16(JPN) Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari
17(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault
18(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari
19(DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth
20(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth
21(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth
22(BRA) Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth
Started from the pit lane
 (BRA) Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth
 (IND) Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:54.101 
2(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:54.2420.141
3(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:54.6080.507
4(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:55.2171.116
5(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:55.2411.140
6(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:55.2841.183
7(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes1:55.5241.423
8(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:55.6721.571
9(POL) Robert KubicaRenault1:55.8851.784
10(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:56.3092.208
Q2
11(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth1:55.330 
12(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes1:55.653 
13(DEU) Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth1:55.857 
14(ESP) Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:56.237 
15(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:56.265 
16(JPN) Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:56.270 
17(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault1:56.619 
Q1
18(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:57.071 
19(DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:59.728 
20(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth1:59.852 
21(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth2:00.313 
22(BRA) Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth2:00.587 
23(BRA) Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth2:03.240 
24(IND) Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth2:04.904 

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(ESP) Fernando Alonso25
2(BRA) Felipe Massa18
3(GBR) Lewis Hamilton15
4(DEU) Sebastian Vettel12
5(DEU) Nico Rosberg10
6(DEU) Michael Schumacher8
7(GBR) Jenson Button6
8(AUS) Mark Webber4
9(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi2
10(BRA) Rubens Barrichello1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari43
2McLaren-Mercedes21
3Mercedes18
4Red Bull-Renault16
5Force India-Mercedes2
6Williams-Cosworth1

Statistics & milestones

Race debut
Karun Chandhok (first Indian driver to start a race since 2005)
Lucas di Grassi
Nico Hulkenberg
Vitaly Petrov (first Russian driver to start a race)
Bruno Senna
HRT
Lotus
Virgin
Wins
22nd for Fernando Alonso (first win since 2008; first for Ferrari)
211th for Ferrari
Race 1-2
80th for Ferrari (1st constructor to finish 1-2 in 80 races)
Podiums
54th for Fernando Alonso (first for Ferrari)
29th for Felipe Massa
28th for Lewis Hamilton
629th & 630th for Ferrari
437th for McLaren
Poles
6th for Sebastian Vettel
6th for Red Bull
Fastest laps
14th for Fernando Alonso (first for Ferrari)
220th for Ferrari
Front row starts
25th for Felipe Massa (first since 2008 and last until 2013)
10th for Sebastian Vettel (56th driver to achieve ten front row starts, 4th German driver)
Win & fastest lap
6th for Fernando Alonso (first since 2007; first Spanish driver to win and set the fastest lap since 2007; first for Ferrari)

See also

  • Bahrain Grand Prix
  • Sakhir circuit
  • 2010 World Championship season

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