2010 Formula One season

2010 FIA Formula One World Championship season
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The 2010 Formula One season was the 61st Formula One season of World Championship motor racing competition. Red Bull Racing won its maiden Constructors' Championship with a one-two finish in Brazil, while Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel won the Drivers' Championship after winning the final race of the season. In doing so, Vettel became the youngest World Drivers' Champion in the sport's sixty-year history. Vettel's victory in the championship came after a dramatic season finale at Abu Dhabi where three other drivers could also have won the championship; Vettel's Red Bull Racing team mate Mark Webber, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.[1]

This was Bridgestone's last season as the sole tyre supplier in Formula One as the company announced that it would not renew its contract at the end of the season. After several months of deliberation, Pirelli was chosen as the tyre supplier for the 2011 season at the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Geneva, in June 2010.

The technical and sporting regulations applicable for the season were the subject of much debate. Before the start of the season, 2009 Drivers' Champion Jenson Button joined McLaren, while the 2009 Constructors' Champion, Brawn GP, was bought by German motor vehicle manufacturer Mercedes-Benz and was renamed as Mercedes GP. The 2010 season saw the return of the most successful driver in Formula One history, with seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher coming out of retirement after a three-year absence.[2]

The season's first race was held on March 14 in Bahrain and the season concluded on November 14 in the United Arab Emirates after 19 motor races held in 18 countries on five continents.[3]

Contents

Pre-season

Dispute over regulations and breakaway series

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) had planned to introduce a budget cap, in order to safeguard the sport during the current economic downturn. The proposal had an optional budget cap of €30 million ($45 million, £27 million), with greater technical and design freedoms allowed to teams who nominated to use it. The teams objected to what they believed would be a two-tier championship and five of the teams within the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA), Ferrari, BMW Sauber, Renault, Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso announced their intentions to withdraw from the 2010 championship.[4][5] BMW Sauber later announced on their withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the 2009 season, due to economic problems.[6]

Following negotiations, the FOTA teams unanimously decided to withdraw at the end of the 2009 season unless the budget cap rules were changed.[7] Williams and Force India both submitted their own entries and were temporarily suspended from FOTA,[8][9] while the remaining teams submitted conditional entries for the 2010 season. The 2010 entry list was published by the FIA on 12 June, which included all 2009 teams and three new teams, Campos Meta, Virgin Racing and US F1 Team.[10] Discussions between the FIA and FOTA failed to find a resolution to the budget cap issues and the eight FOTA teams announced intentions to form a breakaway series for 2010.[11] However, following a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council on 24 June, FOTA agreed to remain in Formula One and FIA president Max Mosley confirmed he would not stand for re-election in October.[12]

During a meeting on 8 July between the FIA and FOTA on future regulations, the teams walked out of the meeting after being informed that they were not entered for the 2010 season and could therefore have no input on regulatory discussions.[13] In response it was announced that plans for a breakaway series were still being pursued.[14] Negotiations on a new Concorde Agreement directly with CVC, the commercial rights holders, led to the eventual end of the dispute with its signing by the FIA on 1 August. The new Concorde Agreement will secure the sports future until its expiration in 2012.[15]

Testing

The new season test schedule started on 1 December 2009 with a three-day 'Young Driver Test' (for drivers with fewer than three Formula One race starts to their name) at Spain's Circuito de Jerez. British Formula Three Champion Daniel Ricciardo was fastest for Red Bull Racing. As with 2009, the teams were allowed a maximum of 15,000 km (9,300 mi) over the course of fifteen days in February. Testing sessions were confirmed for Valencia (1–3 February), Jerez (10–13 February and 17–20 February), and Barcelona (25–28 February).[16] All but Campos/Hispania and US F1 took part in the pre-season tests.[17][18]

Pre-season testing started at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia with seven teams. Ferrari dominated the test session, with Felipe Massa setting the fastest lap times on days one[19] and two.[20] In his first appearance for the team, Fernando Alonso set the fastest overall time on the third day of the test with 1:11.470.[21]

The second session took place at Circuito de Jerez, Spain with heavy downpours throughout the test. This also marked the first public test for new team Virgin Racing who only managed five laps after a shortage of parts became a problem.[22] Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the test during a dry Saturday session with 1:19.583.[23]

The third test at Jerez for another four-day test was also affected by mixed weather conditions.[24][25] Lotus Racing started its first public test with the T127.[26] The penultimate[27] and last days saw sunny weather with Jenson Button setting the fastest time (1:18.871).[28]

The last pre-season test took place at Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona. The test started in sunny weather with rain showers scattered through the weekend. Virgin's testing misery carried on with Lucas di Grassi crashing[29] and more mechanical issues.[30] Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the week (1:20.472) with most teams doing low fuel runs on Sunday.[31]

Report

In stark contrast to 2009, no one driver emerged as dominant in the early stages of the 2010 season. Fernando Alonso won the opening race of the season in Bahrain after Sebastian Vettel's engine misfired, with Alonso becoming just the sixth Ferrari driver to win on debut for the Italian team. Reigning World Champion Jenson Button claimed victory in Australia for the second year in succession, whilst Vettel won in Malaysia, setting up a unique situation that would last for the rest of the season whereby no driver would win a race while leading the World Championship.

Button became the first driver to win more than one race with victory in China, but Mark Webber would be the first to take back-to-back victories with wins in Spain and Monaco. Webber was leading the Turkish Grand Prix when team-mate Vettel attempted a pass on lap 40 that ended with the two Red Bulls colliding; Vettel retired whilst Webber recovered to finish third behind eventual race winner Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Hamilton would match Webber's feat of back-to-back victories by claiming first place in Canada.

The middle of the season saw controversy, starting at the European Grand Prix in Valencia following a disputed safety car ruling. Mark Webber collided with Heikki Kovalainen at the fastest point on the circuit, the collision destroying Webber's front wing and launching Webber into a somersault. The safety car was deployed immediately, joining the circuit behind race leader Vettel, but ahead of then-second placed Hamilton and the Ferraris of Alonso and Felipe Massa. Hamilton overtook the safety car as it emerged from the pit lane but after it had crossed the safety car control line. It took the race stewards twenty minutes to pass verdict on the infringement, and while Hamilton was issued with a drive-through penalty for his actions, it had little effect as he was already well clear of the rest of the field.

The British Grand Prix marked the halfway point of the season and was the source of further controversy, this time in the Red Bull garage as the "Red Bull Civil War"[32] spilled over into open hostilities when team principal Christian Horner removed the team's Silverstone-spec front wing from Mark Webber's car and placed it on Vettel's for qualifying and the race after the German driver damaged his in the final practice session. Webber won the race after Vettel developed a puncture on the first lap and was forced to pit.

The German Grand Prix saw a return to form for Ferrari, with both Alonso and Massa quickest over the course of the race meeting. On the anniversary of his accident, Felipe Massa led most of the race before a message from the Ferrari pit appeared to be a coded instruction telling Massa to move over and let Alonso through, granting Alonso seven extra World Championship points for his ultimate win. Ferrari were fined US$100,000 for the use of team orders to deliberately alter the outcome of a race and faced further sanctions at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in September where they face charges of bringing the sport into disrepute, though the hearing would ultimately acquit Ferrari on the grounds of a lack of evidence.

After finishing sixth in Germany, Webber won again in Hungary after Vettel broke an obscure safety car rule and was issued with a drive-through penalty that demoted him to third, while Lewis Hamilton won a wet Belgian Grand Prix from Mark Webber and Robert Kubica while Vettel was involved in a collision with Button that eliminated the incumbent World Champion whilst Vettel was handed his second drive-through penalty in as many races. Fernando Alonso retired after an uncharacteristic mistake in the wet. The European season ended in Italy, with Alonso claiming his third victory of the season and adding a fourth to his tally – and his first Grand Slam – in Singapore.

The 2010 season also saw the debut of three new teams, Virgin, Lotus and Hispania. The teams were often more than three seconds per lap slower than the established teams. After fighting reliability issues early in the season, the three teams soon established themselves with Lotus leading the way, their best result being a twelfth place for Heikki Kovalainen in Japan. Virgin struggled after discovering their fuel tank was too small, forcing them to push their development schedule back five races in order to build a car that could finish the race. Hispania were the slowest of the three, and by mid-season were rotating their drivers on a regular basis, but a pair of fourteenth places by Karun Chandhok in Australia and Monaco put the team ahead of Virgin in the Constructors' Championship for most of the season.

Red Bull reasserted their dominance in Japan, with Vettel winning comfortably from Webber and Alonso third. They were prepared to continue their performance in a rain-delayed Korean Grand Prix, but an early accident eliminated Webber and a late engine failure for Vettel handed the victory to Alonso. Nico Hülkenberg claimed his maiden pole position for Williams by over a second in changing conditions in Brazil, but Red Bull went on to claim their fourth one-two finish of the season, claiming enough points to be declared World Constructors' Champions in just their sixth year of competition.

In the week leading up to the final race of the season, Red Bull repeated their intentions not to use team orders, a decision they were widely criticised for as allowing Mark Webber to finish ahead of Sebastian Vettel would have meant he trailed Fernando Alonso by just one point ahead of the race in Abu Dhabi. However, the Australian struggled to find speed across the weekend, qualifying behind Alonso and unable to find a way past the Ferrari driver for most of the race. Like Webber, Alonso had opted for an early pit stop in his tyre strategy, but emerged behind Russian rookie Vitaly Petrov. Taking into account the cars ahead of them that had yet to stop, this meant that Alonso would be running sixth on the road when he needed to finish fourth to claim the title.

McLaren's Jenson Button took the lead of the race when Sebastian Vettel pitted, the 2009 World Champion attempting to extend his lead enough to avoid a costly encounter with Robert Kubica after Lewis Hamilton got caught behind the Renault driver; passing Kubica would give him a chance to catch Vettel, who would resume the lead when Button pitted. Button needed a lead of twenty-two seconds to rejoin the circuit ahead of Kubica and Hamilton, but Kubica was able to match him on lap times and McLaren were forced to pit Button, who rejoined fourth behind his team mate, becoming third when Kubica pitted. While Kubica was expected to rejoin somewhere behind Mark Webber, Vitaly Petrov had held Webber and Alonso up enough that when Kubica completed his stop, he joined the circuit ahead of them, adding his name to the list of drivers Alonso needed to pass in order to win the World Championship. Sebastian Vettel won the race, with the McLarens second and third. Alonso was unable to find a way past Petrov and so finished seventh, handing the title to Vettel by four points. Abu Dhabi was the first time Sebastian Vettel had led the 2010 World Championship.[33]

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers compete in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.[34] With the withdrawal of BMW and Toyota, engine diversity in Formula One dropped to a 30-year low, with just four engine producers powering the entire grid, the lowest since 1980.

Team Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No. Race Drivers Rounds Test/Reserve Driver(s)
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-25 Mercedes FO 108X B 1 Jenson Button[35] All Gary Paffett[36]
2 Lewis Hamilton[37] All
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team Mercedes MGP W01 Mercedes FO 108X B 3 Michael Schumacher[38] All Nick Heidfeld[39]
4 Nico Rosberg[34] All
Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB6 Renault RS27-2010 B 5 Sebastian Vettel[34] All Brendon Hartley[40]
Daniel Ricciardo[40]
David Coulthard[41]
6 Mark Webber[42] All
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F10 Ferrari 056 B 7 Felipe Massa[43] All Giancarlo Fisichella[44]
Luca Badoer[44]
Marc Gené[44]
8 Fernando Alonso[34] All
AT&T Williams Williams FW32 Cosworth CA2010 B 9 Rubens Barrichello[45] All Valtteri Bottas[46]
10 Nico Hülkenberg[45] All
Renault F1 Team Renault R30 Renault RS27-2010 B 11 Robert Kubica[47] All Ho-Pin Tung[48]
Jérôme d'Ambrosio[48]
Jan Charouz[48]
12 Vitaly Petrov[49] All
Force India F1 Team Force India VJM03 Mercedes FO 108X B 14 Adrian Sutil[50] All Paul di Resta[51]
15 Vitantonio Liuzzi[50] All
Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR5 Ferrari 056 B 16 Sébastien Buemi[52] All Brendon Hartley[40]
Daniel Ricciardo[40]
David Coulthard[41]
17 Jaime Alguersuari[53] All
Lotus Racing Lotus T127 Cosworth CA2010 B 18 Jarno Trulli[54] All Fairuz Fauzy[54]
19 Heikki Kovalainen[54] All
HRT F1 Team HRT F110 Cosworth CA2010 B 20 Karun Chandhok[55] 1–10 Christian Klien[56]
Sakon Yamamoto[57]
Karun Chandhok[58]
Christian Klien[59] 15, 18–19
Sakon Yamamoto[60][61] 11–14, 16–17
21 10
Bruno Senna[62] 1–9, 11–19
BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber C29 Ferrari 056 B 22 Pedro de la Rosa[34] 1–14 n/a
Nick Heidfeld[63] 15–19
23 Kamui Kobayashi[64] All
Virgin Racing Virgin VR-01 Cosworth CA2010 B 24 Timo Glock[65] All Andy Soucek[66]
Luiz Razia[67]
Jérôme d'Ambrosio[68]
25 Lucas di Grassi[69] All

New entries process

The FIA announced its intention to open up the grid, aiming for a total of 13 teams, and in July 2009 selected three new teams from 15 new applicants, as well as confirming the entry of all 10 existing teams.[70] The existing F1 teams, under the FOTA organisation, are understood to have agreed a system of technical support to assist new teams. This compromise proposal would involve the supply of parts and design knowledge to the new entrants, but not full customer cars, in return for which the budget cap idea was dropped. [71]

The three teams on the entry list released in July 2009 included Campos Meta, a Spanish team led by former driver and GP2 team owner Adrian Campos and Madrid-based sports advertising agency Meta Image; Manor Grand Prix, an F3 team run by John Booth and designer Nick Wirth; and USF1, a team created by former designer Ken Anderson and journalist Peter Windsor.[72] Following the withdrawal of BMW Sauber, Lotus Racing was accepted to the grid.[73] Manor became known as Virgin Racing after Richard Branson's Virgin Group purchased naming rights to the team,[74] while Campos-Meta was reimagined as Hispania Racing after investor José Ramón Carabante purchased the team from Adrian Campos shortly before the first race of the season.[75] USF1 officially withdrew from the championship in early March, following months of speculation and accusations from whistleblowers that the team had been crippled by mismanagement for months.[76]

The FIA also had several entry bids from other racing teams including World Series by Renault and Le Mans entrant Epsilon Euskadi,[77] Dave Richards' highly successful Prodrive outfit[78] and Italian touring car team N.Technology[79] as well as re-imaginings of former teams March,[80] Brabham,[80] Lola Cars[81] and Team Lotus (not to be confused with Lotus Racing).[82] Other expressions of interest came from Team Superfund, an Austrian outfit to be fronted by former driver Alex Wurz[83] and myf1dream.com, a team established by fans of the sport and funded by their donations.[84] Experienced sports car and touring car entrant Ray Mallock Limited had intended to submit an entry bid,[85] but decided against it following the mid-season political crisis.

Of the most interest to the media was Stefan Grand Prix, created by Zoran Stefanovic and hailed as Serbia's first Formula 1 team.[86] Stefan claimed to have acquired the remains of Toyota's abandoned TF110 chassis and engine and had access to Toyota Motorsport's former headquarters in Cologne, Germany. After being rejected from the grid, Stefanovic filed a complaint with the European Commission over the entry selection process and then announced his intentions to continue development of the Toyota chassis, re-badged as the Stefan S-01, with the team even going so far as to send equipment to Bahrain, Australia and Malaysia. After several difficulties including the cancellation of a planned test in Portugal when Bridgestone refused to supply tyres,[87] Stefan attempted to purchase the defunct USF1 entry, but the moves were blocked. Stefan was finally rejected on March 4 when the FIA stated that it was not possible to issue entries so close to the season opener.[88]

Team changes

Driver changes

Changed teams
Entered Formula One
Exited Formula One
Returned to Formula One
Mid-season Changes

2010 calendar

On 21 September 2009 the provisional 2010 calendar was issued by the World Motor Sport Council containing 19 races,[3] followed by a second provisional schedule which had the Abu Dhabi and Brazilian Grands Prix switching dates.[113] The final calendar was released on December 11, 2009.[114]

Round Race Title Grand Prix Circuit 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, 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 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 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 Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Istanbul Park, Tuzla 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 Nagydíj Hungarian GP Hungaroring, Budapest 1 August 14:00 12:00
13 Belgian Grand Prix Belgian GP Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 29 August 14:00 12:00
14 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Italian GP Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza 12 September 14:00 12:00
15 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Singapore GP Marina Bay Street Circuit, Marina Bay 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 06:00
18 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil Brazilian GP Autódromo José Carlos Pace (Interlagos), São Paulo 7 November 14:00 16:00
19 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi GP Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi 14 November 17:00 13:00

Calendar changes

Changes

Rule changes

Mid-season changes

Safety Car

Results and standings

Grands Prix

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

Scoring system

Points are awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
Points 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1

Drivers

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 1 256
2 Fernando Alonso 1 4 13 4 2 6 8 3 8 14 1 2 Ret 1 1 3 1 3 7 252
3 Mark Webber 8 9 2 8 1 1 3 5 Ret 1 6 1 2 6 3 2 Ret 2 8 242
4 Lewis Hamilton 3 6 6 2 14 5 1 1 2 2 4 Ret 1 Ret Ret 5 2 4 2 240
5 Jenson Button 7 1 8 1 5 Ret 2 2 3 4 5 8 Ret 2 4 4 12 5 3 214
6 Felipe Massa 2 3 7 9 6 4 7 15 11 15 2 4 4 3 8 Ret 3 15 10 144
7 Nico Rosberg 5 5 3 3 13 7 5 6 10 3 8 Ret 6 5 5 17 Ret 6 4 142
8 Robert Kubica 11 2 4 5 8 3 6 7 5 Ret 7 Ret 3 8 7 Ret 5 9 5 136
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 Nico Hülkenberg 14 Ret 10 15 16 Ret 17 13 Ret 10 13 6 14 7 10 Ret 10 8 16 22
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 NC 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
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Light blue Practiced only (PO)
Friday test driver (TD)
(from 2003 onwards)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Constructors

Pos [150] Constructor [150] Car
No.
BHR
AUS
MAL
CHN
ESP
MON
TUR
CAN
EUR
GBR
GER
HUN
BEL
ITA
SIN
JPN
KOR
BRA
ABU
Points [150]
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 NC 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 Car
No.
BHR
AUS
MAL
CHN
ESP
MON
TUR
CAN
EUR
GBR
GER
HUN
BEL
ITA
SIN
JPN
KOR
BRA
ABU
Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green Points finish
Blue Non-points finish
Non-classified finish (NC)
Purple Did not finish (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Light blue Practiced only (PO)
Friday test driver (TD)
(from 2003 onwards)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrew entry before the event (WD)

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

Cars did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

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