Hungarian Grand Prix 2010

 Hungarian Grand Prix 2010

Racing data
12th of 19 races in the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship
Surname:	XXV Eni Magyar Nagydij
Date:	August 1, 2010
Place:	Mogyoród
Course:	Hungaroring
Length:	306.663 km in 70 laps of 4.381 km
Weather:	sunny
Spectator:	~ 75,000
Pole position
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 18.773 min
Fastest lap
Driver:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time:	1: 22.362 min (lap 70)
Podium
First:	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Second:	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Third:	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault

The 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix took place on August 1st at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród and was the twelfth race of the 2010 Formula 1 World Championship .

Reports

background

After the German Grand Prix , Lewis Hamilton led the drivers' standings with 14 points ahead of Jenson Button and 21 points ahead of Mark Webber . McLaren-Mercedes led the constructors' championship with 28 points ahead of Red Bull-Renault and with 92 points ahead of Ferrari .

With Michael Schumacher (four times), Hamilton (twice), Rubens Barrichello , Fernando Alonso , Button and Heikki Kovalainen (once each), six former winners competed in this Grand Prix.

The Hungarian Grand Prix was held for the 25th time in 2010 as part of the Formula 1 World Championship. Barrichello took part in a Formula 1 weekend in Hungary for the 300th time. Since he did not start in three races, he had to wait more races for his 300th Grand Prix. Webber contested his 150th Grand Prix and his Red Bull Racing Team competed in the 100th Grand Prix.

Red Bull came to this Grand Prix without an F-shaft and Ferrari expanded it after the two Friday training sessions.

training

In the first free practice session, Red Bull-Renault determined the action. Sebastian Vettel secured the fastest time ahead of Webber and was more than a second ahead of third-placed Robert Kubica . At Force India , Paul di Resta was allowed to drive in Vitantonio Liuzzi's racing car . In the second free practice, Vettel kept the top position ahead of Alonso and Webber. In the third free practice session, Red Bull-Renault again showed a strong performance and achieved the fastest lap time with Webber, ahead of Vettel and Alonso. Webber was more than a second ahead of the first non-Red Bull driver Alonso.

Qualifying

In the first section of qualifying, Vettel achieved the fastest lap. The HRT , Virgin and Lotus pilots and Kamui Kobayashi were eliminated. In the second segment, Webber took over the management position from his teammate. The Toro Rosso and Force India pilots as well as Schumacher, Barrichello and Button were eliminated. In the final section, Vettel secured pole position with four tenths of a second ahead of his team-mate Webber. Alonso finished third, over a second behind.

Vettel thus secured the fourth pole position in a row.

run

At the Hungarian Grand Prix, Alonso had the best start from the leading group. He first passed Webber, who was starting from second place, and then tried to overtake Vettel in the first corner. However, in contrast to the last Grand Prix, Vettel maintained his leadership position and already moved away from Alonso on the first lap. Webber and Massa were behind the Ferrari driver. Fifth place initially went to Vitaly Petrow , who was allowed to compete in front of his teammate Kubica for the first time. However, Petrov was unable to defend fifth place for long and was overtaken by Hamilton after just one lap.

Jaime Alguersuari , who made his debut in Hungary a year earlier, had to retire after just one lap due to a technical problem. At the top, Vettel stood out from his pursuers lap by lap. Webber couldn't keep up with him as he couldn't overtake Alonso. He benefited from the fact that his Ferrari was faster on the straights than the Red Bull-Renault, which was otherwise clearly superior.

On lap 15, Liuzzi, who had lost part of his front wing on the racing line, caused a safety car phase that influenced the race. First of all, except for Webber, Barrichello and Trulli, all the drivers pitted. The leading Vettel managed to drive into the pit lane entrance at the last moment. Several incidents occurred in the pit lane. On the one hand, Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg lost his right rear wheel in the pit lane. The bike jumped through the pit lane and slightly injured a mechanic from the Williams team. Rosberg had to park his racing car at the end of the pit lane. Another incident occurred when Kubica was being dispatched by his Renault boxing crew and he collided with Adrian Sutil , who was about to go into his box. While the race for Sutil was over on the spot, Kubica initially drove a few more laps, but had to give up the race a little later. Both Mercedes and Renault were fined US $ 50,000 for endangering safety in the pit lane.

Behind the safety car, Webber, who was not yet in the pits, took the lead in front of Vettel and Alonso. Hamilton took fourth place from Massa, as he had to wait at the Ferrari box for his teammate to be dispatched. When the race restarted, Vettel made a mistake. While Webber pulled away from the front, Vettel, who had not yet realized that the safety car phase should end, warmed up his tires. As a result, there was a gap between Webber and Vettel, which should be considered again later in the race.

After the restart, Webber increased his lead at the front and pulled away from the rest of the field. Vettel couldn't keep up with Webber, but managed to break away from Alonso. In the 24th lap, Hamilton had to end his race with technical problems and thus enabled a Red Bull driver to take the lead in the world championship with a win. While Webber was pulling away at the top, the stewards imposed a drive-through penalty against Vettel because he had left too big a gap on Webber at the restart. Vettel did not understand why he had been punished and complained with hand signals as he drove through the pit. It was only after the race that Vettel realized what he had received the penalty for. By punishing Vettel, Alonso took second place behind Webber. Vettel came back on track in third place ahead of Massa.

The picture over the next few laps was similar to that in the early stages of the race. In first place a Red Bull driver pulled away, while the second Red Bull driver drove behind Alonso in third place and couldn't get past him. Webber extended his lead further and only completed his mandatory pit stop when he had a sufficient lead over Alonso. So Webber kept the lead even after his pit stop and increased his lead again. Vettel, on the other hand, kept catching up on Alonso in the remaining 30 laps and put him under pressure, but Vettel was unable to overtake.

While the positions at the top were distributed, there was an exciting duel between the two drivers in the back of the field with most of the races: Barrichello and Schumacher. Barrichello had delayed his pit stop for a long time and pitted about 15 laps before the end of the race. With new tires he caught up with his former team-mate Schumacher, who was in tenth place, relatively quickly. After driving a few laps behind him, he attacked him on the start-finish straight. Schumacher defended his position in a tough way, almost pushing Barrichello into the wall. In the end there was a change of position without a collision. After the race, Barrichello complained loudly about Schumacher's behavior. The commissioners gave a similar assessment of the behavior of the Mercedes driver and placed him ten places on the starting grid for the next race.

Webber won his fourth Grand Prix of the current season in Hungary and took the lead in the World Championship from Hamilton, who dropped to second place. Red Bull-Renault also overtook McLaren-Mercedes in the constructors' championship. Alonso crossed the finish line ahead of Vettel, who was third again. Massa finished fourth. Petrow and Nico Hülkenberg achieved the best results of their careers so far with fifth and sixth place. Pedro de la Rosa scored points for the first time this season, finishing seventh. The other points went to Button, Kobayashi and Barrichello.

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	Sakon Yamamoto	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.

Classifications

Qualifying

Item	driver	constructor	Q1	Q2	Q3	begin
01	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	1: 20.417	1: 19.573	1: 18.773	01
02	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	1: 21.132	1: 19.531	1: 19.184	02
03	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1: 21.278	1: 20.237	1: 19.987	03
04th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1: 21.299	1: 20.857	1: 20.331	04th
05	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 21.455	1: 20.877	1: 20.499	05
06th	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1: 21.212	1: 20.811	1: 21.082	06th
07th	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1: 21.558	1: 20.797	1: 21.229	07th
08th	Robert Kubica	Renault	1: 21.159	1: 20.867	1: 21.328	08th
09	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	1: 21.891	1: 21.273	1: 21.411	09
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	1: 21.598	1: 21.275	1: 21.710	10
11	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	1: 21.422	1: 21.292	-	11
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	1: 21.478	1: 21.331	-	12
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	1: 22.080	1: 21.517	-	13
14th	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	1: 21.840	1: 21.630	-	14th
15th	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 21.982	1: 21.897	-	15th
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	1: 21.789	1: 21.927	-	16
17th	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	1: 21.978	1: 21.998	-	17th
18th	Kamui Kobayashi 1	Clean Ferrari	1: 22.222	-	-	23
19th	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	1: 24.050	-	-	18th
20th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	1: 24.120	-	-	19th
21st	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	1: 24.199	-	-	20th
22nd	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	1: 25.118	-	-	21st
23	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	1: 26.391	-	-	22nd
24	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT-Cosworth	1: 26.453	-	-	24

¹ Kamui Kobayashi was moved five places down as he missed the technical inspection during qualifying.

run

Item	driver	constructor	Round	Stops	time	begin	Fastest lap
01	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	70	1	1: 41: 05,571	02	1: 22.651 (46.)
02	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	70	1	+ 17.821	03	1: 23.195 (67.)
03	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	70	2	+ 19,252	01	1: 22.362 (70th)
04th	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	70	1	+ 27.474	04th	1: 23.329 (69.)
05	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	70	1	+1: 13.192	07th	1: 23.799 (61.)
06th	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams-Cosworth	70	1	+1: 16.723	10	1: 24.204 (66.)
07th	Pedro de la Rosa	Clean Ferrari	69	1	+ 1 lap	09	1: 24.342 (65.)
08th	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	69	1	+ 1 lap	11	1: 24.205 (61)
09	Kamui Kobayashi	Clean Ferrari	69	1	+ 1 lap	23	1: 24.282 (68.)
10	Rubens Barrichello	Williams-Cosworth	69	1	+ 1 lap	12	1: 22.811 (68.)
11	Michael sSchumacher	Mercedes	69	1	+ 1 lap	14th	1: 25.372 (64th)
12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	69	1	+ 1 lap	15th	1: 25,449 (58th)
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India-Mercedes	69	1	+ 1 lap	16	1: 25.358 (58th)
14th	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Cosworth	67	1	+ 3 rounds	19th	1: 27.457 (64th)
15th	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Cosworth	67	1	+ 3 rounds	20th	1: 27.429 (58th)
16	Timo Glock	Virgin Cosworth	67	1	+ 3 rounds	18th	1: 27.674 (59th)
17th	Bruno Senna	HRT-Cosworth	67	1	+ 3 rounds	22nd	1: 28.093 (61.)
18th	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Cosworth	66	2	+ 4 rounds	21st	1: 27.287 (62.)
19th	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT-Cosworth	66	1	+ 4 rounds	24	1: 29.278 (59.)
-	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	23	1	DNF	05	1: 26.258 (22.)
-	Robert Kubica	Renault	23	2	DNF	08th	1: 26.825 (21.)
-	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	15th	1	DNF	06th	1: 27.954 (13.)
-	Adrian Sutil	Force India-Mercedes	15th	0	DNF	13	1: 28,177 (12.)
-	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	01	0	DNF	17th	-

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 161 02  Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 157 03  Sebastian Vettel Red Bull-Renault 151 04th  Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 147 05  Fernando Alonso Ferrari 141 06th  Felipe Massa Ferrari 97 07th  Nico Rosberg Mercedes 94 08th  Robert Kubica Renault 89 09  Michael sSchumacher Mercedes 38 10  Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 35 11  Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 30th 12  Vitaly Petrov Renault 17th 13  Kamui Kobayashi Clean Ferrari 17th

Item driver constructor Points 14th  Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 12 15th  Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 10 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

Constructors' championship

Item constructor Points 01  Red Bull-Renault 312 02  McLaren-Mercedes 304 03  Ferrari 238 04th  Mercedes 132 05  Renault 106 06th  Force India-Mercedes 47

Item constructor Points 07th  Williams-Cosworth 40 08th  Clean Ferrari 23 09  Toro Rosso-Ferrari 10 10  Lotus Cosworth 0 11  HRT-Cosworth 0 12  Virgin Cosworth 0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Ferrari expands F-Schacht" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 31, 2010)
2. ^ "GP Hungary in Hungaroring / 1st free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 30, 2010)
3. ^ "GP Hungary in Hungaroring / 2nd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 30, 2010)
4. ^ "GP Hungary in Hungaroring / 3rd free practice" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 31, 2010)
5. ↑ "Verkorkster Formula 1 Birthday for Alguersuari" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 1, 2010)
6. ^ "Williams mechanic fortunately only slightly injured" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 1, 2010)
7. ^ "Penalties for Mercedes and Renault" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 1, 2010)
8. ↑ "Schumacher punished: Ten places back in Spa" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 1, 2010)
9. ^ "Kobayashi punished for faux pas" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 31, 2010)

Web links

Commons : Hungarian Grand Prix 2010  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Weekend statistics at Motorsport-Total.com