The Japanese Grand Prix 2010 was the 16th round of the 2010 F1 season, and took place at the Suzuka Circuit in Suzuka, Japan, on October 10th.

Sebastian Vettel won the race from the pole, followed by Mark Webber, and Fernando Alonso completing the podium.

Final results

1
-
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
1:30:27.323
Finished
2
-
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+0.905
Finished
3
1
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
+2.721
Finished
4
1
BUT
Jenson Button
McLaren
+13.522
Finished
5
3
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+39.595
Finished
6
4
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
+59.933
Finished
7
7
KOB
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
+1:04.038
Finished
8
3
HEI
Nick Heidfeld
Sauber
+1:09.648
Finished
9
2
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Williams
+1:10.846
Finished
10
8
BUE
Sébastien Buemi
Toro Rosso
+1:12.806
Finished
11
5
ALG
Jaime Alguersuari
Toro Rosso
+1 Lap
12
8
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
Lotus
+1 Lap
13
6
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Lotus
+2 Laps
14
8
GLO
Timo Glock
Virgin
+2 Laps
15
8
SEN
Bruno Senna
HRT
+2 Laps
16
8
YAM
Sakon Yamamoto
HRT
+3 Laps
17
11
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
Suspension
18
3
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Force India
Oil leak
19
16
KUB
Robert Kubica
Renault
Wheel
20
11
HUL
Nico Hülkenberg
Williams
Accident
21
9
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
Accident
22
9
PET
Vitaly Petrov
Renault
Accident
23
6
LIU
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Force India
Accident
24
3
DIG
Lucas di Grassi
Virgin
Suspension
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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 were some incidents during the race, with 8 drivers who didn't manage to cross the finish line.

These included, Nico Rosberg, and Lucas di Grassi, both suffered a suspension problem, Adrian Sutil, who had an oil leak on lap 44, Robert Kubica, who had a wheel problem on lap 2, and Nico Hülkenberg, Felipe Massa, Vitaly Petrov, and Vitantonio Liuzzi, all of whom had to retire due to an accident.

Suspension

  • Nico Rosberg
    Lap 47
  • Lucas di Grassi
    Lap 0

Oil leak

  • Adrian Sutil
    Lap 44

Wheel

  • Robert Kubica
    Lap 2

Accident

  • Nico Hülkenberg
    Lap 0
  • Felipe Massa
    Lap 0
  • Vitaly Petrov
    Lap 0
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    Lap 0

Qualifying

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

Sebastian Vettel dominated all the qualifying sessions and took the pole by 0.068 seconds, with a final lap time of 1:30.785. Mark Webber was right behind him, helping Red Bull score a one-two and monopolize the first line of the grid.

Q1

  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:32.035
  • Nico Hülkenberg
    1:32.211
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:32.238
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:32.361
  • Mark Webber
    1:32.476
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:32.513
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:32.555
  • Jenson Button
    1:32.636
  • Felipe Massa
    1:32.721
  • Kamui Kobayashi
    1:32.783
  • Robert Kubica
    1:32.808
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:32.809
  • Vitaly Petrov
    1:32.849
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:33.011
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:33.186
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:33.216
  • Jaime Alguersuari
    1:33.471
  • Sébastien Buemi
    1:33.568
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:35.346
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:35.464
  • Lucas di Grassi
    1:36.265
  • Timo Glock
    1:36.332
  • Bruno Senna
    1:37.270
  • Sakon Yamamoto
    1:37.365

Q2

  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:31.184
  • Mark Webber
    1:31.241
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:31.523
  • Jenson Button
    1:31.763
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:31.819
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:31.874
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:31.886
  • Nico Hülkenberg
    1:31.926
  • Robert Kubica
    1:32.042
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:32.073
  • Nick Heidfeld
    1:32.187
  • Felipe Massa
    1:32.321
  • Vitaly Petrov
    1:32.422
  • Kamui Kobayashi
    1:32.427
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:32.659
  • Jaime Alguersuari
    1:33.071
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:33.154

Q3

  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:30.785
  • Mark Webber
    1:30.853
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:31.169
  • Robert Kubica
    1:31.231
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:31.352
  • Jenson Button
    1:31.378
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:31.494
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:31.535
  • Nico Hülkenberg
    1:31.559
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:31.846

Track evolution

Q1
-0.606
seconds faster
Q2
-0.413
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 all of the drivers that took place in Q2 improved their times in this second session.

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 all of the drivers that took place in Q3 managed to improve their times in this last session.