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2010 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2010 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/822-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 Qantas Australian Grand Prix · Albert Park Circuit

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

2010 Formula 1 World Championship · round 2

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:33:36.531 · 58 laps · mercedes	25
2	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:33:48.565 · 58 laps · renault	18
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:33:51.019 · 58 laps · ferrari	15
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:33:52.835 · 58 laps · ferrari	12
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33:53.214 · 58 laps · mercedes	10
6	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:34:06.429 · 58 laps · mercedes	8
7	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:34:36.378 · 58 laps · mercedes	6
8	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:34:37.067 · 58 laps · cosworth	4
9	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:34:43.850 · 58 laps · renault	2
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:34:45.922 · 58 laps · mercedes	1
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:34:47.832 · 58 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	1:34:50.615 · 58 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
13	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 56 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
14	Karun Chandhok	HRT	Time not recorded · 53 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Timo Glock	Virgin	Suspension · Time not recorded · 41 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 26 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Brakes · Time not recorded · 25 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Engine · Time not recorded · 9 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Spun off · Time not recorded · 9 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Bruno Senna	HRT	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 4 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Hydraulics · 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 1:24.774 · 19 laps · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:25.286 · 20 laps · renault
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:25.082 · 22 laps · ferrari
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:24.897 · 19 laps · mercedes
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:25.548 · 24 laps · ferrari
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:24.788 · 26 laps · mercedes
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:25.351 · 24 laps · mercedes
8	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:25.702 · 20 laps · cosworth
9	Robert Kubica	Renault	Q1 1:25.588 · 23 laps · renault
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:25.504 · 24 laps · mercedes
11	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:25.046 · 13 laps · mercedes
12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:26.061 · 17 laps · ferrari
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Q1 1:26.170 · 19 laps · mercedes
14	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	Q1 1:26.089 · 15 laps · ferrari
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Q1 1:25.866 · 17 laps · cosworth
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:26.251 · 16 laps · ferrari
17	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:26.095 · 16 laps · ferrari
18	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:26.471 · 10 laps · renault
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:28.797 · 9 laps · cosworth
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:29.111 · 8 laps · cosworth
21	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:29.592 · 8 laps · cosworth
22	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Q1 1:30.185 · 8 laps · cosworth
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	Q1 1:30.526 · 10 laps · cosworth
24	Karun Chandhok	HRT	Q1 1:30.613 · 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	1:23.919 · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:24.035 · renault
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:24.111 · ferrari
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:24.675 · mercedes
5	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:24.837 · ferrari
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:24.884 · mercedes
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:24.927 · mercedes
8	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:25.217 · cosworth
9	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:25.372 · renault
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:26.036 · mercedes
11	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:25.184 · mercedes
12	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:25.638 · ferrari
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:25.743 · mercedes
14	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	1:25.747 · ferrari
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:25.748 · cosworth
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:25.777 · ferrari
17	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:26.089 · ferrari
18	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:26.471 · renault
19	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:28.797 · cosworth
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:29.111 · cosworth
21	Bruno Senna	HRT	1:30.526 · cosworth
22	Karun Chandhok	HRT	1:30.613 · cosworth
PL	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:29.592 · cosworth
PL	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	1:30.185 · cosworth

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	37
2	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	33
3	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	31
4	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	23
5	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	20
6	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
7	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
8	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
9	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
10	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
11	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
12	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
13	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
13	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
16	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
17	Karun Chandhok	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
18	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
19	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	Robert Kubica	1	1:26.927
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	2	1:27.126
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	3	1:27.482
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	4	1:27.511
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	1:27.686
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	6	1:27.747
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	7	1:27.793
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	8	1:28.014
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	9	1:28.114
freePractice1Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	10	1:28.192
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	11	1:28.537
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	12	1:28.550
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	13	1:28.572
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	14	1:28.683
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	15	1:29.465
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	16	1:29.712
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	17	1:30.249
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	18	1:31.588
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	19	1:31.652
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	20	1:31.654
freePractice1Results	Lucas di Grassi	21	1:32.831
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	22	1:33.401
freePractice1Results	Karun Chandhok	23	1:34.251
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	24	1:34.925
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:25.801
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	2	1:26.076
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	3	1:26.248
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	4	1:26.511
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	5	1:26.732
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	6	1:26.832
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	7	1:26.834
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	8	1:26.835
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	9	1:26.904
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	10	1:26.956
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	11	1:27.108
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	12	1:27.108
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	13	1:27.455
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	14	1:27.545
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	15	1:29.025
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	16	1:29.134
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	17	1:29.591
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	18	1:29.860
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	19	1:30.510
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:30.695
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	21	1:32.117
freePractice2Results	Lucas di Grassi	22	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Karun Chandhok	23	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	1	1:24.719
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	2	1:24.929
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	3	1:24.963
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	4	1:25.122
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	5	1:25.366
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	6	1:25.399
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	7	1:25.505
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	8	1:25.525
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	9	1:25.549
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	10	1:25.782
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	11	1:25.852
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	12	1:26.104
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	13	1:26.184
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:26.275
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	15	1:26.368
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	16	1:26.661
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	17	1:26.804
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	18	1:26.818
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:29.539
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:29.800
freePractice3Results	Lucas di Grassi	21	1:30.800
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	22	1:31.114
freePractice3Results	Karun Chandhok	23	1:34.334
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	24	1:36.649

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Michael Schumacher	1	1	32.742
Jenson Button	1	6	27.295
Felipe Massa	1	8	29.415
Robert Kubica	1	8	24.188
Nico Rosberg	1	8	24.885
Lewis Hamilton	1	8	28.948
Rubens Barrichello	1	8	25.864
Vitaly Petrov	1	8	28.963
Pedro de la Rosa	1	8	27.069
Fernando Alonso	1	8	26.821
Michael Schumacher	2	8	29.619
Heikki Kovalainen	1	8	27.801
Karun Chandhok	1	8	27.526
Sebastian Vettel	1	9	24.527
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	9	25.746
Jaime Alguersuari	1	9	25.273
Timo Glock	1	9	28.501
Mark Webber	1	10	23.517
Lucas di Grassi	1	10	27.693
Jaime Alguersuari	2	27	25.378
Lucas di Grassi	2	25	15:47.885
Michael Schumacher	3	29	24.412
Rubens Barrichello	2	31	24.129
Mark Webber	2	32	23.986
Nico Rosberg	2	33	23.990
Lewis Hamilton	2	34	24.027
Karun Chandhok	2	46	26.768
Mark Webber	3	56	29.584