Race · Round 16 of 19 ·
2010 Japanese Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Suzuka Circuit. 6 of the starters were not classified.
- Circuit
- Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
- Winner
- Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
- Pole
- Sebastian Vettel
- Fastest lap
- Mark Webber
- Entries
- 2417 classified
Classification
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
Grid to flag
Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 5 | 1:32.035 | 1:31.184 | 1:30.785 | — | — |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 1:32.476 | 1:31.241 | 1:30.853 | +0.068 | +0.068 |
| 3 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:32.809 | 1:31.523 | 1:31.169 | +0.384 | +0.316 |
| 4 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:32.808 | 1:32.042 | 1:31.231 | +0.446 | +0.062 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | 1:32.555 | 1:31.819 | 1:31.352 | +0.567 | +0.121 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:32.636 | 1:31.763 | 1:31.378 | +0.593 | +0.026 |
| 7 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:32.238 | 1:31.886 | 1:31.494 | +0.709 | +0.116 |
| 8 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:32.361 | 1:31.874 | 1:31.535 | +0.750 | +0.041 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:32.211 | 1:31.926 | 1:31.559 | +0.774 | +0.024 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:32.513 | 1:32.073 | 1:31.846 | +1.061 | +0.287 |
| 11 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 22 | 1:33.011 | 1:32.187 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:32.721 | 1:32.321 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:32.849 | 1:32.422 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 1:32.783 | 1:32.427 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:33.186 | 1:32.659 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:33.471 | 1:33.071 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | 1:33.216 | 1:33.154 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | 1:33.568 | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 1:35.346 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 1:35.464 | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:36.265 | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:36.332 | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | 1:37.270 | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT | 20 | 1:37.365 | — | — | — | — |
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
Pit stops
Bars run in finishing order, ticked on each lap a driver stopped. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Only the lap is recorded: not a stop’s length, tyres or gain.
Who stopped first, between neighbours
| Drivers, in grid order | Grid | Result | First recorded stop, lap | Stopped first | Grid to flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Vettel · Mark Webber | 1 · 2 | 1 · 2 | 24 · 25 | Sebastian Vettel | Kept their order |
| Mark Webber · Fernando Alonso | 2 · 4 | 2 · 3 | 25 · 24 | Fernando Alonso | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Jenson Button | 4 · 5 | 3 · 4 | 24 · 38 | Fernando Alonso | Kept their order |
| Jenson Button · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 5 · 8 | 4 · 5 | 38 · 22 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Jenson Button · Nico Rosberg | 5 · 6 | 4 · 17 | 38 · 1 | Nico Rosberg | Kept their order |
| Rubens Barrichello · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 7 · 8 | 9 · 5 | 20 · 22 | Rubens Barrichello | Swapped places |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Michael Schumacher | 8 · 10 | 5 · 6 | 22 · 23 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Michael Schumacher · Kamui Kobayashi | 10 · 14 | 6 · 7 | 23 · 38 | Michael Schumacher | Kept their order |
| Michael Schumacher · Nick Heidfeld | 10 · 11 | 6 · 8 | 23 · 18 | Nick Heidfeld | Kept their order |
| Nick Heidfeld · Kamui Kobayashi | 11 · 14 | 8 · 7 | 18 · 38 | Nick Heidfeld | Swapped places |
| Rubens Barrichello · Nick Heidfeld | 7 · 11 | 9 · 8 | 20 · 18 | Nick Heidfeld | Swapped places |
| Nico Rosberg · Rubens Barrichello | 6 · 7 | 17 · 9 | 1 · 20 | Nico Rosberg | Swapped places |
| Rubens Barrichello · Sébastien Buemi | 7 · 18 | 9 · 10 | 20 · 28 | Rubens Barrichello | Kept their order |
| Jaime Alguersuari · Sébastien Buemi | 16 · 18 | 11 · 10 | 21 · 28 | Jaime Alguersuari | Swapped places |
| Sébastien Buemi · Jarno Trulli | 18 · 19 | 10 · 13 | 28 · 1 | Jarno Trulli | Kept their order |
| Jaime Alguersuari · Heikki Kovalainen | 16 · 20 | 11 · 12 | 21 · 35 | Jaime Alguersuari | Kept their order |
| Jarno Trulli · Heikki Kovalainen | 19 · 20 | 13 · 12 | 1 · 35 | Jarno Trulli | Swapped places |
| Jarno Trulli · Timo Glock | 19 · 22 | 13 · 14 | 1 · 1 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Timo Glock · Bruno Senna | 22 · 23 | 14 · 15 | 1 · 1 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Bruno Senna · Sakon Yamamoto | 23 · 24 | 15 · 16 | 1 · 31 | Bruno Senna | Kept their order |
| Nico Rosberg · Sakon Yamamoto | 6 · 24 | 17 · 16 | 1 · 31 | Nico Rosberg | Swapped places |
Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no stop duration and no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.
Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3
Practice 1
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 5 | 1:31.465 | — | — | 32 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 1:31.860 | +0.395 | +0.395 | 29 |
| 3 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:32.200 | +0.735 | +0.340 | 32 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | 1:32.362 | +0.897 | +0.162 | 34 |
| 5 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:32.519 | +1.054 | +0.157 | 35 |
| 6 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:32.533 | +1.068 | +0.014 | 28 |
| 7 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:32.703 | +1.238 | +0.170 | 32 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:32.831 | +1.366 | +0.128 | 27 |
| 9 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:32.842 | +1.377 | +0.011 | 26 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:32.851 | +1.386 | +0.009 | 26 |
| 11 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:32.880 | +1.415 | +0.029 | 26 |
| 12 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 1:33.471 | +2.006 | +0.591 | 31 |
| 13 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:33.481 | +2.016 | +0.010 | 8 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:33.564 | +2.099 | +0.083 | 16 |
| 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 22 | 1:33.697 | +2.232 | +0.133 | 33 |
| 16 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | 1:34.005 | +2.540 | +0.308 | 32 |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:34.055 | +2.590 | +0.050 | 37 |
| 18 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | 1:34.310 | +2.845 | +0.255 | 33 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 1:36.095 | +4.630 | +1.785 | 37 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 1:36.333 | +4.868 | +0.238 | 33 |
| 21 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:36.630 | +5.165 | +0.297 | 28 |
| 22 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:36.834 | +5.369 | +0.204 | 28 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | 1:37.352 | +5.887 | +0.518 | 33 |
| 24 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT | 20 | 1:37.831 | +6.366 | +0.479 | 34 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Practice 3
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:55.902 | — | — | 9 |
| 2 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 2:07.497 | +11.595 | +11.595 | 6 |
| 3 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 4 | Sakon Yamamoto | HRT | 20 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 5 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 6 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | — | — | — | 4 |
| 7 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 22 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 8 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 9 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 10 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 11 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 12 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 13 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 14 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 15 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 16 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 17 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 19 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 21 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 5 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 22 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | — | — | — | 1 |
| 23 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | — | — | — | 2 |
| 24 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | — | — | — | 3 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
Photographs from this race
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The cars in this race
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Red Bull RB6
Vettel Bahrain 2010 (cropped) · Vettel_Bahrain_2010.jpg : Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Ferrari F10
Ferrari Bahrain 2010 · Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
McLaren MP4-25
Jenson Button Bahrain 2010 cropped · Jenson_Button_Bahrain_2010.jpg : Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Mercedes MGP W01
Nico Rosberg 2010 Bahrain · Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Sauber C29
Sauber Bahrain 2010 · Sauber Bahrain 2010 02.jpg : Andrew® derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Williams FW32
Barrichello Malaysian GP 2010 (cropped) · Barrichello_Malaysian_GP_2010.jpg : Joost Rooijmans from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · uncheckedA photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
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Toro Rosso STR5
Toro Rosso STR5 Bahrain 2010 (cropped) · Toro_Rosso_STR5_Bahrain_2010.jpg : Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0
Lotus T127
Lotus in Bahrain (cropped) 2010 · Lotus_in_Bahrain.jpg : Andrew® derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Virgin VR-01
Virgin Bahrain 2010 (cropped) · Virgin_Bahrain_2010.jpg : Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Force India VJM03
Liuzzi Bahrain 2010 (cropped) · Liuzzi_Bahrain_2010.jpg : Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Renault R30
Kubica Bahrain Grand Prix 2010 (cropped) · Kubica_Bahrain_Grand_Prix_2010.jpg : Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 16 of 2010
- Grand Prix
- Japanese Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- —
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- Red Bull Racing
- Entrant
- Red Bull-Renault
- Confidence
- reference
No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.