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2010 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2010 Formula 1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/821-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 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix · Bahrain International Circuit

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

2010 Formula 1 World Championship · round 1

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:39:20.396 · 49 laps · ferrari	25
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:39:36.495 · 49 laps · ferrari	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:39:43.578 · 49 laps · mercedes	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:39:59.195 · 49 laps · renault	12
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:40:00.609 · 49 laps · mercedes	10
6	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:40:04.559 · 49 laps · mercedes	8
7	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:40:05.676 · 49 laps · mercedes	6
8	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:40:06.756 · 49 laps · renault	4
9	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:40:13.404 · 49 laps · mercedes	2
10	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:40:22.885 · 49 laps · cosworth	1
11	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:40:29.489 · 49 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
12	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:40:43.354 · 49 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:40:53.052 · 49 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Time not recorded · 48 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 47 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
16	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Time not recorded · 46 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
17	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 46 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 28 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Bruno Senna	HRT	Airbox · Time not recorded · 17 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Timo Glock	Virgin	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 16 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Suspension · Time not recorded · 13 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 11 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Hydraulics · Time not recorded · 2 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Karun Chandhok	HRT	Spun off · Time not recorded · 1 laps · 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 1:55.029 · 14 laps · renault
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:55.313 · 16 laps · ferrari
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:54.612 · 20 laps · ferrari
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:55.341 · 19 laps · mercedes
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:55.463 · 13 laps · mercedes
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:55.298 · 13 laps · renault
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:55.593 · 15 laps · mercedes
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:55.715 · 17 laps · mercedes
9	Robert Kubica	Renault	Q1 1:55.511 · 17 laps · renault
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:55.213 · 16 laps · mercedes
11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:55.969 · 12 laps · cosworth
12	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Q1 1:55.628 · 13 laps · mercedes
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Q1 1:56.375 · 14 laps · cosworth
14	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	Q1 1:56.428 · 13 laps · ferrari
15	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:56.189 · 14 laps · ferrari
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:56.541 · 13 laps · ferrari
17	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:56.167 · 14 laps · renault
18	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:57.071 · 6 laps · ferrari
19	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:59.728 · 7 laps · cosworth
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:59.852 · 6 laps · cosworth
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 2:00.313 · 7 laps · cosworth
22	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Q1 2:00.587 · 7 laps · cosworth
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	Q1 2:03.240 · 6 laps · cosworth
24	Karun Chandhok	HRT	Q1 2:04.904 · 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	1:54.101 · renault
2	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:54.242 · ferrari
3	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:54.608 · ferrari
4	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:55.217 · mercedes
5	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:55.241 · mercedes
6	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:55.284 · renault
7	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:55.524 · mercedes
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:55.672 · mercedes
9	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:55.885 · renault
10	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:56.309 · mercedes
11	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:55.330 · cosworth
12	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:55.653 · mercedes
13	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:55.857 · cosworth
14	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	1:56.237 · ferrari
15	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:56.265 · ferrari
16	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:56.270 · ferrari
17	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:56.619 · renault
18	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:57.071 · ferrari
19	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:59.728 · cosworth
20	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:59.852 · cosworth
21	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	2:00.313 · cosworth
22	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	2:00.587 · cosworth
PL	Bruno Senna	HRT	2:03.240 · cosworth
PL	Karun Chandhok	HRT	2:04.904 · 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	25
2	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	18
3	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	15
4	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	12
5	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
6	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
7	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	6
8	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	4
9	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
10	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
11	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
12	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
16	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
17	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	Adrian Sutil	1	1:56.583
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	2	1:56.766
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	3	1:57.041
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	4	1:57.055
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	5	1:57.068
freePractice1Results	Lewis Hamilton	6	1:57.163
freePractice1Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	7	1:57.194
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	8	1:57.199
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	9	1:57.255
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	10	1:57.662
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	11	1:57.722
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	12	1:57.894
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	13	1:57.943
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	14	1:58.399
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	15	1:58.782
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	16	1:58.880
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	17	2:00.250
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	18	2:01.388
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	19	2:03.680
freePractice1Results	Heikki Kovalainen	20	2:03.848
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	21	2:03.970
freePractice1Results	Lucas di Grassi	22	Unknown
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	23	Unknown
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	1	1:55.409
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:55.854
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	3	1:55.903
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	4	1:56.076
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	1:56.459
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	6	1:56.501
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	7	1:56.555
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	8	1:56.750
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	9	1:57.140
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	10	1:57.255
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	11	1:57.352
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	12	1:57.361
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	13	1:57.452
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	14	1:57.833
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	15	1:58.155
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	16	1:59.799
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	17	2:00.444
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	18	2:00.873
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	19	2:00.990
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	20	2:02.037
freePractice2Results	Lucas di Grassi	21	2:02.188
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	22	2:06.968
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	23	Unknown
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	1	1:54.099
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	2	1:54.368
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	3	1:54.500
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	4	1:54.533
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	5	1:54.646
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	6	1:54.739
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	7	1:55.000
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	8	1:55.331
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	9	1:55.432
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	10	1:55.461
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	11	1:55.521
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	12	1:55.860
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	13	1:56.063
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	14	1:56.259
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	15	1:56.295
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	16	1:56.504
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	17	1:56.530
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	18	1:56.811
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	19	1:59.173
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	20	1:59.789
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	21	2:01.259
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	22	2:04.001
freePractice3Results	Lucas di Grassi	23	Unknown

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Nico Hülkenberg	1	3	25.136
Bruno Senna	1	11	32.822
Robert Kubica	1	12	23.166
Jaime Alguersuari	1	13	24.056
Pedro de la Rosa	1	14	22.906
Lewis Hamilton	1	15	23.201
Michael Schumacher	1	15	23.160
Adrian Sutil	1	15	23.469
Fernando Alonso	1	16	23.154
Nico Rosberg	1	16	24.295
Mark Webber	1	16	25.190
Jenson Button	1	16	23.543
Sebastian Vettel	1	17	22.260
Felipe Massa	1	17	23.040
Rubens Barrichello	1	19	23.671
Vitantonio Liuzzi	1	20	23.931
Jarno Trulli	1	24	26.979
Sébastien Buemi	1	25	27.503
Nico Hülkenberg	2	25	25.735
Jaime Alguersuari	2	26	23.337
Heikki Kovalainen	1	30	26.394