Chinese Grand Prix 2010

Shanghai
18 April 2010
56 laps
305.1 km
5.451 km a lap

Pole positionSebastian VettelRed Bull · 1:34.558
Fastest lapLewis Hamilton1:42.061 · lap 13
Winner started fromP5on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Jenson Button	1	McLaren · Mercedes	5	56	1:46:42.163	25
2	Lewis Hamiltonfastest lap	2	McLaren · Mercedes	6	56	+1.530	18
3	Nico Rosberg	4	Mercedes	4	56	+9.484	15
4	Fernando Alonso	8	Ferrari	3	56	+11.869	12
5	Robert Kubica	11	Renault	8	56	+22.213	10
6	Sebastian Vettel	5	Red Bull · Renault	1	56	+33.310	8
7	Vitaly Petrov	12	Renault	14	56	+47.600	6
8	Mark Webber	6	Red Bull · Renault	2	56	+52.172	4
9	Felipe Massa	7	Ferrari	7	56	+57.796	2
10	Michael Schumacher	3	Mercedes	9	56	+1:01.749	1
11	Adrian Sutil	14	Force India · Mercedes	10	56	+1:02.874
12	Rubens Barrichello	9	Williams · Cosworth	11	56	+1:03.665
13	Jaime Alguersuari	17	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	12	56	+1:11.416
14	Heikki Kovalainen	19	Lotus Racing · Cosworth	21	55	+1 lap
15	Nico Hülkenberg	10	Williams · Cosworth	16	55	+1 lap
16	Bruno Senna	21	HRT · Cosworth	23	54	+2 laps
17	Karun Chandhok	20	HRT · Cosworth	–	52	+4 laps
DNF	Jarno Trulli	18	Lotus Racing · Cosworth	20	26	Hydraulics
DNF	Lucas di Grassi	25	Virgin · Cosworth	22	8	Clutch
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	22	Sauber · Ferrari	17	7	Engine
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	16	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	13	0	Collision
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	23	Sauber · Ferrari	15	0	Collision
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	15	Force India · Mercedes	18	0	Collision
DNS	Timo Glock	24	Virgin · Cosworth	19		Engine

A number in the first column means classified. DNF, DNQ and DNS stand for retirement, did not qualify and did not start. ‘shared’ marks a car that two drivers shared between them – permitted in the 1950s, and both were classified.

Lap by lap

The running order on every lap. A line that stops is a car that stopped.

Laps led: Jenson Button 38, Nico Rosberg 16, Fernando Alonso 2. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Finish	Laps led
Jenson Button	5	2	1	1	1	38
Lewis Hamilton	6	6	4	2	2
Nico Rosberg	4	1	2	3	3	16
Fernando Alonso	3	13	7	4	4	2
Robert Kubica	8	3	3	5	5
Sebastian Vettel	1	7	8	6	6
Vitaly Petrov	14	4	5	10	7
Mark Webber	2	8	12	7	8
Felipe Massa	7	11	11	11	9
Michael Schumacher	9	5	9	8	10
Adrian Sutil	10	9	6	13	11
Rubens Barrichello	11	12	10	12	12
Jaime Alguersuari	12	10	13	9	13
Heikki Kovalainen	21	14	14	14	14
Nico Hülkenberg	16	15	15	15	15
Bruno Senna	23	17	16	16	16
Karun Chandhok	–	18	17	17	17
Jarno Trulli	20	16	–	–	out
Lucas di Grassi	22	–	–	–	out
Pedro de la Rosa	17	–	–	–	out

Gap to the leader

How far behind each driver was as every lap ended – the margins the running order hides.

Seconds behind the leader as each lap ends, from the lap times. A line that flattens out together with the others is a safety car; a sudden step down is a pit stop. Gaps beyond 100 seconds run off the bottom edge. This is the gap on the road: time penalties given after the flag are not in it.

Show as a table

Driver	Lap 14	Lap 28	Lap 42	Last lap
Jenson Button	+2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lewis Hamilton	+46.3	+5.2	+2.6	+1.5
Nico Rosberg	0.0	+1.0	+11.4	+9.5
Fernando Alonso	+66.2	+12.4	+17.1	+11.9
Robert Kubica	+8.2	+4.5	+19.0	+22.2
Sebastian Vettel	+51.0	+13.0	+19.9	+33.3
Vitaly Petrov	+27.8	+10.0	+42.8	+47.6
Mark Webber	+52.2	+16.8	+27.0	+52.2
Felipe Massa	+65.2	+16.3	+44.6	+57.8
Michael Schumacher	+46.0	+13.8	+30.6	+61.7
Adrian Sutil	+56.4	+11.9	+50.0	+62.9
Rubens Barrichello	+65.9	+15.5	+49.2	+63.7
Jaime Alguersuari	+60.3	+20.7	+41.6	+71.4
Heikki Kovalainen	+70.9	+32.0	+116.7	+184.3
Nico Hülkenberg	+87.6	+138.1	+165.9	+193.4
Bruno Senna	+134.6	+148.6	+281.6	+332.5
Karun Chandhok	+176.1	+268.9	+422.3	+508.3
Jarno Trulli	+129.3	–	–	out
Lucas di Grassi	–	–	–	out
Pedro de la Rosa	–	–	–	out

Qualifying

Knock-out in three parts since 2006: the slowest drop out after Q1 and Q2.

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:36.317	1:35.280	1:34.558
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:35.978	1:35.100	1:34.806
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:35.987	1:35.235	1:34.913
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:35.952	1:35.134	1:34.923
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:36.122	1:35.443	1:34.979
6	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:35.641	1:34.928	1:35.034
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.076	1:35.290	1:35.180
8	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:36.348	1:35.550	1:35.364
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:36.484	1:35.715	1:35.646
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:36.671	1:35.665	1:35.963
11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:36.664	1:35.748
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:36.618	1:36.047
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:36.793	1:36.149
14	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:37.031	1:36.311
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:37.044	1:36.422
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:37.049	1:36.647
17	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	1:37.050	1:37.020
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:37.161
19	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:39.278
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:39.399
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:39.520
22	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	1:39.783
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	1:40.469
24	Karun Chandhok	HRT	1:40.578

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Karun Chandhok	P24	PL	5 places – 5

Pit stops

Time from entering to leaving the pit lane, not the stationary time.

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Robert Kubica	2	20, 37	23.031 s
Jenson Button	2	20, 38	23.506 s
Vitaly Petrov	2	20, 38	24.197 s
Nico Rosberg	2	20, 38	24.421 s
Heikki Kovalainen	2	19, 36	24.844 s
Jarno Trulli	4	2, 12, 17, 21	13.791 s
Adrian Sutil	4	1, 6, 19, 38	21.722 s
Michael Schumacher	4	2, 4, 19, 36	21.763 s
Felipe Massa	4	2, 6, 19, 38	22.047 s
Rubens Barrichello	4	1, 5, 18, 37	22.476 s
Sebastian Vettel	4	2, 5, 20, 37	22.537 s
Mark Webber	4	2, 6, 19, 35	22.860 s
Lewis Hamilton	4	2, 5, 20, 37	22.968 s
Bruno Senna	4	2, 12, 18, 41	24.582 s
Karun Chandhok	4	2, 11, 18, 41	25.644 s
Fernando Alonso	5	2, 5, 6, 19, 38	13.886 s
Jaime Alguersuari	6	1, 11, 19, 20, 34, 46	22.224 s
Nico Hülkenberg	6	2, 5, 19, 23, 25, 38	22.856 s

Every stop, lap by lap (67)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Adrian Sutil	1	22.432 s
1	Jaime Alguersuari	1	23.576 s
1	Rubens Barrichello	1	25.795 s
2	Fernando Alonso	1	22.238 s
2	Michael Schumacher	1	22.397 s
2	Lewis Hamilton	1	24.211 s
2	Felipe Massa	1	24.581 s
2	Nico Hülkenberg	1	25.722 s
2	Jarno Trulli	1	26.650 s
2	Bruno Senna	1	29.544 s
2	Sebastian Vettel	1	31.195 s
2	Mark Webber	1	32.492 s
2	Karun Chandhok	1	40.736 s
4	Michael Schumacher	2	24.644 s
5	Fernando Alonso	2	13.886 s
5	Sebastian Vettel	2	27.270 s
5	Lewis Hamilton	2	27.671 s
5	Rubens Barrichello	2	27.730 s
5	Nico Hülkenberg	2	41.198 s
6	Adrian Sutil	2	21.722 s
6	Felipe Massa	2	22.047 s
6	Mark Webber	2	23.076 s
6	Fernando Alonso	3	25.723 s
11	Jaime Alguersuari	2	22.224 s
11	Karun Chandhok	2	29.980 s
12	Jarno Trulli	2	24.115 s
12	Bruno Senna	2	24.582 s
17	Jarno Trulli	3	11:44.566 s
18	Rubens Barrichello	3	24.706 s
18	Karun Chandhok	3	25.644 s
18	Bruno Senna	3	27.443 s
19	Michael Schumacher	3	21.763 s
19	Jaime Alguersuari	3	22.609 s
19	Adrian Sutil	3	22.830 s
19	Nico Hülkenberg	3	23.131 s
19	Fernando Alonso	4	23.703 s
19	Heikki Kovalainen	1	24.844 s
19	Mark Webber	3	25.165 s
19	Felipe Massa	3	29.729 s
20	Lewis Hamilton	3	22.968 s
20	Robert Kubica	1	23.031 s
20	Sebastian Vettel	3	23.058 s
20	Jenson Button	1	24.093 s
20	Vitaly Petrov	1	24.197 s
20	Nico Rosberg	1	24.421 s
20	Jaime Alguersuari	4	30.832 s
21	Jarno Trulli	4	13.791 s
23	Nico Hülkenberg	4	23.036 s
25	Nico Hülkenberg	5	24.438 s
34	Jaime Alguersuari	5	23.724 s
35	Mark Webber	4	22.860 s
36	Michael Schumacher	4	23.879 s
36	Heikki Kovalainen	2	25.433 s
37	Rubens Barrichello	4	22.476 s
37	Sebastian Vettel	4	22.537 s
37	Robert Kubica	2	24.051 s
37	Lewis Hamilton	4	24.935 s
38	Fernando Alonso	5	22.816 s
38	Nico Hülkenberg	6	22.856 s
38	Felipe Massa	4	23.258 s
38	Jenson Button	2	23.506 s
38	Nico Rosberg	2	24.547 s
38	Adrian Sutil	4	27.279 s
38	Vitaly Petrov	2	27.298 s
41	Bruno Senna	4	25.644 s
41	Karun Chandhok	4	28.359 s
46	Jaime Alguersuari	6	24.292 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Lewis Hamilton	13	1:42.061
2	Sebastian Vettel	14	1:42.358	+0.297
3	Mark Webber	14	1:42.609	+0.548
4	Jenson Button	14	1:42.886	+0.825
5	Nico Rosberg	14	1:43.245	+1.184
6	Robert Kubica	14	1:43.630	+1.569
7	Jaime Alguersuari	14	1:43.755	+1.694
8	Vitaly Petrov	14	1:43.801	+1.740
9	Fernando Alonso	14	1:44.134	+2.073
10	Michael Schumacher	14	1:44.298	+2.237

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 4. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 4
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Jenson Button	60	▲3
2	Nico Rosberg	50	▲3
3	Fernando Alonso	49	▼1
4	Lewis Hamilton	49	▲2
5	Sebastian Vettel	45	▼2
6	Felipe Massa	41	▼5
7	Robert Kubica	40
8	Mark Webber	28
9	Adrian Sutil	10
10	Michael Schumacher	10

Constructors' championship after round 4
Pos	Team	Points	Change
1	McLaren	109	▲1
2	Ferrari	90	▼1
3	Red Bull	73
4	Mercedes	60
5	Renault	46
6	Force India	18
7	Williams	6
8	Toro Rosso	2
9	Sauber	0
10	Lotus Racing	0