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2010 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2010 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/824-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 Chinese Grand Prix · Shanghai International Circuit

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

2010 Formula 1 World Championship · round 4

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:46:42.163 · 56 laps · mercedes	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:46:43.693 · 56 laps · mercedes	18
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:46:51.647 · 56 laps · mercedes	15
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:46:54.032 · 56 laps · ferrari	12
5	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:47:04.376 · 56 laps · renault	10
6	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:47:15.473 · 56 laps · renault	8
7	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:47:29.763 · 56 laps · renault	6
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:47:34.335 · 56 laps · renault	4
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:47:39.959 · 56 laps · ferrari	2
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:47:43.912 · 56 laps · mercedes	1
11	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:47:45.037 · 56 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:47:45.828 · 56 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:47:53.579 · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
16	Bruno Senna	HRT	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
17	Karun Chandhok	HRT	Time not recorded · 52 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 26 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Clutch · Time not recorded · 8 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	Engine · Time not recorded · 7 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Timo Glock	Virgin	Engine · Time not recorded · 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 1:36.317 · 21 laps · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:35.978 · 17 laps · renault
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:35.987 · 15 laps · ferrari
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:35.952 · 17 laps · mercedes
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:36.122 · 17 laps · mercedes
6	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:35.641 · 13 laps · mercedes
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:36.076 · 19 laps · ferrari
8	Robert Kubica	Renault	Q1 1:36.348 · 21 laps · renault
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:36.484 · 21 laps · mercedes
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:36.671 · 23 laps · mercedes
11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:36.664 · 15 laps · cosworth
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:36.618 · 17 laps · ferrari
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:36.793 · 17 laps · ferrari
14	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:37.031 · 10 laps · renault
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:37.044 · 16 laps · ferrari
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Q1 1:37.049 · 14 laps · cosworth
17	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	Q1 1:37.050 · 15 laps · ferrari
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Q1 1:37.161 · 9 laps · mercedes
19	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:39.278 · 6 laps · cosworth
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:39.399 · 9 laps · cosworth
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:39.520 · 8 laps · cosworth
22	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Q1 1:39.783 · 6 laps · cosworth
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	Q1 1:40.469 · 10 laps · cosworth
24	Karun Chandhok	HRT	Q1 1:40.578 · 7 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:34.558 · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:34.806 · renault
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:34.913 · ferrari
4	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:34.923 · mercedes
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:34.979 · mercedes
6	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:35.034 · mercedes
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:35.180 · ferrari
8	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:35.364 · renault
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:35.646 · mercedes
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:35.963 · mercedes
11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:35.748 · cosworth
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:36.047 · ferrari
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:36.149 · ferrari
14	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:36.311 · renault
15	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:36.422 · ferrari
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:36.647 · cosworth
17	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	1:37.020 · ferrari
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:37.161 · mercedes
19	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:39.278 · cosworth
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:39.399 · cosworth
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:39.520 · cosworth
22	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	1:39.783 · cosworth
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	1:40.469 · cosworth
PL	Karun Chandhok	HRT	1:40.578 · cosworth

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	60
2	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	50
3	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	49
4	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	49
5	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	45
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	41
7	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	40
8	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	28
9	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
10	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
11	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
12	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
13	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
16	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
17	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
19	Karun Chandhok	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Lucas di Grassi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
22	Jarno Trulli	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	Jenson Button	1	1:36.677
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	2	1:36.748
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:36.775
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	4	1:37.509
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	1:37.601
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	6	1:37.716
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	7	1:37.745
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	8	1:37.980
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	9	1:38.008
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	10	1:38.098
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	11	1:38.161
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	12	1:38.375
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	13	1:38.421
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	14	1:38.569
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	15	1:38.618
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	16	1:38.678
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	17	1:39.939
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	18	1:41.531
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:41.779
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	20	1:41.830
freePractice1Results	Lucas di Grassi	21	1:42.181
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	22	1:43.875
freePractice1Results	Karun Chandhok	23	1:43.949
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	24	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:35.217
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	2	1:35.465
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	3	1:35.593
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	4	1:35.602
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	1:35.791
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	6	1:35.995
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	7	1:36.254
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	8	1:36.377
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	9	1:36.389
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	10	1:36.604
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	11	1:36.944
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	12	1:36.986
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	13	1:37.421
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:37.431
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	15	1:37.657
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	16	1:37.804
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	17	1:37.867
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	18	1:39.624
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:39.947
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	20	1:40.233
freePractice2Results	Karun Chandhok	21	1:41.008
freePractice2Results	Lucas di Grassi	22	1:41.107
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	23	1:41.345
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	1	1:35.323
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:35.564
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:35.691
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	4	1:35.747
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	5	1:35.857
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	6	1:35.913
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	7	1:36.262
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	8	1:36.343
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	9	1:36.416
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	10	1:36.634
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	11	1:36.879
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	12	1:37.031
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	13	1:37.192
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	14	1:37.240
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	15	1:37.339
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	16	1:37.585
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	17	1:37.664
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	18	1:37.784
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	19	1:39.579
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	20	1:39.616
freePractice3Results	Lucas di Grassi	21	1:39.749
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	22	1:39.776
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	23	1:40.316
freePractice3Results	Karun Chandhok	24	1:41.141

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Rubens Barrichello	1	1	25.795
Adrian Sutil	1	1	22.432
Jaime Alguersuari	1	1	23.576
Fernando Alonso	1	2	22.238
Mark Webber	1	2	32.492
Sebastian Vettel	1	2	31.195
Felipe Massa	1	2	24.581
Lewis Hamilton	1	2	24.211
Michael Schumacher	1	2	22.397
Jarno Trulli	1	2	26.650
Nico Hülkenberg	1	2	25.722
Bruno Senna	1	2	29.544
Karun Chandhok	1	2	40.736
Michael Schumacher	2	4	24.644
Fernando Alonso	2	5	13.886
Rubens Barrichello	2	5	27.730
Sebastian Vettel	2	5	27.270
Lewis Hamilton	2	5	27.671
Nico Hülkenberg	2	5	41.198
Adrian Sutil	2	6	21.722
Mark Webber	2	6	23.076
Felipe Massa	2	6	22.047
Fernando Alonso	3	6	25.723
Jaime Alguersuari	2	11	22.224
Karun Chandhok	2	11	29.980
Jarno Trulli	2	12	24.115
Bruno Senna	2	12	24.582
Rubens Barrichello	3	18	24.706
Jarno Trulli	3	17	11:44.566
Michael Schumacher	3	19	21.763
Mark Webber	3	19	25.165
Bruno Senna	3	18	27.443
Jaime Alguersuari	3	19	22.609
Adrian Sutil	3	19	22.830
Fernando Alonso	4	19	23.703
Felipe Massa	3	19	29.729
Heikki Kovalainen	1	19	24.844
Karun Chandhok	3	18	25.644
Nico Hülkenberg	3	19	23.131
Jenson Button	1	20	24.093
Nico Rosberg	1	20	24.421
Robert Kubica	1	20	23.031
Vitaly Petrov	1	20	24.197
Lewis Hamilton	3	20	22.968
Sebastian Vettel	3	20	23.058
Jaime Alguersuari	4	20	30.832
Nico Hülkenberg	4	23	23.036
Nico Hülkenberg	5	25	24.438
Jarno Trulli	4	21	13.791
Jaime Alguersuari	5	34	23.724
Mark Webber	4	35	22.860
Michael Schumacher	4	36	23.879
Heikki Kovalainen	2	36	25.433
Lewis Hamilton	4	37	24.935
Robert Kubica	2	37	24.051
Sebastian Vettel	4	37	22.537
Rubens Barrichello	4	37	22.476
Jenson Button	2	38	23.506
Nico Rosberg	2	38	24.547
Fernando Alonso	5	38	22.816
Vitaly Petrov	2	38	27.298
Adrian Sutil	4	38	27.279
Felipe Massa	4	38	23.258
Nico Hülkenberg	6	38	22.856
Bruno Senna	4	41	25.644
Karun Chandhok	4	41	28.359
Jaime Alguersuari	6	46	24.292