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

2010 Chinese Grand Prix

DateSunday, 18 April 2010
Winner
  • Jenson Button
  • McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position
  • Sebastian Vettel
  • Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Lewis Hamilton
  • McLaren-Mercedes
CircuitShanghai, 56 laps
Round4 of 19
Race numbers

The 2010 Chinese Grand Prix was the:

  • 824th World Championship race
  • 7th World Championship Chinese Grand Prix
  • 7th World Championship race at Shanghai
More 2010 season
More Chinese Grands Prix

On this page

  • Race result
  • Starting grid
  • Qualifying result
  • Free practice appearances
  • Championship standings
  • Statistics & milestones

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+4(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes561hr 46m 42.163s25
2+4(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes56+1.530s18
3+1(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes56+9.484s15
4-1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari56+11.869s12
5+3(POL) Robert KubicaRenault56+22.213s10
6-5(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault56+33.310s8
7+7(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault56+47.600s6
8-6(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault56+52.172s4
9-2(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari56+57.796s2
10-1(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes56+1m 01.749s1
11-1(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes56+1m 02.874s 
12-1(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth56+1m 03.665s 
13-1(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari56+1m 11.416s 
14+7(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth55+1 lap 
15+1(DEU) Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth55+1 lap 
16+7(BRA) Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth54+2 laps 
17PL(IND) Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth52+4 laps 
R (ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth26DNF 
R (BRA) Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth8DNF 
R (ESP) Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari7DNF 
R (CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari0DNF 
R (JPN) Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari0DNF 
R (ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes0DNF 
Did not start
  (DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth   

Starting grid

PosDriverConstructor
1 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault
2 (AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault
3 (ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari
4 (DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes
5 (GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes
6 (GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes
7 (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari
8 (POL) Robert KubicaRenault
9 (DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes
10 (DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes
11 (BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth
12 (ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari
13 (CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari
14 (RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault
15 (JPN) Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari
16 (DEU) Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth
17 (ESP) Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari
18 (ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes
19   
20 (ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth
21 (FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth
22   
23 (BRA) Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth
24   
Started from the pit lane
  (BRA) Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth
 -5(IND) Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth

Notes

  • Karun Chandhok received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:34.558 
2(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:34.8060.248
3(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:34.9130.355
4(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:34.9230.365
5(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:34.9790.421
6(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:35.0340.476
7(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:35.1800.622
8(POL) Robert KubicaRenault1:35.3640.806
9(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes1:35.6461.088
10(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:35.9631.405
Q2
11(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth1:35.748 
12(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:36.047 
13(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:36.149 
14(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault1:36.311 
15(JPN) Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:36.422 
16(DEU) Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth1:36.647 
17(ESP) Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:37.020 
Q1
18(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes1:37.161 
19(DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:39.278 
20(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth1:39.399 
21(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth1:39.520 
22(BRA) Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth1:39.783 
23(BRA) Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth1:40.469 
24(IND) Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth1:40.578 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(GBR) Jenson Button60
2(DEU) Nico Rosberg50
3(ESP) Fernando Alonso49
4(GBR) Lewis Hamilton49
5(DEU) Sebastian Vettel45
6(BRA) Felipe Massa41
7(POL) Robert Kubica40
8(AUS) Mark Webber28
9(DEU) Adrian Sutil10
10(DEU) Michael Schumacher10
11(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi8
12(RUS) Vitaly Petrov6
13(BRA) Rubens Barrichello5
14(ESP) Jaime Alguersuari2
15(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1McLaren-Mercedes109
2Ferrari90
3Red Bull-Renault73
4Mercedes60
5Renault46
6Force India-Mercedes18
7Williams-Cosworth6
8Toro Rosso-Ferrari2

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
550th for Williams (3rd constructor to start 550 races)
Wins
9th for Jenson Button
166th for McLaren
Race 1-2
45th for McLaren
Podiums
29th for Lewis Hamilton
26th for Jenson Button
4th for Nico Rosberg
439th & 440th for McLaren
19th for Mercedes
Poles
8th for Sebastian Vettel
9th for Red Bull
1-2 start
2nd for Red Bull
Fastest laps
4th for Lewis Hamilton
138th for McLaren
Front row starts
12th for Sebastian Vettel
9th for Mark Webber
Points finishes
1st for Vitaly Petrov (314th different point scorer, 1st Russian driver)

See also

  • Chinese Grand Prix
  • Shanghai circuit
  • 2010 World Championship season

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