Race · Round 19 of 19 ·
2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Yas Marina Circuit. 3 of the starters were not classified. This round settled the drivers' title for Sebastian Vettel. Fernando Alonso had led the championship going into it.
- Circuit
- Yas Marina CircuitAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Winner
- Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
- Pole
- Sebastian Vettel
- Fastest lap
- Sir Lewis Hamilton
- Entries
- 2421 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 | 1:40.318 | 1:39.874 | 1:39.394 | — | — |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:40.335 | 1:40.119 | 1:39.425 | +0.031 | +0.031 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | 1:40.170 | 1:40.311 | 1:39.792 | +0.398 | +0.367 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:40.877 | 1:40.014 | 1:39.823 | +0.429 | +0.031 |
| 5 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 1:40.690 | 1:40.074 | 1:39.925 | +0.531 | +0.102 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:40.942 | 1:40.323 | 1:40.202 | +0.808 | +0.277 |
| 7 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:40.904 | 1:40.476 | 1:40.203 | +0.809 | +0.001 |
| 8 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:41.222 | 1:40.452 | 1:40.516 | +1.122 | +0.313 |
| 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:40.231 | 1:40.060 | 1:40.589 | +1.195 | +0.073 |
| 10 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:41.018 | 1:40.658 | 1:40.901 | +1.507 | +0.312 |
| 11 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:41.336 | 1:40.780 | — | — | — |
| 12 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 1:41.045 | 1:40.783 | — | — | — |
| 13 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:41.473 | 1:40.914 | — | — | — |
| 14 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 22 | 1:41.409 | 1:41.113 | — | — | — |
| 15 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:41.015 | 1:41.418 | — | — | — |
| 16 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | 1:41.681 | 1:41.642 | — | — | — |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:41.707 | 1:41.738 | — | — | — |
| 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | 1:41.824 | — | — | — | — |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 1:43.516 | — | — | — | — |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 1:43.712 | — | — | — | — |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:44.095 | — | — | — | — |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:44.510 | — | — | — | — |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | 1:45.085 | — | — | — | — |
| 24 | Christian Klien | HRT | 20 | 1:45.296 | — | — | — | — |
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 · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 1 · 2 | 1 · 2 | 24 · 23 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Jenson Button | 2 · 4 | 2 · 3 | 23 · 39 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Fernando Alonso | 2 · 3 | 2 · 7 | 23 · 15 | Fernando Alonso | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Jenson Button | 3 · 4 | 7 · 3 | 15 · 39 | Fernando Alonso | Swapped places |
| Jenson Button · Nico Rosberg | 4 · 9 | 3 · 4 | 39 · 1 | Nico Rosberg | Kept their order |
| Jenson Button · Mark Webber | 4 · 5 | 3 · 8 | 39 · 11 | Mark Webber | Kept their order |
| Nico Rosberg · Robert Kubica | 9 · 11 | 4 · 5 | 1 · 46 | Nico Rosberg | Kept their order |
| Nico Rosberg · Vitaly Petrov | 9 · 10 | 4 · 6 | 1 · 1 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Vitaly Petrov · Robert Kubica | 10 · 11 | 6 · 5 | 1 · 46 | Vitaly Petrov | Swapped places |
| Robert Kubica · Kamui Kobayashi | 11 · 12 | 5 · 14 | 46 · 33 | Kamui Kobayashi | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Vitaly Petrov | 3 · 10 | 7 · 6 | 15 · 1 | Vitaly Petrov | Swapped places |
| Fernando Alonso · Mark Webber | 3 · 5 | 7 · 8 | 15 · 11 | Mark Webber | Kept their order |
| Mark Webber · Jaime Alguersuari | 5 · 17 | 8 · 9 | 11 · 1 | Jaime Alguersuari | Kept their order |
| Mark Webber · Felipe Massa | 5 · 6 | 8 · 10 | 11 · 13 | Mark Webber | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Jaime Alguersuari | 6 · 17 | 10 · 9 | 13 · 1 | Jaime Alguersuari | Swapped places |
| Jaime Alguersuari · Sébastien Buemi | 17 · 18 | 9 · 15 | 1 · 37 | Jaime Alguersuari | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Nick Heidfeld | 6 · 14 | 10 · 11 | 13 · 15 | Felipe Massa | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Rubens Barrichello | 6 · 7 | 10 · 12 | 13 · 18 | Felipe Massa | Kept their order |
| Rubens Barrichello · Nick Heidfeld | 7 · 14 | 12 · 11 | 18 · 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Swapped places |
| Adrian Sutil · Nick Heidfeld | 13 · 14 | 13 · 11 | 47 · 15 | Nick Heidfeld | Swapped places |
| Nick Heidfeld · Nico Hulkenberg | 14 · 15 | 11 · 16 | 15 · 36 | Nick Heidfeld | Kept their order |
| Rubens Barrichello · Adrian Sutil | 7 · 13 | 12 · 13 | 18 · 47 | Rubens Barrichello | Kept their order |
| Kamui Kobayashi · Adrian Sutil | 12 · 13 | 14 · 13 | 33 · 47 | Kamui Kobayashi | Swapped places |
| Kamui Kobayashi · Sébastien Buemi | 12 · 18 | 14 · 15 | 33 · 37 | Kamui Kobayashi | Kept their order |
| Nico Hulkenberg · Sébastien Buemi | 15 · 18 | 16 · 15 | 36 · 37 | Nico Hulkenberg | Swapped places |
| Sébastien Buemi · Jarno Trulli | 18 · 19 | 15 · 21 | 37 · 28 | Jarno Trulli | Kept their order |
| Nico Hulkenberg · Heikki Kovalainen | 15 · 20 | 16 · 17 | 36 · 41 | Nico Hulkenberg | Kept their order |
| Jarno Trulli · Heikki Kovalainen | 19 · 20 | 21 · 17 | 28 · 41 | Jarno Trulli | Swapped places |
| Heikki Kovalainen · Lucas di Grassi | 20 · 22 | 17 · 18 | 41 · 1 | Lucas di Grassi | Kept their order |
| Lucas di Grassi · Bruno Senna | 22 · 23 | 18 · 19 | 1 · 1 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Bruno Senna · Christian Klien | 23 · 24 | 19 · 20 | 1 · 1 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Jarno Trulli · Christian Klien | 19 · 24 | 21 · 20 | 28 · 1 | Christian Klien | 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
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 5 | 1:42.760 | — | — | 18 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:43.369 | +0.609 | +0.609 | 16 |
| 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:43.785 | +1.025 | +0.416 | 19 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 1:43.840 | +1.080 | +0.055 | 19 |
| 5 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:44.080 | +1.320 | +0.240 | 19 |
| 6 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | 1:44.121 | +1.361 | +0.041 | 17 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:44.199 | +1.439 | +0.078 | 19 |
| 8 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 1:44.604 | +1.844 | +0.405 | 18 |
| 9 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:44.718 | +1.958 | +0.114 | 19 |
| 10 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 22 | 1:44.737 | +1.977 | +0.019 | 19 |
| 11 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:45.160 | +2.400 | +0.423 | 18 |
| 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:45.445 | +2.685 | +0.285 | 21 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:45.474 | +2.714 | +0.029 | 15 |
| 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:45.552 | +2.792 | +0.078 | 20 |
| 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | 1:45.585 | +2.825 | +0.033 | 14 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:46.003 | +3.243 | +0.418 | 20 |
| 17 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:46.644 | +3.884 | +0.641 | 19 |
| 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | 1:47.105 | +4.345 | +0.461 | 22 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:48.450 | +5.690 | +1.345 | 19 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 1:48.472 | +5.712 | +0.022 | 17 |
| 21 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:49.375 | +6.615 | +0.903 | 13 |
| 22 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | 1:49.590 | +6.830 | +0.215 | 18 |
| 23 | Christian Klien | HRT | 20 | 1:50.274 | +7.514 | +0.684 | 17 |
| 24 | Fairuz Fauzy (never started a Grand Prix) | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 1:51.705 | +8.945 | +1.431 | 18 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing. † Drove in practice and never started a Grand Prix.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:40.888 | — | — | 25 |
| 2 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 5 | 1:41.145 | +0.257 | +0.257 | 28 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | 1:41.314 | +0.426 | +0.169 | 29 |
| 4 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 1:41.315 | +0.427 | +0.001 | 29 |
| 5 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:41.576 | +0.688 | +0.261 | 31 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:41.583 | +0.695 | +0.007 | 21 |
| 7 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:42.096 | +1.208 | +0.513 | 31 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:42.132 | +1.244 | +0.036 | 28 |
| 9 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | 1:42.203 | +1.315 | +0.071 | 31 |
| 10 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:42.222 | +1.334 | +0.019 | 29 |
| 11 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:42.246 | +1.358 | +0.024 | 29 |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:42.449 | +1.561 | +0.203 | 32 |
| 13 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:42.535 | +1.647 | +0.086 | 21 |
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 1:42.768 | +1.880 | +0.233 | 26 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:42.914 | +2.026 | +0.146 | 37 |
| 16 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 22 | 1:42.950 | +2.062 | +0.036 | 34 |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:43.128 | +2.240 | +0.178 | 17 |
| 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | 1:43.584 | +2.696 | +0.456 | 33 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 1:45.180 | +4.292 | +1.596 | 36 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:45.259 | +4.371 | +0.079 | 31 |
| 21 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 1:45.612 | +4.724 | +0.353 | 35 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:46.053 | +5.165 | +0.441 | 29 |
| 23 | Christian Klien | HRT | 20 | 1:47.210 | +6.322 | +1.157 | 32 |
| 24 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | 1:47.434 | +6.546 | +0.224 | 28 |
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 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 5 | 1:40.696 | — | — | 18 |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 1:40.829 | +0.133 | +0.133 | 15 |
| 3 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:41.280 | +0.584 | +0.451 | 13 |
| 4 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | 1:41.490 | +0.794 | +0.210 | 14 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:41.578 | +0.882 | +0.088 | 17 |
| 6 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:41.689 | +0.993 | +0.111 | 17 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:41.690 | +0.994 | +0.001 | 18 |
| 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:41.729 | +1.033 | +0.039 | 17 |
| 9 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:41.877 | +1.181 | +0.148 | 18 |
| 10 | Nick Heidfeld | Sauber | 22 | 1:41.893 | +1.197 | +0.016 | 20 |
| 11 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:41.934 | +1.238 | +0.041 | 18 |
| 12 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:41.978 | +1.282 | +0.044 | 14 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:42.316 | +1.620 | +0.338 | 15 |
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 1:42.566 | +1.870 | +0.250 | 16 |
| 15 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:42.587 | +1.891 | +0.021 | 18 |
| 16 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | 1:42.858 | +2.162 | +0.271 | 14 |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:42.993 | +2.297 | +0.135 | 20 |
| 18 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | 1:43.344 | +2.648 | +0.351 | 18 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 1:44.876 | +4.180 | +1.532 | 15 |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 1:45.048 | +4.352 | +0.172 | 23 |
| 21 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:45.050 | +4.354 | +0.002 | 20 |
| 22 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | 1:45.490 | +4.794 | +0.440 | 16 |
| 23 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:45.629 | +4.933 | +0.139 | 22 |
| 24 | Christian Klien | HRT | 20 | 1:46.464 | +5.768 | +0.835 | 17 |
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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Red Bull RB6
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McLaren MP4-25
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Mercedes MGP W01
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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 · unchecked
Ferrari F10
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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 2.0A 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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Sauber C29
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Williams FW32
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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
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 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 19 of 2010
- Grand Prix
- Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- Original layout · 5.554 km · 21 turns
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- Red Bull Racing
- Entrant
- Red Bull-Renault
- Confidence
- reference
The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.