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2010 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix · race

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2010 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix · race

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/836-race

Original reference ↗

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 Japanese Grand Prix · Suzuka Circuit

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

2010 Formula 1 World Championship · round 16

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:30:27.323 · 53 laps · renault	25
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:30:28.228 · 53 laps · renault	18
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:30:30.044 · 53 laps · ferrari	15
4	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:30:40.845 · 53 laps · mercedes	12
5	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:31:06.918 · 53 laps · mercedes	10
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:31:27.256 · 53 laps · mercedes	8
7	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:31:31.361 · 53 laps · ferrari	6
8	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:31:36.971 · 53 laps · ferrari	4
9	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:31:38.169 · 53 laps · cosworth	2
10	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:31:40.129 · 53 laps · ferrari	1
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 52 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 52 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
13	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 51 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
14	Timo Glock	Virgin	Time not recorded · 51 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
15	Bruno Senna	HRT	Time not recorded · 51 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
16	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	Time not recorded · 50 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
17	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Wheel · Time not recorded · 47 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Engine · Time not recorded · 44 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Robert Kubica	Renault	Wheel · Time not recorded · 2 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Collision · Time not recorded · 0 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Accident · 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 1:32.035 · 20 laps · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:32.476 · 21 laps · renault
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:32.809 · 22 laps · mercedes
4	Robert Kubica	Renault	Q1 1:32.808 · 21 laps · renault
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:32.555 · 26 laps · ferrari
6	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:32.636 · 21 laps · mercedes
7	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:32.238 · 22 laps · mercedes
8	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:32.361 · 22 laps · cosworth
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Q1 1:32.211 · 20 laps · cosworth
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:32.513 · 21 laps · mercedes
11	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	Q1 1:33.011 · 17 laps · ferrari
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:32.721 · 20 laps · ferrari
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:32.849 · 18 laps · renault
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:32.783 · 15 laps · ferrari
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:33.186 · 17 laps · mercedes
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:33.471 · 17 laps · ferrari
17	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Q1 1:33.216 · 16 laps · mercedes
18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:33.568 · 11 laps · ferrari
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:35.346 · 10 laps · cosworth
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:35.464 · 11 laps · cosworth
21	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Q1 1:36.265 · 9 laps · cosworth
22	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:36.332 · 8 laps · cosworth
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	Q1 1:37.270 · 10 laps · cosworth
24	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	Q1 1:37.365 · 8 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:30.785 · renault
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:30.853 · renault
3	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:31.231 · renault
4	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:31.352 · ferrari
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:31.378 · mercedes
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:31.494 · mercedes
7	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:31.535 · cosworth
8	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:31.169 · mercedes
9	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:31.559 · cosworth
10	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:31.846 · mercedes
11	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:32.187 · ferrari
12	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:32.321 · ferrari
13	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:32.422 · renault
14	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:32.427 · ferrari
15	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:32.659 · mercedes
16	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:33.071 · ferrari
17	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:33.154 · mercedes
18	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:33.568 · ferrari
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:35.346 · cosworth
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:35.464 · cosworth
21	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	1:36.265 · cosworth
22	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:36.332 · cosworth
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	1:37.270 · cosworth
24	Sakon Yamamoto	HRT	1:37.365 · cosworth

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	220
2	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	206
3	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	206
4	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	192
5	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	189
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	128
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	122
8	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	114
9	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	54
10	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	47
11	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	41
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	27
13	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	19
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	17
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	13
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	4
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	Lucas di Grassi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
24	Timo Glock	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
25	Bruno Senna	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	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:32.585
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	2	1:32.633
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	3	1:33.129
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	4	1:33.639
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	5	1:33.643
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	6	1:33.677
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	7	1:33.707
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	8	1:33.739
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	9	1:33.791
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	10	1:33.831
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	11	1:33.929
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	12	1:34.042
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	13	1:34.169
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	14	1:34.271
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	15	1:34.373
freePractice1Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	16	1:34.379
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	17	1:34.991
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	18	1:35.684
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:36.949
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	20	1:37.329
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	21	1:37.388
freePractice1Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	22	1:37.778
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	23	1:38.814
freePractice1Results	Sakon Yamamoto	24	1:39.443
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:31.465
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	2	1:31.860
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	3	1:32.200
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	4	1:32.362
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	5	1:32.519
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	6	1:32.533
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	7	1:32.703
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	8	1:32.831
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	9	1:32.842
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	10	1:32.851
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	11	1:32.880
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	12	1:33.471
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	13	1:33.481
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	14	1:33.564
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	15	1:33.697
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	16	1:34.005
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	17	1:34.055
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	18	1:34.310
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:36.095
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:36.333
freePractice2Results	Lucas di Grassi	21	1:36.630
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	22	1:36.834
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	23	1:37.352
freePractice2Results	Sakon Yamamoto	24	1:37.831
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	1	1:55.902
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	2	2:07.497
freePractice3Results	Lucas di Grassi	3	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Sakon Yamamoto	4	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	5	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	6	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	7	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	8	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	9	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	11	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	12	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	13	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	14	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	15	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	16	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	17	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	18	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	19	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	20	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	21	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	22	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	23	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	24	Unknown

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Nico Rosberg	1	1	21.447
Jarno Trulli	1	1	22.569
Timo Glock	1	1	23.414
Bruno Senna	1	1	24.272
Timo Glock	2	2	21.822
Nick Heidfeld	1	18	21.654
Adrian Sutil	1	18	23.375
Rubens Barrichello	1	20	23.546
Jaime Alguersuari	1	21	21.505
Lewis Hamilton	1	22	21.448
Michael Schumacher	1	23	21.261
Sebastian Vettel	1	24	21.900
Fernando Alonso	1	24	21.705
Mark Webber	1	25	22.071
Sébastien Buemi	1	28	21.691
Sakon Yamamoto	1	31	23.540
Heikki Kovalainen	1	35	22.412
Jenson Button	1	38	21.252
Kamui Kobayashi	1	38	21.427
Jaime Alguersuari	2	44	27.296