2010 Singapore Grand Prix

 2010 Singapore Grand Prix

Racing data
15th of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	2010 Formula 1 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix
Date:	September 26, 2010
Place:	Singapore
Course:	Marina Bay Street Circuit
Length:	309.224 km in 61 laps of 5.067 km
Weather:	cloudy
Spectator:	~ 83,000
Pole position
Driver:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Time:	1: 45.390 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Time:	1: 47.976 min (lap 58)
Podium
First:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Second:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Third:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault

The 2010 Singapore Grand Prix took place on September 26th at the Marina Bay Street Circuit in Singapore and was the 15th race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Italian Grand Prix , Mark Webber led the drivers' standings with five points ahead of Lewis Hamilton and with 21 points ahead of Fernando Alonso . Red Bull-Renault led the constructors' championship with three points ahead of McLaren-Mercedes and with 60 points ahead of Ferrari .

At Sauber-Ferrari there was a driver change in the run-up to the Grand Prix. Pedro de la Rosa was replaced by Nick Heidfeld , who last drove at the 2009 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix for the previous BMW Sauber team.

One hour before the start of the first free practice, HRT-Cosworth also announced a driver change. Sakon Yamamoto was on hiatus due to alleged food poisoning. As it turned out a little later, the real reason for the exposure wasn't food poisoning, but financial difficulties. The money from Yamamoto's mother, who financed the cockpit for her son, had not reached HRT on time. Therefore, substitute pilot Christian Klien , who provided the team with sponsorship money from Austria, received the car and contested his first Grand Prix since the 2006 Italian Grand Prix .

With Timo Glock , Heidfeld, Nico Hülkenberg , Nico Rosberg , Michael Schumacher , Adrian Sutil and Sebastian Vettel , seven German drivers were at the start (29.17 percent), which set a new record.

Rubens Barrichello contested his 300th Grand Prix at the Singapore Grand Prix. Although he had already celebrated the anniversary two races earlier, since he had not started two races in the 2002 season , he had only completed 300 races after the Singapore Grand Prix. Glock contested his 50th Grand Prix.

With Alonso and Hamilton (once each), both former winners competed at this Grand Prix.

training

Felipe Massa in the first free practice on Friday

The first free training took place under drying conditions. The lap times got faster and faster during the training and Webber achieved the fastest lap ahead of Schumacher and Sutil. With Fairuz Fauzy in the Lotus-Cosworth of Jarno Trulli and Jérôme d'Ambrosio in the Virgin-Cosworth of Lucas di Grassi two test drivers took part in the first free practice session. For D'Ambrosio, it was also the first ever participation in a Grand Prix weekend. In the second free practice session, Red Bull-Renault took a one-two lead. Vettel posted the fastest time ahead of Webber and Jenson Button . In the third free practice Vettel kept the top position in front of Alonso and Hamilton.

Qualifying

The first section of qualifying had to be interrupted after nine minutes because Felipe Massa , who had not yet set time, had stopped on the track. Alonso, Massa's team-mate, set the fastest time. In addition to Massa, the HRT, Virgin and Lotus pilots were eliminated. In the second segment, Vettel achieved the fastest lap. The Force India and Toro Rosso pilots as well as Heidfeld, Witali Petrow and Hülkenberg were eliminated. In the last section, Alonso posted the fastest lap and secured pole position in front of Vettel and Hamilton.

run

Alonso maintained the lead at the start by changing lines so that Vettel couldn't drive past him. For Heidfeld, the first lap after his comeback did not go as planned, as he collided with Vitantonio Liuzzi . While Liuzzi was initially able to continue, Heidfeld had to pit to change the front wing. Shortly before Heidfeld, Massa had already pitted and his strategy was to change tires after one lap. Liuzzi stopped on the next lap with damage to the rear suspension. Since his car could not be recovered, the safety car had to go out on the track. Several pilots took the opportunity to do their mandatory pit stop. Of the five leading drivers, only Webber pitted and dropped to eleventh place.

At the restart, Alonso again retained the lead in front of Vettel and again pulled away a little from him. Webber passed Glock right after the restart, who had not yet pitted his Virgin. In the following laps he also passed Kamui Kobayashi and Schumacher. Behind Glock, on the other hand, a few vehicles gathered that did not get past him at first. After Sutil made it past, other pilots like Hulkenberg and Massa followed suit.

At the top, Vettel stayed a few seconds behind Alonso. On the rest of the field, the two extended their lead lap by lap. In the long-distance duel both drove against Webber, whose series of overtaking maneuvers ended behind Barrichello. While Alonso and Vettel had the necessary lead over Webber after several laps, the McLaren drivers were told that they had to drive faster to stay ahead of Webber. While the McLaren drivers initially pulled away from Webber, they succeeded less and less with the degrading tire and Webber kept the gap the same or shortened it. At the pit stop, Hamilton finally lost his third place and fell behind Webber. One lap after Hamilton, Alonso and Vettel also pitted. However, nothing changed in the order.

After Trulli had given up at the pits, the safety car had to go out again. The trigger was Kobayashi, who drove into the lane when driving under the grandstand. Of the following pilots, Senna did not see the stationary car and drove into the Sauber. A little later, the race was over for Senna's team-mate Klien, who was faster than Senna over the entire weekend, with technical problems.

In the safety car phase, all pilots who had not yet been in the pits completed their stop and the pilots moved together. Webber caught up with the leading pilots in third place. At the restart, the lapped Virgin pilots were between the leading duo and the other pilots. When attempting to lap, Webber did not pass Lucas di Grassi and lost time. Hamilton took the opportunity to pass his opponent. At Memorial Corner he was just ahead of Webber. When turning into the corner there was a collision between Hamilton and Webber. While Hamilton was out, Webber drove on. One lap later there was another collision between Schumacher and Heidfeld in the same corner. While Heidfeld retired after a collision with the wall, Schumacher had to pit to change his front wing.

At the front, Alonso could no longer break away from Vettel on the hard tires and the gap remained at about one second. Both drivers put the other under pressure and almost alternately drove the fastest laps and fastest times in the sector. While most of the pilots made one stop, Robert Kubica had to change tires again. With the new tires, however, he made up some positions that he had initially lost, as some of his opponents had ridden on the same tires for almost the entire race. After initially keeping a few drivers behind him, Glock had to give up the race at the pits twelve laps before the end.

While Alonso and Vettel were fighting for victory, there was a yellow phase on the start-finish straight, as Heikki Kovalainen stopped shortly after the finish line with his burning Lotus. The Finn first finished the lap and then got out of the car to extinguish it himself with a fire extinguisher.

In the end, Alonso won the race ahead of Vettel and Webber. Alonso led the race consistently, started from pole position and set the fastest lap. He thus managed the first Grand Slam of his career. Button, Rosberg, Barrichello and Kubica followed in fourth to seventh place. Rosberg had once again driven an unspectacular but effective race.

There were a few shifts in places eight to ten after the race. Initially, Sutil was in eighth place ahead of Hülkenberg and Massa. However, Sutil received a 20-second time penalty from the race stewards for shortening the route on the first lap. Thus, Hülkenberg moved up to eighth place. Massa was ninth ahead of Sutil. However, this result was not final either, as Force India protested the penalty and filed a complaint against Hulkenberg, who like Sutil had shortened the route at the beginning of the race. After Hulkenberg also received a 20-second time penalty, Force India withdrew the protest. The new eighth was Massa, who started the race from last place on the grid. Sutil was ninth and Hulkenberg tenth.

In the World Cup, Webber maintained his leadership position. Alonso improved to second place with the win. One loser of the weekend was Hamilton, who remained without points after his collision with Webber and fell back to third place. Red Bull-Renault further expanded its lead over McLaren-Mercedes among the designers.

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	Fairuz Fauzy	Lotus T127	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
		Jarno Trulli
	19th	Heikki Kovalainen
HRT F1 team	20th	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT F110	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
		Christian Klien
	21st	Bruno Senna
BMW Sauber F1 Team	22nd	Nick Heidfeld	Clean C29	Ferrari 2.4 V8	B.
	23	Kamui Kobayashi
Virgin Racing	24	Timo Glock	Virgin VR-01	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
	25th	Jérôme D'Ambrosio
		Lucas di Grassi

1. ↑ ^{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.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Yamamoto was originally registered for HRT number 20. Due to financial difficulties, he was replaced by Klien on Friday shortly before the start of the first free practice.
3. ↑ ^{a b} D'Ambrosio drove the Virgin with the number 25 in the first free practice. Di Grassi 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: 46.541	1: 45.809	1: 45.390	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 46.960	1: 45.561	1: 45.457	02
03	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 48.296	1: 46.042	1: 45.571	03
04th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 48.032	1: 46.490	1: 45.944	04th
05	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 47.088	1: 45.908	1: 45.977	05
06th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 48.183	1: 47.019	1: 46.236	06th
07th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 48.554	1: 46.783	1: 46.443	07th
08th	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 47.657	1: 46.949	1: 46.593	08th
09	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 48.425	1: 47.160	1: 46.702	09
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 48.908	1: 47.599	1: 47.884	10
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 48.127	1: 47.666	-	11
12	Nico Hulkenberg 1	Williams-Cosworth	1: 47.984	1: 47.674	-	17th
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 48.906	1: 48.165	-	12
14th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 49.063	1: 48.502	-	13
15th	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Ferrari	1: 48.696	1: 48.557	-	14th
16	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 48.496	1: 48.899	-	15th
17th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 48.988	1: 48.961	-	16
18th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 50.721	-	-	18th
19th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	1: 50.915	-	-	19th
20th	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	1: 51.107	-	-	20th
21st	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 51.641	-	-	21st
22nd	Christian Klien	HRT-Cosworth	1: 52.946	-	-	22nd
23	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1: 54.174	-	-	23
24	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	no time	-	-	24

¹ Nico Hülkenberg was moved five places down due to a gear change.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	61	1	1: 57: 53.579	01	1: 47.976 (58th)
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	61	1	+ 0.293	02	1: 48,141 (59.)
03	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	61	1	+ 29.141	05	1: 49.706 (54th)
04th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	61	1	+ 30.384	04th	1: 49.711 (61.)
05	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	61	1	+ 49.394	07th	1: 50.125 (55.)
06th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	61	1	+ 56.101	06th	1: 50.334 (52nd)
07th	Robert Kubica	Renault	61	2	+1: 26.559	08th	1: 49.255 (56.)
08th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	61	1	+1: 53.297	24	1: 52.079 (45th)
09	Adrian Sutil 1	Force India-Mercedes	61	1	+ 2: 12.416	15th	1: 52.473 (45th)
10	Nico Hulkenberg 1	Williams-Cosworth	61	1	+ 2: 12.791	17th	1: 52.213 (45.)
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	60	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 51.903 (46.)
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	60	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 52.333 (43.)
13	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	60	2	+ 1 lap	09	1: 49.680 (54th)
14th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	60	2	+ 1 lap	13	1: 49.710 (59.)
15th	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	59	2	+ 2 rounds	20th	1: 52,513 (55.)
16	Heikki Kovalainen 2	Lotus Cosworth	58	1	DNF	19th	1: 53.051 (53rd)
-	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	49	1	DNF	18th	1: 53,559 (38th)
-	Nick Heidfeld	Clean Ferrari	36	2	DNF	14th	1: 52.475 (29.)
-	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	35	1	DNF	03	1: 50.750 (31st)
-	Christian Klien	HRT-Cosworth	31	1	DNF	22nd	1: 57.766 (23.)
-	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	30th	0	DNF	10	1: 53,957 (22.)
-	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	29	1	DNF	23	1: 57.962 (19.)
-	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	27	3	DNF	21st	1: 56.386 (20.)
-	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	01	0	DNF	16	-

¹ Adrian Sutil and Nico Hülkenberg received a 20-second time penalty for shortening the route.

² 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 202 02  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 191 03  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 182 04th  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 181 05  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 177 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 128 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 122 08th  Robert Kubica Renault 114 09  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 47 10  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 46 11  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 39 12  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 21st 13  Vitaly Petrov Renault 19th 14th  Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 17th

Item driver constructor Points 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 -  Nick Heidfeld Clean Ferrari 0 -  Christian Klien HRT-Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 383 02  McLaren-Mercedes 359 03  Ferrari 319 04th  Mercedes 168 05  Renault 133 06th  Force India-Mercedes 60

Item constructor Points 07th  Williams-Cosworth 56 08th  Clean Ferrari 27 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 10 10  Lotus Cosworth 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Officially: Heidfeld from now on instead of de la Rosa!" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 14, 2010)
2. ↑ "No food poisoning" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on September 25, 2010)
3. ↑ "Second comeback: Klien drives again too!" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 24, 2010)
4. ↑ "The magnificent seven chasing points at night" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 23, 2010)
5. ^ "GP Singapore in Singapore / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 24, 2010)
6. ↑ "Official: D'Ambrosio will be a Friday driver at Virgin" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 20, 2010)
7. ^ "GP Singapore in Singapore / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 24, 2010)
8. ^ "GP Singapore in Singapore / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 25, 2010)
9. ↑ ^{a b} "Force India: Sutil in the points, Liuzzi retires" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 26, 2010)
10. ↑ "Sutil subsequently loses two places" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 26, 2010)
11. ↑ "Sutil protests against time penalty" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 26, 2010)
12. ↑ "After Sutil also Hülkenberg punished" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 26, 2010)
13. ↑ "Force India withdraws protest against Sutil penalty" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 26, 2010)
14. ^ "Penalty transfer for Nico Hülkenberg" (Motorsport-Total.com on September 24, 2010)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com