China 2010: Race analysis

At a glance

Results

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Gap
1	Vettel	Red Bull	1:36.317	1:35.280	1:34.558
2	Webber	Red Bull	1:35.978	1:35.100	1:34.806	+0.248
3	Alonso	Ferrari	1:35.987	1:35.235	1:34.913	+0.355
4	Rosberg	Mercedes	1:35.952	1:35.134	1:34.923	+0.365
5	Button	McLaren	1:36.122	1:35.443	1:34.979	+0.421
6	Hamilton	McLaren	1:35.641	1:34.928	1:35.034	+0.476
7	Massa	Ferrari	1:36.076	1:35.290	1:35.180	+0.622
8	Kubica	Renault	1:36.348	1:35.550	1:35.364	+0.806
9	Schumacher	Mercedes	1:36.484	1:35.715	1:35.646	+1.088
10	Sutil	Force India	1:36.671	1:35.665	1:35.963	+1.405
11	Barrichello	Williams	1:36.664	1:35.748		+0.820
12	Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:36.618	1:36.047		+1.119
13	Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:36.793	1:36.149		+1.221
14	Petrov	Renault	1:37.031	1:36.311		+1.383
15	Kobayashi	Sauber	1:37.044	1:36.422		+1.494
16	Hülkenberg	Williams	1:37.049	1:36.647		+1.719
17	De la Rosa	Sauber	1:37.050	1:37.020		+2.092
18	Liuzzi	Force India	1:37.161			+1.520
19	Glock	Virgin	1:39.278			+3.637
20	Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:39.399			+3.758
21	Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:39.520			+3.879
22	Di Grassi	Virgin	1:39.783			+4.142
23	Senna	HRT	1:40.469			+4.828
24	Chandhok	HRT	1:40.578			+4.937

Gap to the fastest time in the last session the driver took part in. Yellow: fastest time of the session.

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	Laps	Gap	Stops	Engine
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	5	56	1:46:42.163	2	Mercedes
2	Lewis HamiltonFastest lap	McLaren	6	56	+1.530	4	Mercedes
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	4	56	+9.484	2	Mercedes
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	3	56	+11.869	5	Ferrari
5	Robert Kubica	Renault	8	56	+22.213	2	Renault
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1	56	+33.310	4	Renault
7	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	14	56	+47.600	2	Renault
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull	2	56	+52.172	4	Renault
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	7	56	+57.796	4	Ferrari
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	9	56	+1:01.749	4	Mercedes
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	10	56	+1:02.874	4	Mercedes
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	11	56	+1:03.665	4	Cosworth
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	12	56	+1:11.416	6	Ferrari
14	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	21	55	+1 lap	2	Cosworth
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	16	55	+1 lap	6	Cosworth
16	Bruno Senna	HRT	23	54	+2 laps	4	Cosworth
17	Karun Chandhok	HRT	PL	52	+4 laps	4	Cosworth
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	20	26	Hydraulics	4	Cosworth
DNF	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	22	8	Clutch	0	Cosworth
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	17	7	Engine	0	Ferrari
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	13	0	Collision	0	Ferrari
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	15	0	Collision	0	Ferrari
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	18	0	Collision	0	Mercedes
DNS	Timo Glock	Virgin	19		Engine	0	Cosworth

Starting grid vs qualifying

Chandhok Qualified 24, started PL

Penalties and pit lane starts. Everyone else moves up accordingly.

Race

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Places gained

Petrov14→7+7
Kovalainen21→14+7
Senna23→16+7
ChandhokPL→17+7
Button5→1+4
Hamilton6→2+4
Kubica8→5+3
Rosberg4→3+1
Hülkenberg16→15+1
Alonso3→4-1
Schumacher9→10-1
Sutil10→11-1
Barrichello11→12-1
Alguersuari12→13-1
Massa7→9-2
Vettel1→6-5
Webber2→8-6

PL: started from the pit lane. Retired drivers are listed below.

Fastest pit stops

1Trulli13.791R21
2Alonso13.886R5
3Sutil21.722R6
4Schumacher21.763R19
5Massa22.047R6
6Alguersuari22.224R11
7Alonso22.238R2
8Schumacher22.397R2
9Sutil22.432R1
10Barrichello22.476R37

Time in the pit lane from entry to exit, in seconds.

Stints of the top 10

Button2018182 stops
Hamilton231517194 stops
Rosberg2018182 stops
Alonso2311319185 stops
Kubica2017192 stops
Vettel231517194 stops
Petrov2018182 stops
Webber241316214 stops
Massa241319184 stops
Schumacher221517204 stops

Stint length in laps, worked out from the pit stops. Which tyre compound was used per stint needs a licence for timing data, so it is not shown here. Lapped drivers covered fewer laps, so their bar ends earlier.

Retirements

This race in history

6 races here since 2004Won from pole: 4 of 6

Win from furthest back (P6): Michael Schumacher 2006

Previous winners here

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Statistics: F1DB by Marcel Overdijk and contributors, licence CC BY 4.0, prepared by Hotlap Delta.

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