2010 Chinese Grand Prix

Date	Sunday, 18 April 2010
Winner	Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes
Pole position	Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap	Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes
Circuit	Shanghai, 56 laps
Round	4 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
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Race result

Pos		Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time	Points
1	+4	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	1hr 46m 42.163s	25
2	+4	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	+1.530s	18
3	+1	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	+9.484s	15
4	-1	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	56	+11.869s	12
5	+3	(POL) Robert Kubica	Renault	56	+22.213s	10
6	-5	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	56	+33.310s	8
7	+7	(RUS) Vitaly Petrov	Renault	56	+47.600s	6
8	-6	(AUS) Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	56	+52.172s	4
9	-2	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	+57.796s	2
10	-1	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	56	+1m 01.749s	1
11	-1	(DEU) Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	56	+1m 02.874s
12	-1	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	56	+1m 03.665s
13	-1	(ESP) Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	+1m 11.416s
14	+7	(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	55	+1 lap
15	+1	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	55	+1 lap
16	+7	(BRA) Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	54	+2 laps
17	PL	(IND) Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	52	+4 laps
R		(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	26	DNF
R		(BRA) Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	8	DNF
R		(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	7	DNF
R		(CHE) Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	0	DNF
R		(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	0	DNF
R		(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	0	DNF
Did not start
		(DEU) Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth

Notes

Pos	Driver	Constructor	Time	Gap
Q3
1	(DEU) Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:34.558
2	(AUS) Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:34.806	0.248
3	(ESP) Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:34.913	0.355
4	(DEU) Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:34.923	0.365
5	(GBR) Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:34.979	0.421
6	(GBR) Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:35.034	0.476
7	(BRA) Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:35.180	0.622
8	(POL) Robert Kubica	Renault	1:35.364	0.806
9	(DEU) Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:35.646	1.088
10	(DEU) Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:35.963	1.405
Q2
11	(BRA) Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:35.748
12	(ESP) Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:36.047
13	(CHE) Sebastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:36.149
14	(RUS) Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:36.311
15	(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	1:36.422
16	(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:36.647
17	(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	1:37.020
Q1
18	(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1:37.161
19	(DEU) Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:39.278
20	(ITA) Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	1:39.399
21	(FIN) Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	1:39.520
22	(BRA) Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	1:39.783
23	(BRA) Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1:40.469
24	(IND) Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	1:40.578

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

How the championship standings stood post-race.

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)