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2010 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix · qualifying

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THE HISTORICAL RECORD

Profile & context

Name: 2010 Formula 1 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix · qualifying

PROVENANCE

Sources behind this page

F1DB

v2026.17.0 · session/823-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 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix · Sepang International Circuit

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

2010 Formula 1 World Championship · round 3

Race classification

Source participant rows: shared cars and nonstarters retained
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:33:48.412 · 56 laps · renault	25
2	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:33:53.261 · 56 laps · renault	18
3	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:34:01.916 · 56 laps · mercedes	15
4	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:34:07.001 · 56 laps · renault	12
5	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:34:09.471 · 56 laps · mercedes	10
6	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:34:11.883 · 56 laps · mercedes	8
7	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:34:15.480 · 56 laps · ferrari	6
8	Jenson Button	McLaren	1:34:26.330 · 56 laps · mercedes	4
9	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:34:59.014 · 56 laps · ferrari	2
10	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:35:01.811 · 56 laps · cosworth	1
11	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:35:07.350 · 56 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
12	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Time not recorded · 55 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
13	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Engine · Time not recorded · 54 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
14	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Time not recorded · 53 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
15	Karun Chandhok	HRT	Time not recorded · 53 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
16	Bruno Senna	HRT	Time not recorded · 52 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
17	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 51 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
NC	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Time not recorded · 46 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Gearbox · Time not recorded · 32 laps · renault	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Throttle · Time not recorded · 12 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Wheel nut · Time not recorded · 9 laps · mercedes	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Engine · Time not recorded · 8 laps · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable
DNF	Timo Glock	Virgin	Collision · Time not recorded · 2 laps · cosworth	Unknown / not applicable
DNS	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	Engine · Time not recorded · ferrari	Unknown / not applicable

Qualifying

Recorded qualifying order; Q1/Q2/Q3 and earlier formats remain distinct in original evidence
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull	Q1 1:51.886 · 18 laps · renault
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	Q1 1:52.560 · 22 laps · mercedes
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	Q1 1:47.632 · 19 laps · renault
4	Adrian Sutil	Force India	Q1 1:49.479 · 21 laps · mercedes
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	Q1 1:49.664 · 22 laps · cosworth
6	Robert Kubica	Renault	Q1 1:46.283 · 19 laps · renault
7	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	Q1 1:50.301 · 21 laps · cosworth
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	Q1 1:52.239 · 24 laps · mercedes
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	Q1 1:48.467 · 21 laps · ferrari
10	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	Q1 1:49.922 · 21 laps · mercedes
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	Q1 1:47.952 · 15 laps · renault
12	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	Q1 1:47.153 · 14 laps · ferrari
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:48.945 · 15 laps · ferrari
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	Q1 1:48.655 · 16 laps · ferrari
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:52.875 · 16 laps · cosworth
16	Timo Glock	Virgin	Q1 1:52.398 · 13 laps · cosworth
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	Q1 1:52.211 · 3 laps · mercedes
18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	Q1 1:52.884 · 6 laps · cosworth
19	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Q1 1:53.044 · 8 laps · ferrari
20	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	Q1 1:53.050 · 8 laps · mercedes
21	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	Q1 1:53.283 · 7 laps · ferrari
22	Karun Chandhok	HRT	Q1 1:56.299 · 9 laps · cosworth
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	Q1 1:57.269 · 9 laps · cosworth
24	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	Q1 1:59.977 · 4 laps · cosworth

Starting grid

Recorded grid; pole awards are not inferred from starting position
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details
1	Mark Webber	Red Bull	1:49.327 · renault
2	Nico Rosberg	Mercedes	1:50.673 · mercedes
3	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull	1:50.789 · renault
4	Adrian Sutil	Force India	1:50.914 · mercedes
5	Nico Hülkenberg	Williams	1:51.001 · cosworth
6	Robert Kubica	Renault	1:51.051 · renault
7	Rubens Barrichello	Williams	1:51.511 · cosworth
8	Michael Schumacher	Mercedes	1:51.717 · mercedes
9	Kamui Kobayashi	Sauber	1:51.767 · ferrari
10	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Force India	1:52.254 · mercedes
11	Vitaly Petrov	Renault	1:48.760 · renault
12	Pedro de la Rosa	Sauber	1:48.771 · ferrari
13	Sébastien Buemi	Toro Rosso	1:49.207 · ferrari
14	Jaime Alguersuari	Toro Rosso	1:49.464 · ferrari
15	Heikki Kovalainen	Lotus Racing	1:52.270 · cosworth
16	Timo Glock	Virgin	1:52.520 · cosworth
17	Jenson Button	McLaren	Time not recorded · mercedes
18	Jarno Trulli	Lotus Racing	1:52.884 · cosworth
19	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	1:53.044 · ferrari
20	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren	1:53.050 · mercedes
21	Felipe Massa	Ferrari	1:53.283 · ferrari
22	Karun Chandhok	HRT	1:56.299 · cosworth
23	Bruno Senna	HRT	1:57.269 · cosworth
24	Lucas di Grassi	Virgin	1:59.977 · cosworth

Championship progression

Driver standings after this championship round
Position	Driver	Constructor	Recorded details	Points
1	Felipe Massa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	39
2	Fernando Alonso	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	37
3	Sebastian Vettel	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	37
4	Jenson Button	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	35
5	Nico Rosberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	35
6	Lewis Hamilton	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	31
7	Robert Kubica	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	30
8	Mark Webber	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	24
9	Adrian Sutil	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	10
10	Michael Schumacher	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	9
11	Vitantonio Liuzzi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	8
12	Rubens Barrichello	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	5
13	Jaime Alguersuari	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	2
14	Nico Hülkenberg	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	1
15	Sébastien Buemi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
16	Pedro de la Rosa	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
17	Heikki Kovalainen	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
18	Karun Chandhok	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
19	Lucas di Grassi	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
20	Bruno Senna	Not applicable / not recorded	Time not recorded	0
21	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	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:34.921
freePractice1Results	Nico Rosberg	2	1:35.106
freePractice1Results	Jenson Button	3	1:35.207
freePractice1Results	Michael Schumacher	4	1:35.225
freePractice1Results	Robert Kubica	5	1:35.402
freePractice1Results	Mark Webber	6	1:35.479
freePractice1Results	Adrian Sutil	7	1:35.955
freePractice1Results	Fernando Alonso	8	1:35.959
freePractice1Results	Sebastian Vettel	9	1:36.043
freePractice1Results	Sébastien Buemi	10	1:36.100
freePractice1Results	Felipe Massa	11	1:36.451
freePractice1Results	Kamui Kobayashi	12	1:36.503
freePractice1Results	Jaime Alguersuari	13	1:36.645
freePractice1Results	Vitaly Petrov	14	1:36.712
freePractice1Results	Paul di Resta	15	1:36.891
freePractice1Results	Pedro de la Rosa	16	1:36.899
freePractice1Results	Nico Hülkenberg	17	1:37.802
freePractice1Results	Rubens Barrichello	18	1:38.278
freePractice1Results	Jarno Trulli	19	1:39.460
freePractice1Results	Timo Glock	20	1:39.755
freePractice1Results	Lucas di Grassi	21	1:40.159
freePractice1Results	Fairuz Fauzy	22	1:40.721
freePractice1Results	Bruno Senna	23	1:41.832
freePractice1Results	Karun Chandhok	24	1:41.966
freePractice2Results	Lewis Hamilton	1	1:34.175
freePractice2Results	Sebastian Vettel	2	1:34.441
freePractice2Results	Nico Rosberg	3	1:34.443
freePractice2Results	Jenson Button	4	1:34.538
freePractice2Results	Michael Schumacher	5	1:34.674
freePractice2Results	Robert Kubica	6	1:35.148
freePractice2Results	Fernando Alonso	7	1:35.581
freePractice2Results	Sébastien Buemi	8	1:35.660
freePractice2Results	Vitaly Petrov	9	1:35.872
freePractice2Results	Adrian Sutil	10	1:35.957
freePractice2Results	Kamui Kobayashi	11	1:36.018
freePractice2Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	12	1:36.221
freePractice2Results	Pedro de la Rosa	13	1:36.325
freePractice2Results	Jaime Alguersuari	14	1:36.325
freePractice2Results	Felipe Massa	15	1:36.602
freePractice2Results	Rubens Barrichello	16	1:36.813
freePractice2Results	Nico Hülkenberg	17	1:37.415
freePractice2Results	Jarno Trulli	18	1:38.454
freePractice2Results	Heikki Kovalainen	19	1:38.530
freePractice2Results	Mark Webber	20	1:38.786
freePractice2Results	Timo Glock	21	1:39.061
freePractice2Results	Lucas di Grassi	22	1:39.158
freePractice2Results	Karun Chandhok	23	1:41.084
freePractice2Results	Bruno Senna	24	1:41.481
freePractice3Results	Mark Webber	1	1:33.542
freePractice3Results	Lewis Hamilton	2	1:33.559
freePractice3Results	Sebastian Vettel	3	1:33.587
freePractice3Results	Fernando Alonso	4	1:33.751
freePractice3Results	Michael Schumacher	5	1:33.992
freePractice3Results	Nico Rosberg	6	1:34.090
freePractice3Results	Jenson Button	7	1:34.113
freePractice3Results	Felipe Massa	8	1:34.174
freePractice3Results	Rubens Barrichello	9	1:34.540
freePractice3Results	Robert Kubica	10	1:34.549
freePractice3Results	Adrian Sutil	11	1:34.623
freePractice3Results	Sébastien Buemi	12	1:34.673
freePractice3Results	Nico Hülkenberg	13	1:34.882
freePractice3Results	Vitantonio Liuzzi	14	1:34.957
freePractice3Results	Jaime Alguersuari	15	1:35.026
freePractice3Results	Vitaly Petrov	16	1:35.076
freePractice3Results	Pedro de la Rosa	17	1:35.477
freePractice3Results	Kamui Kobayashi	18	1:36.404
freePractice3Results	Timo Glock	19	1:37.299
freePractice3Results	Jarno Trulli	20	1:37.369
freePractice3Results	Heikki Kovalainen	21	1:38.161
freePractice3Results	Lucas di Grassi	22	1:38.783
freePractice3Results	Bruno Senna	23	1:39.868
freePractice3Results	Karun Chandhok	24	1:39.895

Recorded pit stops

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

Driver	Stop	Lap	Time
Rubens Barrichello	1	7	22.547
Jenson Button	1	9	23.406
Heikki Kovalainen	1	11	43.103
Nico Hülkenberg	1	13	29.555
Vitaly Petrov	1	13	25.241
Sébastien Buemi	1	14	24.377
Bruno Senna	1	16	25.751
Heikki Kovalainen	2	17	11:36.225
Jaime Alguersuari	1	19	22.828
Adrian Sutil	1	20	23.442
Robert Kubica	1	21	22.958
Nico Rosberg	1	22	21.802
Sebastian Vettel	1	23	23.102
Mark Webber	1	24	25.565
Felipe Massa	1	26	22.758
Lucas di Grassi	1	26	24.849
Lewis Hamilton	1	30	23.043
Sébastien Buemi	2	34	28.733
Fernando Alonso	1	36	22.350
Rubens Barrichello	2	44	22.329