Round 19 · 2010

Abu Dhabi Grand Prix

CircuitYas Marina CircuitLocationAbu dhabi, United Arab EmiratesDates12 Nov – 14 Nov 2010Final

WinnerVETRed Bull Racing · from P1

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:41.274Hamilton · L47

Most laps led40Vettel

Biggest gain+8Alguersuari P17→P9

Retirements4of 24 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1	0	55	1:39:36.837	1	25
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	2	0	55	+10.160 FL	1	18
3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	4	+1	55	+11.050	1	15
4	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	9	+5	55	+30.750	1	12
5	Robert Kubica KUB	Renault (2002–10)	11	+6	55	+39.030	1	10
6	Vitaly Petrov PET	Renault (2002–10)	10	+4	55	+43.520	1	8
7	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	3	-4	55	+43.800	1	6
8	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	5	-3	55	+44.240	1	4
9	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	17	+8	55	+50.200	1	2
10	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	6	-4	55	+50.870	1	1
11	Nick Heidfeld HEI	Sauber	14	+3	55	+51.550	1
12	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	7	-5	55	+57.690	1
13	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	13	0	55	+58.330	1
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	12	-2	55	+59.560	1
15	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	18	+3	55	+1:03.180	1
16	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Williams	15	-1	55	+1:04.760	1
17	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	20	+3	54	+1 lap	1
18	Lucas di Grassi DIG	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	22	+4	53	+2 laps	1
19	Bruno Senna SEN	HRT	23	+4	53	+2 laps	1
20	Christian Klien KLN	HRT	24	+4	53	+2 laps	1
—	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	8		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	19		51	DNF · L51	2
—	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21		43	DNF · L43	1
—	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	Force India	16		0	DNF · L0	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	17
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	—	—	—	19
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	—	—	21
4	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	—	—	—	23
5	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	—	—	—	20
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	—	—	—	19
7	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	—	—	—	26
8	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	—	—	—	20
9	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	—	—	—	25
10	Vitaly Petrov PET	Renault (2002–10)	—	—	—	21
11	Robert Kubica KUB	Renault (2002–10)	—	—	—	13
12	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	—	—	—	14
13	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	—	—	—	18
14	Nick Heidfeld HEI	Sauber	—	—	—	17
15	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Williams	—	—	—	18
16	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	Force India	—	—	—	18
17	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	18
18	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	—	—	—	11
19	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	—	—	—	11
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	—	—	—	11
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	10
22	Lucas di Grassi DIG	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	—	—	9
23	Bruno Senna SEN	HRT	—	—	—	10
24	Christian Klien KLN	HRT	—	—	—	10

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:40.696	18
2	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:40.829	15
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:41.280	13
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:41.490	14
5	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:41.578	17
6	Vitaly Petrov PET	Renault (2002–10)	1:41.689	17
7	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:41.690	18
8	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:41.729	17
9	Robert Kubica KUB	Renault (2002–10)	1:41.877	18
10	Nick Heidfeld HEI	Sauber	1:41.893	20
11	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Williams	1:41.934	18
12	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:41.978	14
13	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:42.316	15
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:42.566	16
15	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:42.587	18
16	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	Force India	1:42.858	14
17	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:42.993	20
18	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:43.344	18
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:44.876	15
20	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:45.048	23
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:45.050	20
22	Bruno Senna SEN	HRT	1:45.490	16
23	Lucas di Grassi DIG	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:45.629	22
24	Christian Klien KLN	HRT	1:46.464	17

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:40.888	25
2	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:41.145	28
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:41.314	29
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:41.315	29
5	Robert Kubica KUB	Renault (2002–10)	1:41.576	31
6	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:41.583	21
7	Vitaly Petrov PET	Renault (2002–10)	1:42.096	31
8	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:42.132	28
9	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	Force India	1:42.203	31
10	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:42.222	29
11	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:42.246	29
12	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Williams	1:42.449	32
13	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:42.535	21
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:42.768	26
15	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:42.914	37
16	Nick Heidfeld HEI	Sauber	1:42.950	34
17	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:43.128	17
18	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:43.584	33
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:45.180	36
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:45.259	31
21	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:45.612	35
22	Lucas di Grassi DIG	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:46.053	29
23	Christian Klien KLN	HRT	1:47.210	32
24	Bruno Senna SEN	HRT	1:47.434	28

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:42.760	18
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:43.369	16
3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:43.785	19
4	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:43.840	19
5	Robert Kubica KUB	Renault (2002–10)	1:44.080	19
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:44.121	17
7	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:44.199	19
8	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:44.604	18
9	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:44.718	19
10	Nick Heidfeld HEI	Sauber	1:44.737	19
11	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:45.160	18
12	Vitaly Petrov PET	Renault (2002–10)	1:45.445	21
13	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:45.474	15
14	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:45.552	20
15	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	Force India	1:45.585	14
16	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:46.003	20
17	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Williams	1:46.644	19
18	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:47.105	22
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:48.450	19
20	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:48.472	17
21	Lucas di Grassi DIG	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:49.375	13
22	Bruno Senna SEN	HRT	1:49.590	18
23	Christian Klien KLN	HRT	1:50.274	17
24	Fairuz Fauzy FAU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:51.705	18

Session schedule

Practice 1Final12 Nov 2010 09:00 UTC

Practice 2Final12 Nov 2010 13:00 UTC

Practice 3Final13 Nov 2010 10:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal13 Nov 2010 13:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal14 Nov 2010 13:00 UTC

Championship after round 19

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Sebastian Vettel VET	256	▲2
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	252	▼1
3	Mark Webber WEB	242	▼1
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	240
5	Jenson Button BUT	214
6	Felipe Massa MAS	144
7	Nico Rosberg ROS	142
8	Robert Kubica KUB	136

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

Team	Ahead	Gap	Behind
Red Bull Racing	Sebastian Vettel VET	—	Mark Webber WEB
McLaren	Lewis Hamilton HAM	—	Jenson Button BUT
Ferrari	Fernando Alonso ALO	—	Felipe Massa MAS
Williams	Rubens Barrichello BAR	—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL
Mercedes	Michael Schumacher SCH	—	Nico Rosberg ROS
Renault (2002–10)	Vitaly Petrov PET	—	Robert Kubica KUB
Sauber	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	—	Nick Heidfeld HEI
Force India	Adrian Sutil SUT	—	Tonio Liuzzi LIU
Toro Rosso	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	—	Sebastien Buemi BUE
Lotus Racing (2010–11)	Jarno Trulli TRU	—	Heikki Kovalainen KOV
Manor / Marussia / Virgin	Timo Glock GLO	—	Lucas di Grassi DIG
HRT	Bruno Senna SEN	—	Christian Klien KLN

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2009	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	2