2010 Brazil F1 Grand Prix Race Report & Results

Event: Brazilian Grand Prix
Track: Autodromo Interlagos

Weather: wet qualifying, dry race

Sebastian Vettel won his 9th F1 World Championship race at the 2010 Brazil F1 GP, setting up an Abu Dhabi finale for the title. The Red Bull driver started second and won at Interlagos by 4.243 seconds from teammate Mark Webber for a Red Bull 1-2. It was Red Bulls 13th F1 win.

Hulkenberg pole in the wet, sensational Williams lap

Interlagos on 7 November 2010 delivered one of the qualifying laps of the year. Rain fell in Q3 and Nico Hulkenberg, in only his first F1 season with Williams, put together a 1:14.470 masterpiece to take pole by 1.049 seconds from Vettel. Webber third, Hamilton fourth, Alonso fifth for Ferrari. Hulkenbergs father wept in the garage.

Race day: Red Bull 1-2, Vettel and Webber outpace Ferrari

Sunday was dry. Vettel passed Hulkenberg on lap 1 and Webber went by soon after; the Red Bulls then controlled the race. Vettel led from Webber to the flag, Alonso third but comfortably beaten by the Red Bulls pace, Hamilton fourth, Button fifth. Hulkenberg held on for eighth and one point. Hamilton set the fastest lap on lap 66 at 1:13.851. Red Bull clinched the constructors championship, their first in F1.

Championship: Alonso 246, Webber 238, Vettel 231, Hamilton 222

Alonso still led by eight points from Webber, 15 from Vettel, 24 from Hamilton, all four still mathematically in the fight going to Abu Dhabi.

Classification 2010 Brazil F1 GP

Pos	#	Driver	Constructor	Car & Engine	Grid	Laps	Led	Time	Pts
1	5	SebastianVettel	Red Bull	Red Bull RB6Renault RS27	2	71	69	1:33:11.803	25
2	6	MarkWebber	Red Bull	Red Bull RB6Renault RS27	3	71	2	1:33:16.046+4.243s	18
3	8	FernandoAlonso	Ferrari	Ferrari F10Ferrari 056	5	71		1:33:18.610+6.807s	15
4	2	LewisHamilton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/25Mercedes FO 108	4	71		1:33:26.437+14.634s	12
5	1	JensonButton	McLaren	McLaren MP4/25Mercedes FO 108	11	71		1:33:27.396+15.593s	10
6	4	NicoRosberg	Mercedes	Mercedes W01Mercedes FO 108	13	71		1:33:47.123+35.320s	8
7	3	MichaelSchumacher	Mercedes	Mercedes W01Mercedes FO 108	8	71		1:33:55.259+43.456s	6
8	10	NicoHülkenberg	Williams	Williams FW32Cosworth CA2010	1	70		+1 lap	4
9	11	RobertKubica	Renault	Renault R30Renault RS27	7	70		+1 lap	2
10	23	KamuiKobayashi	BMW Sauber	Sauber C29Ferrari 056	12	70		+1 lap	1
11	17	JaimeAlguersuari	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR5Ferrari 056	14	70		+1 lap
12	14	AdrianSutil	Force India	Force India VJM03Mercedes FO 108	22	70		+1 lap
13	16	SébastienBuemi	Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso STR5Ferrari 056	19	70		+1 lap
14	9	RubensBarrichello	Williams	Williams FW32Cosworth CA2010	6	70		+1 lap
15	7	FelipeMassa	Ferrari	Ferrari F10Ferrari 056	9	70		+1 lap
16	12	VitalyPetrov	Renault	Renault R30Renault RS27	10	70		+1 lap
17	22	NickHeidfeld	BMW Sauber	Sauber C29Ferrari 056	15	70		+1 lap
18	19	HeikkiKovalainen	Caterham	Lotus T127Cosworth CA2010	20	69		+2 laps
19	18	JarnoTrulli	Caterham	Lotus T127Cosworth CA2010	18	69		+2 laps
20	24	TimoGlock	Virgin Racing	Virging VR-01Cosworth CA2010	17	69		+2 laps
21	21	BrunoSenna	HRT	HRT F110Cosworth CA2010	24	69		+2 laps
22	20	ChristianKlien	HRT	HRT F110Cosworth CA2010	23	65		+6 laps
NC	25	Lucasdi Grassi	Virgin Racing	Virging VR-01Cosworth CA2010	21	62		+9 laps
DNF	15	VitantonioLiuzzi	Force India	Force India VJM03Mercedes FO 108	16	49		Accident

Fastest lap: 1:13.851 min. by Lewis Hamilton

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