Japanese Grand Prix 2010

Suzuka
10 October 2010
53 laps
307.6 km
5.807 km a lap

Pole positionSebastian VettelRed Bull · 1:30.785
Fastest lapMark Webber1:33.474 · lap 53
Winner started fromP1on the grid

Result

Pos	Driver	No.	Team · engine	Grid	Laps	Time / reason	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	5	Red Bull · Renault	1	53	1:30:27.323	25
2	Mark Webberfastest lap	6	Red Bull · Renault	2	53	+0.905	18
3	Fernando Alonso	8	Ferrari	4	53	+2.721	15
4	Jenson Button	1	McLaren · Mercedes	5	53	+13.522	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	2	McLaren · Mercedes	8	53	+39.595	10
6	Michael Schumacher	3	Mercedes	10	53	+59.933	8
7	Kamui Kobayashi	23	Sauber · Ferrari	14	53	+1:04.038	6
8	Nick Heidfeld	22	Sauber · Ferrari	11	53	+1:09.648	4
9	Rubens Barrichello	9	Williams · Cosworth	7	53	+1:10.846	2
10	Sébastien Buemi	16	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	18	53	+1:12.806	1
11	Jaime Alguersuari	17	Toro Rosso · Ferrari	16	52	+1 lap
12	Heikki Kovalainen	19	Lotus Racing · Cosworth	20	52	+1 lap
13	Jarno Trulli	18	Lotus Racing · Cosworth	19	51	+2 laps
14	Timo Glock	24	Virgin · Cosworth	22	51	+2 laps
15	Bruno Senna	21	HRT · Cosworth	23	51	+2 laps
16	Sakon Yamamoto	20	HRT · Cosworth	24	50	+3 laps
17	Nico Rosberg	4	Mercedes	6	47	Wheel
DNF	Adrian Sutil	14	Force India · Mercedes	15	44	Engine
DNF	Robert Kubica	11	Renault	3	2	Wheel
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	10	Williams · Cosworth	9	0	Collision
DNF	Felipe Massa	7	Ferrari	12	0	Collision
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	12	Renault	13	0	Collision
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	15	Force India · Mercedes	17	0	Collision
DNS	Lucas di Grassi	25	Virgin · Cosworth	21		Accident

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: Sebastian Vettel 39, Jenson Button 13, Mark Webber 1. Lap data from Jolpica-F1; it exists from 1996 on.

Show as a table

Driver	Grid	Lap 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Finish	Laps led
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	2	1	1	39
Mark Webber	2	2	3	2	2	1
Fernando Alonso	4	3	4	3	3
Jenson Button	5	4	1	5	4	13
Lewis Hamilton	8	5	5	4	5
Michael Schumacher	10	6	9	7	6
Kamui Kobayashi	14	10	6	12	7
Nick Heidfeld	11	8	10	8	8
Rubens Barrichello	7	7	11	9	9
Sébastien Buemi	18	12	7	13	10
Jaime Alguersuari	16	11	13	11	11
Heikki Kovalainen	20	14	14	14	12
Jarno Trulli	19	16	15	15	13
Timo Glock	22	17	17	16	14
Bruno Senna	23	18	18	17	15
Sakon Yamamoto	24	15	16	18	16
Nico Rosberg	6	13	8	6	17
Adrian Sutil	15	9	12	10	out
Robert Kubica	3	–	–	–	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 75 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 13	Lap 27	Lap 40	Last lap
Sebastian Vettel	0.0	+3.6	0.0	0.0
Mark Webber	+2.2	+7.5	+2.1	+0.9
Fernando Alonso	+5.9	+14.1	+4.2	+2.7
Jenson Button	+8.4	0.0	+17.2	+13.5
Lewis Hamilton	+9.4	+17.6	+10.7	+39.6
Michael Schumacher	+13.2	+32.0	+40.4	+59.9
Kamui Kobayashi	+21.3	+22.8	+49.7	+64.0
Nick Heidfeld	+18.5	+34.0	+42.4	+69.6
Rubens Barrichello	+17.2	+37.5	+45.6	+70.8
Sébastien Buemi	+22.4	+28.1	+52.2	+72.8
Jaime Alguersuari	+21.9	+41.8	+48.3	+101.0
Heikki Kovalainen	+34.0	+67.5	+130.1	+195.6
Jarno Trulli	+47.2	+82.9	+149.2	+253.2
Timo Glock	+47.6	+122.0	+208.4	+283.4
Bruno Senna	+50.7	+126.0	+210.2	+285.0
Sakon Yamamoto	+46.9	+121.6	+228.1	+326.5
Nico Rosberg	+23.3	+31.7	+40.2	+54.0
Adrian Sutil	+19.3	+40.5	+47.2	out
Robert Kubica	–	–	–	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	1:32.035	1:31.184	1:30.785
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:32.476	1:31.241	1:30.853
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:32.809	1:31.523	1:31.169
4	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:32.808	1:32.042	1:31.231
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:32.555	1:31.819	1:31.352
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:32.636	1:31.763	1:31.378
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:32.238	1:31.886	1:31.494
8	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:32.361	1:31.874	1:31.535
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:32.211	1:31.926	1:31.559
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:32.513	1:32.073	1:31.846
11	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:33.011	1:32.187
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:32.721	1:32.321
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:32.849	1:32.422
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:32.783	1:32.427
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:33.186	1:32.659
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:33.471	1:33.071
17	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:33.216	1:33.154
18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:33.568
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:35.346
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:35.464
21	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	1:36.265
22	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:36.332
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	1:37.270
24	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	1:37.365

Grid penalties

Why the starting grid differs from the qualifying order.

Driver	Qualified	Started	Penalty
Lewis Hamilton	P3	P8	5 places – 5

Pit stops

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

Driver	Stops	On laps	Fastest
Jenson Button	1	38	21.252 s
Michael Schumacher	1	23	21.261 s
Kamui Kobayashi	1	38	21.427 s
Nico Rosberg	1	1	21.447 s
Lewis Hamilton	1	22	21.448 s
Nick Heidfeld	1	18	21.654 s
Sébastien Buemi	1	28	21.691 s
Fernando Alonso	1	24	21.705 s
Sebastian Vettel	1	24	21.900 s
Mark Webber	1	25	22.071 s
Heikki Kovalainen	1	35	22.412 s
Jarno Trulli	1	1	22.569 s
Adrian Sutil	1	18	23.375 s
Sakon Yamamoto	1	31	23.540 s
Rubens Barrichello	1	20	23.546 s
Bruno Senna	1	1	24.272 s
Jaime Alguersuari	2	21, 44	21.505 s
Timo Glock	2	1, 2	21.822 s

Every stop, lap by lap (20)

Lap	Driver	Stop	Time
1	Nico Rosberg	1	21.447 s
1	Jarno Trulli	1	22.569 s
1	Timo Glock	1	23.414 s
1	Bruno Senna	1	24.272 s
2	Timo Glock	2	21.822 s
18	Nick Heidfeld	1	21.654 s
18	Adrian Sutil	1	23.375 s
20	Rubens Barrichello	1	23.546 s
21	Jaime Alguersuari	1	21.505 s
22	Lewis Hamilton	1	21.448 s
23	Michael Schumacher	1	21.261 s
24	Fernando Alonso	1	21.705 s
24	Sebastian Vettel	1	21.900 s
25	Mark Webber	1	22.071 s
28	Sébastien Buemi	1	21.691 s
31	Sakon Yamamoto	1	23.540 s
35	Heikki Kovalainen	1	22.412 s
38	Jenson Button	1	21.252 s
38	Kamui Kobayashi	1	21.427 s
44	Jaime Alguersuari	2	27.296 s

Fastest laps

Each driver's quickest lap of the race.

Pos	Driver	Lap	Time	Gap
1	Mark Webber	53	1:33.474
2	Jenson Button	53	1:33.529	+0.055
3	Sebastian Vettel	51	1:33.653	+0.179
4	Fernando Alonso	53	1:33.823	+0.349
5	Jaime Alguersuari	49	1:34.365	+0.891
6	Kamui Kobayashi	50	1:34.486	+1.012
7	Michael Schumacher	52	1:34.853	+1.379
8	Sébastien Buemi	52	1:35.116	+1.642
9	Lewis Hamilton	35	1:35.182	+1.708
10	Nick Heidfeld	52	1:35.521	+2.047

Championship after this race

The official standings after round 16. Arrows show the change against the round before.

The whole season

Drivers' championship after round 16
Pos	Driver	Points	Change
1	Mark Webber	220
2	Fernando Alonso	206
3	Sebastian Vettel	206	▲1
4	Lewis Hamilton	192	▼1
5	Jenson Button	189
6	Felipe Massa	128
7	Nico Rosberg	122
8	Robert Kubica	114
9	Michael Schumacher	54	▲1
10	Adrian Sutil	47	▼1

Constructors' championship after round 16
Pos	Team	Points
1	Red Bull	426
2	McLaren	381
3	Ferrari	334
4	Mercedes	176
5	Renault	133
6	Force India	60
7	Williams	58
8	Sauber	37
9	Toro Rosso	11
10	Lotus Racing	0