2010 Brazilian Grand Prix

  2010 Brazilian Grand Prix

Race details
Race 18 of 19 in the 2010 Formula One season
Date	November 7, 2010
Official name	Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2010
Location	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil
Course	Permanent racing facility 4.309 km (2.677 mi)
Distance	71 laps, 305.909 km (190.067 mi)
Weather	Clear 25 °C (77 °F)[1]
Pole position
Driver	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams-Cosworth
Time	1:14.470
Fastest lap
Driver	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Time	1:13.851 on lap 66
Podium
First	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Third	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2010)^[2] was the eighteenth round of the 2010 Formula One season. It was held in Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo, Brazil on 7 November 2010.^[3]

Sebastian Vettel won the race, leading home a 1–2 for Red Bull Racing, which was enough to give the team the Constructors' Championship for the first time.^[4] Mark Webber's second place enabled him to maintain second in the Drivers' Championship, and the margin to championship leader Fernando Alonso was reduced to eight points with Alonso's third place. Lewis Hamilton finished fourth – and set fastest lap of the race – to maintain a mathematical chance of winning the championship, dropping nine points behind third-placed Vettel and 24 behind Alonso.

Report

Free practice

Sebastian Vettel set the fastest time in both Friday practice sessions followed by his team mate Mark Webber. Robert Kubica was fastest in the Saturday session.

Qualifying

With a track drying and no rain falling, the first part of qualifying eliminated the new teams and Adrian Sutil. The second part saw a last minute challenge between local hero Felipe Massa and reigning world champion Jenson Button, the former advancing to the final session. The top ten qualifiers saw a track drying so much that after a round of laps in intermediate tyres and times up to 1:16's, the teams opted for slick tyres. This tyre gamble proved successful for Nico Hülkenberg, who took advantage of the situation and qualified over a second ahead of the next quickest cars, taking his first pole position. This also gave the Williams team their first pole since Nick Heidfeld qualified on pole at the 2005 European Grand Prix, and the first pole for Cosworth since the 1999 French Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Part 1	Part 2	Part 3	Grid
1	10	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1:20.050	1:19.144	1:14.470	1
2	5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1:19.160	1:18.691	1:15.519	2
3	6	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1:19.025	1:18.516	1:15.637	3
4	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.931	1:18.921	1:15.747	4
5	8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:18.987	1:19.010	1:15.989	5
6	9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1:19.799	1:18.925	1:16.203	6
7	11	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:19.249	1:18.877	1:16.552	7
8	3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:19.879	1:18.923	1:16.925	8
9	7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:19.778	1:19.200	1:17.101	9
10	12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:20.189	1:19.153	1:17.656	10
11	1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1:19.905	1:19.288		11
12	23	Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	1:19.741	1:19.385		12
13	4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:20.153	1:19.486		13
14	17	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:20.158	1:19.581		14
15	16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1:20.096	1:19.847		191
16	22	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	1:20.174	1:19.899		15
17	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1:20.592	1:20.357		16
18	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1:20.830			222
19	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	1:22.130			17
20	18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	1:22.250			18
21	19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	1:22.378			20
22	25	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	1:22.810			21
23	20	Christian Klien	HRT-Cosworth	1:23.083			23
24	21	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1:23.796			24

Notes:

1. ^ – Sébastien Buemi was given a five-place grid penalty, for causing an avoidable accident with Timo Glock at the Korean Grand Prix.^[5]
2. ^ – Adrian Sutil was given a five-place grid penalty for causing an avoidable accident with Kamui Kobayashi in Korea.^[5]

Race

Pos	No	Driver	Constructor	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Points
1	5	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	71	1:33:11.803	2	25
2	6	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	71	+4.243	3	18
3	8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	71	+6.807	5	15
4	2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+14.634	4	12
5	1	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	71	+15.593	11	10
6	4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	+35.320	13	8
7	3	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	71	+43.456	8	6
8	10	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	70	+1 Lap	1	4
9	11	Robert Kubica	Renault	70	+1 Lap	7	2
10	23	Kamui Kobayashi	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	12	1
11	17	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	14
12	14	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	70	+1 Lap	22
13	16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	19
14	9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	70	+1 Lap	6
15	7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	9
16	12	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	70	+1 Lap	10
17	22	Nick Heidfeld	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	70	+1 Lap	15
18	19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus-Cosworth	69	+2 Laps	20
19	18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus-Cosworth	69	+2 Laps	18
20	24	Timo Glock	Virgin-Cosworth	69	+2 Laps	17
21	21	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	69	+2 Laps	24
22	20	Christian Klien	HRT-Cosworth	65	+6 Laps	23
NC	25	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin-Cosworth	62	+9 Laps	21
Ret	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	49	Accident	16

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings Pos Driver Points 1 Fernando Alonso 246 2 Mark Webber 238 3 Sebastian Vettel 231 4 Lewis Hamilton 222 5 Jenson Button 199

Constructors' Championship standings Pos Constructor Points 1 Red Bull-Renault 469 2 McLaren-Mercedes 421 3 Ferrari 389 4 Mercedes 202 5 Renault 145

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for both sets of standings.

References

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