2010 German Grand Prix

The 2010 German Grand Prix, otherwise known as the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2010, was the eleventh round of the FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at the Hockenheimring in Baden-Württemberg, Germany, on 25 July 2010.'11. Germany 2010', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/allemagne.aspx, (Accessed 27/03/2020)Matt Salisbury, 'Alonso takes controversial German win', crash.net, (Crash Media Group, 25/07/2010), https://www.crash.net/f1/race-report/161906/1/team-order-controversy-returns-as-alonso-wins, (Accessed 27/03/2020) The race would see Fernando Alonso claim a controversial victory for , after team orders saw Felipe Massa move aside for the Spaniard while leading.
Qualifying had seen Sebastian Vettel secure pole position ahead of Alonso, the pair having been separated by 0.002s at the end of Q3. Felipe Massa was best of the rest in third ahead of the second of Mark Webber, while the two shared the third row.
The start of the race would see Vettel make a mess of his getaway, narrowly avoiding stalling his engine as he aggressively swept across to block Alonso. Alonso, however, had already bolted and would ease ahead of the German racer into the first corner, only for Massa to sweep past the pair of them on the outside.
The rest of the start proved fairly clean, albeit with Button having to stamp on the brakes to avoid Vettel's Red Bull, until the field made it to the hairpin for the first time. There, Jaime Alguersuari misjudged the amount of downforce he had while braking in the middle of the pack, and duly removed the rear wing from the back of teammate Sébastien Buemi.
With that the race would begin to settle down, with opting to stop both their drivers at the end of the opening tour, only to put Vitantonio Liuzzi's tyres on Adrian Sutil's car and vice-versa. Elsewhere, would retire Buemi due to damage, while Jarno Trulli would drop off the back of the field with a gearbox issue.
Out front, meanwhile, Massa was scampering away from Alonso at the head of the field, while both moved clear of third placed Vettel. Indeed, the Red Bull was being seriously punished by a lack of top-end speed, although he was able to keep a very quick Hamilton at bay, with a similar battle behind being fought between Webber and Jenson Button.
Those battles continued to the first round of stops, triggered when Vettel swept in for hard compound Bridgestones on lap twelve, an earlier stop then planned to try and get the German in clear air. Ferrari responded with quick-fire stops for Alonso and Massa, Webber and Hamilton joining them, leaving Button in the lead and running at a faster pace then those that had stopped.
Button eventually abandoned the lead on lap 22, and duly slotted in just behind Hamilton for fifth. Out front, meanwhile, Massa and Alonso were exchanging blows, allowing Vettel, now in a safer third place, to close in as laps ticked away.
The Massa and Alonso fight soon stagnated once Massa found some pace, although on lap 40 his advantage was all but eliminated when the Brazilian had trouble lapping the two s. Alonso hence closed right onto the back of his teammate and began asking for the team to aid him, for Vettel was also beginning to close the gap.
On lap 48 Massa received a message from his engineer Rob Smedley, informing him that "Fernando is faster than you. Can you confirm you understood that message?". On the following lap Massa moved aside to gift Alonso the lead into turn six, causing eyebrows to be raised, before Smedley apologised to his drive to set off a lasting rumble through the paddock.
With that the race was run, for Alonso was able to ease clear of his teammate to claim victory while Massa kept Vettel at bay to secure second. Behind, Hamilton and Button completed the top five ahead of Webber, while Robert Kubica, Nico Rosberg, Michael Schumacher and Vitaly Petrov completed the top ten.
After the race the FIA, at the behest of several teams, would investigate Ferrari's radio messages, and duly concluded that there had been team orders, which had been outlawed since 2002 after the Scuderia's abuse of them. The result was a $100,000 fine for Ferrari although the final race results would stand, and, after a series of appeals and discussions, led to the lifting of the ban on team orders for the season onward.
==Background==
Lewis Hamilton had seen his Championship lead grow for a second time, as it once again doubled for the second time in two races. He hence left his home race heading a British one-two, twelve ahead of teammate Jenson Button, while Mark Webber was a further five behind in third. Sebastian Vettel was next, seven off the back of his teammate, while Fernando Alonso was fifth on 98 points.
In the Constructors Championship had seen their advantage slightly reduced after their home race, heading into the second half of the season with 278 points. were next, 29 points behind the leaders, while had slipped 113 points off the lead in third. were next ahead of , while had slipped to the bottom of the scorers list in ninth.
===Entry List===
The full entry list for the is shown below:
No. 	Driver 	Entrant 	Constructor 	Chassis 	Engine 	Model 	Tyre
1 	Jenson Button 	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-25 	 	FO 108X 2.4 V8 	
2 	Lewis Hamilton 	Vodafone McLaren Mercedes 	 	MP4-25 	 	FO 108X 2.4 V8 	
3 	Michael Schumacher 	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team 	 	MGP W01 	 	FO 108X 2.4 V8 	
4 	Nico Rosberg 	Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team 	 	MGP W01 	 	FO 108X 2.4 V8 	
5 	Sebastian Vettel 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB6 	 	RS27-2010 2.4 V8 	
6 	Mark Webber 	Red Bull Racing 	 	RB6 	 	RS27-2010 2.4 V8 	
7 	Felipe Massa 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	F10 	 	056 2010 2.4 V8 	
8 	Fernando Alonso 	Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro 	 	F10 	 	056 2010 2.4 V8 	
9 	Rubens Barrichello 	AT&T Williams 	 	FW32 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
10 	Nico Hülkenberg 	AT&T Williams 	 	FW32 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
11 	Robert Kubica 	Renault F1 Team 	 	R30 	 	RS27-2010 2.4 V8 	
12 	Vitaly Petrov 	Renault F1 Team 	 	R30 	 	RS27-2010 2.4 V8 	
14 	Adrian Sutil 	Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM03 	 	FO 108X 2.4 V8 	
15 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	Force India F1 Team 	 	VJM03 	 	FO 108X 2.4 V8 	
16 	Sébastien Buemi 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR5 	 	056 2010 2.4 V8 	
17 	Jaime Alguersuari 	Scuderia Toro Rosso 	 	STR5 	 	056 2010 2.4 V8 	
18 	Jarno Trulli 	Lotus Racing 	 	T127 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
19 	Heikki Kovalainen 	Lotus Racing 	 	T127 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
20 	Sakon Yamamoto 	Hispania Racing F1 Team 	 	F110 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
21 	Bruno Senna 	Hispania Racing F1 Team 	 	F110 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
22 	Pedro de la Rosa 	BMW Sauber F1 Team 	 	C29 	 	056 2010 2.4 V8 	
23 	Kamui Kobayashi 	BMW Sauber F1 Team 	 	C29 	 	056 2010 2.4 V8 	
24 	Timo Glock 	Virgin Racing 	 	VR-01 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
25 	Lucas di Grassi 	Virgin Racing 	 	VR-01 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
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19 	Fairuz Fauzy 	Lotus Racing 	 	T127 	 	CA2010 2.4 V8 	
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==Practice Overview==
==Qualifying==
===Q1===
===Q2===
===Q3===
===Qualifying Results===
The full qualifying results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Q1 	Q1 	 	Q2 	Q2 	 	Q3 	Q3 	Grid
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Team 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	 	Pos. 	Time 	Grid
1 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	 	2 	1:15.152 	 	2 	1:14.249 	 	1 	1:13.791 	1
2 	8 	Fernando Alonso 	 	 	1 	1:14.808 	 	1 	1:14.081 	 	2 	1:13.793 	2
3 	7 	Felipe Massa 	 	 	3 	1:15.216 	 	4 	1:14.478 	 	3 	1:14.290 	3
4 	6 	Mark Webber 	 	 	4 	1:15.334 	 	3 	1:14.340 	 	4 	1:14.347 	4
5 	1 	Jenson Button 	 	 	7 	1:15.823 	 	7 	1:14.716 	 	5 	1:14.427 	5
6 	2 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	 	5 	1:15.505 	 	5 	1:14.488 	 	6 	1:14.566 	6
7 	11 	Robert Kubica 	 	 	6 	1:15.736 	 	8 	1:14.835 	 	7 	1:15.079 	7
8 	9 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	 	14 	1:16.398 	 	6 	1:14.698 	 	8 	1:15.109 	8
9 	4 	Nico Rosberg 	 	 	11 	1:16.178 	 	10 	1:15.018 	 	9 	1:15.179 	9
10 	10 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	 	13 	1:16.387 	 	9 	1:14.943 	 	10 	1:15.339 	10
11 	3 	Michael Schumacher 	 	 	10 	1:16.084 	 	11 	1:15.026 	 	 	 	11
12 	23 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	 	8 	1:15.951 	 	12 	1:15.084 	 	 	 	12
13 	12 	Vitaly Petrov 	 	 	16 	1:16.521 	 	13 	1:15.307 	 	 	 	13
14* 	14 	Adrian Sutil 	 	 	12 	1:16.220 	 	14 	1:15.467 	 	 	 	19
15 	22 	Pedro de la Rosa 	 	 	15 	1:16.450 	 	15 	1:15.550 	 	 	 	14
16 	17 	Jaime Alguersuari 	 	 	17 	1:16.664 	 	16 	1:15.588 	 	 	 	15
17 	16 	Sébastien Buemi 	 	 	9 	1:16.029 	 	17 	1:15.974 	 	 	 	16
18 	18 	Jarno Trulli 	 	 	18 	1:17.583 	 	 	 	 	 	 	17
19 	19 	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	 	19 	1:18.300 	 	 	 	 	 	 	18
20† 	24 	Timo Glock 	 	 	20 	1:18.343 	 	 	 	 	 	 	23
21 	21 	Bruno Senna 	 	 	21 	1:18.592 	 	 	 	 	 	 	20
22 	15 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	 	 	22 	1:18.952 	 	 	 	 	 	 	21
23 	20 	Sakon Yamamoto 	 	 	23 	1:19.844 	 	 	 	 	 	 	22
24* 	25 	Lucas di Grassi 	 	 	NC 	— 	 	 	 	 	 	 	24
Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)	Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)	Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)	Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)	Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)	Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)	Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)	Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)	Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)	Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)	Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)	Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)	Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)	Source:'FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/870/germany/qualifying.html, (Accessed 27/03/2020)
*Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
** Sutil and di Grassi were both issued with five place grid penalties for changing their gearboxes.
*† Glock was handed two five place grid penalties: One for replacing his gearbox; the other for changing his gear ratios without declaring them.
===Grid===
==Race==
===Report===
===Results===
The full results for the are outlined below:
Pos. 	No. 	Driver 	Constructor 	Laps 	Time/Retired 	Grid 	Points
1 	8 	Fernando Alonso 	 	67 	1:27:38.864 	2 	25
2 	7 	Felipe Massa 	 	67 	+4.196s 	3 	18
3 	5 	Sebastian Vettel 	 	67 	+5.121s 	1 	15
4 	2 	Lewis Hamilton 	 	67 	+26.896s 	6 	12
5 	1 	Jenson Button 	 	67 	+29.482s 	5 	10
6 	6 	Mark Webber 	 	67 	+43.606s 	4 	8
7 	11 	Robert Kubica 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	7 	6
8 	4 	Nico Rosberg 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	9 	4
9 	3 	Michael Schumacher 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	11 	2
10 	12 	Vitaly Petrov 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	13 	1
11 	23 	Kamui Kobayashi 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	12 	
12 	8 	Rubens Barrichello 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	8 	
13 	10 	Nico Hülkenberg 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	10 	
14 	22 	Pedro de la Rosa 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	14 	
15 	17 	Jaime Alguersuari 	 	66 	+1 Lap 	15 	
16 	15 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	 	65 	+2 Laps 	21 	
17 	14 	Adrian Sutil 	 	65 	+2 Laps 	19 	
18 	24 	Timo Glock 	 	64 	+3 Laps 	23 	
19 	21 	Bruno Senna 	 	63 	+4 Laps 	20 	
Ret 	19 	Heikki Kovalainen 	 	56 	Damage 	18 	
Ret 	25 	Lucas di Grassi 	 	50 	Suspension 	24 	
Ret 	20 	Sakon Yamamoto 	 	19 	Gearbox 	22 	
Ret 	18 	Jarno Trulli 	 	3 	Gearbox 	17 	
Ret 	16 	Sébastien Buemi 	 	1 	Damage 	16 	
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==Milestones==
* Fernando Alonso made his 150th Grand Prix start.
* Sebastian Vettel recorded the 170th pole position for a engine.
* Alonso claimed his 23rd career victory.
* 212th win for as a constructor.
** This was also the 213th win for a Ferrari engine.
* Vettel recorded the tenth fastest lap for as a constructor.
==Standings==
Lewis Hamilton would once again extend his Championship lead once again, moving fourteen clear of teammate Jenson Button at the head of the hunt. Behind, Button had inched away from the next duo of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, who had moved level on 136 points, but with the Australian ahead on three wins to the German's two. Fernando Alonso, meanwhile, had moved closer to the lead group after his controversial win, with a 29 point gap back to Nico Rosberg in sixth.
In the Constructors Championship had once again seen their lead reduced by a single point in Germany, leaving Hockenheim having broken the 300 point barrier. had therefore moved 28 behind the Anglo-German alliance in second, while had made more ground in third, moving onto 208 points after their one-two. were next up in an increasingly lonely fourth, while were just shy of the 100 point mark in fifth.
World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers	World Championship for Drivers
Pos. 	Driver 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	Lewis Hamilton 	157 	
2 	Jenson Button 	143 	
3 	Mark Webber 	136 	
4 	Sebastian Vettel 	136 	
5 	Fernando Alonso 	123 	
6 	Nico Rosberg 	94 	
7 	Robert Kubica 	89 	
8 	Felipe Massa 	85 	
9 	Michael Schumacher 	38 	
10 	Adrian Sutil 	35 	
11 	Rubens Barrichello 	29 	
12 	Kamui Kobayashi 	15 	
13 	Vitantonio Liuzzi 	12 	
14 	Vitaly Petrov 	7 	1
15 	Sébastien Buemi 	7 	1
16 	Jaime Alguersuari 	3 	
17 	Nico Hülkenberg 	2 	
World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors	World Championship for Constructors
Pos. 	Team 	Pts. 	+/-
1 	 	300 	
2 	 	272 	
3 	 	208 	
4 	 	132 	
5 	 	96 	
6 	 	47 	
7 	 	31 	
8 	 	15 	
9 	 	10 	
Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.
==See Also==
==References==
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