Race · Round 1 of 19 ·
2010 Bahrain Grand Prix
Fernando Alonso won for Ferrari from 3rd on the grid at Bahrain International Circuit. 7 of the starters were not classified.
Dry · High of 28 °C, no rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)
How it is modelled
ERA5's reanalysis, through Open-Meteo, of the circuit's whole local day and not the race's hours, for the grid cell the circuit sits in and not the track, so a shower can be missing from it. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.
- Circuit
- Bahrain International CircuitSakhir, Bahrain
- Winner
- Fernando AlonsoFerrari
- Pole
- Sebastian Vettel
- Fastest lap
- Fernando Alonso
- Entries
- 2417 classified
Classification
F1DB, CC BY 4.0 · drawn by Jules Roy
The outline is F1DB’s, for every layout; the trace is OpenStreetMap’s, where it exists.
Grid to flag
Lines run from grid slot to result, ending at the last lap completed. A dashed line ending in a cross is a driver not classified. Nothing between is recorded, so a crossing is not an overtake at that lap.
Qualifying
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 5 | 1:55.029 | 1:53.883 | 1:54.101 | — | 0 m | — |
| 2 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:55.313 | 1:54.331 | 1:54.242 | +0.141 | 8 m | +0.141 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | 1:54.612 | 1:54.172 | 1:54.608 | +0.507 | 28 m | +0.366 |
| 4 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:55.341 | 1:54.707 | 1:55.217 | +1.116 | 62 m | +0.609 |
| 5 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:55.463 | 1:54.682 | 1:55.241 | +1.140 | 63 m | +0.024 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 1:55.298 | 1:54.318 | 1:55.284 | +1.183 | 65 m | +0.043 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:55.593 | 1:55.105 | 1:55.524 | +1.423 | 79 m | +0.240 |
| 8 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:55.715 | 1:55.168 | 1:55.672 | +1.571 | 87 m | +0.148 |
| 9 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:55.511 | 1:54.963 | 1:55.885 | +1.784 | 98 m | +0.213 |
| 10 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:55.213 | 1:54.996 | 1:56.309 | +2.208 | 122 m | +0.424 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:55.969 | 1:55.330 | — | — | 80 m | — |
| 12 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | 1:55.628 | 1:55.653 | — | — | 98 m | — |
| 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:56.375 | 1:55.857 | — | — | 109 m | — |
| 14 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 22 | 1:56.428 | 1:56.237 | — | — | 130 m | — |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | 1:56.189 | 1:56.265 | — | — | 132 m | — |
| 16 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 1:56.541 | 1:56.270 | — | — | 132 m | — |
| 17 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:56.167 | 1:56.619 | — | — | 151 m | — |
| 18 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:57.071 | — | — | — | 135 m | — |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:59.728 | — | — | — | 281 m | — |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 1:59.852 | — | — | — | 288 m | — |
| 21 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 2:00.313 | — | — | — | 313 m | — |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 2:00.587 | — | — | — | 328 m | — |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | 2:03.240 | — | — | — | 474 m | — |
| 24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 20 | 2:04.904 | — | — | — | 566 m | — |
Before knock-out qualifying arrived in 2006 there is one time per driver; from 2006, the best lap of each of the three sessions.
How it is derived: distance, Qualifying
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year. Each driver is measured against the fastest lap of the last part they set a time in.
Pit stops
Bars run in finishing order, ticked at each stop. An unticked bar may hide a stop: F1DB’s record has gaps. A cross is a driver not classified. Ticks and strip mark the lap, not cause, tyres or gain; the table gives times.
A pit-lane time is all of a stop’s time in the pit lane, any wait or repair there included.
Who stopped first, between neighbours
| Drivers, in grid order | Grid | Result | First recorded stop, lap | Stopped first | Grid to flag |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felipe Massa · Fernando Alonso | 2 · 3 | 2 · 1 | 17 · 16 | Fernando Alonso | Swapped places |
| Fernando Alonso · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 3 · 4 | 1 · 3 | 16 · 15 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Sebastian Vettel · Felipe Massa | 1 · 2 | 4 · 2 | 17 · 17 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Felipe Massa · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 2 · 4 | 2 · 3 | 17 · 15 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Sebastian Vettel · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 1 · 4 | 4 · 3 | 17 · 15 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Swapped places |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Nico Rosberg | 4 · 5 | 3 · 5 | 15 · 16 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Sebastian Vettel · Nico Rosberg | 1 · 5 | 4 · 5 | 17 · 16 | Nico Rosberg | Kept their order |
| Nico Rosberg · Michael Schumacher | 5 · 7 | 5 · 6 | 16 · 15 | Michael Schumacher | Kept their order |
| Nico Rosberg · Mark Webber | 5 · 6 | 5 · 8 | 16 · 16 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Mark Webber · Michael Schumacher | 6 · 7 | 8 · 6 | 16 · 15 | Michael Schumacher | Swapped places |
| Michael Schumacher · Jenson Button | 7 · 8 | 6 · 7 | 15 · 16 | Michael Schumacher | Kept their order |
| Mark Webber · Jenson Button | 6 · 8 | 8 · 7 | 16 · 16 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Jenson Button · Robert Kubica | 8 · 9 | 7 · 11 | 16 · 12 | Robert Kubica | Kept their order |
| Mark Webber · Vitantonio Liuzzi | 6 · 12 | 8 · 9 | 16 · 20 | Mark Webber | Kept their order |
| Rubens Barrichello · Vitantonio Liuzzi | 11 · 12 | 10 · 9 | 19 · 20 | Rubens Barrichello | Swapped places |
| Vitantonio Liuzzi · Nico Hulkenberg | 12 · 13 | 9 · 14 | 20 · 3 | Nico Hulkenberg | Kept their order |
| Robert Kubica · Rubens Barrichello | 9 · 11 | 11 · 10 | 12 · 19 | Robert Kubica | Swapped places |
| Adrian Sutil · Rubens Barrichello | 10 · 11 | 12 · 10 | 15 · 19 | Adrian Sutil | Swapped places |
| Robert Kubica · Adrian Sutil | 9 · 10 | 11 · 12 | 12 · 15 | Robert Kubica | Kept their order |
| Adrian Sutil · Jaime Alguersuari | 10 · 18 | 12 · 13 | 15 · 13 | Jaime Alguersuari | Kept their order |
| Nico Hulkenberg · Jaime Alguersuari | 13 · 18 | 14 · 13 | 3 · 13 | Nico Hulkenberg | Swapped places |
| Nico Hulkenberg · Heikki Kovalainen | 13 · 21 | 14 · 15 | 3 · 30 | Nico Hulkenberg | Kept their order |
| Sébastien Buemi · Heikki Kovalainen | 15 · 21 | 16 · 15 | 25 · 30 | Sébastien Buemi | Swapped places |
| Jarno Trulli · Heikki Kovalainen | 20 · 21 | 17 · 15 | 24 · 30 | Jarno Trulli | Swapped places |
| Sébastien Buemi · Jarno Trulli | 15 · 20 | 16 · 17 | 25 · 24 | Jarno Trulli | Kept their order |
Pairs of classified drivers who started or finished next to each other, each with a stop recorded; the two names in a row are in grid order. Both are read from the stops F1DB records, which has gaps. It is the order things happened in and no more: with no lap times, the record cannot say whether stopping first won or lost a place.
Practice sessions Practice 1 · Practice 2 · Practice 3
Practice 1
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:56.583 | — | 0 m | — | 18 |
| 2 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | 1:56.766 | +0.183 | 10 m | +0.183 | 18 |
| 3 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:57.041 | +0.458 | 25 m | +0.275 | 19 |
| 4 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:57.055 | +0.472 | 26 m | +0.014 | 19 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:57.068 | +0.485 | 26 m | +0.013 | 19 |
| 6 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:57.163 | +0.580 | 31 m | +0.095 | 19 |
| 7 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | 1:57.194 | +0.611 | 33 m | +0.031 | 19 |
| 8 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:57.199 | +0.616 | 33 m | +0.005 | 15 |
| 9 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 1:57.255 | +0.672 | 36 m | +0.056 | 17 |
| 10 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:57.662 | +1.079 | 58 m | +0.407 | 16 |
| 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:57.722 | +1.139 | 62 m | +0.060 | 18 |
| 12 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:57.894 | +1.311 | 71 m | +0.172 | 20 |
| 13 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 5 | 1:57.943 | +1.360 | 73 m | +0.049 | 17 |
| 14 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | 1:58.399 | +1.816 | 98 m | +0.456 | 13 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:58.782 | +2.199 | 119 m | +0.383 | 11 |
| 16 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:58.880 | +2.297 | 124 m | +0.098 | 13 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 22 | 2:00.250 | +3.667 | 198 m | +1.370 | 18 |
| 18 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 2:01.388 | +4.805 | 260 m | +1.138 | 11 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 2:03.680 | +7.097 | 383 m | +2.292 | 8 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 2:03.848 | +7.265 | 393 m | +0.168 | 21 |
| 21 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 2:03.970 | +7.387 | 399 m | +0.122 | 15 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 1
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Practice 2
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:55.409 | — | 0 m | — | 23 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:55.854 | +0.445 | 24 m | +0.445 | 22 |
| 3 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:55.903 | +0.494 | 27 m | +0.049 | 23 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:56.076 | +0.667 | 36 m | +0.173 | 28 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 5 | 1:56.459 | +1.050 | 57 m | +0.383 | 18 |
| 6 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:56.501 | +1.092 | 60 m | +0.042 | 26 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:56.555 | +1.146 | 63 m | +0.054 | 30 |
| 8 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:56.750 | +1.341 | 73 m | +0.195 | 26 |
| 9 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | 1:57.140 | +1.731 | 94 m | +0.390 | 25 |
| 10 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 22 | 1:57.255 | +1.846 | 101 m | +0.115 | 24 |
| 11 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 1:57.352 | +1.943 | 106 m | +0.097 | 27 |
| 12 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:57.361 | +1.952 | 107 m | +0.009 | 29 |
| 13 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:57.452 | +2.043 | 112 m | +0.091 | 21 |
| 14 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | 1:57.833 | +2.424 | 132 m | +0.381 | 29 |
| 15 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:58.155 | +2.746 | 150 m | +0.322 | 29 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:59.799 | +4.390 | 240 m | +1.644 | 31 |
| 17 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 2:00.444 | +5.035 | 275 m | +0.645 | 12 |
| 18 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 2:00.873 | +5.464 | 298 m | +0.429 | 23 |
| 19 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 2:00.990 | +5.581 | 305 m | +0.117 | 14 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 2:02.037 | +6.628 | 362 m | +1.047 | 3 |
| 21 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 2:02.188 | +6.779 | 370 m | +0.151 | 21 |
| 22 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | 2:06.968 | +11.559 | 631 m | +4.780 | 17 |
| 23 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 2
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Practice 3
| Pos | Driver | Constructor | No. | Best lap | Gap | ≈ Distance | Interval | Laps |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | 1:54.099 | — | 0 m | — | 14 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:54.368 | +0.269 | 15 m | +0.269 | 13 |
| 3 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 1:54.500 | +0.401 | 22 m | +0.132 | 15 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:54.533 | +0.434 | 24 m | +0.033 | 13 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 5 | 1:54.646 | +0.547 | 30 m | +0.113 | 16 |
| 6 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:54.739 | +0.640 | 35 m | +0.093 | 14 |
| 7 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:55.000 | +0.901 | 50 m | +0.261 | 14 |
| 8 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:55.331 | +1.232 | 68 m | +0.331 | 15 |
| 9 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | 1:55.432 | +1.333 | 74 m | +0.101 | 11 |
| 10 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:55.461 | +1.362 | 75 m | +0.029 | 13 |
| 11 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:55.521 | +1.422 | 79 m | +0.060 | 13 |
| 12 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:55.860 | +1.761 | 97 m | +0.339 | 8 |
| 13 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 22 | 1:56.063 | +1.964 | 108 m | +0.203 | 14 |
| 14 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:56.259 | +2.160 | 119 m | +0.196 | 15 |
| 15 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | 1:56.295 | +2.196 | 121 m | +0.036 | 17 |
| 16 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:56.504 | +2.405 | 133 m | +0.209 | 16 |
| 17 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 1:56.530 | +2.431 | 134 m | +0.026 | 14 |
| 18 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:56.811 | +2.712 | 150 m | +0.281 | 16 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:59.173 | +5.074 | 280 m | +2.362 | 10 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 1:59.789 | +5.690 | 314 m | +0.616 | 15 |
| 21 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 2:01.259 | +7.160 | 395 m | +1.470 | 5 |
| 22 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | 2:04.001 | +9.902 | 547 m | +2.742 | 11 |
| 23 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.
How it is derived: distance, Practice 3
Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.
Photographs from this race
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The cars in this race
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Ferrari F10
Ferrari Bahrain 2010 · Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
McLaren MP4-25
Jenson Button Bahrain 2010 cropped · Jenson_Button_Bahrain_2010.jpg : Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Red Bull RB6
Vettel Bahrain 2010 (cropped) · Vettel_Bahrain_2010.jpg : Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Mercedes MGP W01
Nico Rosberg 2010 Bahrain · Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Force India VJM03
Liuzzi Bahrain 2010 (cropped) · Liuzzi_Bahrain_2010.jpg : Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Williams FW32
Barrichello Malaysian GP 2010 (cropped) · Barrichello_Malaysian_GP_2010.jpg : Joost Rooijmans from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · uncheckedA photograph marked unchecked has a file name that does not name the car it is shown for. Most are still the right car, filed under the driver rather than the machine — but nobody has confirmed these one by one.
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Renault R30
Kubica Bahrain Grand Prix 2010 (cropped) · Kubica_Bahrain_Grand_Prix_2010.jpg : Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Toro Rosso STR5
Toro Rosso STR5 Bahrain 2010 (cropped) · Toro_Rosso_STR5_Bahrain_2010.jpg : Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0
Lotus T127
Lotus in Bahrain (cropped) 2010 · Lotus_in_Bahrain.jpg : Andrew® derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Sauber C29
Sauber Bahrain 2010 · Sauber Bahrain 2010 02.jpg : Andrew® derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
Virgin VR-01
Virgin Bahrain 2010 (cropped) · Virgin_Bahrain_2010.jpg : Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom derivative work: Chubbennaitor ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0 · uncheckedWhere this comes from
- Round
- 1 of 2010
- Grand Prix
- Bahrain Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
- Endurance circuit · 6.299 km · 23 turns
- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- Ferrari
- Entrant
- Ferrari
- Confidence
- reference
The layout raced and its figures are this register’s, from its own sources; the figures under the race’s drawing are F1DB’s, and at some circuits the two disagree.