2010 Malaysian Grand Prix

 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix

Racing data
3rd of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XII Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix
Date:	April 4, 2010
Place:	Sepang
Course:	Sepang International Circuit
Length:	310.408 km in 56 laps of 5.543 km
Weather:	cloudy
Spectator:	~ 97,900
Pole position
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 49.327 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 37.054 min (lap 53)
Podium
First:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Third:	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes

The 2010 Malaysian Grand Prix took place on April 4th at the Sepang International Circuit in Sepang and was the third race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Australian Grand Prix , Fernando Alonso led the drivers' standings with four points from Felipe Massa and six points from Jenson Button . Ferrari led in the constructors' championship with 16 points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 41 points ahead of Mercedes .

With Michael Schumacher (three times), Alonso (twice) and Button (once) three former winners competed for this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice, McLaren driver Lewis Hamilton drove the fastest lap ahead of Nico Rosberg and his team-mate Button. In the second free practice, Hamilton kept the lead. The German drivers Sebastian Vettel and Rosberg followed in second and third place . In the third free practice on Saturday, Mark Webber was the fastest driver. Hamilton was second ahead of Vettel.

In the first free practice session, Fairuz Fauzy took part in a Formula 1 weekend for the first time for Lotus-Cosworth . In addition, Paul di Resta was allowed to drive again in the first free practice session for Force India -Mercedes.

Qualifying

Fernando Alonso did not make it into the second qualifying segment due to heavy rain

The first section of qualifying took place under wet conditions. At first the top teams stayed in the box and only Vettel set a time. When they finally sent their drivers out on the track, the rain got heavier and therefore Alonso, Hamilton and Massa failed to qualify for the second part. The HRT pilots, Jarno Trulli and Lucas di Grassi were also eliminated. The fastest time was achieved by Robert Kubica . Button had to park his car after a spin. He came into the second segment, but did not start there.

This section was also characterized by the wet conditions and again the conditions got worse shortly before the end. Timo Glock , Heikki Kovalainen , Jaime Alguersuari , Sébastien Buemi , Pedro de la Rosa and Witali Petrow were eliminated. This time Vettel was the fastest pilot. The final part of qualifying was interrupted after about three minutes because the rain had gotten too heavy. After the track was opened again, Webber secured pole position with a lead of over a second . Webber was the only rider who used intermediate tires in the wet conditions. Rosberg and Vettel started the race from second and third place.

run

The best start to the Malaysian Grand Prix was achieved by Vettel, who, starting from third place, took the lead from his team-mate Webber. Rosberg was in third place ahead of Kubica. The McLaren and Ferrari drivers who started from the back of the field also got off to a good start. The quartet was led by Hamilton, who overtook a few pilots in the next few laps. His teammate Button initially fell back to the end of the quartet. On the fifth lap there was a collision between Trulli and Glock in the back of the field. While Trulli could continue, the race for his former teammate was over.

Lewis Hamilton (left) in a duel with Vitaly Petrow

While the two Red Bulls pulled away at the top of Rosberg, Hamilton and Petrow clashed for ninth place. First, Hamilton passed the Renault driver after Petrow's braking . However, Petrov countered and sat back in front of Hamilton. One lap later, Hamilton attacked Petrow again, this time finally overtaking him at the end of the straight. Since Hamilton changed lanes several times during his duel with Petrow, he was shown the black and white flag , which means a warning. Two laps later, the second McLaren driver, Button, also improved his position with an overtaking maneuver against Alonso.

After Kamui Kobayashi rolled out on the ninth lap, the race for the Sauber team was over, as his team-mate de la Rosa had already dropped out on the grid on the lap. Both suffered engine failure caused by a problem in the pneumatic system. One lap later, Schumacher had to give up the race due to a technical defect. On the twelfth lap there was another collision between two pilots of the new teams. Kovalainen collided with di Grassi. While di Grassi was able to continue, Kovalainen first had to make a repair stop and at the end of the race he crossed the finish line ten laps behind and was not classified. Another incident on the twelfth lap was the technical failure of Vitantonio Liuzzi .

The pit stops of the leading group did not change the ranking. Vettel kept the lead in front of Webber, who only got a bigger deficit due to a bad pit stop. Between the two drivers was Hamilton, who, like the Ferrari drivers and di Grassi, had not yet pitted. On lap 33, the race was over for Petrov, who also retired due to a technical defect. After Hamilton and the Ferrari drivers had completed their pit stop, they finished sixth to ninth, led by the McLaren duo. At the top, the Red Bull Renault drivers extended their lead over the rest of the field.

The winner Sebastian Vettel after the finish

On the 44th lap, Massa overtook Button and took seventh place. Alonso also tried to get past Button, but couldn't. With two laps to go, Alonso, who complained about problems with the clutch and transmission for the entire race, dropped out with an engine failure.

In the end, Vettel won the race in front of his team-mate Webber and thus ensured a double victory for Red Bull-Renault. Rosberg, who drove an unspectacular but flawless race, crossed the finish line in third place. He achieved the first podium for the Mercedes works team since the 1955 Italian Grand Prix . Kubica was able to achieve a good position with a fourth place. Adrian Sutil defended fifth place against Hamilton, Massa and Button. The other points went to Alguersuari and Nico Hülkenberg , who scored the first point of his career. Di Grassi was the first driver to finish a race for Virgin-Cosworth and was also the best driver of the newly entered teams.

The race took place under dry conditions throughout. It was cloudy and rain showers were announced during the race, but the weather forecast was wrong and the track stayed dry.

In the constructors 'world championship, Ferrari kept the lead from McLaren-Mercedes and in the drivers' world championship Massa took the lead from his team-mate Alonso. Massa led the World Cup for the first time since the 2008 French Grand Prix .

Another driver won for the fifth time in a row, Sebastian Vettel.

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	Jarno Trulli	Lotus T127	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	19th	Fairuz Fauzy
		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

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 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	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 51.886	1: 48.210	1: 49.327	01
02	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 52.560	1: 47.417	1: 50.673	02
03	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 47.632	1: 46.828	1: 50.789	03
04th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 49.479	1: 47.085	1: 50.914	04th
05	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1: 49.664	1: 47.346	1: 51.001	05
06th	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 46.283	1: 46.951	1: 51.051	06th
07th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 50.301	1: 48.371	1: 51.511	07th
08th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 52.239	1: 48,400	1: 51.717	08th
09	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 48.467	1: 47.792	1: 51.767	09
10	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 49.922	1: 48.238	1: 52.254	10
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 47.952	1: 48.760	-	11
12	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	1: 47.153	1: 48.771	-	12
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 48.945	1: 49.207	-	13
14th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 48.655	1: 49.464	-	14th
15th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	1: 52.875	1: 52.270	-	15th
16	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 52.398	1: 52.520	-	16
17th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 52.211	-	-	17th
18th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 52.884	-	-	18th
19th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 53.044	-	-	19th
20th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 53.050	-	-	20th
21st	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 53.283	-	-	21st
22nd	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	1: 56.299	-	-	22nd
23	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1: 57.269	-	-	23
24	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	1: 59.977	-	-	24

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	56	1	1: 33: 48.412	03	1: 37.813 (53.)
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	56	1	+ 4.849	01	1: 37.054 (53rd)
03	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	56	1	+ 13.504	02	1: 38.129 (53.)
04th	Robert Kubica	Renault	56	1	+ 18,589	06th	1: 38.074 (55.)
05	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	56	1	+ 21.059	04th	1: 38,160 (55.)
06th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	56	1	+ 23.471	20th	1: 37.745 (32nd)
07th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	56	1	+ 27.068	21st	1: 37.784 (48th)
08th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	56	1	+ 37.918	17th	1: 38.501 (49.)
09	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	1	+1: 10.602	14th	1: 39,489 (44th)
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	56	1	+1: 13.399	05	1: 39.124 (51.)
11	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	56	2	+1: 18.938	13	1: 37.610 (54th)
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	55	2	+ 1 lap	07th	1: 39.428 (46.)
13	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	54	1	DNF	19th	1: 37.231 (41.)
14th	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	53	1	+ 3 rounds	24	1: 43.224 (28th)
15th	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	53	1	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 44,790 (40th)
16	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	52	1	+ 4 rounds	23	1: 45.334 (39.)
17th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	51	1	+ 5 rounds	18th	1: 43.753 (31st)
-	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	46	2	+ 10 rounds	15th	1: 42,701 (44.)
-	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	32	1	DNF	11	1: 40.693 (32nd)
-	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	12	1	DNF	10	1: 42.594 ( 09.)
-	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	09	0	DNF	08th	1: 42.084 ( 09.)
-	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	08th	0	DNF	09	1: 43.340 ( 06.)
-	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	02	0	DNF	16	1: 46.388 ( 02.)
	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	-	-	DNS	12	-

Remarks

1. ↑ De la Rosa stopped on the track while he was driving to the starting grid and was therefore unable to take part in the race.

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  Felipe Massa Ferrari 39 02  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 37 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 37 04th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 35 05  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 35 06th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 31 07th  Robert Kubica Renault 30th 08th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 24 09  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 10 10  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 9 11  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 8th 12  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 5

Item driver constructor Points 13  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2 14th  Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1 15th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 16  Pedro de la Rosa Clean Ferrari 0 17th  Heikki Kovalainen Lotus Cosworth 0 18th  Karun Chandhok HRT-Cosworth 0 19th  Lucas di Grassi Virgin Cosworth 0 20th  Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 0 21st  Jarno Trulli Lotus Cosworth 0 -  Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 0 -  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 0 -  Vitaly Petrov Renault 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Ferrari 76 02  McLaren-Mercedes 66 03  Red Bull-Renault 61 04th  Mercedes 44 05  Renault 30th 06th  Force India-Mercedes 18th

Item constructor Points 07th  Williams-Cosworth 6th 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 2 09  Clean Ferrari 0 10  Lotus Cosworth 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "GP Malaysia in Sepang / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 2, 2010)
2. ^ "GP Malaysia in Sepang / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 2, 2010)
3. ^ "GP Malaysia in Sepang / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 3, 2010)
4. ↑ "Clean with a frustrating double failure" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 4, 2010)
5. ↑ "World Championship leader Ferrari is dissatisfied" (Motorsport-Total.com on April 4, 2010)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com