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

2010 Malaysian Grand Prix

DateSunday, 4 April 2010
Winner
  • Sebastian Vettel
  • Red Bull-Renault
Pole position
  • Mark Webber
  • Red Bull-Renault
Fastest lap
  • Mark Webber
  • Red Bull-Renault
CircuitSepang, 56 laps
Round3 of 19
Race numbers

The 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix was the:

  • 823rd World Championship race
  • 12th World Championship Malaysian Grand Prix
  • 12th World Championship race at Sepang
More 2010 season
More Malaysian Grands Prix

Race result

PosDriverConstructorLapsTimePoints
1+2(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault561hr 33m 48.412s25
2-1(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault56+4.849s18
3-1(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes56+13.504s15
4+2(POL) Robert KubicaRenault56+18.589s12
5-1(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes56+21.059s10
6+14(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes56+23.471s8
7+14(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari56+27.068s6
8+9(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes56+37.918s4
9+5(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari56+1m 10.602s2
10-5(DEU) Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth56+1m 13.399s1
11+2(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari56+1m 18.938s 
12-5(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth55+1 lap 
13+6(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari54DNF 
14+10(BRA) Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth53+3 laps 
15+7(IND) Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth53+3 laps 
16+7(BRA) Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth52+4 laps 
17+1(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth51+5 laps 
NC (FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth46+10 laps 
R (RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault32DNF 
R (ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes12DNF 
R (DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes9DNF 
R (JPN) Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari8DNF 
R (DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth2DNF 
Did not start
  (ESP) Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari   

Notes

  • Fernando Alonso ended lap 54 in P9 before retiring on the following lap.

Starting grid

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

Qualifying result

PosDriverConstructorTimeGap
Q3
1(AUS) Mark WebberRed Bull-Renault1:49.327 
2(DEU) Nico RosbergMercedes1:50.6731.346
3(DEU) Sebastian VettelRed Bull-Renault1:50.7891.462
4(DEU) Adrian SutilForce India-Mercedes1:50.9141.587
5(DEU) Nico HulkenbergWilliams-Cosworth1:51.0011.674
6(POL) Robert KubicaRenault1:51.0511.724
7(BRA) Rubens BarrichelloWilliams-Cosworth1:51.5112.184
8(DEU) Michael SchumacherMercedes1:51.7172.390
9(JPN) Kamui KobayashiBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:51.7672.440
10(ITA) Vitantonio LiuzziForce India-Mercedes1:52.2542.927
Q2
11(RUS) Vitaly PetrovRenault1:48.760 
12(ESP) Pedro de la RosaBMW Sauber-Ferrari1:48.771 
13(CHE) Sebastien BuemiToro Rosso-Ferrari1:49.207 
14(ESP) Jaime AlguersuariToro Rosso-Ferrari1:49.464 
15(FIN) Heikki KovalainenLotus-Cosworth1:52.270 
16(DEU) Timo GlockVirgin-Cosworth1:52.520 
17(GBR) Jenson ButtonMcLaren-Mercedes– 
Q1
18(ITA) Jarno TrulliLotus-Cosworth1:52.884 
19(ESP) Fernando AlonsoFerrari1:53.044 
20(GBR) Lewis HamiltonMcLaren-Mercedes1:53.050 
21(BRA) Felipe MassaFerrari1:53.283 
22(IND) Karun ChandhokHRT-Cosworth1:56.299 
23(BRA) Bruno SennaHRT-Cosworth1:57.269 
24(BRA) Lucas di GrassiVirgin-Cosworth1:59.977 

Free practice appearances

DriverConstructor
(GBR) Paul di RestaForce India-Mercedes
(MYS) Fairuz FauzyLotus-Cosworth

Championship standings

How the championship standings stood post-race.

Driver

PosDriverPoints
1(BRA) Felipe Massa39
2(ESP) Fernando Alonso37
3(DEU) Sebastian Vettel37
4(GBR) Jenson Button35
5(DEU) Nico Rosberg35
6(GBR) Lewis Hamilton31
7(POL) Robert Kubica30
8(AUS) Mark Webber24
9(DEU) Adrian Sutil10
10(DEU) Michael Schumacher9
11(ITA) Vitantonio Liuzzi8
12(BRA) Rubens Barrichello5
13(ESP) Jaime Alguersuari2
14(DEU) Nico Hulkenberg1

Constructor

PosConstructorPoints
1Ferrari76
2McLaren-Mercedes66
3Red Bull-Renault61
4Mercedes44
5Renault30
6Force India-Mercedes18
7Williams-Cosworth6
8Toro Rosso-Ferrari2

Stats & milestones

Wins
6th for Sebastian Vettel
7th for Red Bull
Race 1-2
5th for Red Bull
Podiums
11th for Mark Webber
10th for Sebastian Vettel (70th driver to score ten podiums, 5th German driver)
3rd for Nico Rosberg (first podium since 2008; first for Mercedes)
20th & 21st for Red Bull (16th constructor to score 20 podiums)
18th for Mercedes (first since 1955)
Poles
2nd for Mark Webber
8th for Red Bull
Fastest laps
5th for Mark Webber
8th for Red Bull
Front row starts
8th for Mark Webber
1st for Nico Rosberg (142nd different front row starter, 11th German driver; last until 2012)
Points finishes
50th for Mark Webber
25th for Sebastian Vettel
1st for Jaime Alguersuari (312th different point scorer, 7th Spanish driver)
1st for Nico Hulkenberg (313th different point scorer, 20th German driver)

See also

  • Malaysian Grand Prix
  • Sepang circuit
  • 2010 World Championship season

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