Round 4 · 2010

Chinese Grand Prix

CircuitShanghai International CircuitLocationShanghai, ChinaDates16 Apr – 18 Apr 2010Final

WinnerBUTMcLaren · from P5

PoleVET

Fastest lap1:42.061Hamilton · L13

Most laps led38Button

Biggest gain+7Petrov P14→P7

Retirements6of 23 starters

Classification

Pos	Driver	Team	Grid	+/−	Laps	Time / Status	Pits	Pts
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	5	+4	56	1:48:46.035	2	25
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	6	+4	56	+1.500 FL	4	18
3	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	4	+1	56	+9.400	2	15
4	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	3	-1	56	+11.800	5	12
5	Robert Kubica KUB	Renault (2002–10)	8	+3	56	+22.200	2	10
6	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1	-5	56	+33.300	4	8
7	Vitaly Petrov PET	Renault (2002–10)	14	+7	56	+47.600	2	6
8	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	2	-6	56	+52.100	4	4
9	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	7	-2	56	+57.700	4	2
10	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	9	-1	56	+1:01.700	4	1
11	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	10	-1	56	+1:02.800	4
12	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	11	-1	56	+1:03.600	4
13	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	12	-1	56	+1:11.400	6
14	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	21	+7	55	+1 lap	2
15	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Williams	16	+1	55	+1 lap	6
16	Bruno Senna SEN	HRT	23	+7	54	+2 laps	4
17	Karun Chandhok CHN	HRT	24	+7	52	+4 laps	4
—	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	Sauber	17		7	DNF · L7	0
—	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	20		26	DNF · L26	5
—	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	19		0	DNS	0
—	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	13		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	15		0	DNF · L0	0
—	Lucas di Grassi DIG	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	22		8	DNF · L8	1
—	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	Force India	18		0	DNF · L0	0

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

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:35.323	16
2	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:35.564	12
3	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:35.691	14
4	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:35.747	14
5	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:35.857	13
6	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:35.913	12
7	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:36.262	10
8	Robert Kubica KUB	Renault (2002–10)	1:36.343	16
9	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:36.416	11
10	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:36.634	16
11	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:36.879	17
12	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	Force India	1:37.031	16
13	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:37.192	18
14	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:37.240	18
15	Vitaly Petrov PET	Renault (2002–10)	1:37.339	13
16	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:37.585	13
17	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	Sauber	1:37.664	19
18	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Williams	1:37.784	14
19	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:39.579	15
20	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:39.616	17
21	Lucas di Grassi DIG	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:39.749	13
22	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:39.776	16
23	Bruno Senna SEN	HRT	1:40.316	19
24	Karun Chandhok CHN	HRT	1:41.141	18

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:35.217	26
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:35.465	22
3	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:35.593	26
4	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:35.602	28
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:35.791	30
6	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:35.995	29
7	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:36.254	31
8	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:36.377	43
9	Robert Kubica KUB	Renault (2002–10)	1:36.389	29
10	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	1:36.604	33
11	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:36.944	36
12	Vitaly Petrov PET	Renault (2002–10)	1:36.986	27
13	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	Sauber	1:37.421	32
14	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:37.431	33
15	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:37.657	30
16	Tonio Liuzzi LIU	Force India	1:37.804	31
17	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Williams	1:37.867	29
18	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:39.624	35
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:39.947	30
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:40.233	27
21	Karun Chandhok CHN	HRT	1:41.008	32
22	Lucas di Grassi DIG	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:41.107	28
23	Bruno Senna SEN	HRT	1:41.345	32
24	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	—	0

Pos	Driver	Team	Best lap	Laps
1	Jenson Button BUT	McLaren	1:36.677	15
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	Mercedes	1:36.748	17
3	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1:36.775	19
4	Michael Schumacher SCH	Mercedes	1:37.509	14
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1:37.601	20
6	Robert Kubica KUB	Renault (2002–10)	1:37.716	17
7	Vitaly Petrov PET	Renault (2002–10)	1:37.745	25
8	Mark Webber WEB	Red Bull Racing	1:37.980	17
9	Adrian Sutil SUT	Force India	1:38.008	13
10	Felipe Massa MAS	Ferrari	1:38.098	19
11	Jaime Alguersuari ALG	Toro Rosso	1:38.161	19
12	Kamui Kobayashi KOB	Sauber	1:38.375	21
13	Pedro De La Rosa DEL	Sauber	1:38.421	19
14	Nico Hülkenberg HUL	Williams	1:38.569	20
15	Paul di Resta DIR	Force India	1:38.618	26
16	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Williams	1:38.678	17
17	Sebastien Buemi BUE	Toro Rosso	1:39.939	5
18	Jarno Trulli TRU	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:41.531	22
19	Heikki Kovalainen KOV	Lotus Racing (2010–11)	1:41.779	23
20	Timo Glock GLO	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:41.830	20
21	Lucas di Grassi DIG	Manor / Marussia / Virgin	1:42.181	27
22	Bruno Senna SEN	HRT	1:43.875	23
23	Karun Chandhok CHN	HRT	1:43.949	20
24	Fernando Alonso ALO	Ferrari	—	6

Session schedule

Practice 1Final16 Apr 2010 02:00 UTC

Practice 2Final16 Apr 2010 06:00 UTC

Practice 3Final17 Apr 2010 03:00 UTC

QualifyingFinal17 Apr 2010 06:00 UTC

Grand PrixFinal18 Apr 2010 07:00 UTC

Championship after round 4

Pos	Driver	Pts	Δ
1	Jenson Button BUT	60	▲3
2	Nico Rosberg ROS	50	▲3
3	Fernando Alonso ALO	49	▼1
4	Lewis Hamilton HAM	49	▲2
5	Sebastian Vettel VET	45	▼2
6	Felipe Massa MAS	41	▼5
7	Robert Kubica KUB	40
8	Mark Webber WEB	28

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

Deepest knockout session both drivers set a time in.

Season	Event	Winner	Team	Grid
2009	Chinese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel VET	Red Bull Racing	1
2008	Chinese Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton HAM	McLaren	1
2007	Chinese Grand Prix	Kimi Raikkonen RAI	Ferrari	2
2006	Chinese Grand Prix	Michael Schumacher SCH	Ferrari	6
2005	Chinese Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso ALO	Renault (2002–10)	1
2004	Chinese Grand Prix	Rubens Barrichello BAR	Ferrari	1