F1 2010

Hungarian Grand Prix 2010 Race Report

• Posted in Hungarian GP

Webber wins Hungarian GP 2010

Mark Webber vaulted back into the lead of the world championship after storming to an inspired fourth victory of the season in an ultimately absorbing Hungarian Grand Prix.

Vettel sprinted into the lead from pole position, with Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso bulling up to snatch second from Webber as Felipe Massa in the second scarlet car just held off Renault’s Vitaly Petrov and McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton.

A gearbox problem ended Hamilton’s race on lap 24 when he was running fourth.

Ferrari’s Felipe Massa took fourth, ahead of Renault’s Vitaly Petrov and Williams’ Nico Hulkenberg. Sauber’s Pedro de la Rosa scored his first points of the season with seventh ahead of McLaren’s Jenson Button.

Hungarian Grand Prix 2010 Result

1 WEBBER Red Bull

2 ALONSO Ferrari +17.8s

3 VETTEL Red Bull +19.2s

4 MASSA Ferrari +27.4s

5 PETROV Renault +1m13.1s

6 HULKENBERG Williams +1m16.7s

7 DE LA ROSA Sauber +1 lap

8 BUTTON McLaren +1 lap

9 KOBAYASHI Sauber +1 lap

10 BARRICHELLO Williams +1 lap

11 SCHUMACHER Mercedes +1 lap

12 BUEMI Toro Rosso +1 lap

13 LIUZZI Force India +1 lap

14 KOVALAINEN Lotus +3 laps

15 TRULLI Lotus +3 laps

16 GLOCK Virgin +3 laps

17 SENNA HRT +3 laps

18 DI GRASSI Virgin +4 laps

19 YAMAMOTO HRT +4 laps

20 HAMILTON McLaren +47 laps

21 KUBICA Renault +47 laps

22 ROSBERG Mercedes +55 laps

23 SUTIL Force India +55 laps

24 ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso +69 laps

Fastest lap: VETTEL 1m22.362s (lap 70)

German Grand Prix 2010 Race Report

• Posted in German GP

Controversial win for Alonso in Germany

Fernando Alonso lead a Ferrari one-two at the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim after Felipe Massa is given coded team orders to let his team-mate past.

Massa, who trailed his team-mate by 31 points prior to the race, was told by Ferrari chief engineer Rob Smedley over team radio: “Alonso is faster than you. Can you confirm you understand?” – to which he responded by letting Alonso through on Turn Six moments later.

Red Bull’s Sebastien Vettel was third & Hamilton fourth.

After Massa took the lead with a dream start and Alonso squeezed past Sebastian Vettel into second place, the Ferrari team-mates waged an intense duel for 49 laps in which the balance of advantage constantly fluctuated.

Alonso’s win took him to within 34 points of Hamilton, who has 157 points. Defending champion Button is second with 143 points, while Webber and Vettel are equal third with 136 points.

1 ALONSO Ferrari 1h27m38.864s

2 MASSA Ferrari +4.1s

3 VETTEL Red Bull +5.1s

4 HAMILTON McLaren +26.8s

5 BUTTON McLaren +29.4s

6 WEBBER Red Bull +43.6
7 KUBICA Renault +1 lap

8 ROSBERG Mercedes +1 lap

9 SCHUMACHER Mercedes +1 lap

10 PETROV Renault +1 lap

11 KOBAYASHI Sauber +1 lap

12 BARRICHELLO Williams +1 lap

13 HULKENBERG Williams +1 lap

14 DE LA ROSA Sauber +1 lap

15 ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso +1 lap

16 LIUZZI Force India +2 laps

17 SUTIL Force India +2 laps

18 GLOCK Virgin +3 laps

19 SENNA HRT +4 laps

R KOVALAINEN Lotus +11 laps

R DI GRASSI Virgin +17 laps

R YAMAMOTO HRT +48 laps

R TRULLI Lotus +64 laps

R BUEMI Toro Rosso +66 laps

German Grand Prix 2010 Qualifying

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Vettel on pole - German Grand Prix 2010

Red Bull’s Sebastian Vettel will start on pole position at his home Grand Prix in Germany after he edged out Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso by 0.002 seconds.

After Red Bull’s Mark Webber made a mistake in the first sector of his final run, he was jumped by Felipe Massa in the second Ferrari, who thus starts third after a lap of 1m 14.290s. Webber is fourth on 1m 14.347s.

Alonso had looked set to end Ferrari’s long wait for a pole – which stretches back to the final round of 2008 – after impressively topping the first two qualifying segments and then setting the pace in the early Q3 forays.

“We have to be happy, we are in the first row for the first time, that’s a step forward for us,” said Alonso.

“We expected the Red Bulls to give something more in Q3 as we have seen them do before.

“We are in a way surprised to be that close and finally fighting for pole position after 10 races, it took a little bit of a long time but now we are very close.”

German Grand Prix 2010 Grid

1 VETTEL Red Bull

2 ALONSO Ferrari

3 MASSA Ferrari

4 WEBBER Red Bull

5 BUTTON McLaren

6 HAMILTON McLaren

7 KUBICA Renault

8 BARRICHELLO Williams

9 ROSBERG Mercedes

10 HULKENBERG Williams

11 SCHUMACHER Mercedes

12 KOBAYASHI Sauber

13 PETROV Renault

14 DE LA ROSA Sauber

15 ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso

16 BUEMI Toro Rosso

17 TRULLI Lotus

18 KOVALAINEN Lotus

19 SUTIL Force India

20 SENNA HRT

21 LIUZZI Force India

22 YAMAMOTO HRT

23 DI GRASSI Virgin

24 GLOCK Virgin

British Grand Prix 2010 Race Report

• Posted in British GP . F1 News

Webber storms to 2010 British GP win

Red Bull’s Mark Webber achieved a comfortable win in the British Grand Prix leaving McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton second.

The Australian overtook team-mate Vettel in the first corner, took the lead and never looked back.

Of course, Vettel tried quickly to regain the 1st position but suffered a puncture which pretty much ruined his race
Ferrari’s Fernando Alonso didn’t have the best of starts which allowed Hamilton to jump to second from lap 1.

“Not bad for a number two driver” is what Webber said over the team radio, which couldn’t have pleased some people at Red Bull.

Nico Rosberg returned the revitalised Mercedes team to the podium for the first time since China with an impressive run to third, withstanding late pressure from
Jenson Button as the world champion rebounded brilliantly from his qualifying slump.

Valencia stars Rubens Barrichello (Williams) and Kamui Kobayashi (Sauber), meanwhile, performed impressively once again to take their respective fast-improving squads to fifth and sixth places respectively.

Webber: “There’s a bloke upstairs every now and again. I did the best job I could today and it worked out OK”.

“I made a good start and was very keen obviously to make it my corner and it worked out OK for me.

“It was a good fight with Lewis. It was enjoyable, particularly the first part of the GP.

“It’s very special for me to win here – it’s been a special track for me and to win here and be alongside these guys (Hamilton and Rosberg) is amazing.”

British Grand Prix result – 52 laps

1 WEBBER Red Bull

2 HAMILTON McLaren +1.3s

3 ROSBERG Mercedes +21.3s

4 BUTTON McLaren +21.9s

5 BARRICHELLO Williams +31.4s

6 KOBAYASHI Sauber +32.1s

7 VETTEL Red Bull +36.7s

8 SUTIL Force India +40.9s

9 SCHUMACHER Mercedes +41.5s

10 HULKENBERG Williams +42.0s

11 LIUZZI Force India +42.4s

12 BUEMI Toro Rosso +47.6s

13 PETROV Renault +59.3s

14 ALONSO Ferrari +62.3s

15 MASSA Ferrari +67.4s

16 TRULLI Lotus +1 lap

17 KOVALAINEN Lotus +1 lap

18 GLOCK Virgin +2 laps

19 CHANDHOK HRT +2 laps

20 YAMAMOTO HRT +2 laps

R ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso +8 laps

R DE LA ROSA Sauber +23 laps

R KUBICA Renault +33 laps

R DI GRASSI Virgin +43 laps

British Grand Prix 2010 Qualifying

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Vettel Fastest - British Grand Prix 2010 Qualifying

1 VETTEL Red Bull
2 WEBBER Red Bull
3 ALONSO Ferrari
4 HAMILTON McLaren
5 ROSBERG Mercedes
6 KUBICA Renault
7 MASSA Ferrari
8 BARRICHELLO Williams
9 DE LA ROSA Sauber
10 SCHUMACHER Mercedes
11 SUTIL Force India
12 KOBAYASHI Sauber
13 HULKENBERG Williams
14 BUTTON McLaren
15 LIUZZI Force India
16 PETROV Renault
17 BUEMI Toro Rosso
18 ALGUERSUARI Toro Rosso
19 KOVALAINEN Lotus
20 GLOCK Virgin
21 TRULLI Lotus
22 DI GRASSI Virgin
23 CHANDHOK HRT
24 YAMAMOTO HRT

Sebastian Vettel will start the British Grand Prix from pole position for Red Bull after narrowly beating team mate Mark Webber. The two of them were inseparable in all three sessions, but Vettel just edged out the Australian with a lap of 1m 29.615s compared to 1m 29.758s.

Lewis Hamilton salvaged fourth from a difficult weekend for McLaren as team-mate Jenson Button managed only 14th after struggling for rear grip.

“I think there’s something wrong – the car was pretty much undriveable,” the world champion told BBC Sport.

Vettel was quicker in the first knockout session, Webber had the edge in Q2, and then when it really mattered Vettel produced a pair of superbly committed laps to settle the contest.