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

2010 Brazilian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 7 November 2010
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Cosworth
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
CircuitInterlagos, 71 laps
Round18 of 19
Race numbers

The 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix was the

  • 838th World Championship race
  • 38th World Championship Brazilian Grand Prix
  • 28th World Championship race at Interlagos
  • 2010 Constructors’ title decider
More 2010 season
More Brazilian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault711hr 33m 11.803s25
2+1Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault71+4.243s18
3+2Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari71+6.807s15
4 United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes71+14.634s12
5+6United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes71+15.593s10
6+7Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes71+35.320s8
7+1Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes71+43.456s6
8-7Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth70+1 lap4
9-2Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaRenault70+1 lap2
10+2Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari70+1 lap1
11+3Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari70+1 lap 
12+10Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes70+1 lap 
13+6Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari70+1 lap 
14-8Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth70+1 lap 
15-6Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari70+1 lap 
16-6Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovRenault70+1 lap 
17-2Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-Ferrari70+1 lap 
18+2Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth69+2 laps 
19-1Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth69+2 laps 
20-3Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth69+2 laps 
21+3Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth69+2 laps 
22PLAustria flag lazyload Christian KlienHRT-Cosworth65+6 laps 
NC Brazil flag lazyload Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth62+9 laps 
R Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes49DNF 

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Sebastien Buemi received a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Timo Glock in the previous race.
  • Adrian Sutil received a five-place grid penalty for causing a collision with Kamui Kobayashi in the previous race.
  • Bruno Senna received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth1:14.470 
2Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:15.5191.049
3Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:15.6371.167
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:15.7471.277
5Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:15.9891.519
6Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth1:16.2031.733
7Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaRenault1:16.5522.082
8Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes1:16.9252.455
9Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:17.1012.631
10Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovRenault1:17.6563.186
Q2
11United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:19.288 
12Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:19.385 
13Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:19.486 
14Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:19.581 
15Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:19.847 
16Germany flag lazyload Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:19.899 
17Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes1:20.357 
Q1
18Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:20.830 
19Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:22.130 
20Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth1:22.250 
21Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth1:22.378 
22Brazil flag lazyload Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth1:22.810 
23Austria flag lazyload Christian KlienHRT-Cosworth1:23.083 
24Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth1:23.796 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
Belgium flag lazyload Jerome d’AmbrosioUnited Kingdom flag lazyload Virgin-Cosworth

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso246
2Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber238
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel231
4United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton222
5United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button199
6Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa143
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg130
8Poland flag lazyload Robert Kubica126
9Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher72
10Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello47
11Germany flag lazyload Adrian Sutil47
12Japan flag lazyload Kamui Kobayashi32
13Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg22
14Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio Liuzzi21
15Russia flag lazyload Vitaly Petrov19
16Switzerland flag Sebastien Buemi8
17Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la Rosa6
18Germany flag lazyload Nick Heidfeld6
19Spain flag lazyload Jaime Alguersuari3

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault469
2United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes421
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari389
4Germany flag lazyload Mercedes202
5France flag lazyload Renault145
6United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Cosworth69
7India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes68
8Germany flag lazyload BMW Sauber-Ferrari44
9Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari11

Statistics & milestones

World Champion
1st title for Red Bull (14th constructor world champion)
Wins
9th for Sebastian Vettel
14th for Red Bull
Race 1-2
8th for Red Bull
Podiums
63rd for Fernando Alonso, 20th for Mark Webber (44th driver to score 20 podiums, 3rd Australian driver), 18th for Sebastian Vettel
643rd for Ferrari, 37th & 38th for Red Bull
Poles
1st and only for Nico Hulkenberg (94th different polesitter, 7th German driver)
126th for Williams (first since 2005)
Fastest laps
7th for Lewis Hamilton
142nd for McLaren
Front row starts
22nd for Sebastian Vettel, 1st for Nico Hulkenberg (143rd different front row starter, 12th German driver; last until 2016; only front row start for Williams)

See also

  • Brazilian Grand Prix
  • Interlagos circuit
  • 2010 World Championship season

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