• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content

GP Racing Stats

  • 2022 Season
  • Drivers
  • Constructors
  • Records
  • Seasons
  • Grands Prix
  • Circuits
Home / Seasons / 2010 F1 World Championship Season / 2010 European Grand Prix

2010 European Grand Prix

DateSunday, 27 June 2010
Winner
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Pole position
  • Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel
  • Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button
  • United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes
CircuitValencia, 57 laps
Round9 of 19
Race numbers

The 2010 European Grand Prix was the

  • 829th World Championship race
  • 20th World Championship European Grand Prix
  • 3rd World Championship race at Valencia
More 2010 season
More European Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault571hr 40m 29.571s25
2+1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes57+5.042s18
3+4United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes57+12.658s (5.000s)15
4+5Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth57+25.627s (5.000s)12
5+1Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaRenault57+27.122s (5.000s)10
6+7Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes57+30.168s (5.000s)8
7+11Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari57+30.965s6
8-4Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari57+32.809s4
9+2Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari57+36.299s (5.000s)2
10+2Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes57+44.382s1
11-6Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari57+46.621s 
12+4Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari57+47.414s (5.000s) 
13+4Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari57+48.239s 
14-4Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovRenault57+48.287s (5.000s) 
15 Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes57+48.826s 
16-2Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes57+50.890s (5.000s) 
17+4Brazil flag lazyload Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth56+1 lap 
18+5India flag lazyload Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth55+2 laps 
19+3Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth55+2 laps (20.000s) 
20+4Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth55+2 laps 
21-2Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth53+4 laps 
R Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth49DNF 
R Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth8DNF 
R Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault8DNF 

Notes

  • Jenson Button, Rubens Barrichello, Robert Kubica, Adrian Sutil, Sebastien Buemi, Pedro de la Rosa, Vitaly Petrov, and Vitantonio Liuzzi all received a five-second time penalty for speeding under safety car conditions.
  • Timo Glock received a 20-second time penalty for ignoring blue flags.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1Germany flag lazyload Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:37.587 
2Australia flag lazyload Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:37.6620.075
3United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:37.9690.382
4Spain flag lazyload Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:38.0750.488
5Brazil flag lazyload Felipe MassaFerrari1:38.1270.540
6Poland flag lazyload Robert KubicaRenault1:38.1370.550
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:38.2100.623
8Germany flag lazyload Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth1:38.4280.841
9Brazil flag lazyload Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth1:38.4280.841
10Russia flag lazyload Vitaly PetrovRenault1:38.5230.936
Q2
11Switzerland flag Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:38.586 
12Germany flag lazyload Nico RosbergMercedes1:38.627 
13Germany flag lazyload Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:38.851 
14Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes1:38.884 
15Germany flag lazyload Michael SchumacherMercedes1:39.234 
16Spain flag lazyload Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:39.264 
17Spain flag lazyload Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:39.458 
Q1
18Japan flag lazyload Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:39.343 
19Italy flag lazyload Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth1:40.658 
20Finland flag lazyload Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth1:40.882 
21Brazil flag lazyload Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth1:42.086 
22Germany flag lazyload Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:42.140 
23India flag lazyload Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth1:42.600 
24Brazil flag lazyload Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth1:42.851 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
United Kingdom flag lazyload Paul di RestaIndia flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes
Austria flag lazyload Christian KlienSpain flag lazyload HRT-Cosworth

Championship standings

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

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload Lewis Hamilton127
2United Kingdom flag lazyload Jenson Button121
3Germany flag lazyload Sebastian Vettel115
4Australia flag lazyload Mark Webber103
5Spain flag lazyload Fernando Alonso98
6Poland flag lazyload Robert Kubica83
7Germany flag lazyload Nico Rosberg75
8Brazil flag lazyload Felipe Massa67
9Germany flag lazyload Michael Schumacher34
10Germany flag lazyload Adrian Sutil31
11Brazil flag lazyload Rubens Barrichello19
12Italy flag lazyload Vitantonio Liuzzi12
13Japan flag lazyload Kamui Kobayashi7
14Switzerland flag Sebastien Buemi7
15Russia flag lazyload Vitaly Petrov6
16Spain flag lazyload Jaime Alguersuari3
17Germany flag lazyload Nico Hulkenberg1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1United Kingdom flag lazyload McLaren-Mercedes248
2Austria flag lazyload Red Bull-Renault218
3Italy flag lazyload Ferrari165
4Germany flag lazyload Mercedes109
5France flag lazyload Renault89
6India flag lazyload Force India-Mercedes43
7United Kingdom flag lazyload Williams-Cosworth20
8Italy flag lazyload Toro Rosso-Ferrari10
9Germany flag lazyload BMW Sauber-Ferrari7

Statistics & milestones

Wins
7th for Sebastian Vettel
10th for Red Bull (12th constructor to win ten races)
Podiums
32nd for Lewis Hamilton, 29th for Jenson Button, 13th for Sebastian Vettel
445th & 446th for McLaren, 27th for Red Bull
Poles
9th for Sebastian Vettel
13th for Red Bull
Qualifying 1-2
4th for Red Bull
Fastest laps
3rd for Jenson Button (first for McLaren)
140th for McLaren
Front row starts
15th for Sebastian Vettel, 13th for Mark Webber
Pole & win
5th for Sebastian Vettel

See also

  • European Grand Prix
  • Valencia circuit
  • 2010 World Championship season

GP Racing Stats is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula 1 companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.

The information provided in this website is for general information purposes only.

Although every effort has been made to ensure the data is accurate and up to date, GP Racing Stats does not accept any responsibility for and cannot be held responsible for any inaccuracies. The use of data on this website is at your own risk.

GP Racing Stats claims no rights to these data.

  • © 2022 GP Racing Stats
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact