2010 Brazilian Grand Prix

 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix

Racing data
18th of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2010
Date:	November 7, 2010
Place:	São Paulo
Course:	Autódromo José Carlos Pace
Length:	305.909 km in 71 laps of 4.309 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 90,000
Pole position
Driver:	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth
Time:	1: 14.470 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 13.851 min (lap 66)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Third:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari

The 2010 Brazilian Grand Prix took place on November 7th at the Autódromo José Carlos Pace in São Paulo and was the 18th race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Korean Grand Prix , Fernando Alonso led the drivers' standings with 11 points ahead of Mark Webber and 21 points ahead of Lewis Hamilton . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with 27 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 52 points ahead of Ferrari .

HRT-Cosworth replaced, as previously at the Singapore Grand Prix , Sakon Yamamoto by Christian Klien .

With Michael Schumacher (four times), Felipe Massa (twice) and Webber (once) three former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

training

In the first practice session on Friday, Sebastian Vettel set the fastest lap ahead of his teammates Webber and Hamilton. At Virgin-Cosworth , Jérôme D'Ambrosio took over the cockpit from Lucas di Grassi for this training . In the second free practice session, Vettel kept the lead over Webber. Alonso finished third. The third free practice took place under wet track conditions. At first the pilots used rain tires, at the end of the training the pilots drove on intermediates. Robert Kubica coped best with the track conditions and set the fastest lap. Vettel was second ahead of Hamilton.

Qualifying

Qualifying took place under wet conditions. In the first segment, the pilots used intermediate tires. Alonso achieved the fastest lap under these conditions. The HRT, Virgin and Lotus pilots as well as Adrian Sutil were eliminated. Webber took the lead in the second leg of qualifying, when the rain stopped. The Sauber and Toro Rosso pilots as well as Vitantonio Liuzzi , Nico Rosberg and Jenson Button were eliminated. After a try on intermediate tires, the drivers switched to dry tires in the third section. Nico Hülkenberg coped best with the conditions and achieved pole position with a lead of over a second over second-placed Vettel. Webber finished third. It was the first pole position in Hülkenberg's Formula 1 career.

run

Hülkenberg, who started the race from pole position for the first time, lost the lead at the start and was overtaken by Vettel. A little later, Vettel's team-mate Webber also managed to drive past Hülkenberg. In the second lap, Alonso first tried to drive past Hamilton in front of the Senna-S , but Hamilton initially retained the lead. A little later he did not come through a curve optimally and Alonso drove past him.

After Klien started the race three laps late, Alonso put pressure on third-placed Hulkenberg. In the seventh lap, the Ferrari driver finally managed to take third place from Hülkenberg. In the meantime, he had lost to the leading Red Bull drivers in about ten seconds. In the following laps, Hamilton put Hulkenberg under pressure. In contrast to Alonso, however, he did not manage to overtake him.

The first pit stop phase was started by Button. After Button's direct competitors had made their pit stops, it turned out that coming in early was an advantage and Button had won several positions. For Massa, the pit stop at his home race was not ideal. First he lost a position to Button and had to pit a second lap later because of problems with his right front wheel. Hamilton only stopped a few laps after Hulkenberg and got past him with this strategy. He came back on the track right in front of his teammate, but distanced himself from Button. Shortly afterwards, the leading drivers also pitted to change. Vettel lost his lead to Webber for two laps.

Meanwhile, both McLaren drivers managed to drive past Kamui Kobayashi , whose strategy included a later stop. The two were behind Vettel, Webber and Alonso in fourth and fifth place. In addition to Massa, Rubens Barrichello also had problems at his home Grand Prix and had to pit again after touching Jaime Alguersuari , whose front wing damaged Barrichello's tires. Di Grassi also had problems in this race and had to stand in the pits for several laps. He finally crossed the finish line outside of the classification.

After an accident by Liuzzi in the Senna-S , the safety car had to go out on the track. Various drivers used the safety car phase to change tires. In the lead lap, however, there were only seven drivers left, of whom Hamilton, Button and Rosberg had fresh tires. Since some pilots were lapped, the pilots were not directly behind one another in the lead lap and so there were no shifts at the front of the field during the restart. However, Schumacher, who was not in the pits, let his team mate, who had new tires, pass in order to enable a good result for the team.

While there were no further changes of position in the front part of the field, Massa tried to make up positions in the rear part of the field. He lost positions after duels with Sébastien Buemi and Barrichello. However, since the Ferrari driver was not in the points, nothing changed in his points yield.

Finally, Vettel won the race ahead of Webber and Alonso. Hamilton was fifth ahead of Button. Alonso thus retained the lead in the drivers' championship ahead of Webber and Vettel. Besides the three pilots, Hamilton was the only pilot who also had a chance of winning the world title. As announced, the Red Bull drivers decided not to swap positions at the end of the race, which would have given Webber better chances of winning the title. For Button it was clear after the race that he would not be able to defend his title this season. The other points went to Rosberg, Schumacher, Hülkenberg, Kubica and Kobayashi.

Red Bull-Renault won the constructors' world championship early due to the double victory. It was the first title win for the racing team, which entered Formula 1 in 2005 .

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	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	Jérôme D'Ambrosio
		Lucas di Grassi

1. ↑ ^{a b} D'Ambrosio drove the Virgin with the number 25 in the first free practice. Di Grassi then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1: 20.050	1: 19.144	1: 14.470	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 19.160	1: 18.691	1: 15.519	02
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 19.025	1: 18.516	1: 15.637	03
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 19.931	1: 18.921	1: 15.747	04th
05	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 18.987	1: 19.010	1: 15.989	05
06th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 19.799	1: 18.925	1: 16.203	06th
07th	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 19.249	1: 18.877	1: 16.552	07th
08th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 19.879	1: 18.923	1: 16.925	08th
09	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 19.778	1: 19,200	1: 17.101	09
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 20.189	1: 19.153	1: 17.656	10
11	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 19.905	1: 19.288	-	11
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 19.741	1: 19.385	-	12
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 20.153	1: 19.486	-	13
14th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 20.158	1: 19.581	-	14th
15th	Sébastien Buemi 1	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 20.096	1: 19.847	-	20th
16	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Ferrari	1: 20.174	1: 19.899	-	15th
17th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 20.592	1: 20.357	-	16
18th	Adrian Sutil 1	Force India-Mercedes	1: 20.830	-	-	22nd
19th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 22.130	-	-	17th
20th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 22.250	-	-	18th
21st	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	1: 22.378	-	-	19th
22nd	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	1: 22.810	-	-	21st
23	Christian Klien	HRT-Cosworth	1: 23.083	-	-	23
24	Bruno Senna 2	HRT-Cosworth	1: 23.796	-	-	24

¹ Sébastien Buemi and Adrian Sutil were each moved five places down due to a collision at the Korean Grand Prix.

² Bruno Senna was moved five positions back because of a gear change.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	71	1	1: 33: 11.803	02	1: 14.283 (70th)
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	71	1	+ 4.243	03	1: 14.047 (69.)
03	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	71	1	+ 6.807	05	1: 13.855 (67.)
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	71	2	+ 14.634	04th	1: 13.851 (66.)
05	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	71	2	+ 15,593	11	1: 13.932 (71.)
06th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	71	3	+ 35,320	13	1: 14.184 (65.)
07th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	71	1	+ 43.456	08th	1: 15.219 (71.)
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	70	1	+ 1 lap	01	1: 14.985 (70th)
09	Robert Kubica	Renault	70	1	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 15.161 (61.)
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 14.748 (65th)
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 15.695 (68.)
12	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	70	1	+ 1 lap	22nd	1: 14,997 (64th)
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	70	1	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 15.935 (69.)
14th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	70	3	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 15.227 (69.)
15th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	70	3	+ 1 lap	09	1: 15.330 (69th)
16	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	70	2	+ 1 lap	10	1: 15.485 (70th)
17th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Ferrari	70	3	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 15.068 (68.)
18th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	69	1	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 17,161 (69.)
19th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	69	1	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 17.316 (69th)
20th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	69	1	+ 2 rounds	17th	1: 17.695 (66.)
21st	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	69	1	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 17.731 (66.)
22nd	Christian Klien	HRT-Cosworth	65	2	+ 6 rounds	23	1: 17.690 (63rd)
-	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	62	3	+ 9 rounds	21st	1: 16.767 (60th)
-	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	49	1	DNF	16	1: 16,940 (37th)

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  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 246 02  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 238 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 231 04th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 222 05  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 199 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 143 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 130 08th  Robert Kubica Renault 126 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  Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 22nd 14th  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 21st

Item driver constructor Points 15th  Vitaly Petrov Renault 19th 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 3 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 469 02  McLaren-Mercedes 421 03  Ferrari 389 04th  Mercedes 202 05  Renault 145 06th  Williams-Cosworth 69

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Second chance: Klien replaces Yamamoto in Brazil" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 4, 2010)
2. ^ "GP Brazil in Interlagos / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 5, 2010)
3. ^ "GP Brazil in Interlagos / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 5, 2010)
4. ^ "GP Brazil in Interlagos / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 6, 2010)
5. ^ "Mercedes: Schumacher let Rosberg pass" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 7, 2010)
6. ↑ "Marko: 'That is out of the question for us'" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 7, 2010)
7. ↑ "Collisions: Sutil and Buemi subsequently punished" (Motorsport-Total.com on October 24, 2010)
8. ^ "GP Brazil in Interlagos / Race" (Motorsport-Total.com on November 7, 2010)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com