2010 Formula One World Championship

The 2010 Formula One season was the 61st Formula One season. Red Bull Racing won its first Constructors' Championship. Sebastian Vettel won his first Drivers' Championship. He only took the championship by winning the final race of the season. Vettel became the youngest World Champion.

 Teams and drivers 
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.

 Team Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No. Race Drivers Rounds Test Driver(s)  Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes McLaren MP4-25 Mercedes-Benz FO108X 2.4 L V8  1  Jenson Button  All  Gary Paffett 2  Lewis Hamilton All  Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team Mercedes MGP W01 Mercedes-Benz FO108X 2.4 L V8  3  Michael Schumacher All N/A 4  Nico Rosberg All  Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB6 Renault RS27-2010 2.4 L V8  5  Sebastian VettelRalf Schumacher 1-14-17     Ralf Schumacher Daniel Riccardo David Coulthard 6  Mark WebberDavid Coulthard16-17        Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F10 Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8  7  Felipe Massa Barichello16  Giancarlo Fisichella Marc Gené Luca Badoer 8  Fernando Alonso All  AT&T Williams Williams FW32 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8  9  Rubens BarrichelloValtteri Bottas 16  Valtteri Bottas 10  Nico Hulkenberg All  Renault F1 Team Renault R30 Renault RS27-2010 2.4 L V8  11  Robert Kubica All  Ho Pin-Tung Jérôme d'Ambrosio Jan Charouz 12  Vitaly Petrov All  Force India F1 Team Force India VJM03 Mercedes-Benz FO108X 2.4 L V8  14  Adrian Sutil All  Paul di Resta 15  Vitantonio Liuzzi All  Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR5 Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8  16  Sebastien Buemi All  Brendon Hartley Daniel Riccardo David Coulthard 17  Jaime Alguersuari All  Lotus Racing Lotus T127 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8  18  Jarno Trulli All  Fairuz Fauzy 19  Heikki Kovalainen All  HRT F1 Team HRT F110 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8  20  Karun Chandhok 1–10  Sakon Yamamoto Christian Klien  Sakon Yamamoto 11-14, 16-17 Christian Klien 15, 18-19 21  Bruno Senna 1–9, 11-19 Sakon Yamamoto 10  BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber C29 Ferrari 056 2.4 L V8  22  Pedro de la Rosa 1–14  Esteban Gutiérrez  Nick Heidfeld 15-19 23  Kamui Kobayashi All  Virgin Racing Virgin VR-01 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 L V8  24  Timo Glock All  Luiz Razia Andy Soucek Jérôme d'Ambrosio 25  Lucas di Grassi All

 Driver changes 
On 8 July, 2010, the Thursday before the British Grand Prix, the HRT F1 Team (HRT) announced that Bruno Senna would be replaced by test driver Sakon Yamamoto. After the British race, HRT announced that Senna would return to his seat and race the number 21 car. HRT also announced that Yamamoto would replace Karun Chandhok at the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim.

In August, Mercedes released Nick Heidfeld from his contract. Heidfeld was released so he could join Pirelli and test of the new tyre for the  season.

In September, Sauber replaced Pedro de la Rosa with Nick Heidfeld for the remainder of the season, starting with the Singapore Grand Prix.

For the Singapore Grand Prix Christian Klien replaced Sakon Yamamoto. HRT reported that Yamamoto was sick from food posining. For the Brazilian Grand Prix, HRT announced that  Klien would race in place of Yamamoto.

 Race schedule 

 Rd. Official Race Title Grand Prix Circuit City / Location Date Time Local UTC 1  Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP Bahrain International Circuit Sakhir 14 March 15:00 12:00 2  Qantas Australian Grand Prix Australian GP Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit Melbourne 28 March 17:00 06:00 3  Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysian GP Sepang International Circuit Kuala Lumpur 4 April 16:00 08:00 4  Santander Chinese Grand Prix Chinese GP Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai 18 April 15:00 07:00 5  Gran Premio de España Telefónica Spanish GP Circuit de Catalunya Barcelona Catalunya 9 May 14:00 12:00 6  Grand Prix de Monaco Monaco GP Circuit de Monaco Monte Carlo 16 May 14:00 12:00 7  Petrol Ofisi Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Istanbul Park Istanbul 30 May 15:00 12:00 8  Grand Prix du Canada Canadian GP Circuit Gilles Villeneuve Montreal 13 June 12:00 16:00 9  Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe European GP Valencia Street Circuit Valencia 27 June 14:00 12:00 10  Santander British Grand Prix British GP Silverstone Circuit Silverstone 11 July 13:00 12:00 11  Grosser Preis Santander Von Deutschland German GP Hockenheimring Hockenheim 25 July 14:00 12:00 12  Eni Magyar Nagydij Hungarian GP Hungaroring Budapest 1 August 14:00 12:00 13  Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps Spa-Francorchamps 29 August 14:00 12:00 14  Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Italian GP Autodromo di Monza Monza 12 September 14:00 12:00 15  Singtel Singapore Grand Prix Singapore GP Marina Bay Street Circuit Singapore 26 September 20:00 12:00 16  Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Suzuka Circuit Suzuka 10 October 15:00 06:00 17  Korean Grand Prix Korean GP Korean International Circuit Yeongam 24 October 15:00 6:00 18  Grande Prêmio do Brasil Brazilian GP Autódromo José Carlos Pace São Paulo 7 November 14:00 16:00 19  Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi GP Yas Marina CircuitYas Island 14 November 17:00 13:00

The Korean Grand Prix ran as scheduled. The Korean International Circuit passed its inspection on 12 October.

 Results and standings 
 Race results 
 Round Grands Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning constructor 1  Bahrain Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Fernando Alonso  Fernando Alonso  Ferrari 2  Australian Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Mark Webber  Jenson Button  McLaren-Mercedes 3  Malaysian Grand Prix  Mark Webber  Mark Webber  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 4  Chinese Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Lewis Hamilton  Jenson Button  McLaren-Mercedes 5  Spanish Grand Prix  Mark Webber  Lewis Hamilton  Mark Webber  Red Bull-Renault 6  Monaco Grand Prix  Mark Webber  Sebastian Vettel  Mark Webber  Red Bull-Renault 7  Turkish Grand Prix  Mark Webber  Vitaly Petrov  Lewis Hamilton  McLaren-Mercedes 8  Canadian Grand Prix  Lewis Hamilton  Robert Kubica  Lewis Hamilton  McLaren-Mercedes 9  European Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Jenson Button  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 10  British Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Fernando Alonso  Mark Webber  Red Bull-Renault  11  German Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Sebastian Vettel  Fernando Alonso  Ferrari 12  Hungarian Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Sebastian Vettel  Mark Webber  Red Bull-Renault  13  Belgian Grand Prix  Mark Webber  Lewis Hamilton  Lewis Hamilton  McLaren-Mercedes 14  Italian Grand Prix  Fernando Alonso  Fernando Alonso  Fernando Alonso  Ferrari 15  Singapore Grand Prix  Fernando Alonso  Fernando Alonso  Fernando Alonso  Ferrari 16  Japanese Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Mark Webber  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 17  Korean Grand Prix  Sebastian Vettel  Fernando Alonso  Fernando Alonso  Ferrari 18  Brazilian Grand Prix  Nico Hülkenberg  Lewis Hamilton  Sebastian Vettel  Red Bull-Renault 19  Abu Dhabi Grand Prix  Ralf Schumache  Lewis Hamilton  Ralf Schumacher  Red Bull-Renault

 Drivers standings 
 Pos Driver BHR AUS MAL CHN ESP MON TUR CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR BRA ABU Points 1  Sebastian Vettel 4 Ret 1 6 3 2 Ret 4 1 7 3 3 15 4 2 1 Ret 1'|align="right"| 256|-
! 2
|align="left"|  Fernando Alonso
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 13†
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 6
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 8
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 8
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 14
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 7
|align="right"| 252|-
! 3
|align="left"|  Mark Webber
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 8
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 9
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 8
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 6
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 6
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 
|align="right"| 234|-
! 4
|align="left"|  Lewis Hamilton
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 6
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 6
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 14†
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|align="right"| 234|-
! 5
|align="left"|  Jenson Button
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 7
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 8
|bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 8
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 12
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|align="right"| 214|-
! 6
|align="left"|  Nico Rosberg
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 7
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 9
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 6
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 7
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 15
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 11
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 15
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 8
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 15
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 
|align="right"| 144|-
! 7
|align="left"|  Felipe Massa
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 13
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 7
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 6
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 10
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 8
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 6
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 17†
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 6
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
|align="right"| 134|-
! 8
|align="left"|  Robert Kubica
|bgcolor="#cfcfff"| 11
|bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 8
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 6
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 7
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 7
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 8
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 7
|bgcolor="#efcfff"| Ret
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| dqs
|bgcolor="#dfffdf"| DSQ
|align="right"| 131 9  Michael Schumacher 6 10 Ret 10 4 12 4 11 15 9 9 11 7 9 13 6 4 7 Ret 72 10  Rubens Barrichello 10 8 12 12 9 Ret 14 14 4 5 12 10 Ret 10 6 9 7 14 12 47 11  Adrian Sutil 12 Ret 5 11 7 8 9 10 6 8 17 Ret 5 16 9 Ret Ret 12 13 47 12  Kamui Kobayashi Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 10 Ret 7 6 11 9 8 Ret Ret 7 8 10 14 32 13  Vitaly Petrov Ret Ret Ret 7 11 13† 15 17 14 13 10 5 9 13 11 Ret Ret 16 6 27 14  Ralf  Schumacher                 25 25 15  Vitantonio Liuzzi 9 7 Ret Ret 15† 9 13 9 16 11 16 13 10 12 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 21 16  Sébastien Buemi 16† Ret 11 Ret Ret 10 16 8 9 12 Ret 12 12 11 14 10 Ret 13 15 8 17  Pedro de la Rosa Ret 12 DNS Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 Ret 14 7 11 14 6 18  Nick Heidfeld Ret 8 9 17 11 6 19  Jaime Alguersuari 13 11 9 13 10 11 12 12 13 Ret 15 Ret 13 15 12 11 11 11 9 5 20  Heikki Kovalainen 15 13 Ret 14 DNS Ret Ret 16 Ret 17 Ret 14 16 18 16† 12 13 18 17 0 21  Jarno Trulli 17† DNS 17 Ret 17 15† Ret Ret 21 16 Ret 15 19 Ret Ret 13 Ret 19 21† 0 22  Karun Chandhok Ret 14 15 17 Ret 14† 20† 18 18 19 0 23  Bruno Senna Ret Ret 16 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 19 17 Ret Ret Ret 15 14 21 19 0 24  Lucas di Grassi Ret Ret 14 Ret 19 Ret 19 19 17 Ret Ret 18 17 20† 15 DNS Ret NC 18 0 25  Timo Glock Ret Ret Ret DNS 18 Ret 18 Ret 19 18 18 16 18 17 Ret 14 Ret 20 Ret 0 26  Sakon Yamamoto 20 Ret 19 20 19 16 15 0 27  Christian Klien Ret 22 20 0 Pos Driver BHR AUS MAL CHN ESP MON TUR CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR BRA ABU PointsBold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap
 Driver that did not finish the Grand Prix. Driver was classified (ranked) because they finish more than 90% of the race.

 Constructors standings 
 Pos Constructor CarNo. BHR AUS MAL CHN ESP MON TUR CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR BRA ABU Points 1  Red Bull-Renault 5 4 Ret 1 6 3 2 Ret 4 1 7 3 3 15 4 2 1 Ret 1 1 498 6 8 9 2 8 1 1 3 5 Ret 1 6 1 2 6 3 2 Ret 2 8 2  McLaren-Mercedes 1 7 1 8 1 5 Ret 2 2 3 4 5 8 Ret 2 4 4 12 5 3 454 2 3 6 6 2 14† 5 1 1 2 2 4 Ret 1 Ret Ret 5 2 4 2 3  Ferrari 7 2 3 7 9 6 4 7 15 11 15 2 4 4 3 8 Ret 3 15 10 396 8 1 4 13† 4 2 6 8 3 8 14 1 2 Ret 1 1 3 1 3 7 4  Mercedes 3 6 10 Ret 10 4 12 4 11 15 9 9 11 7 9 13 6 4 7 Ret 214 4 5 5 3 3 13 7 5 6 10 3 8 Ret 6 5 5 17† Ret 6 4 5  Renault 11 11 2 4 5 8 3 6 7 5 Ret 7 Ret 3 8 7 Ret 5 9 5 163 12 Ret Ret Ret 7 11 13† 15 17 14 13 10 5 9 13 11 Ret Ret 16 6 6  Williams-Cosworth 9 10 8 12 12 9 Ret 14 14 4 5 12 10 Ret 10 6 9 7 14 12 69 10 14 Ret 10 15 16 Ret 17 13 Ret 10 13 6 14 7 10 Ret 10 8 16 7  Force India-Mercedes 14 12 Ret 5 11 7 8 9 10 6 8 17 Ret 5 16 9 Ret Ret 12 13 68 15 9 7 Ret Ret 15† 9 13 9 16 11 16 13 10 12 Ret Ret 6 Ret Ret 8  BMW Sauber-Ferrari 22 Ret 12 DNS Ret Ret Ret 11 Ret 12 Ret 14 7 11 14 Ret 8 9 17 11 44 23 Ret Ret Ret Ret 12 Ret 10 Ret 7 6 11 9 8 Ret Ret 7 8 10 14 9  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16 16† Ret 11 Ret Ret 10 16 8 9 12 Ret 12 12 11 14 10 Ret 13 15 13 17 13 11 9 13 10 11 12 12 13 Ret 15 Ret 13 15 12 11 11 11 9 10  Lotus-Cosworth 18 17† DNS 17 Ret 17 15† Ret Ret 21 16 Ret 15 19 Ret Ret 13 Ret 19 21† 0 19 15 13 Ret 14 DNS Ret Ret 16 Ret 17 Ret 14 16 18 16† 12 13 18 17 11  HRT-Cosworth 20 Ret 14 15 17 Ret 14† 20† 18 18 19 Ret 19 20 19 Ret 16 15 22 20 0 21 Ret Ret 16 16 Ret Ret Ret Ret 20 20 19 17 Ret Ret Ret 15 14 21 19 12  Virgin-Cosworth 24 Ret Ret Ret DNS 18 Ret 18 Ret 19 18 18 16 18 17 Ret 14 Ret 20 Ret 0 25 Ret Ret 14 Ret 19 Ret 19 19 17 Ret Ret 18 17 20 15 DNS Ret NC 18 Pos Constructor CarNo. BHR AUS MAL CHN ESP MON TUR CAN EUR GBR GER HUN BEL ITA SIN JPN KOR BRA ABU PointsBold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap
 Driver did not finish the Grand Prix. Driver was classified (ranked) because they finished over 90% of the race.

 References 

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