German Grand Prix 2010

 German Grand Prix 2010

Racing data
11th of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXXI Grand Prix Santander of Germany
Date:	July 25, 2010
Place:	Hockenheim
Course:	Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg
Length:	306.458 km in 67 laps of 4.574 km
Weather:	slightly cloudy
Spectator:	~ 65,000
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 13.791 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 15.824 min (lap 67)
Podium
First:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Second:	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Third:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault

The 2010 German Grand Prix took place on July 25th at the Hockenheimring Baden-Württemberg in Hockenheim and was the eleventh race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the British Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with twelve points ahead of Jenson Button and 17 points ahead of Mark Webber . McLaren-Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 29 points ahead of Red Bull-Renault and with 113 points ahead of Ferrari .

Fernando Alonso contested his 150th Grand Prix at the German Grand Prix.

With Michael Schumacher (four times), Rubens Barrichello , Alonso, Hamilton and Webber (once each), five former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

While Bruno Senna , who had been replaced by Sakon Yamamoto at the British Grand Prix , returned to his cockpit, Karun Chandhok had to hand over his HRT cockpit to Yamamoto.

training

Fairuz Fauzy in the first free practice session on Friday

The first free practice took place under rainy conditions. While the drivers used rain tires at the beginning, they switched to intermediate tires towards the end of the session. Adrian Sutil coped best with these conditions and achieved the fastest lap time with over a second ahead of Felipe Massa and Button. Fairuz Fauzy took part in this training for Lotus instead of Heikki Kovalainen . In the second free practice session, in which the drivers were able to drive with slicks, Alonso took the lead in front of Sebastian Vettel and his team-mate Massa.

In the third free practice session on Saturday, the drivers initially used intermediate tires. As the track dried up, the racers drove with slicks in the last third of the training session. Vettel set the fastest lap under these conditions, ahead of Alonso and Webber.

Qualifying

The first section of qualifying was interrupted after an accident by Vitantonio Liuzzi , who lost control of his racing car at the end of the last corner on the start and finish straight and hit the wall. Alonso set the fastest lap in this section. In addition to Liuzzi, the Virgin , HRT and Lotus pilots were eliminated. In the second part of the qualification, Alonso kept the top position. The Toro Rosso and Sauber pilots as well as Sutil, Petrow and Schumacher were eliminated. In the final segment, Vettel secured pole position with two thousandths of a second ahead of Alonso . It was the third pole position that the German achieved in a row. Massa came in third.

run

At the start of the German Grand Prix, Vettel did not get off well. He concentrated on the duel with Alonso, overlooking the fact that Massa overtook both of them with a better start. In addition, Vettel lost the duel against Alonso and took third place behind the two Ferrari drivers. In the parabolic steroids, Hamilton overtook Webber and moved up to fourth place.

Sakon Yamamoto returned to the HRT cockpit in this race, but retired early

Because of collisions, the Force India and Toro Rosso pilots had to pits for repairs after the first lap. For Sébastien Buemi , however, the race was over due to the extent of the damage. The two Toro Rosso drivers collided within the team in the hairpin. After three laps, Jarno Trulli , whose racing car had transmission problems , also had to retire .

While Massa held its own in front of Alonso and Vettel, both Force India pilots had to pit again. At Sutil, a second stop was necessary because his pit crew accidentally fitted three hard and one soft tires at the first stop. In the twelfth lap, Vettel started the pit stops. One lap later, Alonso followed and one lap later, Massa also pitted. However, nothing changed in the order between the three pilots. There was still a change in the lead, as Button drove with a different strategy and stayed out longer. For HRT driver Yamamoto, the race was over after 19 laps.

While Massa was faster than Alonso with the soft tires that he had driven at the start, he could no longer pull away from Alonso with the hard tires. Alonso tried to get past the Brazilian but never made it past. After Button was in the pits, the two Ferraris took the lead again. After Alonso said on the pit radio that he found the situation ridiculous, the gap between the two pilots increased to several seconds. After there was a gap of a few seconds between the two, Alonso managed to reduce the gap again. After 48 laps, Massa's race engineer informed him that Fernando was faster than him and asked him if he had understood this message. A lap later after the hairpin, Massa took off the gas and Alonso pulled past him.

Pedro de la Rosa in the Sauber

While Lucas di Grassi had to retire with a damaged suspension and Kovalainen had to retire after touching Pedro de la Rosa , Alonso was able to break away from Massa at the front and drove several fastest laps. Vettel caught up with Massa, but was unable to overtake him.

In the end, Alonso won the race ahead of Massa and Vettel. It was Alonso's second win of the season. Hamilton, Button and Webber crossed the finish line behind the first three drivers. The other points went to Kubica, Nico Rosberg , Schumacher and Petrow.

In the World Championship, Hamilton retained the lead over Button and McLaren-Mercedes also retained the top position in the constructors' championship.

After the race there was some discussion about the Ferrari drivers changing places, which was classified as a prohibited stall order. The stewards saw the situation similar and fined Ferrari $ 100,000 for illegal stall orders. In addition, the FIA World Motor Sports Council dealt with the swap of seats at the beginning of September. No further sanctions were adopted. Furthermore, after the race there were discussions about the ban on stall orders per se, with prominent supporters for each side.

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	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT F110	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	21st	Bruno Senna
BMW Sauber F1 Team	22nd	Pedro de la Rosa	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: 15,152	1: 14.249	1: 13.791	01
02	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 14.808	1: 14.081	1: 13.793	02
03	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 15.216	1: 14.478	1: 14.290	03
04th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 15.334	1: 14.340	1: 14.347	04th
05	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 15.823	1: 14.716	1: 14.427	05
06th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 15.505	1: 14.488	1: 14.566	06th
07th	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 15.736	1: 14.835	1: 15.079	07th
08th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 16.398	1: 14.698	1: 15.109	08th
09	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 16.178	1: 15.018	1: 15.179	09
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1: 16.387	1: 14.943	1: 15.339	10
11	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 16.084	1: 15.026	-	11
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 15.951	1: 15.084	-	12
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 16.521	1: 15.307	-	13
14th	Adrian Sutil 1	Force India-Mercedes	1: 16.220	1: 15.467	-	19th
15th	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	1: 16.450	1: 15.550	-	14th
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 16.664	1: 15.588	-	15th
17th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 16.029	1: 15.974	-	16
18th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 17.583	-	-	17th
19th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	1: 18,300	-	-	18th
20th	Timo Glock 2	Virgin Cosworth	1: 18.343	-	-	24
21st	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1: 18.592	-	-	20th
22nd	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 18,952	-	-	21st
23	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT-Cosworth	1: 19.844	-	-	22nd
24	Lucas di Grassi 1	Virgin Cosworth	no time	-	-	23

¹ Adrian Sutil and Lucas Di Grassi were moved five places down after a gearbox change.

² Timo Glock was moved five places down for a gear change and a change in gear ratio, i.e. a total of ten places.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	67	1	1: 27: 38.864	02	1: 15.880 (66.)
02	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	67	1	+ 4.196	03	1: 16.097 (66.)
03	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	67	1	+ 5.121	01	1: 15.824 (67.)
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	67	1	+ 26.896	06th	1: 16.503 (65th)
05	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	67	1	+ 29,482	05	1: 16,451 (65th)
06th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	67	1	+ 43,606	04th	1: 16.678 (57.)
07th	Robert Kubica	Renault	66	1	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 17,166 (62.)
08th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	66	1	+ 1 lap	09	1: 16.609 (66.)
09	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	66	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 17,088 (66.)
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	66	1	+ 1 lap	13	1: 17,198 (62.)
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	66	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 17,100 (63rd)
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	66	1	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 17.029 (63.)
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	66	1	+ 1 lap	10	1: 16.836 (61.)
14th	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	66	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 16,527 (61.)
15th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	66	2	+ 1 lap	16	1: 16.971 (66.)
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	65	3	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 16.596 (64th)
17th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	65	3	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 16.687 (65th)
18th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	64	1	+ 3 rounds	20th	1: 18,211 (62.)
19th	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	63	2	+ 4 rounds	21st	1: 20.861 (57.)
-	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	56	1	DNF	19th	1: 20.664 (51st)
-	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	50	0	DNF	24	1: 20.703 (49.)
-	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT-Cosworth	19th	2	DNF	23	1: 23.541 (16.)
-	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	03	1	DNF	18th	2: 14.452 ( 02nd)
-	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	01	0	DNF	17th	-

World Cup stands after the race

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

Driver ranking

Item driver constructor Points 01  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 157 02  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 143 03  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 136 04th  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 136 05  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 123 06th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 94 07th  Robert Kubica Renault 89 08th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 85 09  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 38 10  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 35 11  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 29 12  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 15th 13  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 12

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Vitaly Petrov Renault 7th 15th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 7th 16  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3 17th  Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 2 18th  Pedro de la Rosa Clean Ferrari 0 19th  Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Cosworth 0 20th  Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 0 21st  Lucas di Grassi Virgin Cosworth 0 22nd  Jarno Trulli Lotus Cosworth 0 23  Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 0 24  Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 0 25th  Sakon Yamamoto HRT-Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren-Mercedes 300 02  Red Bull-Renault 272 03  Ferrari 208 04th  Mercedes 132 05  Renault 96 06th  Force India-Mercedes 47

Item constructor Points 07th  Williams-Cosworth 31 08th  Clean Ferrari 15th 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 10 10  Lotus Cosworth 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "HRT: Chandhok out, Senna in!" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 16, 2010)
2. ^ "GP Germany in Hockenheim / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 23, 2010)
3. ^ "GP Germany in Hockenheim / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 23, 2010)
4. ↑ "GP Germany in Hockenheim / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 24, 2010)
5. ↑ "Toro Rosso: Crash among teammates costs a car" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 25, 2010)
6. ↑ ^{a b} "Bitter double failure for Lotus" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 25, 2010)
7. ↑ “No luck for HRT in Hockenheim” (Motorsport-Total.com on July 25, 2010)
8. ↑ "Virgin: Glock satisfied with the performance" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 25, 2010)
9. ^ "After stable order: $ 100,000 fine for Ferrari!" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 25, 2010)

Web links

Commons : Grand Prix of Germany 2010  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com