14/03/10 Bahrain
28/03/10 Australia
04/04/10 Malaysia
18/04/10 China
09/05/10 Spain
16/05/10 Monaco
30/05/10 Turkey
13/06/10 Canada
11/04/10 Qatar
25/04/10 Japan
23/05/10 France
06/06/10 Italy
20/06/10 Silverstone
26/06/10 Assen
18/07/10 Germany
28/03/10 Portugal
16/05/10 South Africa
30/05/10 Salt Lake City
27/06/10 San Marino
11/07/10 Brno
05/09/10 Zolder
Vettel wins the European Grand Prix 2010
Sebastian Vettel took the victory at the 2010 European Grand Prix in Valencia and scored his 2nd win of 2010. The Formula 1 podium was completed by the 2 McLaren drivers Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Despite of not winning the Formula 1 Valencia, Hamilton is still leading the driver’s F1 Championship with Button in 2nd place.
Mark Webber, Vettel’s teammate, did not have a good race as he fell further behind at the beginning of the GP Valencia. He fell from 2nd place to 9th and ultimately found his race ended by an accident with Heikki Kovalainen on lap 14. Neither driver was injured. Following the crash, a safety car came out behind Vettel and alongside Hamilton. This ruined the races of some drivers as they had to race behind the safety car; it had decided the race of the Ferrari driver Felipe Massa as he had to wait behind teammate Fernando Alonso for this pit stop. Ultimately, Alonso finished 8th and Massa 11th as a disappointment for Ferrari.
Though Button ultimately had a podium finish, he spent much of his race behind Kamui Kobayashi. This gave Hamilton the chance to take 2nd place, despite of the being slowed down due to a penalty during the race for passing the safety car.
Mercedes did not have a good weekend as their 2 drivers Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher had a bad qualification with disappointing results. Rosberg finished 10th and Schumacher 15th. Williams on the other hand, saw its driver Rubens Barrichello finish in 4th place after having started 9th on the grid. This gave Williams the best finish of the year during the Formula 1 Valencia.
Kobayashi had a good race as he raced almost the entire time in 3rd place, but as his tires were wearing down he made a pit stop with only 3 laps to go. After he changed to soft tires, he managed to finish the race in 7th place in front of Alonso and Sebastien Buemi. Robert Kubica and Adrian Sutil had passed him and finished 5th and 6th. Kobayashi scored Sauber’s best result since coming back into the sport.
Hamilton is leading the driver’s Formula 1 Championship with 127 points. Teammate Button is right behind him with 121 points. Vettel has moved from 5th to 3rd place with 115 points and Mark Webber dropped to 4th with 103 points. Alonso is 5th with 96 points.
McLaren is leading the constructor’s F1 Championship with Red Bull in 2nd place and Ferrari in 3rd. Mercedes has 4th place with Renault in 5th. 83 points of the total of 89 points of Renault were scored by Kubica.
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