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2010 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: 2010 Formula 1 Santander British Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/830-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 Santander British Grand Prix · Silverstone Circuit

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

2010 Formula 1 World Championship · round 10

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:24:38.200 · 52 laps · renault	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:24:39.560 · 52 laps · mercedes	18
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:24:59.507 · 52 laps · mercedes	15
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:25:00.186 · 52 laps · mercedes	12
5	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:25:09.656 · 52 laps · cosworth	10
6	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:25:10.371 · 52 laps · ferrari	8
7	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:25:14.934 · 52 laps · renault	6
8	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:25:19.132 · 52 laps · mercedes	4
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:25:19.799 · 52 laps · mercedes	2
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:25:20.212 · 52 laps · cosworth	1
11	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:25:20.659 · 52 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:25:25.827 · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:25:37.574 · 52 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
14	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:25:40.585 · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
15	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:25:45.689 · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
16	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 51 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 51 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
18	Timo Glock	Virgin	Time not recorded · 50 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
19	Karun Chandhok	HRT	Time not recorded · 50 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
20	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	Time not recorded · 50 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Brakes · Time not recorded · 44 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	Rear wing · Time not recorded · 29 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Robert Kubica	Renault	Driveshaft · Time not recorded · 19 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 9 laps · cosworth	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 1:30.841 · 18 laps · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:30.858 · 18 laps · renault
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:30.997 · 23 laps · ferrari
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:31.297 · 17 laps · mercedes
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:31.626 · 23 laps · mercedes
6	Robert Kubica	Renault	Q1 1:31.680 · 22 laps · renault
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:31.313 · 26 laps · ferrari
8	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:31.424 · 20 laps · cosworth
9	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	Q1 1:31.533 · 16 laps · ferrari
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:32.058 · 20 laps · mercedes
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:31.109 · 15 laps · mercedes
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:31.851 · 14 laps · ferrari
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Q1 1:32.144 · 17 laps · cosworth
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:31.435 · 17 laps · mercedes
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Q1 1:32.226 · 14 laps · mercedes
16	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:31.638 · 14 laps · renault
17	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:31.901 · 14 laps · ferrari
18	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:32.430 · 7 laps · ferrari
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:34.405 · 9 laps · cosworth
20	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:34.775 · 10 laps · cosworth
21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:34.864 · 10 laps · cosworth
22	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Q1 1:35.212 · 10 laps · cosworth
23	Karun Chandhok	HRT	Q1 1:36.576 · 7 laps · cosworth
24	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	Q1 1:36.968 · 9 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:29.615 · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:29.758 · renault
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:30.426 · ferrari
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:30.556 · mercedes
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:30.625 · mercedes
6	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:31.040 · renault
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:31.172 · ferrari
8	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:31.175 · cosworth
9	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	1:31.274 · ferrari
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:31.430 · mercedes
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:31.399 · mercedes
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:31.421 · ferrari
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:31.635 · cosworth
14	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:31.699 · mercedes
15	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:31.796 · renault
16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:32.012 · ferrari
17	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:32.430 · ferrari
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:34.405 · cosworth
19	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:34.775 · cosworth
20	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:31.708 · mercedes
21	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:34.864 · cosworth
22	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	1:35.212 · cosworth
23	Karun Chandhok	HRT	1:36.576 · cosworth
24	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	1:36.968 · 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	145
2	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	133
3	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	128
4	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	121
5	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	98
6	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	90
7	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	83
8	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	67
9	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	36
10	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	35
11	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	29
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
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	2
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
25	Sakon Yamamoto	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	1:32.280
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:32.614
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	3	1:32.725
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	4	1:32.747
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	5	1:32.968
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	6	1:33.318
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	7	1:33.377
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	8	1:33.519
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	9	1:33.955
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:34.016
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	11	1:34.132
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	12	1:34.365
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	13	1:34.490
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	14	1:34.580
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	15	1:34.710
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	16	1:34.901
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	17	1:35.037
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	18	1:35.318
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:36.747
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	20	1:37.330
freePractice1Results	Lucas di Grassi	21	1:37.518
freePractice1Results	Karun Chandhok	22	1:38.735
freePractice1Results	Fairuz Fauzy	23	1:39.510
freePractice1Results	Sakon Yamamoto	24	1:39.673
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	1	1:31.234
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	2	1:31.626
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:31.875
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	4	1:32.099
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	5	1:32.166
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	6	1:32.660
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	7	1:32.745
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	8	1:32.757
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	9	1:32.787
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:32.967
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	11	1:33.019
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	12	1:33.164
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	13	1:33.200
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:33.402
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	15	1:33.728
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	16	1:33.836
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	17	1:34.051
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	18	1:34.643
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:35.465
freePractice2Results	Lucas di Grassi	20	1:36.237
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	21	1:36.553
freePractice2Results	Karun Chandhok	22	1:37.019
freePractice2Results	Sakon Yamamoto	23	1:38.303
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	24	1:42.901
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:30.958
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	2	1:30.992
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:31.101
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	4	1:31.188
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	5	1:31.240
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	6	1:31.519
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	7	1:31.549
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	8	1:31.555
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	9	1:31.559
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:31.581
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	11	1:31.698
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	12	1:31.703
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	13	1:31.867
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:31.947
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	15	1:31.994
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	16	1:32.235
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	17	1:32.331
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	18	1:32.723
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:34.339
freePractice3Results	Lucas di Grassi	20	1:35.479
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	21	1:36.098
freePractice3Results	Karun Chandhok	22	1:36.286
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	23	1:36.640
freePractice3Results	Sakon Yamamoto	24	1:37.178

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Felipe Massa	1	1	26.843
Sebastian Vettel	1	1	22.909
Michael Schumacher	1	11	19.124
Fernando Alonso	1	12	19.616
Rubens Barrichello	1	12	20.179
Kamui Kobayashi	1	12	20.475
Robert Kubica	1	13	18.970
Pedro de la Rosa	1	13	19.495
Nico Rosberg	1	15	19.693
Adrian Sutil	1	15	20.461
Vitaly Petrov	1	15	19.520
Lewis Hamilton	1	16	19.926
Sébastien Buemi	1	16	21.099
Mark Webber	1	17	19.164
Jenson Button	1	21	20.435
Sakon Yamamoto	1	20	22.581
Heikki Kovalainen	1	22	32.556
Karun Chandhok	1	22	22.847
Timo Glock	1	24	21.516
Jarno Trulli	1	25	23.841
Pedro de la Rosa	2	26	21.916
Nico Hülkenberg	1	27	20.540
Jaime Alguersuari	1	28	20.987
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	28	20.869
Fernando Alonso	2	30	12.304
Felipe Massa	2	39	35.041
Vitaly Petrov	2	40	21.378
Fernando Alonso	3	49	23.620