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2010 Formula 1 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: 2010 Formula 1 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe · qualifying

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/829-qualifying

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Historical source & scope

F1DB v2026.17.0 · CC BY 4.0. Normalisation, links and calculations by MotorPedia. Original source observations retained.

Source-reported facts are not independent historical confirmation. Missing times and points remain unknown; source-rounded points retain their published precision. Constructor, entrant and team identities are kept distinct.

Grand Prix context

2010 Formula 1 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe · Valencia Street Circuit

Technical formula: Formula 1. World Championship membership is separate from technical regulations.

2010 Formula 1 World Championship · round 9

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:40:29.571 · 57 laps · renault	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:40:34.613 · 57 laps · mercedes	18
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:40:42.229 · 57 laps · mercedes	15
4	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:40:55.198 · 57 laps · cosworth	12
5	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:40:56.693 · 57 laps · renault	10
6	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:40:59.739 · 57 laps · mercedes	8
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:41:00.536 · 57 laps · ferrari	6
8	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:41:02.380 · 57 laps · ferrari	4
9	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:41:05.870 · 57 laps · ferrari	2
10	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:41:13.953 · 57 laps · mercedes	1
11	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:41:16.192 · 57 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	1:41:16.985 · 57 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:41:17.810 · 57 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:41:17.858 · 57 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
15	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:41:18.397 · 57 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:41:20.461 · 57 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
17	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Time not recorded · 56 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
18	Karun Chandhok	HRT	Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
19	Timo Glock	Virgin	Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
20	Bruno Senna	HRT	Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 53 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Exhaust · Time not recorded · 49 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 8 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Collision · Time not recorded · 8 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:38.324 · 18 laps · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:38.549 · 21 laps · renault
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:38.697 · 17 laps · mercedes
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:38.472 · 23 laps · ferrari
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:38.657 · 22 laps · ferrari
6	Robert Kubica	Renault	Q1 1:38.132 · 18 laps · renault
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:38.360 · 22 laps · mercedes
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Q1 1:38.843 · 23 laps · cosworth
9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:38.449 · 23 laps · cosworth
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:39.004 · 21 laps · renault
11	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:39.096 · 15 laps · ferrari
12	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:38.752 · 12 laps · mercedes
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:39.021 · 14 laps · mercedes
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Q1 1:38.969 · 15 laps · mercedes
15	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:38.994 · 19 laps · mercedes
16	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	Q1 1:39.003 · 16 laps · ferrari
17	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:39.128 · 16 laps · ferrari
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:39.343 · 9 laps · ferrari
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:40.658 · 11 laps · cosworth
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:40.882 · 11 laps · cosworth
21	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Q1 1:42.086 · 11 laps · cosworth
22	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:42.140 · 9 laps · cosworth
23	Karun Chandhok	HRT	Q1 1:42.600 · 9 laps · cosworth
24	Bruno Senna	HRT	Q1 1:42.851 · 10 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:37.587 · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:37.662 · renault
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:37.969 · mercedes
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:38.075 · ferrari
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:38.127 · ferrari
6	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:38.137 · renault
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:38.210 · mercedes
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:38.428 · cosworth
9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:38.428 · cosworth
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:38.523 · renault
11	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:38.586 · ferrari
12	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:38.627 · mercedes
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:38.851 · mercedes
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:38.884 · mercedes
15	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:39.234 · mercedes
16	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	1:39.264 · ferrari
17	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:39.458 · ferrari
18	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:39.343 · ferrari
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:40.658 · cosworth
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:40.882 · cosworth
21	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	1:42.086 · cosworth
22	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:42.140 · cosworth
23	Karun Chandhok	HRT	1:42.600 · cosworth
24	Bruno Senna	HRT	1:42.851 · cosworth

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	127
2	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	121
3	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	115
4	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	103
5	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	98
6	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	83
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	75
8	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	67
9	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	34
10	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	31
11	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	19
12	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
13	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
14	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	7
15	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	3
17	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
18	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Karun Chandhok	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Lucas di Grassi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
24	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0

Practice & warm-up observations

Original F1DB session observations; bounded to 120 rows. Missing times remain unknown. Not qualifying or race classifications.

Session	Driver	Position	Time
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	1	1:41.175
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:41.339
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	3	1:41.383
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	4	1:41.715
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	5	1:42.182
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	6	1:42.216
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	7	1:42.275
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	8	1:42.312
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	9	1:42.421
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:42.463
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	11	1:42.707
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	12	1:42.962
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	13	1:43.310
freePractice1Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	14	1:43.380
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	15	1:43.397
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	16	1:43.437
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	17	1:43.729
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	18	1:44.183
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:44.491
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	20	1:45.653
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	21	1:47.123
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	22	1:47.285
freePractice1Results	Christian Klien	23	1:47.343
freePractice1Results	Lucas di Grassi	24	1:47.356
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	1	1:39.283
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	2	1:39.339
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	3	1:39.427
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	4	1:39.650
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	5	1:39.749
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	6	1:39.880
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	7	1:39.947
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	8	1:40.020
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	9	1:40.029
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:40.174
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	11	1:40.287
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	12	1:40.387
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	13	1:40.618
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:40.906
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	15	1:40.945
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	16	1:41.115
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	17	1:41.371
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	18	1:41.457
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:42.467
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:42.993
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	21	1:43.811
freePractice2Results	Lucas di Grassi	22	1:43.854
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	23	1:44.095
freePractice2Results	Karun Chandhok	24	1:44.566
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:38.052
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	2	1:38.154
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	3	1:38.313
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	4	1:38.500
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	5	1:38.513
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	6	1:38.623
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	7	1:38.676
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	8	1:38.686
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	9	1:38.769
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	10	1:38.816
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	11	1:38.822
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	12	1:39.050
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	13	1:39.105
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	14	1:39.113
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	15	1:39.222
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	16	1:39.392
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	17	1:39.527
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	18	1:39.699
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:41.303
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:41.428
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	21	1:41.955
freePractice3Results	Lucas di Grassi	22	1:42.354
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	23	1:42.611
freePractice3Results	Karun Chandhok	24	1:42.622

Recorded pit stops

F1DB source observations, bounded to 120 rows; coverage is not independently exhaustive.

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Jarno Trulli	1	1	41.158
Jarno Trulli	2	3	3:16.985
Mark Webber	1	7	24.784
Nico Rosberg	1	8	21.980
Robert Kubica	1	9	33.452
Jenson Button	1	9	22.621
Rubens Barrichello	1	9	24.039
Nico Hülkenberg	1	9	30.217
Sébastien Buemi	1	9	23.261
Adrian Sutil	1	9	26.206
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	9	33.530
Vitaly Petrov	1	9	27.350
Pedro de la Rosa	1	9	24.315
Karun Chandhok	1	9	24.518
Sebastian Vettel	1	10	21.197
Lewis Hamilton	1	10	25.971
Fernando Alonso	1	10	20.649
Felipe Massa	1	10	22.571
Jaime Alguersuari	1	10	22.506
Michael Schumacher	1	11	38.497
Bruno Senna	1	11	22.954
Michael Schumacher	2	13	21.197
Timo Glock	1	24	23.993
Lewis Hamilton	2	27	14.668
Michael Schumacher	3	36	20.737
Timo Glock	2	36	31.124
Bruno Senna	2	37	40.482
Lucas di Grassi	1	42	21.946
Kamui Kobayashi	1	53	21.584