European Grand Prix 2010

 European Grand Prix 2010

Racing data
9th of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LIV Grand Prix of Europe
Date:	June 27, 2010
Place:	Valencia
Course:	Valencia Street Circuit
Length:	308.883 km in 57 laps of 5.419 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 83,400
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 37.587 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 38.766 min (lap 54)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes

The 2010 European Grand Prix took place on June 27th at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia ( Spain ) and was the ninth race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Canadian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with three points ahead of Jenson Button and six points ahead of Mark Webber . McLaren-Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 22 points ahead of Red Bull-Renault and with 54 points ahead of Ferrari .

With Michael Schumacher (six times), Rubens Barrichello , Fernando Alonso (twice each) and Felipe Massa (once), four former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

The European Grand Prix was held for the 20th time in 2010.

training

In the first free practice, Nico Rosberg took first place in front of the McLaren drivers Hamilton and Button. Paul di Resta took over in this training the Force India -cockpit of Adrian Sutil and Christian Klien was allowed in the HRT of Karun Chandhok train. In the second free practice session, local hero Alonso took the lead in front of the two Red Bull-Renaults of Sebastian Vettel and Webber.

In the third free practice session on Saturday, Vettel posted the fastest lap ahead of Robert Kubica and Webber.

Qualifying

Kubica posted the best time in the first section of qualifying. The HRT, Virgin and Lotus pilots as well as Kamui Kobayashi were eliminated. In the second segment of the qualification, Vettel took the lead. The Toro Rosso , Mercedes and Force India pilots as well as Pedro de la Rosa did not make the jump to the last section. In this Vettel kept the leading position and secured the pole position in front of Webber and Hamilton.

The Williams drivers, who both qualified for the final section of qualifying, drove the same lap time to within a thousandth of a second. Since Nico Hülkenberg set the time first, he started eighth ahead of Rubens Barrichello .

run

Jaime Alguersuari finished his home race in 13th place

At the start of the European Grand Prix there was a duel between Vettel and Hamilton. After a contact caused by Hamilton, Vettel kept the lead. His team-mate Webber didn't get off to a good start and fell back to ninth place. While Vettel took the lead, Webber decided to do his mandatory pit stop in the seventh lap in order to be in a good starting position during a safety car phase.

After Rosberg had also decided on this strategy, a safety car phase actually took place: Webber tried to pass Heikki Kovalainen before Turn 12 . He drove so close that he touched the Kovalainen driving ahead and lifted his car, overturned and hit the barrier. Webber was unharmed and got out of the car unaided. The morning before the race there had already been an accident in the same place in the GP2 series in which Josef Král collided with Rodolfo González in an almost identical manner . Unlike Webber, Král injured himself and broke two vertebrae.

With the exception of Kobayashi, all drivers came to the pits to change tires during the safety car phase. However, the first four pilots had already passed the pit entrance. While Vettel had passed in front of the safety car, Hamilton, Alonso and Massa fell behind the safety car. However, Hamilton did not stay behind the safety car and overtook it after the safety car line, which was against the rules. The Ferrari drivers stayed behind the safety car and lost a few positions in the pits. Schumacher also lost a lot of time during the safety car phase, as he had to pit twice and thus fell back to the end of the field.

Lewis Hamilton finished second despite a drive-through penalty

After the restart, Vettel, who almost lost the lead, pulled away again from Hamilton. A gap formed behind the two as the fourth-placed button couldn't get past Kobayashi. While the race management needed a longer time to assess the offense by Hamilton at the beginning of the safety car phase, the latter extended his lead over Kobayashi. After receiving and completing a drive-through penalty, he retained his position. Then he reduced his deficit on Vettel a little, but this had a sufficient lead over his opponent.

While his team mate Nico Hülkenberg was out, Rubens Barrichello achieved his best result of the season with fourth place

Button, who was behind Kobayashi, did not try to drive past the Sauber driver. Shortly before the two Bruno Senna and Timo Glock wanted to lap, Senna and Glock collided. Both continued the race, but had to pit for repairs. With ten laps remaining, the race management announced that a total of nine pilots would be examined after the race. All of them had fallen short of the minimum sector time in the first safety car phase. After the end of the race, all nine drivers received a 5-second time penalty, which did not lead to any major postponements.

Shortly before the end of the race, Hülkenberg had to give up the race. A broken tire had smashed parts of the body. He was in tenth place. With three laps to go, Kobayashi also pitted for a mandatory pit stop and then overtook Alonso and Sébastien Buemi thanks to new tires .

In the end, Vettel won the race by five seconds over Hamilton. Button also came third on the podium. In fourth place Barrichello crossed the finish line and achieved his best result for Williams to date. Further points went to Kubica, Sutil, Kobayashi, Alonso, Buemi and Rosberg.

Both Hamilton and McLaren-Mercedes retained their top positions in the world championship.

With Sebastian Vettel, another driver won the European Grand Prix for the fifth time in a row.

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	Paul di Resta	Force India VJM03	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
		Adrian Sutil
	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.
		Karun Chandhok
	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} Di Resta drove the Force India with the number 14 in the first free practice. Sutil then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Klien drove the HRT with the number 20 in the first free practice. Chandhok then took over the vehicle for the remainder of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 38.324	1: 38.015	1: 37.587	01
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 38.549	1: 38.041	1: 37.662	02
03	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 38.697	1: 38.158	1: 37.969	03
04th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 38.472	1: 38.179	1: 38.075	04th
05	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 38.657	1: 38.046	1: 38.127	05
06th	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 38.132	1: 38.062	1: 38.137	06th
07th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 38.360	1: 38.399	1: 38.210	07th
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1: 38.843	1: 38.523	1: 38.428	08th
09	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 38.449	1: 38.326	1: 38.428	09
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 39.004	1: 38.552	1: 38.523	10
11	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 39.096	1: 38.586	-	11
12	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 38.752	1: 38.627	-	12
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 39.021	1: 38.851	-	13
14th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 38.969	1: 38.884	-	14th
15th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 38.994	1: 39.234	-	15th
16	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	1: 39.003	1: 39.264	-	16
17th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 39.128	1: 39.458	-	17th
18th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 39.343	-	-	18th
19th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 40.658	-	-	19th
20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	1: 40.882	-	-	20th
21st	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	1: 42.086	-	-	21st
22nd	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 42.140	-	-	22nd
23	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	1: 42,600	-	-	23
24	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1: 42.851	-	-	24

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	57	1	1: 40: 29.571	01	1: 39,141 (52nd)
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	57	2	+ 5.042	03	1: 39.156 (56.)
03	Jenson Button 1	McLaren-Mercedes	57	1	+ 12.658	07th	1: 38.766 (54th)
04th	Rubens Barrichello 1	Williams-Cosworth	57	1	+ 25.627	09	1: 39.489 (56.)
05	Robert Kubica 1	Renault	57	1	+ 27.122	06th	1: 39,542 (55.)
06th	Adrian Sutil 1	Force India-Mercedes	57	1	+ 30.168	13	1: 39,803 (52nd)
07th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	57	1	+ 30.965	18th	1: 39,517 (57.)
08th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	57	1	+ 32,809	04th	1: 39.889 (50.)
09	Sébastien Buemi 1	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	1	+ 36.299	11	1: 40.084 (53rd)
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	57	1	+ 44.382	12	1: 39.878 (57.)
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	57	1	+ 46.621	05	1: 40.208 (52nd)
12	Pedro de la Rosa 1	Clean Ferrari	57	1	+ 47.414	16	1: 40.430 (56.)
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	57	1	+ 48.239	17th	1: 40.327 (55.)
14th	Vitaly Petrov 1	Renault	57	1	+ 48.287	10	1: 40,100 (57.)
15th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	57	3	+ 48.826	15th	1: 38.968 (53.)
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi 1	Force India-Mercedes	57	1	+ 50.890	14th	1: 40,305 (52nd)
17th	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	56	1	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 42,414 (45.)
18th	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	55	1	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 43.820 (51st)
19th	Timo Glock 2	Virgin Cosworth	55	2	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 42,319 (48th)
20th	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	55	2	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 42.927 (55.)
21st	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	53	2	+ 4 rounds	19th	1: 41.770 (53rd)
-	Nico Hulkenberg 1	Williams-Cosworth	49	1	DNF	08th	1: 40.790 (46.)
-	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	08th	0	DNF	20th	1: 46.130 ( 08.)
-	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	08th	1	DNF	02	1: 44.064 ( 05.)

¹ Nine drivers received a 5-second time penalty for driving too fast in a safety car phase.

² Timo Glock received a 20 second time penalty for ignoring blue flags.

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  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 127 02  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 121 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 115 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 103 05  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 98 06th  Robert Kubica Renault 83 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 75 08th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 67 09  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 34 10  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 31 11  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 19th 12  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 12

Item driver constructor Points 13  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 7th 14th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 7th 15th  Vitaly Petrov Renault 6th 16  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3 17th  Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1 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

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren-Mercedes 248 02  Red Bull-Renault 218 03  Ferrari 165 04th  Mercedes 109 05  Renault 89 06th  Force India-Mercedes 43

Item constructor Points 07th  Williams-Cosworth 20th 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 10 09  Clean Ferrari 7th 10  Lotus Cosworth 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "GP Europe in Valencia / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 25, 2010)
2. ^ "GP Europe in Valencia / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 25, 2010)
3. ^ "GP Europe in Valencia / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 26, 2010)
4. ↑ "Kral after crash: two fractures of the vertebrae" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 3, 2010)
5. ↑ ^{a b} "Nine drivers penalized, result almost unchanged!" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 27, 2010)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com