The Malaysian Grand Prix 2010 was the 3rd round of the 2010 F1 season, and took place at the Sepang International Circuit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 4th.

Sebastian Vettel won the race after starting in the 3rd position, followed by Mark Webber, who originally had the pole position, and Nico Rosberg completing the podium.

Final results

1
2
VET
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull
1:33:48.412
Finished
2
1
WEB
Mark Webber
Red Bull
+4.849
Finished
3
1
ROS
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
+13.504
Finished
4
2
KUB
Robert Kubica
Renault
+18.589
Finished
5
1
SUT
Adrian Sutil
Force India
+21.059
Finished
6
14
HAM
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren
+23.471
Finished
7
14
MAS
Felipe Massa
Ferrari
+27.068
Finished
8
9
BUT
Jenson Button
McLaren
+37.918
Finished
9
5
ALG
Jaime Alguersuari
Toro Rosso
+1:10.602
Finished
10
5
HUL
Nico Hülkenberg
Williams
+1:13.399
Finished
11
2
BUE
Sébastien Buemi
Toro Rosso
+1:18.938
Finished
12
5
BAR
Rubens Barrichello
Williams
+1 Lap
13
6
ALO
Fernando Alonso
Ferrari
Engine
14
10
DIG
Lucas di Grassi
Virgin
+3 Laps
15
7
CHA
Karun Chandhok
HRT
+3 Laps
16
7
SEN
Bruno Senna
HRT
+4 Laps
17
1
TRU
Jarno Trulli
Lotus
+5 Laps
18
3
KOV
Heikki Kovalainen
Lotus
+10 Laps
19
8
PET
Vitaly Petrov
Renault
Gearbox
20
10
LIU
Vitantonio Liuzzi
Force India
Throttle
21
13
MSC
Michael Schumacher
Mercedes
Wheel
22
13
KOB
Kamui Kobayashi
Sauber
Engine
23
7
GLO
Timo Glock
Virgin
Spun off
24
12
DLR
Pedro de la Rosa
Sauber
Engine
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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

The reace did not end without incidents... 10 drivers out of the original 24 who started did not managed to cross the finish line.

These included, Fernando Alonso, Kamui Kobayashi, and Pedro de la Rosa, all of whom suffered an engine malfunction, Vitaly Petrov, who experienced issues with the gearbox on lap 32, Vitantonio Liuzzi, who had a throttle issue on lap 12, Michael Schumacher, who had a wheel problem on lap 9, and Timo Glock, who lost control and spun off the track on lap 2.

Engine

  • Fernando Alonso
    Lap 54
  • Kamui Kobayashi
    Lap 8
  • Pedro de la Rosa
    Lap 0

Gearbox

  • Vitaly Petrov
    Lap 32

Throttle

  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    Lap 12

Wheel

  • Michael Schumacher
    Lap 9

Spun off

  • Timo Glock
    Lap 2

Qualifying

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

Mark Webber managed to get the pole position by 1.346 seconds and a final lipe time of 1:49.327. Right next to him, completing the first line of the grid, was Nico Rosberg.

Q1

  • Robert Kubica
    1:46.283
  • Pedro de la Rosa
    1:47.153
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:47.632
  • Vitaly Petrov
    1:47.952
  • Kamui Kobayashi
    1:48.467
  • Jaime Alguersuari
    1:48.655
  • Sébastien Buemi
    1:48.945
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:49.479
  • Nico Hülkenberg
    1:49.664
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:49.922
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:50.301
  • Mark Webber
    1:51.886
  • Jenson Button
    1:52.211
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:52.239
  • Timo Glock
    1:52.398
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:52.560
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:52.875
  • Jarno Trulli
    1:52.884
  • Fernando Alonso
    1:53.044
  • Lewis Hamilton
    1:53.050
  • Felipe Massa
    1:53.283
  • Karun Chandhok
    1:56.299
  • Bruno Senna
    1:57.269
  • Lucas di Grassi
    1:59.977

Q2

  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:46.828
  • Robert Kubica
    1:46.951
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:47.085
  • Nico Hülkenberg
    1:47.346
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:47.417
  • Kamui Kobayashi
    1:47.792
  • Mark Webber
    1:48.210
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:48.238
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:48.371
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:48.400
  • Vitaly Petrov
    1:48.760
  • Pedro de la Rosa
    1:48.771
  • Sébastien Buemi
    1:49.207
  • Jaime Alguersuari
    1:49.464
  • Heikki Kovalainen
    1:52.270
  • Timo Glock
    1:52.520

Q3

  • Mark Webber
    1:49.327
  • Nico Rosberg
    1:50.673
  • Sebastian Vettel
    1:50.789
  • Adrian Sutil
    1:50.914
  • Nico Hülkenberg
    1:51.001
  • Robert Kubica
    1:51.051
  • Rubens Barrichello
    1:51.511
  • Michael Schumacher
    1:51.717
  • Kamui Kobayashi
    1:51.767
  • Vitantonio Liuzzi
    1:52.254

Track evolution

Q1
-1.307
seconds faster
Q2
3.372
seconds slower
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 9 out of the 16 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. However, the conditions of the track worsened from Q2 to Q3, and none of the drivers were able to improve their Q2 times.