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Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2010 · qualifying

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Name: Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2010 · qualifying

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F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/838-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

Formula 1 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil 2010 · Autódromo José Carlos Pace

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

2010 Formula 1 World Championship · round 18

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:33:11.803 · 71 laps · renault	25
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:33:16.046 · 71 laps · renault	18
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:33:18.610 · 71 laps · ferrari	15
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:33:26.437 · 71 laps · mercedes	12
5	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:33:27.396 · 71 laps · mercedes	10
6	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:33:47.123 · 71 laps · mercedes	8
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:33:55.259 · 71 laps · mercedes	6
8	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Time not recorded · 70 laps · cosworth	4
9	Robert Kubica	Renault	Time not recorded · 70 laps · renault	2
10	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Time not recorded · 70 laps · ferrari	1
11	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 70 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Time not recorded · 70 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 70 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Time not recorded · 70 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
15	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Time not recorded · 70 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
16	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Time not recorded · 70 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
17	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	Time not recorded · 70 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
18	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 69 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
19	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 69 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
20	Timo Glock	Virgin	Time not recorded · 69 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
21	Bruno Senna	HRT	Time not recorded · 69 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
22	Christian Klien	HRT	Time not recorded · 65 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
NC	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Time not recorded · 62 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Accident · Time not recorded · 49 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	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Q1 1:20.050 · 35 laps · cosworth
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:19.160 · 27 laps · renault
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:19.025 · 28 laps · renault
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:19.931 · 32 laps · mercedes
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:18.987 · 34 laps · ferrari
6	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:19.799 · 32 laps · cosworth
7	Robert Kubica	Renault	Q1 1:19.249 · 31 laps · renault
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:19.879 · 30 laps · mercedes
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:19.778 · 31 laps · ferrari
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:20.189 · 33 laps · renault
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:19.905 · 25 laps · mercedes
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:19.741 · 26 laps · ferrari
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:20.153 · 23 laps · mercedes
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:20.158 · 24 laps · ferrari
15	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:20.096 · 24 laps · ferrari
16	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	Q1 1:20.174 · 26 laps · ferrari
17	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Q1 1:20.592 · 23 laps · mercedes
18	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:20.830 · 13 laps · mercedes
19	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:22.130 · 13 laps · cosworth
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:22.250 · 14 laps · cosworth
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:22.378 · 14 laps · cosworth
22	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Q1 1:22.810 · 13 laps · cosworth
23	Christian Klien	HRT	Q1 1:23.083 · 15 laps · cosworth
24	Bruno Senna	HRT	Q1 1:23.796 · 15 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:14.470 · cosworth
2	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:15.519 · renault
3	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:15.637 · renault
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:15.747 · mercedes
5	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:15.989 · ferrari
6	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:16.203 · cosworth
7	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:16.552 · renault
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:16.925 · mercedes
9	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:17.101 · ferrari
10	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:17.656 · renault
11	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:19.288 · mercedes
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:19.385 · ferrari
13	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:19.486 · mercedes
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:19.581 · ferrari
15	Nick Heidfeld	Sauber	1:19.899 · ferrari
16	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:20.357 · mercedes
17	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:22.130 · cosworth
18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:22.250 · cosworth
19	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:19.847 · ferrari
20	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:22.378 · cosworth
21	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	1:22.810 · cosworth
22	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:20.830 · mercedes
23	Christian Klien	HRT	1:23.083 · cosworth
24	Bruno Senna	HRT	1:23.796 · 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	246
2	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	238
3	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	231
4	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	222
5	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	199
6	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	143
7	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	130
8	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	126
9	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	72
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	32
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	22
14	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	21
15	Vitaly Petrov	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	19
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
27	Christian Klien	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	1:12.328
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	2	1:12.810
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:12.845
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	4	1:13.267
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	5	1:13.370
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	6	1:13.516
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	7	1:13.546
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	8	1:13.643
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	9	1:13.918
freePractice1Results	Nick Heidfeld	10	1:14.000
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	11	1:14.004
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	12	1:14.155
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	13	1:14.246
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	14	1:14.267
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	15	1:14.370
freePractice1Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	16	1:14.487
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	17	1:14.618
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	18	1:14.734
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	19	1:15.603
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	20	1:15.860
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	21	1:16.057
freePractice1Results	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	22	1:16.707
freePractice1Results	Christian Klien	23	1:16.839
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	24	1:17.360
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	1	1:11.968
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	2	1:12.072
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	3	1:12.328
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	4	1:12.656
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	5	1:12.677
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	6	1:12.882
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	7	1:13.206
freePractice2Results	Nick Heidfeld	8	1:13.222
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	9	1:13.333
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	10	1:13.346
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	11	1:13.520
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	12	1:13.610
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	13	1:13.725
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	14	1:13.741
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	15	1:13.818
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	16	1:14.045
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	17	1:14.304
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	18	1:14.578
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	19	1:14.984
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	20	1:15.101
freePractice2Results	Lucas di Grassi	21	1:15.433
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	22	1:16.070
freePractice2Results	Christian Klien	23	1:16.082
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	24	1:16.150
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	1	1:19.191
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	2	1:19.500
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	3	1:19.536
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	4	1:19.735
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	5	1:19.791
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	6	1:19.887
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	7	1:20.009
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	8	1:20.056
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	9	1:20.164
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	10	1:20.320
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	11	1:20.337
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	12	1:20.421
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	13	1:20.452
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	14	1:20.535
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	15	1:20.541
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	16	1:20.546
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	17	1:20.613
freePractice3Results	Nick Heidfeld	18	1:20.985
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	19	1:22.326
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	20	1:22.449
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	21	1:22.874
freePractice3Results	Lucas di Grassi	22	1:23.194
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	23	1:23.358
freePractice3Results	Christian Klien	24	1:23.650

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Jenson Button	1	11	21.054
Felipe Massa	1	12	21.025
Rubens Barrichello	1	13	29.061
Felipe Massa	2	13	25.161
Nico Hülkenberg	1	14	21.884
Robert Kubica	1	14	22.278
Nick Heidfeld	1	14	21.648
Christian Klien	1	11	23.342
Jaime Alguersuari	1	15	22.069
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	16	21.242
Timo Glock	1	16	21.950
Heikki Kovalainen	1	17	21.480
Sébastien Buemi	1	18	25.914
Vitaly Petrov	1	19	22.884
Lewis Hamilton	1	20	21.255
Michael Schumacher	1	20	21.163
Jarno Trulli	1	20	21.918
Fernando Alonso	1	24	20.993
Sebastian Vettel	1	25	21.471
Bruno Senna	1	24	22.705
Mark Webber	1	26	20.735
Nico Rosberg	1	26	20.679
Lucas di Grassi	1	28	32.863
Rubens Barrichello	2	34	27.833
Lucas di Grassi	2	40	6:39.641
Kamui Kobayashi	1	48	20.618
Adrian Sutil	1	50	21.734
Nick Heidfeld	2	50	21.976
Felipe Massa	3	50	21.927
Vitaly Petrov	2	50	22.085
Lewis Hamilton	2	51	21.652
Rubens Barrichello	3	50	21.758
Christian Klien	2	45	36.484
Nico Rosberg	2	51	37.274
Jenson Button	2	52	22.228
Nico Rosberg	3	54	21.318
Nick Heidfeld	3	64	13.921
Lucas di Grassi	3	57	22.529