Race · Round 16 of 19 · 10 October 2010

2010 Japanese Grand Prix

Sebastian Vettel won for Red Bull Racing from pole at Suzuka Circuit. 6 of the starters were not classified.

Dry · High of 24 °C, 12.6 mm of 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: Suzuka CircuitSuzuka, Japan
Winner: Sebastian VettelRed Bull Racing
Pole: Sebastian Vettel
Fastest lap: Mark Webber
Entries: 2417 classified

Two sources disagree about this race

Conditions

dryagainst12.6 mm of rain on the day, modelled

The race's Wikipedia article's words are read as dry: by data/harvest.py's rule, which finds no rain, showers or wet track in them, or by a reading declared there (race_weather_reported holds the words). ERA5's reanalysis of 10 October 2010, through Open-Meteo, holds 12.6 mm of rain over 6 hours of that day in the grid cell the circuit is in - a heavy-precipitation day, 10 mm or more. A daily total cannot say whether the rain fell during the race, and a grid cell is not the track, so neither is overruled. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Japanese_Grand_Prix; weather data by Open-Meteo.com, https://open-meteo.com/

Recorded rather than resolved, and open for somebody to settle. Every one is listed on the quality page. If you can settle it against a source that can be checked, report what you have.

Classification

Classification
Pos	Driver	Constructor	Chassis	Grid	Laps	Out	Points	FL
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	RB6	1	53	Finished	25
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	RB6	2	53	Finished	18	fastest lap
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	F10	4	53	Finished	15
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	MP4-25	5	53	Finished	12
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	MP4-25	8	53	Finished	10
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	MGP W01	10	53	Finished	8
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	C29	14	53	Finished	6
8	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	C29	11	53	Finished	4
9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	FW32	7	53	Finished	2
10	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR5	18	53	Finished	1
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	STR5	16	52	Finished	0
12	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T127	20	52	Finished	0
13	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	T127	19	51	Finished	0
14	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	VR-01	22	51	Finished	0
15	Bruno Senna	HRT	F110	23	51	Finished	0
16	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	F110	24	50	Finished	0
17	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	MGP W01	6	47	Wheel	0
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	VJM03	15	44	Engine	0
DNF	Robert Kubica	Renault	R30	3	2	Wheel	0
DNF	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams	FW32	9	0	Collision	0
DNF	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	F10	12	0	Collision	0
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	R30	13	0	Collision	0
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	VJM03	17	0	Collision	0
DNS	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	VR-01	21	—	Accident	0

F1DB layout suzuka-2 · 5.807 km · 18 turns, F1DB’s figures
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.

Grid to flag
Driver	Grid	Result	Laps
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	53
Mark Webber	2	2	53
Fernando Alonso	4	3	53
Jenson Button	5	4	53
Sir Lewis Hamilton	8	5	53
Michael Schumacher	10	6	53
Kamui Kobayashi	14	7	53
Nick Heidfeld	11	8	53
Rubens Barrichello	7	9	53
Sébastien Buemi	18	10	53
Jaime Alguersuari	16	11	52
Heikki Kovalainen	20	12	52
Jarno Trulli	19	13	51
Timo Glock	22	14	51
Bruno Senna	23	15	51
Sakon Yamamoto	24	16	50
Nico Rosberg	6	17	47
Adrian Sutil	15	DNF	44
Robert Kubica	3	DNF	2
Nico Hulkenberg	9	DNF	0
Felipe Massa	12	DNF	0
Vitaly Petrov	13	DNF	0
Vitantonio Liuzzi	17	DNF	0

Qualifying

Qualifying
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	5	1:32.035	1:31.184	1:30.785	—	0 m	—
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	6	1:32.476	1:31.241	1:30.853	+0.068	4 m	+0.068
3	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	1:32.809	1:31.523	1:31.169	+0.384	25 m	+0.316
4	Robert Kubica	Renault	11	1:32.808	1:32.042	1:31.231	+0.446	29 m	+0.062
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	8	1:32.555	1:31.819	1:31.352	+0.567	36 m	+0.121
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	1	1:32.636	1:31.763	1:31.378	+0.593	38 m	+0.026
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	4	1:32.238	1:31.886	1:31.494	+0.709	45 m	+0.116
8	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	9	1:32.361	1:31.874	1:31.535	+0.750	48 m	+0.041
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams	10	1:32.211	1:31.926	1:31.559	+0.774	50 m	+0.024
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	3	1:32.513	1:32.073	1:31.846	+1.061	68 m	+0.287
11	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	22	1:33.011	1:32.187	—	—	64 m	—
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	7	1:32.721	1:32.321	—	—	72 m	—
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	12	1:32.849	1:32.422	—	—	79 m	—
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	23	1:32.783	1:32.427	—	—	79 m	—
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:33.186	1:32.659	—	—	94 m	—
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:33.471	1:33.071	—	—	120 m	—
17	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	15	1:33.216	1:33.154	—	—	125 m	—
18	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:33.568	—	—	—	97 m	—
19	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	18	1:35.346	—	—	—	209 m	—
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	19	1:35.464	—	—	—	216 m	—
21	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:36.265	—	—	—	267 m	—
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:36.332	—	—	—	271 m	—
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	21	1:37.270	—	—	—	330 m	—
24	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	20	1:37.365	—	—	—	336 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

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.

Pit stops
Driver	Result	Laps	Stops recorded	Stopped on lap	Pit-lane time (s)
Sebastian Vettel	1	53	1	24	21.9
Mark Webber	2	53	1	25	22.1
Fernando Alonso	3	53	1	24	21.7
Jenson Button	4	53	1	38	21.3
Sir Lewis Hamilton	5	53	1	22	21.4
Michael Schumacher	6	53	1	23	21.3
Kamui Kobayashi	7	53	1	38	21.4
Nick Heidfeld	8	53	1	18	21.7
Rubens Barrichello	9	53	1	20	23.5
Sébastien Buemi	10	53	1	28	21.7
Jaime Alguersuari	11	52	2	21, 44	21.5, 27.3
Heikki Kovalainen	12	52	1	35	22.4
Jarno Trulli	13	51	1	1	22.6
Timo Glock	14	51	2	1, 2	23.4, 21.8
Bruno Senna	15	51	1	1	24.3
Sakon Yamamoto	16	50	1	31	23.5
Nico Rosberg	17	47	1	1	21.4
Adrian Sutil	DNF	44	1	18	23.4
Robert Kubica	DNF	2	0	None recorded	—
Nico Hulkenberg	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Felipe Massa	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Vitaly Petrov	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—
Vitantonio Liuzzi	DNF	0	0	None recorded	—

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

Who stopped first, between neighbours
Drivers, in grid order	Grid	Result	First recorded stop, lap	Stopped first	Grid to flag
Sebastian Vettel · Mark Webber	1 · 2	1 · 2	24 · 25	Sebastian Vettel	Kept their order
Mark Webber · Fernando Alonso	2 · 4	2 · 3	25 · 24	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Fernando Alonso · Jenson Button	4 · 5	3 · 4	24 · 38	Fernando Alonso	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Sir Lewis Hamilton	5 · 8	4 · 5	38 · 22	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Jenson Button · Nico Rosberg	5 · 6	4 · 17	38 · 1	Nico Rosberg	Kept their order
Rubens Barrichello · Sir Lewis Hamilton	7 · 8	9 · 5	20 · 22	Rubens Barrichello	Swapped places
Sir Lewis Hamilton · Michael Schumacher	8 · 10	5 · 6	22 · 23	Sir Lewis Hamilton	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Kamui Kobayashi	10 · 14	6 · 7	23 · 38	Michael Schumacher	Kept their order
Michael Schumacher · Nick Heidfeld	10 · 11	6 · 8	23 · 18	Nick Heidfeld	Kept their order
Nick Heidfeld · Kamui Kobayashi	11 · 14	8 · 7	18 · 38	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Nick Heidfeld	7 · 11	9 · 8	20 · 18	Nick Heidfeld	Swapped places
Nico Rosberg · Rubens Barrichello	6 · 7	17 · 9	1 · 20	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places
Rubens Barrichello · Sébastien Buemi	7 · 18	9 · 10	20 · 28	Rubens Barrichello	Kept their order
Jaime Alguersuari · Sébastien Buemi	16 · 18	11 · 10	21 · 28	Jaime Alguersuari	Swapped places
Sébastien Buemi · Jarno Trulli	18 · 19	10 · 13	28 · 1	Jarno Trulli	Kept their order
Jaime Alguersuari · Heikki Kovalainen	16 · 20	11 · 12	21 · 35	Jaime Alguersuari	Kept their order
Jarno Trulli · Heikki Kovalainen	19 · 20	13 · 12	1 · 35	Jarno Trulli	Swapped places
Jarno Trulli · Timo Glock	19 · 22	13 · 14	1 · 1	Same lap	Kept their order
Timo Glock · Bruno Senna	22 · 23	14 · 15	1 · 1	Same lap	Kept their order
Bruno Senna · Sakon Yamamoto	23 · 24	15 · 16	1 · 31	Bruno Senna	Kept their order
Nico Rosberg · Sakon Yamamoto	6 · 24	17 · 16	1 · 31	Nico Rosberg	Swapped places

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

Practice 1
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	5	1:32.585	—	0 m	—	23
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	6	1:32.633	+0.048	3 m	+0.048	23
3	Robert Kubica	Renault	11	1:33.129	+0.544	34 m	+0.496	23
4	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:33.639	+1.054	66 m	+0.510	13
5	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	1:33.643	+1.058	66 m	+0.004	9
6	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	9	1:33.677	+1.092	68 m	+0.034	21
7	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams	10	1:33.707	+1.122	70 m	+0.030	24
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	3	1:33.739	+1.154	72 m	+0.032	20
9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	22	1:33.791	+1.206	76 m	+0.052	23
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	4	1:33.831	+1.246	78 m	+0.040	9
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	7	1:33.929	+1.344	84 m	+0.098	25
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	1	1:34.042	+1.457	91 m	+0.113	19
13	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	8	1:34.169	+1.584	99 m	+0.127	23
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	23	1:34.271	+1.686	106 m	+0.102	19
15	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	12	1:34.373	+1.788	112 m	+0.102	24
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	15	1:34.379	+1.794	113 m	+0.006	21
17	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:34.991	+2.406	151 m	+0.612	26
18	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:35.684	+3.099	194 m	+0.693	22
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	19	1:36.949	+4.364	274 m	+1.265	25
20	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:37.329	+4.744	298 m	+0.380	17
21	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	18	1:37.388	+4.803	301 m	+0.059	23
22	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:37.778	+5.193	326 m	+0.390	23
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	21	1:38.814	+6.229	391 m	+1.036	28
24	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	20	1:39.443	+6.858	430 m	+0.629	26

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 2

Practice 2
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	5	1:31.465	—	0 m	—	32
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	6	1:31.860	+0.395	25 m	+0.395	29
3	Robert Kubica	Renault	11	1:32.200	+0.735	47 m	+0.340	32
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	8	1:32.362	+0.897	57 m	+0.162	34
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	7	1:32.519	+1.054	67 m	+0.157	35
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	1	1:32.533	+1.068	68 m	+0.014	28
7	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	12	1:32.703	+1.238	79 m	+0.170	32
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	3	1:32.831	+1.366	87 m	+0.128	27
9	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	1:32.842	+1.377	87 m	+0.011	26
10	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams	10	1:32.851	+1.386	88 m	+0.009	26
11	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	4	1:32.880	+1.415	90 m	+0.029	26
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	23	1:33.471	+2.006	127 m	+0.591	31
13	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	1:33.481	+2.016	128 m	+0.010	8
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	9	1:33.564	+2.099	133 m	+0.083	16
15	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	22	1:33.697	+2.232	142 m	+0.133	33
16	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	1:34.005	+2.540	161 m	+0.308	32
17	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:34.055	+2.590	164 m	+0.050	37
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	15	1:34.310	+2.845	181 m	+0.255	33
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	19	1:36.095	+4.630	294 m	+1.785	37
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	18	1:36.333	+4.868	309 m	+0.238	33
21	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	1:36.630	+5.165	328 m	+0.297	28
22	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	1:36.834	+5.369	341 m	+0.204	28
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	21	1:37.352	+5.887	374 m	+0.518	33
24	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	20	1:37.831	+6.366	404 m	+0.479	34

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

Practice 3

Practice 3
Pos	Driver	Constructor	No.	Best lap	Gap	≈ Distance	Interval	Laps
1	Jaime Alguersuari	Scuderia Toro Rosso	17	1:55.902	—	0 m	—	9
2	Timo Glock	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	24	2:07.497	+11.595	581 m	+11.595	6
3	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor	25	—	—	—	—	1
4	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	20	—	—	—	—	1
5	Bruno Senna	HRT	21	—	—	—	—	1
6	Sébastien Buemi	Scuderia Toro Rosso	16	—	—	—	—	4
7	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	22	—	—	—	—	1
8	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	7	—	—	—	—	1
9	Nico Hulkenberg	Williams	10	—	—	—	—	2
10	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	9	—	—	—	—	1
11	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	23	—	—	—	—	1
12	Heikki Kovalainen	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	19	—	—	—	—	1
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	4	—	—	—	—	1
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	15	—	—	—	—	1
15	Mark Webber	Red Bull Racing	6	—	—	—	—	1
16	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	3	—	—	—	—	1
17	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	8	—	—	—	—	1
18	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	12	—	—	—	—	1
19	Jenson Button	McLaren	1	—	—	—	—	3
20	Jarno Trulli	Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14)	18	—	—	—	—	1
21	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull Racing	5	—	—	—	—	1
22	Adrian Sutil	Force India	14	—	—	—	—	1
23	Robert Kubica	Renault	11	—	—	—	—	2
24	Sir Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2	—	—	—	—	3

Each driver’s best lap of the session and the laps they ran: a classification, not lap timing.

How it is derived: distance

Distance at the session-best lap’s average speed, on the layout raced that year.

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Where this comes from

Round: 16 of 2010
Grand Prix: Japanese Grand Prix
Dates: 10 Oct 2010
Layout raced: —
Format: Standard weekend
Constructor: Red Bull Racing
Entrant: Red Bull-Renault
Confidence: reference

No layout is recorded for this round: this register has no layout timeline for the circuit, and a blank here is better than a guess.