2010 Canadian Grand Prix

 2010 Canadian Grand Prix

Racing data
8th of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XLVI Grand Prix du Canada
Date:	June 13, 2010
Place:	Montreal
Course:	Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve
Length:	305.27 km in 70 laps of 4.361 km
Weather:	slightly cloudy
Spectator:	~ 125,000
Pole position
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1:15:10 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Robert Kubica	Renault
Time:	1: 16.972 min (lap 67)
Podium
First:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Second:	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
Third:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari

The 2010 Canadian Grand Prix took place on June 13th at the Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montreal and was the eighth race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Turkish Grand Prix , Mark Webber led the drivers' standings with five points ahead of Jenson Button and nine points ahead of Lewis Hamilton . McLaren-Mercedes led the constructors' championship with one point ahead of Red Bull-Renault and with 26 points ahead of Ferrari .

With Michael Schumacher (seven times), Fernando Alonso , Hamilton and Robert Kubica (once each), four former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice, Button achieved the fastest lap time ahead of Schumacher and his McLaren team-mate Hamilton. In the second free practice session, Sebastian Vettel took the lead in front of Alonso and Nico Rosberg . In the third free practice, Hamilton was the fastest driver ahead of Webber and Alonso.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Hamilton posted the fastest lap. The HRT , Virgin and Lotus pilots and Kamui Kobayashi were eliminated. In the second segment, Hamilton retained the top position. The Toro Rosso and Williams pilots as well as Pedro de la Rosa , Vitali Petrow and Schumacher were eliminated. In the final section of qualifying, Hamilton set another best time and secured pole position ahead of Webber and Vettel. This is the first time that Red Bull Racing has not achieved pole position this season.

At the end of qualifying, Hamilton caused a stir when he purposely parked his car on the run-off lap. McLaren had instructed its driver to take this action because he had to save fuel in order to keep the required kilograms of fuel in the tank in the end. The race stewards penalized Hamilton for this action with a warning and a fine of 10,000 US dollars .

run

The Canadian Grand Prix was characterized by different pit stop strategies. From the leading group, the Red Bull Renault drivers were the only ones who started the race on hard tires. Hamilton decided the start for himself and kept the lead in front of Vettel and Alonso. Felipe Massa collided with Vitantonio Liuzzi and de la Rosa also had to pits for repairs after a collision with Petrov. All four pilots continued the race. This did not apply to Kobayashi, initially he collided on the Wall of Champions and knocked off the front wing of his BMW Sauber and then had to give up the race entirely.

Felipe Massa (left) lost part of his front wing after a collision with Vitantonio Liuzzi (right)

After Webber had passed Button on the fourth lap, Rosberg began the regular pit stops one lap later. Since the soft tires were no longer intact for most of the drivers, the racing drivers who started on soft tires all had to pit shortly afterwards. The Red Bull benefited from this and took over the lead of the race, led by Vettel. Hamilton lost one position to Alonso in the pits. The hard tires didn't last much longer, however, and so the drivers with hard tires also had to make their pit stops. When Schumacher came out of the pit, he came into contact with Kubica. Both could continue without damage.

Sébastien Buemi was in the lead for the first time in his Formula 1 career

While the Red Bull made their pit stop, a duel between Alonso and Hamilton developed. After Sébastien Buemi had taken the lead for the first time in his Formula 1 career, Hamilton attacked Alonso and pulled past his former teammates. Since Buemi pitted, Hamilton took over the lead of the race. After 13 laps, the race was over for Bruno Senna , who had transmission problems.

At the top, Hamilton could not break away from Alonso, and Button, Vettel and Webber, who occupied places three to five, were within striking distance of the top group. On lap 26, Alonso took over the lead of the race. On the straight in front of the pit lane, he tried to overtake Hamilton, but did not have to exert himself as the Briton came to the pits. A lap later, a dangerous situation between Kubica and Adrian Sutil took place at the same point . The two dueled and Kubica pulled just past Sutil to go to the pits. One lap later, Sutil pitted with a puncture.

After two laps in the lead, Alonso came into the pits and Webber took over the lead of the race, as Vettel had already stopped. Alonso came back on track between Hamilton and Button. Meanwhile, the race was over for de la Rosa after 30 laps. He stopped in front of the Wall of Champions with an engine failure. At the top, Hamilton continuously caught up with Webber. Webber's real rival, his team-mate Vettel, was also able to shorten the gap. After Hamilton and Alonso caught up with Webber and Hamilton drove past him, Webber pitted to change tires. He fell behind his teammates.

After Jarno Trulli and Timo Glock had to give up due to technical problems, Button took second place from Alonso. The McLaren driver had continuously caught up with the Ferrari driver, but couldn't get past. When Alonso was stopped while lapping Karun Chandhok , Button took the opportunity to overtake.

Lewis Hamilton (front) celebrated another one-two for McLaren with Jenson Button

After Buemi had passed Schumacher, Massa, who had overtaken a few pilots in the race, also tried to pass his former teammate, but the German pushed Massa a bit and Massa had to pits for repair work with a defective front wing. Because he drove too fast in the pit lane during this pit stop, he received a 20-second time penalty after the race. However, this did not change his result.

After Kubica had set the fastest race lap, Hamilton was the first to cross the finish line. Button made a one-two for McLaren with a second place. Alonso was third with almost half a minute ahead of Vettel and Webber. The remaining points went to Rosberg, Kubica, Buemi, Liuzzi and Sutil. Schumacher, who had started the last lap in ninth place, had to let himself be overtaken by both Force India on the last lap and crossed the finish line in eleventh place outside of the points.

In the World Championship, Hamilton took the lead from Webber, who finished third behind Button. In the constructors' championship, McLaren-Mercedes was able to further extend its lead over Red Bull-Renault with a one-two result.

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	Karun Chandhok	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

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 15.889	1: 15.528	1: 15.105	01
02	Mark Webber 1st	Red Bull-Renault	1: 16.423	1: 15.692	1: 15.373	07th
03	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 16.129	1: 15.556	1: 15.420	02
04th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 16.171	1: 15.597	1: 15.435	03
05	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 16.371	1: 15.742	1: 15.520	04th
06th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 17.086	1: 16.171	1: 15.648	05
07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 16.673	1: 16.314	1: 15.688	06th
08th	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 16.370	1: 15.682	1: 15.715	08th
09	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 16.495	1: 16.295	1: 15.881	09
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 16.350	1: 16.001	1: 16.071	10
11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 16.880	1: 16.434	-	11
12	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1: 16.770	1: 16.438	-	12
13	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 16.598	1: 16.492	-	13
14th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 16.569	1: 16.844	-	14th
15th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 17.356	1: 16.928	-	15th
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 17.027	1: 17.029	-	16
17th	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	1: 17.611	1: 17.384	-	17th
18th	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 18.019	-	-	18th
19th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	1: 18.237	-	-	19th
20th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 18.698	-	-	20th
21st	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 18.941	-	-	21st
22nd	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1: 19.484	-	-	22nd
23	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	1: 19.675	-	-	23
24	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	1: 27.757	-	-	24

¹ Webber was moved five places down after a gearbox change.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	70	2	1: 33: 53.456	01	1: 17.806 (62nd)
02	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	70	2	+ 2.254	04th	1: 18,144 (66.)
03	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	70	2	+ 9.214	03	1: 18.207 (44.)
04th	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	70	2	+ 37.817	02	1: 18.417 (62nd)
05	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	70	2	+ 39.291	07th	1: 18,148 (62nd)
06th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	70	2	+ 56.084	10	1: 17.832 (68.)
07th	Robert Kubica	Renault	70	3	+ 57,300	08th	1: 16.972 (67.)
08th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	69	3	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 19.784 (39.)
09	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	69	2	+ 1 lap	05	1: 19,349 (66.)
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	69	2	+ 1 lap	09	1: 19,530 (68.)
11	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	69	3	+ 1 lap	13	1: 19,577 (44th)
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	69	3	+ 1 lap	16	1: 19.842 (69.)
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	69	4th	+ 1 lap	12	1: 18.912 (64th)
14th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	69	3	+ 1 lap	11	1: 19.175 (65th)
15th	Felipe Massa 1	Ferrari	69	4th	+ 1 lap	06th	1: 18.325 (45th)
16	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	68	3	+ 2 rounds	19th	1: 20.654 (65th)
17th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	68	4th	+ 2 rounds	14th	1: 19.453 (58th)
18th	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	66	2	+ 4 rounds	24	1: 21.884 (47th)
19th	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	65	3	+ 5 rounds	23	1: 21.937 (49.)
-	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	50	4th	DNF	21st	1: 21.669 (43.)
-	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	42	4th	DNF	20th	1: 20.791 (38th)
-	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	30th	2	DNF	17th	1: 20.574 (21.)
-	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	13	0	DNF	22nd	1: 24.524 ( 05.)
-	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	01	0	DNF	18th	-

¹ Felipe Massa received a 20-second time penalty at the end of the race because he was too fast at 105.4 km / h on his last pit stop on lap 61. However, his result was not affected by the penalty.

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 109 02  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 106 03  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 103 04th  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 94 05  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 90 06th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 74 07th  Robert Kubica Renault 73 08th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 67 09  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 34 10  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 23 11  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 12 12  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 7th

Item driver constructor Points 13  Vitaly Petrov Renault 6th 14th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 5 15th  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3 16  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 1 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 215 02  Red Bull-Renault 193 03  Ferrari 161 04th  Mercedes 108 05  Renault 79 06th  Force India-Mercedes 35

Item constructor Points 07th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 8th 08th  Williams-Cosworth 8th 09  Clean Ferrari 1 10  Lotus Cosworth 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "GP Canada in Montréal / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 11, 2010)
2. ^ "GP Canada in Montréal / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 11, 2010)
3. ^ "GP Canada in Montréal / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 12, 2010)
4. ^ "Fine and warning for Hamilton" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 12, 2010)
5. ↑ "HRT and the 'real racing feeling'" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 13, 2010)
6. ↑ "Disappointing double failure for the Sauber team" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 13, 2010)
7. ↑ "Lotus celebrates performance in the race" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 13, 2010)
8. ↑ "Virgin: It only went well at the beginning" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 14, 2010)
9. ↑ ^{a b} "Subsequent time penalty for Felipe Massa" (Motorsport-Total.com on June 13, 2010)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com