2010 Spanish Grand Prix

 2010 Spanish Grand Prix

Racing data
5th of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	LI Gran Premio de España
Date:	May 9, 2010
Place:	Montmeló
Course:	Circuit de Catalunya
Length:	307.104 km in 66 laps of 4.655 km
Weather:	slightly cloudy
Spectator:	~ 98,100
Pole position
Driver:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 19.995 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes
Time:	1: 24.357 min (lap 59)
Podium
First:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Third:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault

The 2010 Spanish Grand Prix took place on May 9th at the Circuit de Catalunya in Montmeló and was the fifth race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the Chinese Grand Prix , Jenson Button led the drivers' standings with ten points from Nico Rosberg and eleven points from Fernando Alonso . McLaren-Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 19 points ahead of Ferrari and with 36 points ahead of Red Bull-Renault .

With Michael Schumacher (six times), Alonso, Felipe Massa and Button (once each), four former winners will compete in this Grand Prix, which is the European start of this season.

The Spanish Grand Prix was held for the 40th time in 2010 as part of the Formula 1 World Championship, the 20th of which was on the Circuit de Catalunya.

training

In the first free practice session, Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap ahead of his teammate Button and Mercedes driver Schumacher. Christian Klien competed for HRT for the first time as a Friday test driver in the first training session and was immediately faster than regular driver Bruno Senna . In the second Friday practice session, Sebastian Vettel took the lead in front of his team-mate Mark Webber . Schumacher was again third. In the third free practice session on Saturday morning, Vettel kept the top position ahead of Webber. This time Hamilton was third. The training had to be interrupted for a short time after Kamui Kobayashi and Vitaly Petrow turned . Both drivers hit the wet curbs almost at the same time in the same corner and spun off the track. While Petrow's car was slightly damaged, Kobayashi was able to drive back onto the track at the end of practice.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Webber set the fastest lap. The HRT, Virgin and Lotus pilots as well as Rubens Barrichello were eliminated. Webber also retained the leadership position in the second section. The Force India and Toro Rosso pilots as well as Petrow, Hülkenberg and de la Rosa were eliminated. In the final section of qualifying, Webber was again the fastest, securing his second pole position of the season. Vettel and Hamilton started the race from second and third place.

run

Mark Webber won the start and then the race

Lotus driver Heikki Kovalainen did not compete in the Spanish Grand Prix due to a transmission problem. At the start there was no shift in position at the top and Webber maintained first position. Rosberg and Robert Kubica touched lightly and Rosberg fell back after being off the track. In the back of the field, Senna was eliminated after four corners in the gravel bed. Webber built a small lead over his team-mate in the front, but the two Red Bull-Renaults could not clearly break away from the rest of the field.

The first postponements occurred at the pit stops. Schumacher, who was sixth behind Button before his stop, was able to overtake Button, who was pulling out of the pit lane, with an earlier stop and an overtaking maneuver on the start-finish straight. While Button lost a position, it was the other way around for his teammate. Although Hamilton pitted after Vettel, the McLaren driver overtook Vettel at the pit exit. Webber, who did not have to give up the lead in the meantime because of a late stop, kept the top position.

While de la Rosa had to give up after 18 laps with a consequential damage after a tire damage on the first lap, Button tried again and again to pass Schumacher, but was unsuccessful. Furthermore, it was Sebastien Buemi punished with a drive-through penalty for dangerous driving out from the pit lane.

Michael Schumacher passed Jenson Button at the pit stops and was able to defend his position until the end of the race

When lapping, there were two incidents around Karun Chandhok in quick succession . First, Massa braked himself while lapping and damaged part of his front wing. The Ferrari driver continued the race without interference. Then Chandhok had a second contact when Jaime Alguersuari changed lanes early after lapping and Chandhok lost his front wing. The HRT driver then had to end the race. Alguersuari received a drive-through penalty for his maneuver.

Meanwhile, Webber continued to lead the race and steadily increased his lead over Hamilton. A little behind the McLaren-Mercedes driver, Vettel was in third place. Local hero Alonso, who drove an unspectacular race, followed the two at a distance. In about 20 seconds behind Alonso, Schumacher, Button and Massa followed.

After Buemi had given up with hydraulic problems, Vettel had to pit another tire change with twelve laps to go. He lost his third place to Alonso. But since he had enough lead over Schumacher, he only had to give up one place. Vettel also had braking problems, but stayed ahead of Schumacher until the end of the race because of the large lead.

Lewis Hamilton was in second place until the last lap

After Hamilton had set the fastest race lap on lap 59, he went into the final lap in second. Due to a defect in the left front wheel, he came off the track in the Renault curve and had to give up the race in the track barrier. Since he had completed enough laps, he was classified as 14th. Also Vitantonio Liuzzi did not finish the race because he also failed on the last lap.

Webber ended up winning his first race of the season ahead of Alonso and Vettel. It was a start-to-finish victory for the Australian. Schumacher defended his position throughout the race, finishing fourth ahead of Button and Massa. The remaining points went to Adrian Sutil , Kubica, Barrichello and Alguersuari.

In the world championship standings, Button and McLaren-Mercedes kept the top positions.

With Mark Webber, another driver won for the fifth time in a row.

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	Heikki Kovalainen
HRT F1 team	20th	Christian Klien	HRT F110	Cosworth 2.4 V8	B.
		Karun Chandhok
	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} Klien drove the HRT with the number 20 in the first free practice. Chandhok then took over the vehicle for the remainder of the race weekend.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 21.412	1: 20.655	1: 19.995	01
02	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 21.680	1: 20.772	1: 20.101	02
03	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 21.723	1: 21.415	1: 20.829	03
04th	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 21,957	1: 21.549	1: 20.937	04th
05	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 21.915	1: 21.168	1: 20.991	05
06th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 22.528	1: 21.557	1: 21.294	06th
07th	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 22.488	1: 21.599	1: 21.353	07th
08th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 22.419	1: 21.867	1: 21.408	08th
09	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 22.564	1: 21.841	1: 21.585	09
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	1: 22.577	1: 21.725	1: 21.984	10
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 22.628	1: 21.985	-	11
12	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	1: 22.211	1: 22.026	-	12
13	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1: 22.857	1: 22.131	-	13
14th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 22.976	1: 22.139	-	19th
15th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 22.699	1: 22.191	-	14th
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 22.593	1: 22.207	-	15th
17th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 23.084	1: 22.854	-	16
18th	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 23.125	-	-	17th
19th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 24.674	-	-	18th
20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	1: 24.748	-	-	20th
21st	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 25.475	-	-	22nd
22nd	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	1: 25.556	-	-	23
23	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	1: 26.750	-	-	24
24	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1: 27.122	-	-	21st

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Petrow and Chandhok were moved five places back because of a gear change and Glock and di Grassi were moved five places back because of a rule violation regarding the gear setting.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	66	1	1: 35: 44.101	01	1: 24.828 (62.)
02	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	66	1	+ 24.065	04th	1: 24.846 (57.)
03	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	66	2	+ 51.338	02	1: 25.176 (56.)
04th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	66	1	+1: 02.195	06th	1: 25,529 (64th)
05	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	66	1	+1: 03.728	05	1: 25,166 (64th)
06th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	66	1	+1: 05.767	09	1: 25.497 (64th)
07th	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	66	1	+1: 12.941	11	1: 25.845 (65th)
08th	Robert Kubica	Renault	66	1	+1: 13.677	07th	1: 25.466 (66.)
09	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	65	1	+ 1 lap	17th	1: 25.728 (59th)
10	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	65	2	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 25.655 (63rd)
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	65	1	+ 1 lap	19th	1: 25,470 (63rd)
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	65	1	+ 1 lap	10	1: 26.083 (62nd)
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	65	2	+ 1 lap	08th	1: 25.455 (50th)
14th	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	64	1	DNF	03	1: 24.357 (59.)
15th	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	64	1	DNF	16	1: 25.924 (63.)
16	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	64	2	+ 2 rounds	13	1: 26.863 (63.)
17th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	63	1	+ 2 rounds	18th	1: 29,564 (56.)
18th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	63	1	+ 2 rounds	22nd	1: 29.776 (60th)
19th	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	62	1	+ 2 rounds	23	1: 29,904 (47.)
-	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	42	3	DNF	14th	1: 26.724 (41st)
-	Karun Chandhok	HRT-Cosworth	27	1	DNF	24	1: 32.041 (26.)
-	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	18th	1	DNF	12	1: 30.411 ( 09.)
-	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	00	-	DNF	21st	-
-	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	-	-	DNS	20th	-

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  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 70 02  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 67 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 60 04th  Mark Webber Red Bull-Renault 53 05  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 50 06th  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 49 07th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 49 08th  Robert Kubica Renault 44 09  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 22nd 10  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 16 11  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 8th 12  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 7th

Item driver constructor Points 13  Vitaly Petrov Renault 6th 14th  Jaime Alguersuari Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3 15th  Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 1 16  Sébastien Buemi Toro Rosso-Ferrari 0 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  Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 0 23  Jarno Trulli Lotus Cosworth 0 24  Timo Glock Virgin Cosworth 0

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  McLaren-Mercedes 119 02  Ferrari 116 03  Red Bull-Renault 113 04th  Mercedes 72 05  Renault 50 06th  Force India-Mercedes 24

Item constructor Points 07th  Williams-Cosworth 8th 08th  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3 09  Clean Ferrari 0 10  Lotus Cosworth 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ^ "GP Spain in Barcelona / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 7, 2010)
2. ↑ "HRT with an exciting Friday" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 7, 2010)
3. ^ "GP Spain in Barcelona / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 7, 2010)
4. ^ "GP Spain in Barcelona / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 8, 2010)
5. ↑ "Third training: Red Bull continues to dominate" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 8, 2010)
6. ^ "Mixed conclusion at Lotus" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 9, 2010)
7. ↑ ^{a b} "HRT with double zeros" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 9, 2010)
8. ↑ "Clean remains haunted by bad luck" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 9, 2010)
9. ↑ "Toro Rosso: Driver thwart better result" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 9, 2010)
10. ^ " Unlucky Hamilton - Button defends championship lead" (Motorsport-Total.com on May 9, 2010)

Web links

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

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com