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The 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix, otherwise known as the Formula 1 Eni Magyar Nagydíj 2010, was the twelfth round of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship, staged at the Hungaroring in Budapest, Hungary, on 1 August 2010.[1][2] The race would see Mark Webber secure his fourth victory of the campaign and claim the Championship lead, as Lewis Hamilton retired with a gearbox failure.[2]

Qualifying had seen Sebastian Vettel and Webber duel for pole position, with the German racer emerging ahead of his Red Bull-Renault teammate.[2] Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa would share the second row for Ferrari, with all four cars receiving protests from rival teams due to the amount of flexing from their front wings.[2]

Those protests would not have an effect on the immediate race, however, as Vettel streaked away to claim an early lead at the start.[2] Behind, Alonso scythed past Webber to secure second, while Vitaly Petrov surprised Lewis Hamilton by claiming fifth at the first corner.[2]

The early stages would see Vettel sprint clear of Alonso and Webber behind, with the Spaniard visibly holding up the #6 Red Bull.[2] Behind, Massa was left to run on his own in fourth, while Hamilton reclaimed fifth from Petrov as the young Russian racer struggled to keep heat in his tyres.[2]

The order remained stable after that, until Vitantonio Liuzzi lost his front wing after unseen contact, which sent parts of Force India-Mercedes scattering across the circuit.[2] That triggered a Safety Car and an en-masse sweep into the pits, with Vettel almost crashing into the pit wall on entry having received a late call.[2] There would be chaos in the pits as Nico Rosberg lost his right rear tyre while leaving, which bounced into the Williams-Cosworth pitcrew, while Robert Kubica and Adrian Sutil collided as the Polish racer was released from his pitbox.[2]

Only Webber would opt to stay out during the SC, and duly blasted clear at the restart as Vettel drastically dropped back.[2] Indeed, the German's actions were so suspicious that he was placed under investigation for falling more than ten car lengths behind the car in-front, and was duly slapped with a drive-through penalty.[2]

With that Webber was away, setting a series of fastest laps with the aid of a higher engine mode due to his fuel saving behind Alonso earlier on.[2] Behind, Vettel would break clear of Alonso but knew he had to serve a drive through, which he duly took and dropped back behind the Spaniard.[2] Hamilton, meanwhile, would retire with a gearbox failure having been hounding Massa for fourth since the restart.[2]

Webber remained out until lap 43, by which stage he had established a 23 second lead over Alonso, who was otherwise occupied by a furious Vettel.[2] The Australian duly rejoined in the lead ahead of the squabbling duo, with that battle coming to an end late on when Vettel's tyres began to fade.[2]

Elsewhere, Michael Schumacher was having to defend heavily from former teammate Rubens Barrichello, with the Brazilian getting alongside the German veteran more than once.[2] However, Schumacher would cause a lot of outrage when he fed Barrichello towards the pitwall in the closing stages, with the Brazilian ultimately scraping between the Mercedes and the wall but without suffering damage.[2]

With that the race run, with Webber cruising through to claim victory and the Championship lead.[2] Alonso would claim second a few seconds ahead of Vettel, while Massa secured a distant fourth ahead of Petrov.[2] Nico Hülkenberg was next ahead of Pedro de la Rosa, while Jenson Button, Kamui Kobayashi and a furious Barrichello completed the scorers.[2]

Background[]

Lewis Hamilton would once again extend his Championship lead once again, moving fourteen clear of teammate Jenson Button at the head of the hunt. Behind, Button had inched away from the next duo of Mark Webber and Sebastian Vettel, who had moved level on 136 points, but with the Australian ahead on three wins to the German's two. Fernando Alonso, meanwhile, had moved closer to the lead group after his controversial win, with a 29 point gap back to Nico Rosberg in sixth.

In the Constructors Championship McLaren-Mercedes had once again seen their lead reduced by a single point in Germany, leaving Hockenheim having broken the 300 point barrier. Red Bull-Renault had therefore moved 28 behind the Anglo-German alliance in second, while Ferrari had made more ground in third, moving onto 208 points after their one-two. Mercedes were next up in an increasingly lonely fourth, while Renault were just shy of the 100 point mark in fifth.

Entry List[]

The full entry list for the 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix is shown below:

No. Driver Entrant Constructor Chassis Engine Model Tyre
1 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-25 Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8 B
2 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom Vodafone McLaren Mercedes McLaren MP4-25 Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8 B
3 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team Mercedes MGP W01 Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8 B
4 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team Mercedes MGP W01 Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8 B
5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB6 Renault RS27-2010 2.4 V8 B
6 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB6 Renault RS27-2010 2.4 V8 B
7 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F10 Ferrari 056 2010 2.4 V8 B
8 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F10 Ferrari 056 2010 2.4 V8 B
9 Brazil Rubens Barrichello United Kingdom AT&T Williams Williams FW32 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 B
10 Germany Nico Hülkenberg United Kingdom AT&T Williams Williams FW32 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 B
11 Poland Robert Kubica France Renault F1 Team Renault R30 Renault RS27-2010 2.4 V8 B
12 Russia Vitaly Petrov France Renault F1 Team Renault R30 Renault RS27-2010 2.4 V8 B
14 Germany Adrian Sutil India Force India F1 Team Force India VJM03 Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8 B
15 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi India Force India F1 Team Force India VJM03 Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8 B
16 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR5 Ferrari 056 2010 2.4 V8 B
17 Spain Jaime Alguersuari Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR5 Ferrari 056 2010 2.4 V8 B
18 Italy Jarno Trulli Malaysia Lotus Racing Lotus T127 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 B
19 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Lotus Racing Lotus T127 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 B
20 Japan Sakon Yamamoto Spain Hispania Racing F1 Team HRT F110 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 B
21 Brazil Bruno Senna Spain Hispania Racing F1 Team HRT F110 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 B
22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Switzerland BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber C29 Ferrari 056 2010 2.4 V8 B
23 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland BMW Sauber F1 Team BMW Sauber C29 Ferrari 056 2010 2.4 V8 B
24 Germany Timo Glock United Kingdom Virgin Racing Virgin VR-01 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 B
25 Brazil Lucas di Grassi United Kingdom Virgin Racing Virgin VR-01 Cosworth CA2010 2.4 V8 B
Test Drivers for Practice Sessions Only
15 United Kingdom Paul di Resta India Force India F1 Team Force India VJM03 Mercedes FO 108X 2.4 V8 B
Source:[3]

Practice Overview[]

Qualifying[]

Q1[]

Q2[]

Q3[]

Qualifying Results[]

The full qualifying results for the 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos. No. Driver Team Q1 Q2 Q3 Grid
Pos. Time Pos. Time Pos. Time
1 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 1 1:20.417 2 1:19.573 1 1:18.773 1
2 6 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull-Renault 2 1:21.132 1 1:19.531 2 1:19.184 2
3 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 5 1:21.278 3 1:20.237 3 1:19.987 3
4 7 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Ferrari 6 1:21.299 6 1:20.857 4 1:20.331 4
5 2 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 8 1:21.455 8 1:20.877 5 1:20.499 5
6 4 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 4 1:21.212 5 1:20.811 6 1:21.082 6
7 12 Russia Vitaly Petrov France Renault 10 1:21.558 4 1:20.797 7 1:21.229 7
8 11 Poland Robert Kubica France Renault 3 1:21.159 7 1:20.867 8 1:21.328 8
9 22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Switzerland BMW Sauber-Ferrari 14 1:21.891 9 1:21.273 9 1:21.411 9
10 10 Germany Nico Hülkenberg United Kingdom Williams-Cosworth 11 1:21.598 10 1:21.275 10 1:21.710 10
11 1 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 7 1:21.422 11 1:21.292 11
12 9 Brazil Rubens Barrichello United Kingdom Williams-Cosworth 9 1:21.478 12 1:21.331 12
13 14 Germany Adrian Sutil India Force India-Mercedes 17 1:22.080 13 1:21.517 13
14 3 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes 13 1:21.840 14 1:21.630 14
15 16 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16 1:21.982 15 1:21.897 15
16 15 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi India Force India-Mercedes 12 1:21.789 16 1:21.927 16
17 17 Spain Jaime Alguersuari Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 15 1:21.978 17 1:21.998 17
18* 23 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland BMW Sauber-Ferrari 18 1:22.222 23
19 24 Germany Timo Glock United Kingdom Virgin-Cosworth 19 1:24.050 18
20 19 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Lotus-Cosworth 20 1:24.120 19
21 18 Italy Jarno Trulli Malaysia Lotus-Cosworth 21 1:24.199 20
22 25 Brazil Lucas di Grassi United Kingdom Virgin-Cosworth 22 1:25.118 21
23 21 Brazil Bruno Senna Spain HRT-Cosworth 23 1:26.391 22
24 20 Japan Sakon Yamamoto Spain HRT-Cosworth 24 1:26.453 24
Source:[4]
  • T Indicates a driver used their test/spare car to set their best time in that session.
  • Bold indicates the fastest driver's time in each session.
  • * Kobayashi was handed a five place grid penalty ignoring a red light in the pitlane during Q1.[4]

Grid[]

Pos. Pos.
Driver Driver
______________
Row 1 1 ______________
Sebastian Vettel 2
______________ Mark Webber
Row 2 3 ______________
Fernando Alonso 4
______________ Felipe Massa
Row 3 5 ______________
Lewis Hamilton 6
______________ Nico Rosberg
Row 4 7 ______________
Vitaly Petrov 8
______________ Robert Kubica
Row 5 9 ______________
Pedro de la Rosa 10
______________ Nico Hülkenberg
Row 6 11 ______________
Jenson Button 12
______________ Rubens Barrichello
Row 7 13 ______________
Adrian Sutil 14
______________ Michael Schumacher
Row 8 15 ______________
Sébastien Buemi 16
______________ Vitantonio Liuzzi
Row 9 17 ______________
Jaime Alguersuari 18
______________ Timo Glock
Row 10 19 ______________
Heikki Kovalainen 20
______________ Jarno Trulli
Row 11 21 ______________
Lucas di Grassi 22
______________ Bruno Senna
Row 12 23 ______________
Kamui Kobayashi 24
______________ Sakon Yamamoto

Race[]

Report[]

Williams mechanic Nigel Hope got hit by Nico Rosberg’s car ironic ring in the depot straight in the 15th round of the race.

Darren Nicholls Red Bull team joined on the podium to receive the winning manufacturer’s award.

Results[]

The full results for the 2010 Hungarian Grand Prix are outlined below:

Pos. No. Driver Constructor Laps Time/Retired Grid Points
1 6 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull-Renault 70 1:41:05.571 2 25
2 8 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 70 +17.821s 3 18
3 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 70 +19.252s 1 15
4 7 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Ferrari 70 +27.474s 4 12
5 12 Russia Vitaly Petrov France Renault 70 +1:13.192 7 10
6 10 Germany Nico Hülkenberg United Kingdom Williams-Cosworth 70 +1:16.723 10 8
7 22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Switzerland BMW Sauber-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 9 6
8 1 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 69 +1 Lap 11 4
9 23 Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland BMW Sauber-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 23 2
10 9 Brazil Rubens Barrichello United Kingdom Williams-Cosworth 69 +1 Lap 12 1
11 3 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes 69 +1 Lap 14
12 16 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 69 +1 Lap 15
13 15 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi India Force India-Mercedes 69 +1 Lap 16
14 19 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Lotus-Cosworth 67 +3 Laps 19
15 18 Italy Jarno Trulli Malaysia Lotus-Cosworth 67 +3 Laps 20
16 24 Germany Timo Glock United Kingdom Virgin-Cosworth 67 +3 Laps 18
17 21 Brazil Bruno Senna Spain HRT-Cosworth 67 +3 Laps 22
18 25 Brazil Lucas di Grassi United Kingdom Virgin-Cosworth 66 +4 Laps 21
19 20 Japan Sakon Yamamoto Spain HRT-Cosworth 66 +4 Laps 24
Ret 2 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 23 Gearbox 5
Ret 11 Poland Robert Kubica France Renault 23 Damage 8
Ret 4 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes 15 Wheel 6
Ret 14 Germany Adrian Sutil India Force India-Mercedes 15 Collision 13
Ret 17 Spain Jaime Alguersuari Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 1 Engine 17
Source:[5]

Milestones[]

Standings[]

Mark Webber had emerged at the head of the field after his fourth victory of the campaign, moving onto 161 points for the season before the summer break. Lewis Hamilton had hence slipped to second, four off the lead, while Sebastian Vettel would enter the mid-season break ten off the lead in third. Jenson Button was next having slipped down to fourth and fourteen off the lead, while Fernando Alonso had remained a title contender in fifth on 141.

In the Constructors Championship Red Bull-Renault would head into the summer with the lead in the Championship, moving onto 312 points after their double Hungarian podium. McLaren-Mercedes had hence surrendered their advantage and slipped to second, moving onto 304 points, while Ferrari had remained in third and inched closer to the fight. Mercedes were next ahead of Renault, while all three of the new constructors would head into the summer having failed to score.

World Championship for Drivers
Pos. Driver Pts. +/-
1 Australia Mark Webber 161 ▲2
2 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 157 ▼1
3 Germany Sebastian Vettel 151 ▲1
4 United Kingdom Jenson Button 147 ▼2
5 Spain Fernando Alonso 141
6 Brazil Felipe Massa 97 ▲2
7 Germany Nico Rosberg 94 ▼1
8 Poland Robert Kubica 89 ▼1
9 Germany Michael Schumacher 38
10 Germany Adrian Sutil 35
11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 30
12 Russia Vitaly Petrov 17 ▲2
13 Japan Kamui Kobayashi 17 ▼1
14 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 12 ▼1
15 Germany Nico Hülkenberg 10 ▲2
16 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi 7 ▼1
17 Spain Pedro de la Rosa 6 ▲1
18 Spain Jaime Alguersuari 3 ▼2
World Championship for Constructors
Pos. Team Pts. +/-
1 Austria Red Bull-Renault 312 ▲1
2 United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 304 ▼1
3 Italy Ferrari 238
4 Germany Mercedes 132
5 France Renault 106
6 India Force India-Mercedes 47
7 United Kingdom Williams-Cosworth 40
8 Switzerland BMW Sauber-Ferrari 23
9 Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 10

Only point scoring drivers and constructors are shown.

References[]

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References:

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 '12. Hungary 2010', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2014), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/hongrie.aspx, (Accessed 28/03/2020)
  2. 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 2.13 2.14 2.15 2.16 2.17 2.18 2.19 2.20 2.21 2.22 Craig Llewellyn, 'Webber catches rivals napping in Hungary', crash.net, (Crash Media Group, 01/08/2010), https://www.crash.net/f1/race-report/162135/1/webber-feasts-while-rivals-starve-in-hungary, (Accessed 28/03/2020)
  3. 'Germany 2010: Entrants', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2015), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/allemagne/engages.aspx, (Accessed 27/03/2020)
  4. 4.0 4.1 'FORMULA 1 ENI MAGYAR NAGYDÍJ 2010 - QUALIFYING', formula1.com, (Formula One World Championship Limited, 2010), https://www.formula1.com/en/results.html/2010/races/871/hungary/qualifying.html, (Accessed 28/03/2020)
  5. 5.0 5.1 'Hungary 2010: Result', statsf1.com, (Stats F1, 2016), https://www.statsf1.com/en/2010/hongrie/classement.aspx, (Accessed 28/03/2020)
V T E Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix
Circuits Népliget Park (1936); Hungaroring (1986 - Present)
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V T E 2010 Formula One Season
Teams McLaren | Mercedes | Red Bull | Ferrari | Williams | Renault | Force India | Toro Rosso | Lotus | HRT | BMW Sauber | Virgin
Engines Mercedes | Renault | Ferrari | Cosworth
Race Drivers 1 Button | 2 Hamilton | 3 Schumacher | 4 Rosberg | 5 Vettel | 6 Webber | 7 Massa | 8 Alonso | 9 Barrichello | 10 Hülkenberg | 11 Kubica | 12 Petrov | 14 Sutil | 15 Liuzzi | 16 Buemi | 17 Alguersuari | 18 Trulli | 19 Kovalainen | 20 Chandhok | 20 Klien | 20/21 Yamamoto | 21 Senna | 22 de la Rosa | 22 Heidfeld | 23 Kobayashi | 24 Glock | 25 di Grassi
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