Monaco Grand Prix 2010

 Monaco Grand Prix 2010

Racing data
6th of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LXVIII Grand Prix de Monaco
Date:	May 16, 2010
Place:	Monte Carlo
Course:	Circuit de Monaco
Length:	260.52 km in 78 laps of 3.34 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 60,000
Pole position
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 13.826 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 15.192 min (lap 71)
Podium
First:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Third:	Robert Kubica	Renault

The 2010 Monaco Grand Prix took place on May 16 at the Circuit de Monaco in Monte Carlo and was the sixth race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Spanish Grand Prix , Jenson Button led the drivers' standings with three points ahead of Fernando Alonso and ten points ahead of Sebastian Vettel . McLaren-Mercedes led the constructors' championship with three points ahead of Ferrari and six points ahead of Red Bull-Renault .

Vitantonio Liuzzi contested his 50th Grand Prix at the Monaco Grand Prix.

With Michael Schumacher (five times), Alonso (twice), Jarno Trulli , Lewis Hamilton and Button (once each), five former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

training

In the first free practice session, which traditionally took place in Monaco on Thursday, Ferrari driver Alonso drove the fastest lap. Vettel and Robert Kubica took second and third place. In the afternoon in the second free practice session, Alonso kept the lead ahead of Nico Rosberg and Vettel. In the third free practice, Kubica took the lead from Felipe Massa and Mark Webber . Alonso, who had set the fastest lap in the first two practice sessions, damaged his car so badly in an accident at the Massenet that he was unable to take part in qualifying. He therefore started the race from the pit lane.

Qualifying

In the first part of the qualification, Massa achieved the fastest lap. In addition to Alonso, who was unable to participate in training after an accident, the HRT , Virgin and Lotus pilots were eliminated. In the second part of qualifying, Rosberg took the lead. The Toro Rosso and Sauber pilots as well as Vitali Petrow , who touched the wall in the Sainte Devote and caused a yellow phase, Adrian Sutil and Nico Hülkenberg were eliminated. In the final section, Webber secured pole position ahead of Kubica and his team-mate Vettel.

run

At the start of the Grand Prix, Webber kept the lead. Kubica, who started the race from second on the grid, was overtaken by Vettel. Was also a good start Rubens Barrichello , who had driven up from ninth to sixth place.

After the first lap, the safety car had to go out for the first time, because Williams driver Hülkenberg had an accident in the tunnel and stopped at the tunnel exit. He was unharmed. Alonso used the safety car phase, after having skipped qualifying due to an accident in third practice, from the pit lane to carry out his mandatory pit stop. On the third lap, the leader in the World Championship Button, who had not started well, had to park his car at the exit of the Sainte Devote with an overheated engine. As it turned out, a mechanic had forgotten to remove the radiator cover before starting.

After the restart of the race there were initially no changes of position. Alonso, who was at the end of the field after his early pit stop, made overtaking maneuvers and first had to overtake the slower cars of the new teams. After the first drivers had made their pit stops, Alonso found himself between Hamilton and Schumacher, who had passed Barrichello on his stop. Rosberg, who was behind Schumacher, tried to get past his team-mate with a later stop and fast laps. After it only looked like Rosberg could succeed with his strategy, he caught up with the leader Webber, who was already in the pits and at the time was not achieving as fast lap times as Rosberg. After Rosberg had completed his stop, he placed himself back on the racetrack behind Schumacher and thus initially lost the team-internal Mercedes duel against his teammate.

In the meantime, both Sauber and Virgin drivers had finished their races. Pedro de la Rosa had to give up his race with a hydraulic failure in the pits and his team-mate Kamui Kobayashi had broken down with a transmission problem. For the team it was the fourth race in which no Sauber reached the finish. For Virgin it was also the fourth race without a finish as Timo Glock had to give up the race with a suspension damage and Lucas di Grassi with a loose rear wheel.

On the 31st lap, the safety car had to go out again because Barrichello had taken off from the Massenet . The field, which was still led by Webber, moved closer together, but there was no change of position at the restart. On lap 43, the safety car had to go out onto the racetrack for the third time. This time not because of an accident or broken down car, but because a manhole cover in the Massenet had come off. At the restart, as before, there were no further changes of position and Webber took the lead again.

On the 61st lap, Heikki Kovalainen and Bruno Senna also gave up the race in the pits. On the 74th lap there was a collision between Jarno Trulli and Karun Chandhok . Trulli tried to pass Chandhok in the Rascasse and collided with the Indian. Trulli's car took off and came to a halt on the HRT car from Chandhok. The lotus narrowly missed Chandhok's head. Webber, who was about to lap the two pilots, was the first to reach the scene of the accident and narrowly avoided the bolide.

The safety car then hit the track for the fourth time and Petrov gave up at the pits. Since the danger zone could not be cleared by the end of the race, it was decided to leave the safety car on the track until the end of the race. So that the safety car did not make it onto the finish photo, it was directed into the pit lane at the end of the last lap. Schumacher took advantage of the situation and passed Alonso. However, after the end of the race, an investigation was initiated against Schumacher, as the overtaking maneuver had taken place in the safety car phase. The commissioners punished the Mercedes driver with a drive-through penalty, which is converted into a 20-second time penalty at the end of the race. Thus, the German fell back to twelfth place. Schumacher felt safe, as green flags were waved, which usually clear the route again, and his team had not told him otherwise. However, the green flags were only waved during the race because section 40.11, which states that green flags are waved as soon as the safety car pits, prescribed it, but section 40.13, which states that under the safety car at the end of the race -Conditions may not be overtaken, has been applied. The FIA announced after the race to formulate the safety car rules clear. Ironically, Schumacher's former rival Damon Hill was one of four stewards in the race.

Webber won the race with a start-finish victory and only had to hand over the fastest race lap to his team-mate Vettel, who came second. Next to the two Red Bull drivers, Kubica stood on the podium. Thus, all the pilots who took part in the ceremony used Renault engines . The other points went to Massa, Hamilton, Alonso, Rosberg, Sutil, Vitantonio Liuzzi and Sébastien Buemi . Alonso managed to move up to sixth place starting from the pit lane because of his early pit stop.

Webber took the lead in the world championship with the same number of points in front of his teammate Vettel, and Red Bull-Renault also took the lead in the constructors' championship with the double victory.

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	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 15.035	1: 14.462	1: 13.826	01
02	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 15.045	1: 14.549	1: 14.120	02
03	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 15.110	1: 14.568	1: 14.227	03
04th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 14.757	1: 14.405	1: 14.283	04th
05	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 15.676	1: 14.527	1: 14.432	05
06th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 15.188	1: 14.375	1: 14.544	06th
07th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 15.649	1: 14.691	1: 14.590	07th
08th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 15.623	1: 15.150	1: 14.637	08th
09	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 15.590	1: 15.083	1: 14.901	09
10	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 15.397	1: 15.061	1: 15.170	10
11	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1: 16.030	1: 15.317	-	11
12	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 15.445	1: 15.318	-	12
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 15.961	1: 15.413	-	13
14th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 15.482	1: 15.576	-	14th
15th	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	1: 15.908	1: 15.692	-	15th
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 16.175	1: 15.992	-	16
17th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 16.021	1: 16.176	-	17th
18th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	1: 17,094	-	-	18th
19th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 17.134	-	-	19th
20th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 17.377	-	-	20th
21st	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	1: 17.864	-	-	21st
22nd	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1: 18.509	-	-	22nd
23	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	1: 19.559	-	-	23
	Fernando Alonso 1	Ferrari	-	-	-	box

¹ Fernando Alonso was unable to participate in practice due to an accident and had to start from the pit lane .

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	78	1	1: 50: 13.355	01	1: 15.318 (63rd)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	78	1	+ 0.448	03	1: 15.192 (71.)
03	Robert Kubica	Renault	78	1	+ 1.675	02	1: 15.353 (72nd)
04th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	78	1	+ 2.666	04th	1: 15.503 (68.)
05	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	78	1	+ 4.363	05	1: 16.219 (68.)
06th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	78	1	+ 6.341	box	1: 15,905 (73.)
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	78	1	+ 6.651	06th	1: 15,959 (65th)
08th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	78	1	+ 6.970	12	1: 15.963 (72nd)
09	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	78	1	+ 7.305	10	1: 16,142 (72nd)
10	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	78	1	+ 8.199	13	1: 16.493 (68.)
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	78	1	+ 9.135	17th	1: 16.381 (73.)
12	Michael Schumacher 1	Mercedes	78	1	+ 25.712	07th	1: 15,580 (71.)
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	73	2	+ 5 rounds	14th	1: 16.405 (60.)
14th	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	70	1	+ 8 rounds	23	1: 19,553 (69.)
15th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	70	1	+ 8 rounds	19th	1: 19,340 (69.)
-	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	58	1	DNF	18th	1: 18.401 (57.)
-	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	58	1	DNF	22nd	1: 20,130 (58th)
-	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	30th	1	DNF	09	1: 19.074 (22.)
-	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	26th	0	DNF	16	1: 18.775 (24.)
-	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	25th	1	DNF	21st	1: 22.255 (19.)
-	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	22nd	0	DNF	20th	1: 20.775 (11.)
-	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	21st	0	DNF	15th	1: 19.270 (21.)
-	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	02	0	DNF	08th	2: 14.285 ( 02.)
-	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	00	0	DNF	11	-

¹ Michael Schumacher was subsequently given a 20 second time penalty and fell back from sixth to twelfth place.

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 78 02  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 78 03  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 75 04th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 70 05  Felipe Massa Ferrari 61 06th  Robert Kubica Renault 59 07th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 59 08th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 56 09  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 22nd 10  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 20th 11  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 10 12  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 7th

Item driver constructor Points 13  Vitaly Petrov Renault 6th 14th  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3 15th  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1 16  Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1 17th  Pedro de la Rosa Clean Ferrari 0 18th  Kamui Kobayashi 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  Red Bull-Renault 156 02  Ferrari 136 03  McLaren-Mercedes 129 04th  Mercedes 78 05  Renault 65 06th  Force India-Mercedes 30th

Item constructor Points 07th  Williams-Cosworth 8th 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 4th 09  Clean Ferrari 0 10  Lotus Cosworth 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 13, 2010)
2. ^ "GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 13, 2010)
3. ^ "GP Monaco in Monte Carlo / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 15, 2010)
4. ↑ "Alonso missed qualifying: Car too badly damaged" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 15, 2010)
5. ↑ ^{a b} "Williams disappointed after double crash" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 16, 2010)
6. ↑ "Button stopped by an unfortunate mistake" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 16, 2010)
7. ↑ "Sauber Team: Another total technical failure" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 16, 2010)
8. ↑ "Double dropout for the Virgin troop" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 16, 2010)
9. ↑ ^{a b} "20 seconds time penalty against Schumacher!" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 16, 2010)
10. ↑ As soon as the safety car reaches the pit entrance, the yellow flags and the safety car signs are collected and replaced by green flags and a green traffic light signal at the finish line. These are displayed until the last car has crossed the finish line.
11. ↑ If the race ends while the Safety Car is deployed, it will enter the pit lane at the end of the last lap and the cars will check the flag without overtaking.
12. ↑ "Michael & Damon: Do you remember?" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 17, 2010)
13. ^ "After Schumacher maneuver: FIA changes regulations" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 20, 2010)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com