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2010 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix · qualifying

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Profile & context

Name: 2010 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/837-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 Korean Grand Prix · Korea International Circuit

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

2010 Formula 1 World Championship · round 17

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	2:48:20.810 · 55 laps · ferrari	25
2	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	2:48:35.809 · 55 laps · mercedes	18
3	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	2:48:51.678 · 55 laps · ferrari	15
4	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	2:49:00.498 · 55 laps · mercedes	12
5	Robert Kubica	Renault	2:49:08.544 · 55 laps · renault	10
6	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	2:49:14.381 · 55 laps · mercedes	8
7	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	2:49:30.067 · 55 laps · cosworth	6
8	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	2:49:38.699 · 55 laps · ferrari	4
9	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	2:49:40.917 · 55 laps · ferrari	2
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	2:49:41.661 · 55 laps · cosworth	1
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	2:49:44.956 · 55 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Jenson Button	McLaren	2:49:50.749 · 55 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
13	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 54 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
14	Bruno Senna	HRT	Time not recorded · 53 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
15	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	Time not recorded · 53 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Collision · Time not recorded · 46 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Engine · Time not recorded · 45 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Accident · Time not recorded · 39 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Timo Glock	Virgin	Collision damage · Time not recorded · 31 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Collision · Time not recorded · 30 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Accident · Time not recorded · 25 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 25 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Collision · Time not recorded · 18 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Collision · Time not recorded · 18 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 1:37.123 · 19 laps · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:37.373 · 21 laps · renault
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:37.144 · 23 laps · ferrari
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:37.113 · 20 laps · mercedes
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:37.708 · 18 laps · mercedes
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:37.515 · 18 laps · ferrari
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:38.123 · 21 laps · mercedes
8	Robert Kubica	Renault	Q1 1:37.703 · 21 laps · renault
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:37.980 · 22 laps · mercedes
10	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:38.257 · 25 laps · cosworth
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Q1 1:38.115 · 18 laps · cosworth
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:38.429 · 15 laps · ferrari
13	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	Q1 1:38.171 · 16 laps · ferrari
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:38.572 · 18 laps · mercedes
15	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:38.174 · 18 laps · renault
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:38.583 · 18 laps · ferrari
17	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:38.621 · 16 laps · ferrari
18	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Q1 1:38.955 · 10 laps · mercedes
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:40.521 · 10 laps · cosworth
20	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:40.748 · 8 laps · cosworth
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:41.768 · 9 laps · cosworth
22	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Q1 1:42.325 · 10 laps · cosworth
23	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	Q1 1:42.444 · 10 laps · cosworth
24	Bruno Senna	HRT	Q1 1:43.283 · 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	1:35.585 · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:35.659 · renault
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:35.766 · ferrari
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:36.062 · mercedes
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:36.535 · mercedes
6	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:36.571 · ferrari
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:36.731 · mercedes
8	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:36.824 · renault
9	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:36.950 · mercedes
10	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:36.998 · cosworth
11	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:37.620 · cosworth
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:37.643 · ferrari
13	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:37.715 · ferrari
14	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:37.783 · mercedes
15	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:37.853 · ferrari
16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:38.594 · ferrari
17	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:38.955 · mercedes
18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:40.521 · cosworth
19	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:40.748 · cosworth
20	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:37.799 · renault
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:41.768 · cosworth
22	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	1:42.325 · cosworth
23	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	1:42.444 · cosworth
24	Bruno Senna	HRT	1:43.283 · 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	231
2	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	220
3	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	210
4	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	206
5	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	189
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	143
7	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	124
8	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	122
9	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	66
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	31
13	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
14	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	19
15	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
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	3
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

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	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:40.887
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	2	1:40.968
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	3	1:41.152
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	4	1:41.371
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	5	1:41.940
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	6	1:42.022
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	7	1:42.202
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	8	1:42.293
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	9	1:42.678
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:42.883
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	11	1:42.896
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	12	1:43.054
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	13	1:43.309
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	14	1:43.602
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	15	1:43.928
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	16	1:43.940
freePractice1Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	17	1:44.887
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	18	1:45.141
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	19	1:45.588
freePractice1Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	20	1:46.613
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	21	1:47.115
freePractice1Results	Sakon Yamamoto	22	1:50.347
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	23	1:50.821
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	24	1:51.701
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	1	1:37.942
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	2	1:38.132
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:38.279
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	4	1:38.718
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	5	1:38.726
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:38.820
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	7	1:39.204
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	8	1:39.267
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	9	1:39.268
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	10	1:39.564
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	11	1:39.588
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	12	1:39.598
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	13	1:39.812
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	14	1:39.881
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	15	1:39.971
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	16	1:40.478
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	17	1:40.578
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	18	1:40.896
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:42.773
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:42.801
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	21	1:43.115
freePractice2Results	Lucas di Grassi	22	1:44.039
freePractice2Results	Sakon Yamamoto	23	1:45.166
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	24	1:46.649
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	1	1:37.354
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:37.402
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:37.426
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	4	1:37.441
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	5	1:37.629
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:37.955
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	7	1:38.419
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	8	1:38.501
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	9	1:38.630
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	10	1:38.632
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	11	1:38.668
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	12	1:38.733
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	13	1:39.058
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:39.145
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	15	1:39.159
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	16	1:39.780
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	17	1:40.289
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	18	1:41.591
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	19	1:41.623
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	20	1:41.853
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	21	1:42.095
freePractice3Results	Lucas di Grassi	22	1:43.111
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	23	1:43.417
freePractice3Results	Sakon Yamamoto	24	1:43.880

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Bruno Senna	1	1	25.316
Lucas di Grassi	1	4	26.333
Lucas di Grassi	2	13	25.255
Lucas di Grassi	3	17	24.436
Nick Heidfeld	1	19	23.423
Kamui Kobayashi	1	19	28.449
Sébastien Buemi	1	19	31.483
Bruno Senna	2	19	26.885
Vitaly Petrov	1	20	24.663
Jarno Trulli	1	21	26.035
Jarno Trulli	2	24	2:07.379
Sakon Yamamoto	1	26	31.096
Jenson Button	1	28	24.126
Adrian Sutil	1	28	25.275
Nico Hülkenberg	1	30	23.123
Lewis Hamilton	1	31	23.923
Felipe Massa	1	31	24.048
Michael Schumacher	1	31	25.397
Robert Kubica	1	31	31.488
Rubens Barrichello	1	31	24.762
Jaime Alguersuari	1	31	39.364
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	31	24.627
Heikki Kovalainen	1	31	26.517
Sebastian Vettel	1	32	23.817
Fernando Alonso	1	32	27.610
Heikki Kovalainen	2	38	14.097
Nico Hülkenberg	2	51	23.256