Great Britain Grand Prix 2010

 Great Britain Grand Prix 2010

Racing data
10th of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2010 F1 Santander British Grand Prix
Date:	July 11, 2010
Place:	Silverstone
Course:	Silverstone Circuit
Length:	306.747 km in 52 laps of 5.901 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 120,000
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 29.615 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Time:	1: 30.874 min (lap 52)
Podium
First:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes

The 2010 British Grand Prix took place on July 11th at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone and was the tenth race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the European Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with six points from Jenson Button and twelve points from Sebastian Vettel . McLaren-Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 30 points ahead of Red Bull-Renault and with 89 points ahead of Ferrari .

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

The course was rebuilt and took place in 2010 on the new "Arena" variant.

At HRT there was the first driver change of the season. Bruno Senna has been replaced by Sakon Yamamoto , who last competed in the 2007 Brazilian Grand Prix .

training

In the first free Friday practice session, Vettel achieved the fastest lap ahead of Hamilton and Robert Kubica . Paul di Resta took over the cockpit from Vitantonio Liuzzi for this training . In the second free practice session, Vettel's team-mate Webber achieved the fastest lap. Alonso and Vettel followed in second and third place. In the third free practice on Saturday, Vettel took the lead again. Webber was second ahead of Alonso.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualification, Vettel drove the fastest lap. The HRT, Virgin and Lotus pilots as well as Jaime Alguersuari were eliminated. In the second qualifying segment, Webber took over the lead from his teammate. The Force India pilots, Buemi , Petrow , Button, Hulkenberg and Kobayashi were eliminated. In the final section, Vettel finally secured pole position in front of his team-mates Webber and Alonso.

After qualifying, Liuzzi was moved back five places on the grid. The Italian had hindered Hulkenberg on his fast lap, even though he had been shown blue flags.

At Red Bull Racing there was another internal dispute after qualifying because Webber saw himself at a disadvantage compared to Vettel after he had to give his front wing to Vettel, whose copy had been damaged in practice. The team only brought two front wings of this specification.

run

Timo Glock on his starting place

At the start of the British Grand Prix, which was completely sold out with 120,000 spectators, the second-placed Red Bull Renault driver Webber prevailed against his team-mate Vettel, who started from pole position. Vettel drove through the first corner in second and was touched in the Copse by Hamilton, who was in third place. Vettel suffered a tire damage on the right rear wheel, which made itself felt in the Becketts , in which he was driving straight ahead. Webber led the field ahead of Hamilton, Kubica and Nico Rosberg . Alonso did not have a good start from third place and lost a few places. A position battle with his team-mate Felipe Massa caused a sensation , who also suffered a tire damage after touching Alonso. After the first lap, the Spaniard finished fifth.

Massa and Vettel had to go to the pits with their punctured tires to change and fell back to the end of the field, whereby Massa was able to pass the drivers of the new teams relatively quickly, while Vettel, who had to complete almost a full lap with a punctured tire, was already behind of over a minute. World champion Button, who had moved up from 14th to eighth position, had a particularly good start. At the front, Webber pulled away from Hamilton slightly and both drivers broke away from the rest of the field. The reason for this separation was the third-placed pilot Kubica, behind whom a long chain of pilots formed. Rosberg, who was directly behind him, was unable to overtake him.

Jenson Button finished fourth in his home Grand Prix

After Virgin driver Lucas di Grassi retired with hydraulic problems, Schumacher opened the pit stop phase. Since his direct competitor, Kobayashi, pitted a lap later, he did not benefit from this tactic. Schumacher's Mercedes team- mate Rosberg, who decided to make a later pit stop and thus passed Kubica, had more success.

Behind Rosberg there was a duel between Kubica and Alonso. After the Ferrari driver had attacked Kubica several times, he attacked Kubica at the exit of the Stowe and was in front of the Vale in front of him. However, the Renault driver defended his position and pushed Alonso onto the meadow. Alonso shortened the route and passed Kubica. After a few laps there was no report from the race control and Kubica had retired with a drive shaft damage, the race stewards, including Nigel Mansell at this Grand Prix, decided to impose a drive-through penalty for Alonso. After the race, there were different views of former Formula 1 racing drivers about the legality of the penalty. While David Coulthard and Marc Surer found the penalty unjustified, Nick Heidfeld was of the opinion that the stewards made the right decision.

Mark Webber won the British Grand Prix

Alonso lost many positions because of the penalty, as shortly after the penalty was imposed a safety car phase was necessary because Pedro de la Rosa had lost part of his rear wing and parts were lying on the road. De la Rosa then had to give up the race. Alonso was therefore only able to complete his penalty after the safety car phase and was then the last driver on the lead lap. The safety car phase was also inconvenient for Webber, as it meant that he lost his lead. His team-mate Vettel, on the other hand, benefited from the safety car phase because he was able to catch up with the drivers in front of him.

While Webber moved away from the front again after the safety car phase, Vettel made up a few positions in midfield and improved to seventh place after five overtaking maneuvers. His last duel against his compatriot Adrian Sutil lasted the longest . The Ferrari drivers both suffered tire damage in the final phase of the race in battles for positions and had to complete another pit stop. With the new tires, however, they managed to take the first two places in the table of the fastest race laps, led by Alonso.

After Alguersuari retired with a brake problem eight laps before the end, Webber secured his third win of the season ahead of Hamilton and Rosberg. After crossing the finish line, Webber radioed his team boss Christian Horner the comment “not bad for a number two driver” and alluded to the differences within the team in the run-up to the Grand Prix . A few days after the race, he apologized for what he said at the Grand Prix. Button, Barrichello, Kobayashi, who had achieved the best result for Sauber this season, Vettel, Sutil, Schumacher and Hülkenberg completed the points.

In the drivers' world championship, Hamilton kept the top position and increased the lead to the second-placed button. Webber took third place from his teammate Vettel. McLaren-Mercedes retained the top position in the constructors ahead of Red Bull-Renault and Ferrari.

With Mark Webber, another driver won this race track for the eighth 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	Adrian Sutil	Force India VJM03	Mercedes-Benz 2.4 V8	B.
	15th	Paul di Resta
		Vitantonio Liuzzi
Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso STR5	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	17th	Jaime Alguersuari
Lotus Racing	18th	Fairuz Fauzy	Lotus T127	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
		Jarno Trulli
	19th	Heikki Kovalainen
HRT F1 team	20th	Karun Chandhok	HRT F110	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	21st	Sakon Yamamoto
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 15 in the first free practice. Liuzzi then took over the vehicle for the rest of the race weekend.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Fauzy drove the Lotus with the number 18 in the first free practice. Trulli 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: 30.841	1: 30.480	1: 29.615	01
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 30.858	1: 30.114	1: 29.758	02
03	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 30.997	1: 30.700	1: 30.426	03
04th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 31.297	1: 31.118	1: 30.556	04th
05	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 31.626	1: 31.085	1: 30.625	05
06th	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 31.680	1: 31.344	1: 31.040	06th
07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 31.313	1: 31.010	1: 31.172	07th
08th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 31.424	1: 31.126	1: 31.175	08th
09	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	1: 31.533	1: 31.327	1: 31.274	09
10	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 32.058	1: 31.022	1: 31.430	10
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 31.109	1: 31.399	-	11
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 31.851	1: 31.421	-	12
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1: 32.144	1: 31.635	-	13
14th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 31.435	1: 31.699	-	14th
15th	Vitantonio Liuzzi 1	Force India-Mercedes	1: 32.226	1: 31.708	-	20th
16	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 31.638	1: 31.796	-	15th
17th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 31.901	1: 32.012	-	16
18th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 32.430	-	-	17th
19th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	1: 34.405	-	-	18th
20th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 34.775	-	-	19th
21st	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 34.864	-	-	21st
22nd	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	1: 35.212	-	-	22nd
23	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	1: 36.576	-	-	23
24	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT-Cosworth	1: 36.968	-	-	24

¹ Vitantonio Liuzzi was moved five places down because he handicapped Nico Hulkenberg .

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	52	1	1: 24: 38,200	02	1: 32,364 (45th)
02	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	52	1	+ 1.360	04th	1: 32.758 (43rd)
03	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	52	1	+ 21.307	05	1: 32,952 (50.)
04th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	52	1	+ 21.986	14th	1: 33.003 (52nd)
05	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	52	1	+ 31.456	08th	1: 33.615 (50th)
06th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	52	1	+ 32.171	12	1: 33,558 (52nd)
07th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	52	1	+ 36.734	01	1: 31.967 (52nd)
08th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	52	1	+ 40.932	11	1: 34.337 (42nd)
09	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	52	1	+ 41,599	10	1: 34,171 (47th)
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	52	1	+ 42.012	13	1: 33.989 (48th)
11	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	52	1	+ 42.459	20th	1: 34.018 (51st)
12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	1	+ 47.627	16	1: 32.980 (52nd)
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	52	2	+ 59.374	15th	1: 32.484 (52nd)
14th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	52	3	+1: 02.385	03	1: 30.874 (52nd)
15th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	52	2	+1: 07.489	07th	1: 31.646 (52nd)
16	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	51	1	+ 1 lap	21st	1: 36,519 (44.)
17th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	51	1	+ 1 lap	18th	1: 36.251 (48th)
18th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	50	1	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 36.415 (49.)
19th	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	50	1	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 38.798 (40th)
20th	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT-Cosworth	50	1	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 38,309 (50.)
-	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	44	1	DNF	17th	1: 33.748 (43rd)
-	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	29	2	DNF	09	1: 35.883 (23.)
-	Robert Kubica	Renault	19th	1	DNF	06th	1: 36.846 (12.)
-	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	09	0	DNF	22nd	1: 40.641 ( 07.)

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 145 02  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 133 03  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 128 04th  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 121 05  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 98 06th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 90 07th  Robert Kubica Renault 83 08th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 67 09  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 36 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  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 7th 15th  Vitaly Petrov Renault 6th 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 278 02  Red Bull-Renault 249 03  Ferrari 165 04th  Mercedes 126 05  Renault 89 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 confirms Senna kicked out" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 9, 2010)
2. ^ "GP Great Britain in Silverstone / 1st Free Practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 9, 2010)
3. ^ "GP Great Britain in Silverstone / 2nd Free Practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 9, 2010)
4. ^ "GP Great Britain in Silverstone / 3rd Free Practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 10, 2010)
5. ↑ ^{a b} "Race management punishes Vitantonio Liuzzi" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 10, 2010)
6. ^ "Wings for Vettel: Stunk again at Red Bull?" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 10, 2010)
7. ^ "Virgin: Progress is visible" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 11, 2010)
8. ↑ "Renault points and unfortunate" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 11, 2010)
9. ^ "Silverstone: Mansell fourth race commissioner" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 21, 2010)
10. ↑ "Heidfeld: Fine against Alonso in order" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 12, 2010)
11. ↑ "Sauber is happy about the best result of the season" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 11, 2010)
12. ↑ "No points for Toro Rosso at Silverstone" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 11, 2010)
13. ↑ "Webber's excuse: When emotions boil up" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 15, 2010)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com