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

2010 Japanese Grand Prix

DateSunday, 10 October 2010
Winner
  • Sebastian Vettel
  • Red Bull-Renault
Pole position
  • Sebastian Vettel
  • Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Mark Webber
  • Red Bull-Renault
CircuitSuzuka, 53 laps
Round16 of 19
Race numbers

The 2010 Japanese Grand Prix was the:

  • 836th World Championship race
  • 26th World Championship Japanese Grand Prix
  • 22nd World Championship race at Suzuka
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On this page

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

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1 (DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault531hr 30m 27.323s25
2 (AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault53+0.905s18
3+1(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari53+2.721s15
4+1(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes53+13.522s12
5+3(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes53+39.595s10
6+4(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes53+59.933s8
7+7(JPN) Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari53+1m 04.038s6
8+3(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-Ferrari53+1m 09.648s4
9-2(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth53+1m 10.846s2
10+8(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari53+1m 12.806s1
11+5(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari52+1 lap 
12+8(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth52+1 lap 
13+6(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth51+2 laps 
14+8(DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth51+2 laps 
15+8(BRA) Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth51+2 laps 
16+8(JPN) Sakon YamamotoHRT-Cosworth50+3 laps 
17-11(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes47DNF 
R (DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes44DNF 
R (POL) Robert KubicaRenault2DNF 
R (DEU) Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth0DNF 
R (BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari0DNF 
R (RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault0DNF 
R (ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes0DNF 
Did not start
  (BRA) Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth   

Notes

  • Nico Rosberg ended lap 47 in P6 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Notes

  • Lewis Hamilton received a five-place grid penalty for a gearbox change.

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:30.785 
2(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:30.8530.068
3(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:31.1690.384
4(POL) Robert KubicaRenault1:31.2310.446
5(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:31.3520.567
6(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes1:31.3780.593
7(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:31.4940.709
8(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth1:31.5350.750
9(DEU) Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth1:31.5590.774
10(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes1:31.8461.061
Q2
11(DEU) Nick HeidfeldBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:32.187 
12(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:32.321 
13(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault1:32.422 
14(JPN) Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:32.427 
15(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:32.659 
16(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:33.071 
17(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes1:33.154 
Q1
18(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:33.568 
19(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth1:35.346 
20(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth1:35.464 
21(BRA) Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth1:36.265 
22(DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:36.332 
23(BRA) Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth1:37.270 
24(JPN) Sakon YamamotoHRT-Cosworth1:37.365 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(BEL) Jerome d’AmbrosioVirgin-Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(AUS) Mark Webber220
2(ESP) Fernando Alonso206
3(DEU) Sebastian Vettel206
4(GBR) Lewis Hamilton192
5(GBR) Jenson Button189
6(BRA) Felipe Massa128
7(DEU) Nico Rosberg122
8(POL) Robert Kubica114
9(DEU) Michael Schumacher54
10(DEU) Adrian Sutil47
11(BRA) Rubens Barrichello41
12(JPN) Kamui Kobayashi27
13(RUS) Vitaly Petrov19
14(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg17
15(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi13
16(CHE) Sebastien Buemi8
17(ESP) Pedro de la Rosa6
18(DEU) Nick Heidfeld4
19(ESP) Jaime Alguersuari3

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Red Bull-Renault426
2McLaren-Mercedes381
3Ferrari334
4Mercedes176
5Renault133
6Force India-Mercedes60
7Williams-Cosworth58
8BMW Sauber-Ferrari37
9Toro Rosso-Ferrari11

Statistics & milestones

Milestone race start
300th for Rubens Barrichello (1st driver to start 300 races, 1st Brazilian driver)
Wins
8th for Sebastian Vettel
13th for Red Bull
Race 1-2
7th for Red Bull
Podiums
61st for Fernando Alonso
19th for Mark Webber
17th for Sebastian Vettel
640th for Ferrari
35th & 36th for Red Bull
Poles
13th for Sebastian Vettel
18th for Red Bull
1-2 start
7th for Red Bull
Fastest laps
6th for Mark Webber
12th for Red Bull
Front row starts
20th for Sebastian Vettel (37th driver to achieve 20 front row starts, 2nd German driver)
17th for Mark Webber
Points finishes
200th for Michael Schumacher
Pole & win
6th for Sebastian Vettel

See also

  • Japanese Grand Prix
  • Suzuka circuit
  • 2010 World Championship season

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