2010 Italian Grand Prix

 2010 Italian Grand Prix

Racing data
14th of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXXXI Gran Premio Santander d'Italia
Date:	September 12, 2010
Place:	Monza
Course:	Autodromo Nazionale Monza
Length:	306.72 km in 53 laps of 5.793 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 85,000
Pole position
Driver:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Time:	1: 21.962 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Time:	1: 24.139 min (lap 52)
Podium
First:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Second:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Felipe Massa	Ferrari

The Italian Grand Prix 2010 took place on September 12th at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza and was the 14th race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Belgian Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with three points ahead of Mark Webber and with 31 points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with one point ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 80 points ahead of Ferrari .

The Italian Grand Prix was held for the 60th time in 2010 as part of the Formula 1 World Championship at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza.

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

training

In the first free practice session, Jenson Button secured the lead ahead of Vettel and Hamilton. Paul di Resta was deployed for Adrian Sutil at Force India -Mercedes . In the second free practice session, Vettel set the fastest lap ahead of Ferrari drivers Alonso and Felipe Massa . In the third free practice session, Hamilton took the lead in front of Vettel and Alonso.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Massa set the fastest time. The HRT , Virgin and Lotus pilots as well as Vitantonio Liuzzi were eliminated. In the second segment of the qualification, Alonso took over the leadership position. The Sauber and Toro Rosso pilots as well as Vitali Petrow , Schumacher and Sutil were eliminated. In the third section, Alonso retained the top position and achieved the first pole position for Ferrari of the season. Button finished second ahead of Massa.

run

Fernando Alonso was on the grid, ahead of Jenson Button and Felipe Massa

At the start of the Italian Grand Prix, Alonso lost the lead to Button. He also had to defend his second place against his teammate Massa. Behind the two Ferrari drivers, Hamilton tried to drive past Massa before the variant della Roggia . There was a contact, his right front wheel touched the side of the Ferrari from Massa. The suspension broke and Hamilton had to finish the race in the gravel. For Kamui Kobayashi , the race was also over on the first lap. After starting from the pit lane due to technical problems, he had to park the car after a short time with transmission problems.

While the three leading drivers pulled away, a group formed behind them, in which there should be battles for positions in the race. After a good start, Nico Rosberg was in fourth place ahead of Robert Kubica , Nico Hülkenberg , Vettel, Schumacher and Webber. Webber, who started the race from fourth place, had the worst start from the front runners. He also made the first overtaking maneuver in this group, in which he passed Schumacher. The Mercedes pilot tried to counter but couldn't get past Webber again.

While Bruno Senna had to park his car with technical problems, a duel between Alonso and Button developed at the front. Alonso did not attempt to overtake, but he managed to regularly put his opponent under pressure with fast lap times. Button, however, prevented Alonso from getting too close with fast lap times. Massa always kept a few seconds behind the two leaders, but never completely lost touch.

Bruno Sennas HRT after his failure in the Lesmo curve

Heikki Kovalainen in the Lotus-Cosworth

In the 21st lap, Webber also passed his teammate. On the straight in front of Parabolica , Vettel could not exploit the potential of his car and Webber drove past him. Vettel reported engine problems to the pits and drove a few laps a little slower than Webber. After a few laps, however, Vettel set the lap times of Webber again and the problem no longer existed. Even after the end of the race, Red Bull still had no explanation for the drop in performance for a few laps.

In the meantime, an ambulance had to pits because Sakon Yamamoto injured a mechanic during the pit stop. He was given the signal too early to drive off and drove the mechanic who was working on the right rear wheel down. HRT was fined $ 20,000 after the race. After the pit lane was clear again, some pilots completed their pit stop, which resulted in some postponements. Kubica lost a few seconds during the pit stop and fell behind Webber. Rosberg defended his position before Hulkenberg. Vettel decided to make his pit stop as late as possible in order to make up places with a different strategy.

At the top, Button was the first pilot to pit. The Ferrari pit crew was also ready to stop, but neither Alonso nor Massa made their stop. The Spaniard stayed out for one more lap and was able to pass Button with a good lap and a quick stop in the duel out of the pit lane. Massa stayed out for two more laps in which he was in the lead and then took third place again.

Felipe Massa drove to third place

Behind the leading pilots, Webber tried several times to drive past Hulkenberg. The duel also got a special meaning, as Vettel in fourth place with good lap times increased his lead over the drivers who had already made their pit stop. After Jarno Trulli had to park his racing car with technical problems, Webber managed to drive past Hülkenberg. Nevertheless, he finished the race behind Vettel, who pitted on the penultimate lap to have his tires changed. Vettel's strategy worked and he kept fourth position until the end of the race.

In the end, Alonso won the race ahead of Button and Massa. It was his third win of the season. The three leaders were almost half a minute ahead of the rest of the field. Rosberg was fifth ahead of Webber, Hülkenberg and Kubica. The other points went to Schumacher and Barrichello.

In the drivers' world championship, Webber took over the lead from Hamilton again. Alonso improved to third place thanks to the win. Among the designers, Red Bull-Renault kept the top position ahead of McLaren-Mercedes.

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	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} 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.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 22.646	1: 22.297	1: 21.962	01
02	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 23.085	1: 22.354	1: 22.084	02
03	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 22.421	1: 22.610	1: 22.293	03
04th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 23.431	1: 22.706	1: 22.433	04th
05	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 22.830	1: 22.394	1: 22.623	05
06th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 23.235	1: 22.701	1: 22.675	06th
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 23.529	1: 23.055	1: 23.027	07th
08th	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1: 23.516	1: 22.989	1: 23.037	08th
09	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 23.234	1: 22.880	1: 23.039	09
10	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 23.695	1: 23.142	1: 23.328	10
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 23.493	1: 23.199	-	11
12	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 23.840	1: 23.388	-	12
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 24.273	1: 23.659	-	13
14th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 23.744	1: 23.681	-	14th
15th	Vitaly Petrov 2	Renault	1: 24.086	1: 23.819	-	20th
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 24.083	1: 23.919	-	15th
17th	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	1: 24.442	1: 24.044	-	16
18th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 25.540	-	-	17th
19th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	1: 25.742	-	-	18th
20th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 25.774	-	-	19th
21st	Timo Glock 1	Virgin Cosworth	1: 25.934	-	-	24
22nd	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	1: 25.974	-	-	21st
23	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1: 26.847	-	-	22nd
24	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT-Cosworth	1: 27.020	-	-	23

¹ Timo Glock was moved five places down due to a differential change.

² Vitali Petrow was moved five places down as he hindered Timo Glock on his fast lap.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	53	1	1: 16: 24.572	01	1: 24,139 (52nd)
02	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	53	1	+ 2.938	02	1: 24,598 (46.)
03	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	53	1	+ 4.223	03	1: 24.575 (51st)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	53	1	+ 28.196	06th	1: 24.493 (50th)
05	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	53	1	+ 29.942	07th	1: 24.491 (52nd)
06th	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	53	1	+ 31.276	04th	1: 24.278 (52nd)
07th	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	53	1	+ 32.812	08th	1: 24.576 (52nd)
08th	Robert Kubica	Renault	53	1	+ 34.028	09	1: 24,560 (48th)
09	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	53	1	+ 44.948	12	1: 24.947 (49.)
10	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	53	1	+1: 04.213	10	1: 25.239 (48th)
11	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	53	1	+1: 05.056	14th	1: 25.224 (51.)
12	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	53	1	+1: 06.106	19th	1: 25.102 (51.)
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	53	1	+1: 18.919	20th	1: 24.644 (53rd)
14th	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	52	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 26.325 (47th)
15th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	52	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 25.472 (51st)
16	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	52	2	+ 1 lap	11	1: 24.937 (51st)
17th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	51	1	+ 2 rounds	24	1: 27.765 (50th)
18th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	51	1	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 27.822 (50.)
19th	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT-Cosworth	51	1	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 28.875 (45th)
20th	Lucas di Grassi 1	Virgin Cosworth	50	1	DNF	21st	1: 28,171 (46.)
-	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	46	1	DNF	17th	1: 29.017 (30.)
-	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	11	0	DNF	22nd	1: 30.880 (10.)
-	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	00	0	DNF	05	-
-	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	00	0	DNF	13	-

¹ Not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered.

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  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 187 02  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 182 03  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 166 04th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 165 05  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 163 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 124 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 112 08th  Robert Kubica Renault 108 09  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 46 10  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 45 11  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 31 12  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 21st 13  Vitaly Petrov Renault 19th

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 16 15th  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 13 16  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 7th 17th  Pedro de la Rosa Clean Ferrari 6th 18th  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3 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  Red Bull-Renault 350 02  McLaren-Mercedes 347 03  Ferrari 290 04th  Mercedes 158 05  Renault 127 06th  Force India-Mercedes 58

Item constructor Points 07th  Williams-Cosworth 47 08th  Clean Ferrari 27 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 10 10  Lotus Cosworth 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "GP Italy in Monza / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 10, 2010)
2. ^ "GP Italy in Monza / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 10, 2010)
3. ^ "GP Italy in Monza / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 11, 2010)
4. ↑ "McLaren-Mercedes: That's just motorsport!" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 12, 2010)
5. ↑ "Clean without luck in Monza" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 12, 2010)
6. ↑ ^{a b} "HRT punished for pit incident" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 12, 2010)
7. ↑ "Red Bull: More than just damage control" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 12, 2010)
8. ↑ "Glock: Penalty transfer and bad tire set" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 11, 2010)
9. ^ "Punishment for Petrov: Hardly any difference" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 11, 2010)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com