2010 Japanese Grand Prix | |||||
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Race 16 of 19 in the 2010 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1][2][3] | |||||
Date | 10 October 2010 | ||||
Official name | 2010 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix | ||||
Location | Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie | ||||
Course | Permanent racing facility | ||||
Course length | 5.807 km (3.608 miles) | ||||
Distance | 53 laps, 307.471[a] km (191.054 miles) | ||||
Weather | Sunny | ||||
Attendance | 190,000[5] | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
Time | 1:30.785 | ||||
Fastest lap | |||||
Driver |
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Time | 1:33.474 on lap 53 | ||||
Podium | |||||
First | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
Second | Red Bull-Renault | ||||
Third | Ferrari | ||||
Lap leaders |
The 2010 Japanese Grand Prix (officially the 2010 Formula 1 Japanese Grand Prix)[6] was a Formula One motor race held on 10 October 2010 at the Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka, Mie, Japan before 190,000 spectators. It was the 16th round of the 2010 Formula One World Championship and the 26th Japanese Grand Prix held as part of the Formula One World Championship. Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the 53-lap race from pole position. His team-mate Mark Webber finished second and Fernando Alonso was third in a Ferrari.
Entering the race, Webber led Alonso in the World Drivers' Championship by 11 points. Webber's team Red Bull led second-placed McLaren by 24 points in the World Constructors' Championship. Vettel claimed the 13th pole position of his career by setting qualifying's fastest lap which was delayed to the day of the race due to torrential rain. Vettel held the lead for the first 24 laps until he made his only pit stop, promoting Webber to first for one lap. Jenson Button of McLaren led the following 13 laps before Vettel retook the position on the 39th lap, maintaining it for the rest of the race to achieve his third victory of the season and the eighth of his career. The safety car was deployed once for two separate accidents on the first lap involving Vitaly Petrov and Nico Hülkenberg as well as Felipe Massa and Vitantonio Liuzzi.
As a consequence of the final result, Webber extended his lead over Alonso to 14 points in the World Drivers' Championship. Vettel's victory promoted him from fourth to third and he had the same number of points as Alonso. McLaren's Lewis Hamilton was demoted to fourth as a result of his finishing fifth, and his teammate Button remained in fifth. In the World Constructors' Championship, Red Bull further increased their lead over McLaren to 45 points, with three races remaining in the season.
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