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2010 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2010 Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/839-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 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix · Yas Marina Circuit

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

2010 Formula 1 World Championship · round 19

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:39:36.837 · 55 laps · renault	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:39:46.999 · 55 laps · mercedes	18
3	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:39:47.884 · 55 laps · mercedes	15
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:40:07.584 · 55 laps · mercedes	12
5	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:40:15.863 · 55 laps · renault	10
6	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:40:20.357 · 55 laps · renault	8
7	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:40:20.634 · 55 laps · ferrari	6
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:40:21.080 · 55 laps · renault	4
9	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:40:27.038 · 55 laps · ferrari	2
10	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:40:27.705 · 55 laps · ferrari	1
11	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:40:28.388 · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:40:34.523 · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:40:35.162 · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:40:36.395 · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
15	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:40:40.015 · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:40:41.600 · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
18	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Time not recorded · 53 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
19	Bruno Senna	HRT	Time not recorded · 53 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
20	Christian Klien	HRT	Time not recorded · 53 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 51 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Timo Glock	Virgin	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 43 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes	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 1:40.318 · 17 laps · renault
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:40.335 · 19 laps · mercedes
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:40.170 · 21 laps · ferrari
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:40.877 · 23 laps · mercedes
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:40.690 · 20 laps · renault
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:40.942 · 19 laps · ferrari
7	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:40.904 · 26 laps · cosworth
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:41.222 · 20 laps · mercedes
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:40.231 · 25 laps · mercedes
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:41.018 · 21 laps · renault
11	Robert Kubica	Renault	Q1 1:41.336 · 13 laps · renault
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:41.045 · 14 laps · ferrari
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:41.473 · 18 laps · mercedes
14	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	Q1 1:41.409 · 17 laps · ferrari
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Q1 1:41.015 · 18 laps · cosworth
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Q1 1:41.681 · 18 laps · mercedes
17	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:41.707 · 18 laps · ferrari
18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:41.824 · 11 laps · ferrari
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:43.516 · 11 laps · cosworth
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:43.712 · 11 laps · cosworth
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:44.095 · 10 laps · cosworth
22	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Q1 1:44.510 · 9 laps · cosworth
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	Q1 1:45.085 · 10 laps · cosworth
24	Christian Klien	HRT	Q1 1:45.296 · 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	1:39.394 · renault
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:39.425 · mercedes
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:39.792 · ferrari
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:39.823 · mercedes
5	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:39.925 · renault
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:40.202 · ferrari
7	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:40.203 · cosworth
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:40.516 · mercedes
9	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:40.589 · mercedes
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:40.901 · renault
11	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:40.780 · renault
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:40.783 · ferrari
13	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:40.914 · mercedes
14	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:41.113 · ferrari
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:41.418 · cosworth
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:41.642 · mercedes
17	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:41.738 · ferrari
18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:41.824 · ferrari
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:43.516 · cosworth
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:43.712 · cosworth
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:44.095 · cosworth
22	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	1:44.510 · cosworth
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	1:45.085 · cosworth
24	Christian Klien	HRT	1:45.296 · cosworth

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	256
2	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	252
3	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	242
4	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	240
5	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	214
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	144
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	142
8	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	136
9	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	72
10	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	47
11	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	47
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	32
13	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	27
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
16	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
17	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
18	Nick Heidfeld	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
19	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Jarno Trulli	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Karun Chandhok	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
23	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
24	Lucas di Grassi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
25	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
26	Sakon Yamamoto	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
27	Christian Klien	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	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:42.760
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:43.369
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	3	1:43.785
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	4	1:43.840
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	5	1:44.080
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:44.121
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	7	1:44.199
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	8	1:44.604
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	9	1:44.718
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	10	1:44.737
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	11	1:45.160
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	12	1:45.445
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	13	1:45.474
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	14	1:45.552
freePractice1Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	15	1:45.585
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	16	1:46.003
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	17	1:46.644
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	18	1:47.105
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	19	1:48.450
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:48.472
freePractice1Results	Lucas di Grassi	21	1:49.375
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	22	1:49.590
freePractice1Results	Christian Klien	23	1:50.274
freePractice1Results	Fairuz Fauzy	24	1:51.705
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:40.888
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	2	1:41.145
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:41.314
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	4	1:41.315
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	5	1:41.576
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:41.583
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	7	1:42.096
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	8	1:42.132
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	9	1:42.203
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	10	1:42.222
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	11	1:42.246
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	12	1:42.449
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	13	1:42.535
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:42.768
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	15	1:42.914
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	16	1:42.950
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	17	1:43.128
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	18	1:43.584
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:45.180
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	20	1:45.259
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	21	1:45.612
freePractice2Results	Lucas di Grassi	22	1:46.053
freePractice2Results	Christian Klien	23	1:47.210
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	24	1:47.434
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:40.696
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	2	1:40.829
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:41.280
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	4	1:41.490
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	5	1:41.578
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	6	1:41.689
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	7	1:41.690
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	8	1:41.729
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	9	1:41.877
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	10	1:41.893
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	11	1:41.934
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	12	1:41.978
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	13	1:42.316
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:42.566
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	15	1:42.587
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	16	1:42.858
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	17	1:42.993
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	18	1:43.344
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:44.876
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:45.048
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	21	1:45.050
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	22	1:45.490
freePractice3Results	Lucas di Grassi	23	1:45.629
freePractice3Results	Christian Klien	24	1:46.464

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Nico Rosberg	1	1	21.292
Vitaly Petrov	1	1	21.739
Jaime Alguersuari	1	1	22.163
Bruno Senna	1	1	23.749
Lucas di Grassi	1	1	21.705
Christian Klien	1	1	31.988
Mark Webber	1	11	20.168
Felipe Massa	1	13	21.523
Fernando Alonso	1	15	20.681
Nick Heidfeld	1	15	21.202
Rubens Barrichello	1	18	20.684
Lewis Hamilton	1	23	20.792
Sebastian Vettel	1	24	20.061
Jarno Trulli	1	28	37.147
Kamui Kobayashi	1	33	20.208
Nico Hülkenberg	1	36	20.749
Sébastien Buemi	1	37	20.984
Jenson Button	1	39	20.511
Timo Glock	1	40	20.930
Heikki Kovalainen	1	41	21.537
Robert Kubica	1	46	20.188
Adrian Sutil	1	47	20.276