2010 German Grand Prix

2010 German Grand Prix
Race 11 of 19 in the 2010 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Layout of the Hockenheimring circuit
Race details[1][2]
Date	25 July 2010
Official name	Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2010[3]
Location	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Course	Permanent racing facility
Course length	4.574 km (2.842 miles)
Distance	67 laps, 306.458 km (190.424 miles)
Weather	Mainly cloudy, dry[4]
Pole position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:13.791
Fastest lap
Driver	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:15.824 on lap 67
Podium
First	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari
Second	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Third	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Lap leaders

The 2010 German Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2010) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 July at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was the eleventh round of the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship and the seventy-first German Grand Prix. The 67-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso after he started from second position. His teammate Felipe Massa finished second, and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel came in third. This was the first Ferrari 1-2 finish since the 2010 Bahrain Grand Prix.

Although Vettel and Alonso were on the grid's front row, both drivers were passed by Massa at the start of the race. Alonso and Massa traded the fastest times in the first twelve laps until a sequence of pit stops. Massa struggled with tyre temperatures and Alonso challenged him on the 21st lap but fended off his efforts to take the lead. Massa pulled away slightly from Alonso until traffic slowed him and reduced the time deficit between the two drivers. Alonso took over the first position after Ferrari invoked team orders on Massa to allow Alonso past. Massa resisted pressure from Vettel while Alonso maintained the lead for the rest of the race to take the 23rd victory of his career.

Ferrari's team orders resulted in a fine of $100,000 by the race stewards but avoided further punishment from the FIA World Motor Sport Council in September 2010. Alonso's victory put him within 13 points of Vettel in the Drivers' Championship, while the leader Lewis Hamilton extended his advantage over teammate Jenson Button by two points. Red Bull slightly reduced the deficit to McLaren in the Constructors' Championship, while Ferrari moved further ahead of Mercedes, with eight races left in the season.