Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2010

 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2010

Racing data
19th of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	II Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
Date:	November 14, 2010
Place:	Yas Island
Course:	Yas Marina Circuit
Length:	305.47 km in 55 laps of 5.554 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 60,000
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 39.394 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 41.274 min (lap 47)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2010 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix took place on November 14th at the Yas Marina Circuit on Yas Island and was the 19th and final race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Brazilian Grand Prix , Fernando Alonso led the drivers' standings with eight points ahead of Mark Webber and 15 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . Red Bull-Renault led unassailable in the constructors' championship with 48 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and 80 points ahead of Ferrari .

With Alonso, Webber, Vettel and Lewis Hamilton , before the last Grand Prix, for the first time in the history of Formula 1, four drivers still had the chance to win the world championship.

Sebastian Vettel (once) was the only former winner of this Grand Prix.

The Grand Prix was the last race for the tire manufacturer Bridgestone , which has been active in Formula 1 for the past 14 years. The Safety Car was provided by Mercedes-Benz for the 250th time in Abu Dhabi .

training

In the first free practice session, Vettel achieved the fastest lap ahead of the two McLaren drivers Hamilton and Jenson Button . At Lotus-Cosworth , Fairuz Fauzy took over the cockpit from Heikki Kovalainen for this training . In the second free practice session, Hamilton took the lead in front of Vettel and Alonso. In the third free practice, Vettel secured the last practice best time of the 2010 season. Webber was second ahead of Hamilton.

Qualifying

Alonso set the fastest lap in the first part of qualifying. The HRT , Virgin and Lotus pilots as well as Sébastien Buemi were eliminated. In the second segment, Vettel was the fastest pilot. The Force India and Sauber pilots as well as Jaime Alguersuari , Nico Hülkenberg and Robert Kubica were eliminated. Kubica did not reach the third section for the first time this season. The two Red Bull drivers are therefore the only drivers who always took part in the last qualifying stage.

In the last section, Vettel achieved pole position for the tenth time this season. Hamilton finished second ahead of Alonso. Webber started the race from position five.

run

Racing scene in the dark

At the start of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Vettel kept the lead ahead of Hamilton. Alonso did not get off the grid optimally and fell behind Button. A little later Michael Schumacher turned and came to a stop in the opposite direction. Vitantonio Liuzzi could no longer evade and collided with Schumacher. Both pilots were uninjured, but retired. As the track was full of debris, the safety car had to go out. During the safety car phase, Nico Rosberg , Witali Petrow and Jaime Alguersuari completed their pit stop. After the restart, Vettel kept the lead and there were no shifts in the first six positions. At that time, Alonso was leading the virtual world championship standings.

Mark Webber (below) overtook Fernando Alonso

After Webber had touched a wall lightly, he made his pit stop and fell behind three pilots who had already made their pit stop. Although he achieved faster lap times with the new tires than at the front, he also had to overtake Alguersuari. Ferrari responded to Webber's stop by calling first Massa and then Alonso into the pits. While Massa fell behind Alguersuari, Alonso came out ahead of Webber. However, he was outside the points behind several pilots, of whom Rosberg and Petrow had already stopped. The three leading drivers, Vettel, Hamilton and Button, noticed the situation and decided to stay on the track longer in order not to fall behind Rosberg or Petrow. Ferrari also heard that Alonso had to make up two more positions and informed him that he had to drive past Petrov.

Winner and world champion Sebastian Vettel

However, were Renault this weekend fast on the straights and so it was hard for Alonso to make an attack on Petrov. In the meantime, Hamilton and Vettel also completed their stops. Hamilton fell behind Kamui Kobayashi and Kubica. While he was able to pass Kobayashi with relatively no problems, he too had problems overtaking Kubica's Renault. While Button stayed out longer and Vettel drove faster lap times in second place, Vettel's title rivals were all stuck behind Renault drivers. While Hamilton could not find a way past Kubica and seemed to accept the position behind him, Alonso put Petrow under pressure and made slight mistakes. However, at no time did Webber manage to benefit from one of these mistakes and drive past Alonso himself.

After Button was in the pits, Kubica had pulled out a big enough lead to stay ahead of Alonso after a stop. Alonso was three positions behind fourth place, which would have brought him the title win. Hamilton achieved the fastest lap after he had clear speed, but he couldn't catch up with Vettel.

After Timo Glock was eliminated several laps before the end of the race, Vettel was the first driver to cross the finish line and celebrated his fifth win of the season. Hamilton and Button followed in second and third place. After Rosberg had crossed the finish line in fourth position, Vettel was the world champion of the 2010 season. By winning the title, Vettel became the youngest Formula 1 world champion to date.

Behind the two Renault drivers Kubica and Petrow, Alonso finally crossed the finish line in seventh place ahead of Webber. For the Ferrari driver, it was only enough for the runner-up world championship. Webber was third in the drivers' championship ahead of Hamilton. The remaining points went to Alguersuari in ninth position, whom Massa, who crossed the finish line in tenth, could not overtake.

In the constructors' world championship McLaren-Mercedes secured the runner-up world championship ahead of Ferrari.

Registration list

team	No.	driver	chassis	engine	tires
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	01	Jenson Button	McLaren MP4-25	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	02	Lewis Hamilton
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	03	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes MGP W01	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	04th	Nico Rosberg
Red Bull Racing	05	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull RB6	Renault 2.4 V8	B.
	06th	Mark Webber
Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro	07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari F10	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	08th	Fernando Alonso
AT&T Williams	09	Rubens Barrichello	Williams FW32	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	10	Nico Hulkenberg
Renault F1 Team	11	Robert Kubica	Renault R30	Renault 2.4 V8	B.
	12	Vitaly Petrov
Force India F1 Team	14th	Adrian Sutil	Force India VJM03	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	15th	Vitantonio Liuzzi
Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso STR5	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	17th	Jaime Alguersuari
Lotus Racing	18th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus T127	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	19th	Fairuz Fauzy
		Heikki Kovalainen
HRT F1 team	20th	Christian Klien	HRT F110	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	21st	Bruno Senna
BMW Sauber F1 Team	22nd	Nick Heidfeld	Clean C29	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	23	Kamui Kobayashi
Virgin Racing	24	Timo Glock	Virgin VR-01	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	25th	Lucas di Grassi

1. ↑ ^{a b} Fauzy drove the Lotus with the number 19 in the first free practice. Kovalainen then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 40.318	1: 39.874	1: 39.394	01
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 40.335	1: 40.119	1: 39.425	02
03	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 40.170	1: 40.311	1: 39.792	03
04th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 40.877	1: 40.014	1: 39.823	04th
05	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 40.690	1: 40.074	1: 39.925	05
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 40.942	1: 40.323	1: 40.202	06th
07th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 40.904	1: 40.476	1: 40.203	07th
08th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 41.222	1: 40.452	1: 40.516	08th
09	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 40.231	1: 40.060	1: 40.589	09
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 41.018	1: 40.658	1: 40.901	10
11	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 41.336	1: 40.780	-	11
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 41.045	1: 40.783	-	12
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 41.473	1: 40.914	-	13
14th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Ferrari	1: 41.409	1: 41.113	-	14th
15th	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1: 41.015	1: 41.418	-	15th
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 41.681	1: 41.642	-	16
17th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 41.707	1: 41.738	-	17th
18th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 41.824	-	-	18th
19th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 43.516	-	-	19th
20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	1: 43.712	-	-	20th
21st	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 44.095	-	-	21st
22nd	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	1: 44.510	-	-	22nd
23	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1: 45.085	-	-	23
24	Christian Klien	HRT-Cosworth	1: 45.296	-	-	24

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	55	1	1: 39: 36.837	01	1: 41.739 (50th)
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	55	1	+ 10.162	02	1: 41.274 (47.)
03	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	55	1	+ 11,047	04th	1: 41.636 (48th)
04th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	55	1	+ 30.747	09	1: 41.711 (52nd)
05	Robert Kubica	Renault	55	1	+ 39.026	11	1: 41.753 (51st)
06th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	55	1	+ 43,520	10	1: 42,311 (52nd)
07th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	55	1	+ 43.797	03	1: 42.227 (52.)
08th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	55	1	+ 44.243	05	1: 42.196 (52nd)
09	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	1	+ 50,201	17th	1: 42.727 (49.)
10	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	55	1	+ 50.868	06th	1: 42.725 (52nd)
11	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Ferrari	55	1	+ 51.551	14th	1: 42.673 (52nd)
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	55	1	+ 57.686	07th	1: 42.669 (50.)
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	55	1	+ 58.325	13	1: 42.695 (52nd)
14th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	55	1	+ 59.558	12	1: 42.733 (53.)
15th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	55	1	+1: 03.178	18th	1: 42,573 (50.)
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	55	1	+1: 04.763	15th	1: 42.397 (51.)
17th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	54	1	+ 1 rounds	20th	1: 45.378 (52nd)
18th	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	53	1	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 46.126 (50.)
19th	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	53	1	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 46.255 (52.)
20th	Christian Klien	HRT-Cosworth	53	1	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 46.646 (44.)
21st	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	51	1	+ 4 rounds	19th	1: 45.979 (42nd)
-	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	43	1	DNF	21st	1: 46.837 (39.)
-	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	00	0	DNF	08th	-
-	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	00	0	DNF	16	-

World Cup stands after the race

The first ten of the race got 25, 18, 15, 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2 and 1 point (s) respectively.

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 256 02  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 252 03  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 242 04th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 240 05  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 214 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 144 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 142 08th  Robert Kubica Renault 136 09  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 72 10  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 47 11  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 47 12  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 32 13  Vitaly Petrov Renault 27 14th  Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 22nd

Item driver constructor Points 15th  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 21st 16  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 8th 17th  Pedro de la Rosa Clean Ferrari 6th 18th  Nick Heidfeld Clean Ferrari 6th 19th  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5 20th  Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Cosworth 0 21st  Jarno Trulli Lotus Cosworth 0 22nd  Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 0 23  Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 0 24  Lucas di Grassi Virgin Cosworth 0 25th  Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 0 26th  Sakon Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 0 27  Christian Klien HRT-Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 498 02  McLaren-Mercedes 454 03  Ferrari 396 04th  Mercedes 214 05  Renault 163 06th  Williams-Cosworth 69

Item constructor Points 07th  Force India-Mercedes 68 08th  Clean Ferrari 44 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 13 10  Lotus Cosworth 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Bridgestone says goodbye and thanks" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 9, 2010)
2. ↑ "250. Race: Anniversary for Mercedes Safety Car " (Motorsport-Total.com on November 14, 2010)
3. ^ "GP Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 12, 2010)
4. ^ "GP Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 12, 2010)
5. ^ "GP Abu Dhabi in Abu Dhabi / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 13, 2010)

Web links

Commons : Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2010  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com