The Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2010 was the 19th round of the 2010 F1 season, and took place at the Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on November 14th.

Sebastian Vettel won the race from the pole, followed by Lewis Hamilton, and Jenson Button completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
1:39:36.837
Finished
2
-
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+10.162
Finished
3
1
BUT
Jenson Button
McLaren
+11.047
Finished
4
5
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
+30.747
Finished
5
6
KUB
Robert Kubica
Renault
+39.026
Finished
6
4
PET
Vitaly Petrov
Renault
+43.520
Finished
7
4
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
+43.797
Finished
8
3
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+44.243
Finished
9
8
ALG
Jaime Alguersuari
Toro Rosso
+50.201
Finished
10
4
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+50.868
Finished
11
3
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
Sauber
+51.551
Finished
12
5
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Williams
+57.686
Finished
13
-
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Force India
+58.325
Finished
14
2
KOB
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
+59.558
Finished
15
3
BUE
Sébastien Buemi
Toro Rosso
+1:03.178
Finished
16
1
HUL
Nico Hülkenberg
Williams
+1:04.763
Finished
17
3
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
Lotus
+1 Lap
18
4
DIG
Lucas di Grassi
Virgin
+2 Laps
19
4
SEN
Bruno Senna
HRT
+2 Laps
20
4
KLI
Christian Klien
HRT
+2 Laps
21
2
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Lotus
Rear wing
22
1
GLO
Timo Glock
Virgin
Gearbox
23
15
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
Collision
24
8
LIU
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Force India
Collision
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Race evolution

Pit Stops

Unfortunately we do not have pit stops information for this race.

Strategy

Unfortunately we do not have strategy information for this race..

Incidents

There race went on mostly with no incidents. Only 4 divers were involved in circumstances that were severe enough to prevented them from finishing the race.

These included, Jarno Trulli, who took damage to the rear wing of the car on lap 51, Timo Glock, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 43, and Michael Schumacher, and Vitantonio Liuzzi, both retired dure to damage caused by a collision with other cars.

Rear wing

  • Jarno Trulli
    Lap 51

Gearbox

  • Timo Glock
    Lap 43

Collision

  • Michael Schumacher
    Lap 0
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    Lap 0

Qualifying

#1
VET
#2
HAM
#3
ALO
#4
BUT
#5
WEB
#6
MAS
#7
BAR
#8
MSC
#9
ROS
#10
PET
#11
KUB
#12
KOB
#13
SUT
#14
HEI
#15
HUL
#16
LIU
#17
ALG
#18
BUE
#19
TRU
#20
KOV
#21
GLO
#22
DIG
#23
SEN
#24
KLI

Sebastian Vettel managed to get the pole position by 0.031 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:39.394. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Lewis Hamilton.

Q1

  • Fernando Alonso
    1:40.170
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:40.231
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:40.318
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:40.335
  • Mark Webber
    1:40.690
  • Jenson Button
    1:40.877
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:40.904
  • Felipe Massa
    1:40.942
  • Nico Hülkenberg
    1:41.015
  • Vitaly Petrov
    1:41.018
  • Kamui Kobayashi
    1:41.045
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:41.222
  • Robert Kubica
    1:41.336
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:41.409
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:41.473
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:41.681
  • Jaime Alguersuari
    1:41.707
  • Sébastien Buemi
    1:41.824
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:43.516
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:43.712
  • Timo Glock
    1:44.095
  • Lucas di Grassi
    1:44.510
  • Bruno Senna
    1:45.085
  • Christian Klien
    1:45.296

Q2

  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:39.874
  • Jenson Button
    1:40.014
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:40.060
  • Mark Webber
    1:40.074
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:40.119
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:40.311
  • Felipe Massa
    1:40.323
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:40.452
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:40.476
  • Vitaly Petrov
    1:40.658
  • Robert Kubica
    1:40.780
  • Kamui Kobayashi
    1:40.783
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:40.914
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:41.113
  • Nico Hülkenberg
    1:41.418
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:41.642
  • Jaime Alguersuari
    1:41.738

Q3

  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:39.394
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:39.425
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:39.792
  • Jenson Button
    1:39.823
  • Mark Webber
    1:39.925
  • Felipe Massa
    1:40.202
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:40.203
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:40.516
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:40.589
  • Vitaly Petrov
    1:40.901

Track evolution

Q1
-0.331
seconds faster
Q2
-0.159
seconds faster
Q3

As the qualifying session went on, with the track rubbering in, and the drivers testing the limits of the grip of their cars, the times per lap dropped, and 14 out of the 17 drivers that took place in Q2 were able to improve their times.

The Q3 is the time were all the remaining drivers put all their cards on the table, even those with a superior car who might have been managing their times in Q1 and Q2 push their cars to the limit in Q3. It therefore comes as no surprise that 7 out of the 10 drivers that took place in Q3 were able to improve their times.