2010 Spain F1 Grand Prix Race Report & Results

Event: Spanish Grand Prix
Track: Catalunya Circuit

Weather: dry, warm, sunny

Mark WEBBER won his 3rd F1 World Championship race at the 2010 Spain F1 GP, a dominant pole-to-flag victory. The Red Bull driver started from pole and won at Barcelona by 24.065 seconds from Fernando Alonso in front of the Spaniards home crowd. It was Red Bulls 7th F1 win.

Webber pole, RB6 hits full stride

Barcelona on 9 May 2010 confirmed Red Bulls chassis advantage on a circuit that traditionally rewards downforce. Mark Webber took pole for Red Bull with a 1:19.995 lap, Vettel second by just 0.106 for a Red Bull front-row lockout, Hamilton third for McLaren, Alonso fourth on home soil.

Race day: Webber untouchable, Hamilton wheel failure

Webber controlled the race from lights to flag over 66 laps, winning by nearly half a minute. Alonso stormed to second for Ferrari to satisfy the home crowd, Vettel third for the sister Red Bull after a slow puncture in the closing stages, Schumacher fourth for Mercedes GP. Button fifth for McLaren, Massa sixth for Ferrari, Sutil seventh for Force India, Kubica eighth for Renault. Hamilton, running third late on, suffered a front wheel failure with three laps to go and dropped out. Hamilton had set the fastest lap on lap 59 at 1:24.357.

Championship: Button 70, Alonso 67, Rosberg 66

Six drivers were now within 10 points at the top of the table, five different winners in five rounds. Monaco in a week would be next.

Classification 2010 Spain F1 GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	6	MarkWebber	Red Bull	Red Bull RB6Renault RS27	1	66	66	1:35:44.101	25
2	8	FernandoAlonso	Ferrari	Ferrari F10Ferrari 056	4	66		1:36:08.166+24.065s	18
3	5	SebastianVettel	Red Bull	Red Bull RB6Renault RS27	2	66		1:36:35.439+51.338s	15
4	3	MichaelSchumacher	Mercedes	Mercedes W01Mercedes FO 108	6	66		1:36:46.296+1:02.195	12
5	1	JensonButton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/25Mercedes FO 108	5	66		1:36:47.829+1:03.728	10
6	7	FelipeMassa	Ferrari	Ferrari F10Ferrari 056	9	66		1:36:49.868+1:05.767	8
7	14	AdrianSutil	Force India	Force India VJM03Mercedes FO 108	11	66		1:36:57.042+1:12.941	6
8	11	RobertKubica	Renault	Renault R30Renault RS27	7	66		1:36:57.778+1:13.677	4
9	9	RubensBarrichello	Williams	Williams FW32Cosworth CA2010	17	65		+1 lap	2
10	17	JaimeAlguersuari	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR5Ferrari 056	15	65		+1 lap	1
11	12	VitalyPetrov	Renault	Renault R30Renault RS27	19	65		+1 lap
12	23	KamuiKobayashi	BMW Sauber	Sauber C29Ferrari 056	10	65		+1 lap
13	4	NicoRosberg	Mercedes	Mercedes W01Mercedes FO 108	8	65		+1 lap
14	2	LewisHamilton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/25Mercedes FO 108	3	64		Wheel
15	15	VitantonioLiuzzi	Force India	Force India VJM03Mercedes FO 108	16	64		Engine
16	10	NicoHülkenberg	Williams	Williams FW32Cosworth CA2010	13	64		+2 laps
17	18	JarnoTrulli	Caterham	Lotus T127Cosworth CA2010	18	63		+3 laps
18	24	TimoGlock	Virgin Racing	Virging VR-01Cosworth CA2010	22	63		+3 laps
19	25	Lucasdi Grassi	Virgin Racing	Virging VR-01Cosworth CA2010	23	62		+4 laps
DNF	16	SébastienBuemi	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR5Ferrari 056	14	42		Hydraulics
DNF	20	KarunChandhok	HRT	HRT F110Cosworth CA2010	24	27		Collision
DNF	22	Pedrode la Rosa	BMW Sauber	Sauber C29Ferrari 056	12	20		Collision
DNF	21	BrunoSenna	HRT	HRT F110Cosworth CA2010	21	0		Accident
DNS	19	HeikkiKovalainen	Caterham	Lotus T127Cosworth CA2010		0		Gearbox

Fastest lap: 1:24.357 min. by Lewis Hamilton

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