Round 2 · 2010

Australian Grand Prix

CircuitAlbert ParkLocationMelbourne, AustraliaDates26 Mar – 28 Mar 2010Final

WinnerBUTMcLaren · from P4

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:28.358Webber · L47

Most laps led33Button

Biggest gain+10Chandhok P24→P14

Retirements9of 23 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	4	+3	58	1:33:36.531	1	25
2	Robert Kubica KUB	Renault (2002–10)	9	+7	58	+12.030	1	18
3	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	5	+2	58	+14.490	1	15
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	3	-1	58	+16.300	1	12
5	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	6	+1	58	+16.680	2	10
6	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	11	+5	58	+29.900	2	8
7	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	Force India	13	+6	58	+59.850	1	6
8	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	8	0	58	+1:00.540	2	4
9	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	2	-7	58	+1:07.320 FL	3	2
10	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	7	-3	58	+1:09.390	3	1
11	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	17	+6	58	+1:11.300	2
12	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	Sauber	14	+2	58	+1:14.080	1
13	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	19	+6	56	+2 laps	1
14	Karun Chandhok CHN	HRT	24	+10	53	+5 laps	2
—	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	20		0	DNS	0
—	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	21		41	DNF · L41	2
—	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	10		9	DNF · L9	1
—	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1		25	DNF · L25	1
—	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	12		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	16		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Williams	15		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Vitaly Petrov PET	Renault (2002–10)	18		9	DNF · L9	1
—	Bruno Senna SEN	HRT	23		4	DNF · L4	0
—	Lucas di Grassi DIG	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	22		26	DNF · L26	3

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:24.719	16
2	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:24.929	19
3	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:24.963	17
4	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:25.122	19
5	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:25.366	16
6	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:25.399	20
7	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:25.505	14
8	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:25.525	18
9	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:25.549	20
10	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	Force India	1:25.782	19
11	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:25.852	17
12	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:26.104	21
13	Robert Kubica KUB	Renault (2002–10)	1:26.184	21
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:26.275	21
15	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:26.368	17
16	Vitaly Petrov PET	Renault (2002–10)	1:26.661	19
17	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Williams	1:26.804	19
18	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	Sauber	1:26.818	18
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:29.539	19
20	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:29.800	16
21	Lucas di Grassi DIG	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:30.800	18
22	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:31.114	12
23	Karun Chandhok CHN	HRT	1:34.334	11
24	Bruno Senna SEN	HRT	1:36.649	8

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:25.801	13
2	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:26.076	16
3	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:26.248	22
4	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:26.511	16
5	Vitaly Petrov PET	Renault (2002–10)	1:26.732	26
6	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:26.832	29
7	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:26.834	22
8	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	Force India	1:26.835	17
9	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:26.904	25
10	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:26.956	22
11	Robert Kubica KUB	Renault (2002–10)	1:27.108	28
12	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	Sauber	1:27.108	25
13	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:27.455	23
14	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Williams	1:27.545	25
15	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:29.025	20
16	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:29.134	19
17	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:29.591	21
18	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:29.860	15
19	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:30.510	43
20	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:30.695	17
21	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:32.117	9
22	Lucas di Grassi DIG	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	—	2
23	Karun Chandhok CHN	HRT	—	1
24	Bruno Senna SEN	HRT	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Robert Kubica KUB	Renault (2002–10)	1:26.927	22
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:27.126	18
3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:27.482	22
4	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:27.511	18
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:27.686	23
6	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:27.747	21
7	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:27.793	22
8	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:28.014	21
9	Vitaly Petrov PET	Renault (2002–10)	1:28.114	25
10	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	Force India	1:28.192	18
11	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:28.537	25
12	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:28.550	19
13	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:28.572	21
14	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:28.683	22
15	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	Sauber	1:29.465	13
16	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:29.712	18
17	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Williams	1:30.249	26
18	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:31.588	5
19	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:31.652	13
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:31.654	26
21	Lucas di Grassi DIG	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:32.831	25
22	Bruno Senna SEN	HRT	1:33.401	24
23	Karun Chandhok CHN	HRT	1:34.251	19
24	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:34.925	8

Session schedule

Practice 1Final26 Mar 2010 01:30 UTC

Practice 2Final26 Mar 2010 05:30 UTC

Practice 3Final27 Mar 2010 03:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal27 Mar 2010 06:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal28 Mar 2010 06:00 UTC

Championship after round 2

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Fernando Alonso ALO	37
2	Felipe Massa MAS	33
3	Jenson Button BUT	31	▲4
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	23	▼1
5	Nico Rosberg ROS	20
6	Robert Kubica KUB	18	▲12
7	Sebastian Vettel VET	12	▼3
8	Michael Schumacher SCH	9	▼2

Running totals from published race points.

Teammate qualifying gaps

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2009	Australian Grand Prix	Jenson Button BUT	Brawn GP	1
2008	Australian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1
2007	Australian Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	1
2006	Australian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	3
2005	Australian Grand Prix	Giancarlo Fisichella FIS	Renault (2002–10)	1
2004	Australian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	1
2003	Australian Grand Prix	David Coulthard COT	McLaren	11
2002	Australian Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	2