German Grand Prix 2010 Race Report

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