Race · Round 4 of 19 ·
2010 Chinese Grand Prix
Jenson Button won for McLaren from 5th on the grid at Shanghai International Circuit. 6 of the starters were not classified.
Wet · High of 21 °C, 3.1 mm of rain on the day (modelled, Open-Meteo)
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- Circuit
- Shanghai International CircuitShanghai, China
- Winner
- Jenson ButtonMcLaren
- Pole
- Sebastian Vettel
- Fastest lap
- Sir Lewis Hamilton
- 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 | 1:36.317 | 1:35.280 | 1:34.558 | — | 0 m | — |
| 2 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 1:35.978 | 1:35.100 | 1:34.806 | +0.248 | 14 m | +0.248 |
| 3 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | 1:35.987 | 1:35.235 | 1:34.913 | +0.355 | 20 m | +0.107 |
| 4 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:35.952 | 1:35.134 | 1:34.923 | +0.365 | 21 m | +0.010 |
| 5 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:36.122 | 1:35.443 | 1:34.979 | +0.421 | 24 m | +0.056 |
| 6 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:35.641 | 1:34.928 | 1:35.034 | +0.476 | 27 m | +0.055 |
| 7 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:36.076 | 1:35.290 | 1:35.180 | +0.622 | 36 m | +0.146 |
| 8 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:36.348 | 1:35.550 | 1:35.364 | +0.806 | 46 m | +0.184 |
| 9 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:36.484 | 1:35.715 | 1:35.646 | +1.088 | 63 m | +0.282 |
| 10 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:36.671 | 1:35.665 | 1:35.963 | +1.405 | 81 m | +0.317 |
| 11 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:36.664 | 1:35.748 | — | — | 47 m | — |
| 12 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:36.618 | 1:36.047 | — | — | 64 m | — |
| 13 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | 1:36.793 | 1:36.149 | — | — | 70 m | — |
| 14 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:37.031 | 1:36.311 | — | — | 79 m | — |
| 15 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 1:37.044 | 1:36.422 | — | — | 86 m | — |
| 16 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:37.049 | 1:36.647 | — | — | 99 m | — |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 22 | 1:37.050 | 1:37.020 | — | — | 120 m | — |
| 18 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | 1:37.161 | — | — | — | 87 m | — |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:39.278 | — | — | — | 207 m | — |
| 20 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 1:39.399 | — | — | — | 214 m | — |
| 21 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 1:39.520 | — | — | — | 221 m | — |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:39.783 | — | — | — | 236 m | — |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | 1:40.469 | — | — | — | 275 m | — |
| 24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 20 | 1:40.578 | — | — | — | 281 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nico Rosberg · Jenson Button | 4 · 5 | 3 · 1 | 20 · 20 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Jenson Button · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 5 · 6 | 1 · 2 | 20 · 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Kept their order |
| Nico Rosberg · Sir Lewis Hamilton | 4 · 6 | 3 · 2 | 20 · 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | Swapped places |
| Sir Lewis Hamilton · Felipe Massa | 6 · 7 | 2 · 9 | 2 · 2 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Fernando Alonso · Nico Rosberg | 3 · 4 | 4 · 3 | 2 · 20 | Fernando Alonso | Swapped places |
| Mark Webber · Fernando Alonso | 2 · 3 | 8 · 4 | 2 · 2 | Same lap | Swapped places |
| Fernando Alonso · Robert Kubica | 3 · 8 | 4 · 5 | 2 · 20 | Fernando Alonso | Kept their order |
| Sebastian Vettel · Robert Kubica | 1 · 8 | 6 · 5 | 2 · 20 | Sebastian Vettel | Swapped places |
| Felipe Massa · Robert Kubica | 7 · 8 | 9 · 5 | 2 · 20 | Felipe Massa | Swapped places |
| Robert Kubica · Michael Schumacher | 8 · 9 | 5 · 10 | 20 · 2 | Michael Schumacher | Kept their order |
| Sebastian Vettel · Vitaly Petrov | 1 · 14 | 6 · 7 | 2 · 20 | Sebastian Vettel | Kept their order |
| Sebastian Vettel · Mark Webber | 1 · 2 | 6 · 8 | 2 · 2 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Mark Webber · Vitaly Petrov | 2 · 14 | 8 · 7 | 2 · 20 | Mark Webber | Swapped places |
| Mark Webber · Felipe Massa | 2 · 7 | 8 · 9 | 2 · 2 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Felipe Massa · Michael Schumacher | 7 · 9 | 9 · 10 | 2 · 2 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Michael Schumacher · Adrian Sutil | 9 · 10 | 10 · 11 | 2 · 1 | Adrian Sutil | Kept their order |
| Adrian Sutil · Rubens Barrichello | 10 · 11 | 11 · 12 | 1 · 1 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Rubens Barrichello · Jaime Alguersuari | 11 · 12 | 12 · 13 | 1 · 1 | Same lap | Kept their order |
| Jaime Alguersuari · Heikki Kovalainen | 12 · 21 | 13 · 14 | 1 · 19 | Jaime Alguersuari | Kept their order |
| Nico Hulkenberg · Heikki Kovalainen | 16 · 21 | 15 · 14 | 2 · 19 | Nico Hulkenberg | Swapped places |
| Nico Hulkenberg · Bruno Senna | 16 · 23 | 15 · 16 | 2 · 2 | Same lap | 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 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:36.677 | — | 0 m | — | 15 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:36.748 | +0.071 | 4 m | +0.071 | 17 |
| 3 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:36.775 | +0.098 | 6 m | +0.027 | 19 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:37.509 | +0.832 | 47 m | +0.734 | 14 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 5 | 1:37.601 | +0.924 | 52 m | +0.092 | 20 |
| 6 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:37.716 | +1.039 | 59 m | +0.115 | 17 |
| 7 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:37.745 | +1.068 | 60 m | +0.029 | 25 |
| 8 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 1:37.980 | +1.303 | 73 m | +0.235 | 17 |
| 9 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:38.008 | +1.331 | 75 m | +0.028 | 13 |
| 10 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:38.098 | +1.421 | 80 m | +0.090 | 19 |
| 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:38.161 | +1.484 | 84 m | +0.063 | 19 |
| 12 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 1:38.375 | +1.698 | 96 m | +0.214 | 21 |
| 13 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 22 | 1:38.421 | +1.744 | 98 m | +0.046 | 19 |
| 14 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:38.569 | +1.892 | 107 m | +0.148 | 20 |
| 15 | Paul di Resta | Force India | 15 | 1:38.618 | +1.941 | 109 m | +0.049 | 26 |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:38.678 | +2.001 | 113 m | +0.060 | 17 |
| 17 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | 1:39.939 | +3.262 | 184 m | +1.261 | 5 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 1:41.531 | +4.854 | 274 m | +1.592 | 22 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 1:41.779 | +5.102 | 288 m | +0.248 | 23 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:41.830 | +5.153 | 291 m | +0.051 | 19 |
| 21 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:42.181 | +5.504 | 310 m | +0.351 | 27 |
| 22 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | 1:43.875 | +7.198 | 406 m | +1.694 | 23 |
| 23 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 20 | 1:43.949 | +7.272 | 410 m | +0.074 | 20 |
| 24 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | — | — | — | — | 6 |
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 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:35.217 | — | 0 m | — | 26 |
| 2 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:35.465 | +0.248 | 14 m | +0.248 | 22 |
| 3 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:35.593 | +0.376 | 22 m | +0.128 | 26 |
| 4 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:35.602 | +0.385 | 22 m | +0.009 | 28 |
| 5 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 5 | 1:35.791 | +0.574 | 33 m | +0.189 | 30 |
| 6 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 1:35.995 | +0.778 | 45 m | +0.204 | 29 |
| 7 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:36.254 | +1.037 | 59 m | +0.259 | 31 |
| 8 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:36.377 | +1.160 | 66 m | +0.123 | 43 |
| 9 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:36.389 | +1.172 | 67 m | +0.012 | 29 |
| 10 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | 1:36.604 | +1.387 | 79 m | +0.215 | 33 |
| 11 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:36.944 | +1.727 | 99 m | +0.340 | 36 |
| 12 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:36.986 | +1.769 | 101 m | +0.042 | 27 |
| 13 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 22 | 1:37.421 | +2.204 | 126 m | +0.435 | 32 |
| 14 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 1:37.431 | +2.214 | 127 m | +0.010 | 33 |
| 15 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:37.657 | +2.440 | 140 m | +0.226 | 30 |
| 16 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | 1:37.804 | +2.587 | 148 m | +0.147 | 31 |
| 17 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:37.867 | +2.650 | 152 m | +0.063 | 29 |
| 18 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 1:39.624 | +4.407 | 252 m | +1.757 | 35 |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 1:39.947 | +4.730 | 271 m | +0.323 | 30 |
| 20 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:40.233 | +5.016 | 287 m | +0.286 | 27 |
| 21 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 20 | 1:41.008 | +5.791 | 332 m | +0.775 | 32 |
| 22 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:41.107 | +5.890 | 337 m | +0.099 | 28 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | 1:41.345 | +6.128 | 351 m | +0.238 | 32 |
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 | Mark Webber | Red Bull Racing | 6 | 1:35.323 | — | 0 m | — | 16 |
| 2 | Sir Lewis Hamilton | McLaren | 2 | 1:35.564 | +0.241 | 14 m | +0.241 | 12 |
| 3 | Sebastian Vettel | Red Bull Racing | 5 | 1:35.691 | +0.368 | 21 m | +0.127 | 14 |
| 4 | Jenson Button | McLaren | 1 | 1:35.747 | +0.424 | 24 m | +0.056 | 14 |
| 5 | Fernando Alonso | Ferrari | 8 | 1:35.857 | +0.534 | 31 m | +0.110 | 13 |
| 6 | Nico Rosberg | Mercedes | 4 | 1:35.913 | +0.590 | 34 m | +0.056 | 12 |
| 7 | Michael Schumacher | Mercedes | 3 | 1:36.262 | +0.939 | 54 m | +0.349 | 10 |
| 8 | Robert Kubica | Renault | 11 | 1:36.343 | +1.020 | 58 m | +0.081 | 16 |
| 9 | Felipe Massa | Ferrari | 7 | 1:36.416 | +1.093 | 63 m | +0.073 | 11 |
| 10 | Kamui Kobayashi | Sauber | 23 | 1:36.634 | +1.311 | 75 m | +0.218 | 16 |
| 11 | Jaime Alguersuari | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 17 | 1:36.879 | +1.556 | 89 m | +0.245 | 17 |
| 12 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | Force India | 15 | 1:37.031 | +1.708 | 98 m | +0.152 | 16 |
| 13 | Sébastien Buemi | Scuderia Toro Rosso | 16 | 1:37.192 | +1.869 | 107 m | +0.161 | 18 |
| 14 | Adrian Sutil | Force India | 14 | 1:37.240 | +1.917 | 110 m | +0.048 | 18 |
| 15 | Vitaly Petrov | Renault | 12 | 1:37.339 | +2.016 | 115 m | +0.099 | 13 |
| 16 | Rubens Barrichello | Williams | 9 | 1:37.585 | +2.262 | 129 m | +0.246 | 13 |
| 17 | Pedro de la Rosa | Sauber | 22 | 1:37.664 | +2.341 | 134 m | +0.079 | 19 |
| 18 | Nico Hulkenberg | Williams | 10 | 1:37.784 | +2.461 | 141 m | +0.120 | 14 |
| 19 | Timo Glock | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 24 | 1:39.579 | +4.256 | 243 m | +1.795 | 15 |
| 20 | Heikki Kovalainen | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 19 | 1:39.616 | +4.293 | 245 m | +0.037 | 17 |
| 21 | Lucas di Grassi | Virgin Racing / Marussia / Manor | 25 | 1:39.749 | +4.426 | 253 m | +0.133 | 13 |
| 22 | Jarno Trulli | Caterham / Team Lotus (2010-14) | 18 | 1:39.776 | +4.453 | 255 m | +0.027 | 16 |
| 23 | Bruno Senna | HRT | 21 | 1:40.316 | +4.993 | 286 m | +0.540 | 19 |
| 24 | Karun Chandhok | HRT | 20 | 1:41.141 | +5.818 | 333 m | +0.825 | 18 |
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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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
Mercedes MGP W01
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Ferrari F10
Ferrari Bahrain 2010 · Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom · CC BY 2.0 · unchecked
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
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
Force India VJM03
Liuzzi Bahrain 2010 (cropped) · Liuzzi_Bahrain_2010.jpg : Andrew Griffith from United Kingdom 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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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 · 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
- 4 of 2010
- Grand Prix
- Chinese Grand Prix
- Dates
- Layout raced
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- Format
- Standard weekend
- Constructor
- McLaren
- Entrant
- McLaren-Mercedes
- 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.