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2009 World Champion Jenson Button, pictured here as a member of Brawn GP, drives for McLaren in 2010.
Fernando Alonso, pictured here as a member of Renault, is the current championship leader. He drives for the Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro in 2010.
"F1 2010" redirects here. For the video game, see F1 2010 (video game).

The 2010 Formula One season is the 61st Formula One season. The technical and sporting regulations applicable for this season have been the subject of much debate. The reigning Driver's Champion, Jenson Button, has joined McLaren, and the reigning Constructor's Champions, Brawn GP, have been bought by Mercedes-Benz and renamed Mercedes GP. The season has seen the return of the most successful driver in the sport with Michael Schumacher coming out of retirement after a three year absence.[1] The season's first race was held on March 14 in Bahrain.

Pre-season

Dispute over regulations and breakaway series

Main article: FIA–FOTA dispute

The Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) had planned to introduce a budget cap, in order to safeguard the sport during the current economic downturn. The proposal had an optional budget cap of €30 million ($45 million, £27 million), with greater technical and design freedoms allowed to teams who nominated to use it. The teams objected to what they believed would be a two-tier championship and five of the teams within the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA), Ferrari, BMW Sauber, Renault, Red Bull Racing and Toro Rosso announced their intentions to withdraw from the 2010 championship.[2][3] BMW Sauber later announced on their withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the 2009 season, due to economic problems.[4]

Following negotiations, the FOTA teams unanimously decided to withdraw at the end of the 2009 season unless the budget cap rules were changed.[5] Williams and Force India both submitted their own entries and were temporarily suspended from FOTA,[6][7] while the remaining teams submitted conditional entries for the 2010 season. The 2010 entry list was published by the FIA on 12 June, which included all 2009 teams and three new teams, Campos Meta, Virgin Racing and US F1 Team.[8] Discussions between the FIA and FOTA failed to find a resolution to the budget cap issues and the eight FOTA teams announced intentions to form a breakaway series for 2010.[9] However, following a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council on 24 June, FOTA agreed to remain in Formula One and FIA president Max Mosley confirmed he would not stand for re-election in October.[10]

During a meeting on 8 July between the FIA and FOTA on future regulations, the teams walked out of the meeting after being informed that they were not entered for the 2010 season and could therefore have no input on regulatory discussions.[11] In response it was announced that plans for a breakaway series were still being pursued.[12] Negotiations on a new Concorde Agreement directly with CVC, the commercial rights holders, led to the eventual end of the dispute with its signing by the FIA on 1 August. The new Concorde Agreement will secure the sports future until its expiration in 2012.[13]

Testing

The new season test schedule started on 1 December 2009 with a three-day 'Young Driver Test' (for drivers with fewer than three Formula One race starts to their name) at Spain's Circuito de Jerez. British Formula Three Champion Daniel Ricciardo was fastest for Red Bull Racing. As with 2009, the teams will be allowed a maximum of 15,000 km (9,300 mi) over the course of fifteen days in February. Testing sessions were confirmed for Valencia (1–3 February), Jerez (10–13 February and 17–20 February), and Barcelona (25–28 February).[14] All but Campos/Hispania and US F1 took part in the pre-season tests.[15][16]

Testing sessions at Jerez were constantly interrupted by heavy rain.

Pre-season testing started at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia with seven teams. Ferrari dominated the test session, with Felipe Massa setting the fastest lap times on days one[17] and two.[18] In his first appearance for the team, Fernando Alonso set the fastest overall time on the third day of the test with 1:11.470.[19]

Virgin Racing had teething problems during the tests in Jerez and Barcelona.

The second session took place at Circuito de Jerez with heavy downpours throughout the test. This also marked the first public test for new team Virgin Racing who only managed five laps after a shortage of parts became a problem.[20] Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the test during a dry Saturday session with 1:19.583.[21]

The third test at Jerez for another four-day test was also affected by mixed weather conditions.[22][23] Lotus Racing started its first public test with the T127.[24] The penultimate[25] and last days saw sunny weather with Jenson Button setting the fastest time (1:18.871).[26]

The last pre-season test took place at Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona. The test started in sunny weather with rain showers scattered through the weekend. Virgin's testing misery carried on with Lucas di Grassi crashing[27] and more mechanical issues.[28] Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the week (1:20.472) with most teams doing low fuel runs on Sunday.[29]

Car release schedule

Constructor Chassis Launch date Launch location
Ferrari F10[30] January 28[31] Maranello, Italy[30]
McLaren MP4-25[32] January 29[32] Newbury, United Kingdom[33]
Renault R30[34] January 31[34] Valencia, Spain[34]
Sauber C29[35] January 31[36] Valencia, Spain
Mercedes MGP W01[37] February 1[37] Valencia, Spain[37]
Toro Rosso STR5[38] February 1[38] Valencia, Spain[38]
Williams FW32[39] February 1[40] Valencia, Spain
Virgin VR-01[41] February 3[42] Online[42]
Force India VJM03[43] February 9[44] Online[44]
Red Bull RB6[45] February 10[46] Jerez, Spain
Lotus T127[24] February 12[24] London, United Kingdom
HRT F110[47] March 4[47] Murcia, Spain

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers will compete in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship.[48]

The withdrawal of BMW and Toyota has seen engine diversity in Formula One drop to a 30-year low with just four engines powering the entire grid, the lowest since 1980.

Team Constructor Chassis Engine Tyre No. Race Drivers Test/Reserve Driver(s)
United Kingdom Vodafone McLaren-Mercedes-Mercedes McLaren MP4-25[32] Mercedes FO 108X B 1 United Kingdom Jenson Button[49] United Kingdom Gary Paffett[50]
2 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton[51]
Germany Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team[52] Mercedes GP MGP W01[37] Mercedes FO 108X B 3 Germany Michael Schumacher[53] Germany Nick Heidfeld[54]
4 Germany Nico Rosberg[55]
Austria Red Bull Racing Red Bull RB6[45] Renault RS27-2010[56] B 5 Germany Sebastian Vettel[48] New Zealand Brendon Hartley[57]
Australia Daniel Ricciardo[57]
6 Australia Mark Webber[58]
Italy Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro Ferrari F10[30] Ferrari 056 B 7 Brazil Felipe Massa[59] Italy Giancarlo Fisichella[60]
Italy Luca Badoer[60]
Spain Marc Gené[60]
8 Spain Fernando Alonso[61]
United Kingdom AT&T Williams Williams FW32[39] Cosworth CA2010[62] B 9 Brazil Rubens Barrichello[63] Finland Valtteri Bottas[64]
10 Germany Nico Hülkenberg[63]
France Renault F1 Team Renault R30[34] Renault RS27-2010 B 11 Poland Robert Kubica[65] China Ho-Pin Tung[66]
Belgium Jérôme d'Ambrosio[66]
Czech Republic Jan Charouz[66]
12 Russia Vitaly Petrov[67]
India Force India F1 Team Force India VJM03[43] Mercedes FO 108X B 14 Germany Adrian Sutil[68] United Kingdom Paul di Resta[69]
15 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi[68]
Italy Scuderia Toro Rosso Toro Rosso STR5[38] Ferrari 056 B 16 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi[70] New Zealand Brendon Hartley[57]
Australia Daniel Ricciardo[57]
17 Spain Jaime Alguersuari[71]
Malaysia Lotus Racing[72] Lotus T127[24] Cosworth CA2010 B 18 Italy Jarno Trulli[73] Malaysia Fairuz Fauzy[73]
19 Finland Heikki Kovalainen[73]
Spain Hispania Racing F1 Team (HRT)[74] HRT[74] F110[47] Cosworth CA2010[48] B 20 India Karun Chandhok[75] n/a
21 Brazil Bruno Senna[76]
Switzerland BMW Sauber F1 Team[77] 1 BMW Sauber[77] C29[35] Ferrari 056[35] B 22 Spain Pedro de la Rosa[78] n/a
23 Japan Kamui Kobayashi[79]
United Kingdom Virgin Racing[48] Virgin[48] VR-01[41] Cosworth CA2010 B 24 Germany Timo Glock[80] Spain Andy Soucek[81]
Brazil Luiz Razia[82]
25 Brazil Lucas di Grassi[83]

Notes:

1.^ – Sauber are officially listed as BMW Sauber despite the departure of the manufacturer from the sport and the team's use of Ferrari engines. The team claims that their name has been retained for "reasons related to the Concorde Agreement" and have expressed an intention to change their name once the season was underway.[84]

New entries process

The FIA announced its intention to open up the grid, aiming for a total of 13 teams, and in July 2009 selected three new teams from 15 new applicants, as well as confirming the entry of all 10 existing teams.[85] The existing F1 teams, under the FOTA organisation, are understood to have agreed a system of technical support to assist new teams.[86] This compromise proposal would involve the supply of parts and design knowledge to the new entrants, but not full customer cars, in return for which the budget cap idea was dropped.

The three teams on the entry list released in July 2009 included Campos Meta, a Spanish team led by former driver and GP2 team owner Adrian Campos and Madrid-based sports advertising agency Meta Image;[87] Manor Grand Prix, an F3 team run by John Booth and designer Nick Wirth;[88] and USF1, a team created by former designer Ken Anderson and journalist Peter Windsor.[89] Following the withdrawal of BMW Sauber, Lotus Racing was accepted to the grid.[90] Manor became known as Virgin Racing after Richard Branson's Virgin Group purchased naming rights to the team, while Campos-Meta was reimagined as Hispania Racing after investor José Ramón Carabante purchased the team from Adrian Campos shortly before the first race of the season. USF1 officially withdrew from the championship in late February-early March following months of speculation and accusations from whistleblowers that the team had been crippled by mismanagement for months.

The FIA also had several entry bids from other racing teams including World Series by Renault and Le Mans entrant Epsilon Euskadi,[91] Dave Richards' highly-successful Prodrive outfit[92] and Italian touring car team N.Technology[93] as well as re-imaginings of former teams March,[94] Brabham,[94] Lola Cars[95] and Team Lotus (not to be confused with Lotus Racing).[96] Other expressions of interest came from Team Superfund, an Austrian outfit to be fronted by former driver Alex Wurz[97] and myf1dream.com, a team established by fans of the sport and funded by their donations.[98] Experienced sports car and touring car entrant Ray Mallock Limited had intended to submit an entry bid,[99] but decided against it following the mid-season political crisis.

Of the most interest to the media was Stefan Grand Prix, created by Zoran Stefanovic and hailed as Serbia's first Formula 1 team.[100] Stefan claimed to have acquired the remains of Toyota's abandoned TF110 chassis and engine and had access to Toyota Motorsport's former headquarters in Cologne, Germany. After being rejected from the gird, Stefanovic filed a complaint with the European Commission over the entry selection process and then announced his intentions to continue development of the Toyota chassis, re-badged as the Stefan S-01, with the team even going so far as to send equipment to Bahrain, Australia and Malaysia. After several difficulties including the cancellation of a planned test in Portugal when Bridgestone refused to supply tyres,[101] Stefan attempted to purchase the defunct USF1 entry, but the moves were blocked. Stefan was finally rejected on March 4th when the FIA stated that it was not possible to issue entries so close to the season opener.[102]

Team changes

  • Three new teams were selected to join the grid for the 2010 season; US F1 Team, Campos Meta and Manor Grand Prix.[88]
  • BMW Sauber announced on 29 July 2009 their withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the 2009 Formula One season, citing a lack of future viability and sustainability for the Formula One program.[103] After a failed buy out from Qadbak Investments,[104] the team was sold back to Peter Sauber.[105] The FIA officially accepted the team to the 2010 grid under the name BMW Sauber on 3 December, using Ferrari engines.[106][107]
  • Following the withdrawal of BMW Sauber, the FIA announced their vacant grid position would be filled by Lotus Racing, run by Tony Fernandes and Mike Gascoyne, with backing from the Malaysian government.[90]
  • Toyota withdrew from Formula One on 4 November 2009, due to economic hardship. After announcing they would not sell the team on,[108] their grid slot went to the Sauber team.
  • Manor Grand Prix later will compete under the name Virgin Racing, after announcing sponsorship from Richard Branson's Virgin Group. ,[109]
  • Scuderia Toro Rosso is an independent constructor for 2010, after having their chassis supplied by the Red Bull Technologies design studio. This had allowed the team to purchase customer chassis, despite the concept being banned. This was banned for 2010, meaning that the season will be the first in which Toro Rosso run their own car, having spent most of 2009 expanding their base of operations in Faenza, Italy to accommodate production facilities.[110]
  • Daimler AG, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, brought a 75.1% controlling stake in the 2009 champions Brawn GP, renaming the team Mercedes Grand Prix.[111] Mercedes former 40% stake in the McLaren Group will be purchased back by McLaren, although Mercedes will continue to supply McLaren engines and sponsorship until 2015. Mercedes signed a sponsorship deal with Petronas, and would be renamed Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team.[112]
  • Renault had sold Gerard Lopez and his Genii Capital investment company a 75% majority shareholding, in order to secure the teams future. The team will continue to operate under the Renault name and the engine department remains under full Renault ownership.[113] The deal leaves the possibility for Renault to regain complete ownership once the global economic situation has stabilised.
  • Campos Meta underwent a re-structuring in mid-February with majority owner José Ramón Carabante take control of the team from founder Adrián Campos, renaming the team Hispania Racing. Campos was replaced as team principal by former Force India operations chief Colin Kolles and ex-Red Bull technical director Geoff Willis joined the team.[114]
  • After weeks of uncertainty over their future, it was reported on 2 March 2010 the US F1 Team had stopped work on their car and given up hopes of appearing on the 2010 grid, due to a lack of funding and sponsorship.[115] The team had requested to defer their grid entry until 2011, or being re-accepted through the 2011 entry bid procedure.[116] Former Honda test driver James Rossiter had signed with the team, but had backed out following a failure by the team to guarantee their participation.[117]

Driver changes

Changed teams
Entered Formula One
Bruno Senna made his début with the new Hispania team.
Michael Schumacher returned to the sport with Mercedes GP after a 3-year hiatus.
Exited Formula One
Returned to Formula One
  • Pedro de la Rosa returned to Formula One driving for the Sauber team,[78] having previously served as test driver for McLaren. His return ends a three-year absence from racing, his last Grand Prix start being a half-season campaign in 2006.
  • Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher officially joined Mercedes GP on 23 December 2009, ending a three-year hiatus from the sport.[1] Schumacher had originally intended to make a comeback with Ferrari in 2009 to stand in for the injured Felipe Massa, but was prevented by a motorcycle accident injury. The Mercedes contract was not signed until he was given a clean bill of health, having previously raced for Mercedes in the 1991 World Sportscar Championship.[1]

2010 Calendar

On 21 September 2009 the provisional 2010 calendar was issued by the World Motor Sport Council containing 19 races.[125] Another provisional calendar was released on October 21, 2009 with the Abu Dhabi and Brazilian races switching dates, subject to the promoters of both races.[126] The final calendar was released on December 11, 2009.[127]

Round Race Title Grand Prix Circuit Date Time
Local UTC
1 Gulf Air Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain GP Bahrain Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir 14 March 15:00 12:00
2 Qantas Australian Grand Prix[128] Australian GP Australia Albert Park Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne 28 March 17:00 06:00
3 Petronas Malaysian Grand Prix Malaysian GP Malaysia Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur 4 April 16:00 08:00
4 Chinese Grand Prix Chinese GP China Shanghai International Circuit 18 April 15:00 07:00
5 Gran Premio de España Telefónica Spanish GP Spain Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona 9 May 14:00 12:00
6 Grand Prix de Monaco Monaco GP Monaco Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo 16 May 14:00 12:00
7 Turkish Grand Prix Turkish GP Turkey Istanbul Park 30 May 15:00 12:00
8 Grand Prix du Canada[129] Canadian GP Canada Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal 13 June 12:00 16:00
9 Telefónica Grand Prix of Europe European GP Spain Valencia Street Circuit 27 June 14:00 12:00
10 Santander British Grand Prix British GP[130] United Kingdom Silverstone Circuit 11 July 13:00 12:00
11 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland German GP Germany Hockenheimring 25 July 14:00 12:00
12 Magyar Nagydíj[131] Hungarian GP Hungary Hungaroring, Budapest 1 August 14:00 12:00
13 Belgian Grand Prix[131] Belgian GP Belgium Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Spa 29 August 14:00 12:00
14 Gran Premio Santander d'Italia Italian GP Italy Autodromo Nazionale Monza 12 September 14:00 12:00
15 SingTel Singapore Grand Prix Singapore GP Singapore Marina Bay Street Circuit 26 September 20:00 12:00
16 Japanese Grand Prix Japanese GP Japan Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka 10 October 15:00 06:00
17 Korean Grand Prix Korean GP South Korea Korean International Circuit, Yeongam† 24 October 15:00 06:00
18 Grande Prêmio Petrobras do Brasil Brazilian GP Brazil Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo 7 November 14:00 16:00
19 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Abu Dhabi GP United Arab Emirates Yas Marina Circuit 14 November 17:00 13:00

Notes:

† The Korean Grand Prix is subject to the circuit's completion in time.[125]

Calendar changes

  • The Bahrain Grand Prix was run on a new layout. In this configuration, the drivers leave the old circuit shortly after turn four and follow a loop of nearly 900 metres in length, before re-joining the circuit before the old turn five. This increased the overall lap distance from 5.412 km (3.363 mi) to 6.299 km (3.914 mi).[132] The additional loop was first used in 2006, but only for the running of the Bahrain 24 Hours.
  • The British Grand Prix was due to move from Silverstone Circuit to Donington Park in 2010,[133] but on 23 October 2009, the owners of Donington Park admitted that plans to raise £135 million through a bond had failed.[134] After extended negotiations with Bernie Ecclestone, the organisers of the Silverstone circuit came to an agreement that will see the British Grand Prix hosted by the circuit for the next seventeen years, despite Ecclestone's earlier assertions that Silverstone would not be hosting the race again.[135] In February 2010, it was announced that the Grand Prix would be held on the circuit's new "Arena" configuration,[136] increasing the lap distance by 760 metres (0.47 mi).[137]
  • The Canadian Grand Prix will return in 2010 after its one-year absence.[138]
  • The Japanese Grand Prix was due to return to Fuji Speedway for 2010, as part of a year-on-year rotation with Suzuka Circuit. However, Fuji's owners Toyota announced that they had abandoned plans for Fuji to hold the race, citing the global recession as the main reason for this.[139] Suzuka will continue to hold the event in 2010 and in 2011.[140]
  • South Korea is to make its first appearance on the F1 calendar under the name Korean Grand Prix with a race being held at the Korean International Circuit in Yeongam on 17 October (subject to the circuit's completion in time).

Changes

Rule changes

Proposed

  • A budget cap of £40m ($63.7m, €45.4m) was originally proposed for 2010, with teams choosing to take up the budget cap being allowed greater technical freedom, together with unlimited testing. Teams choosing not to take up the budget cap would have been able to spend freely, but with technical and testing constraints.[141] However, the budget cap idea was dropped following a political crisis in the middle of the 2009 season, when the issue had been debated.
  • Following concerns that the new teams may be as many as five seconds slower than the front-runners,[142] it has been reported that the World Motorsports Council is considering a revival of the 107% qualifying rule.[143] First introduced in 1996 and discontinued after 2002, the rule means that all cars must set a qualifying time within 107% of the pole-sitter's time in order to qualify for the race; i.e. should the pole position time be one minute and forty seconds, all drivers must set a time faster than one minute forty-seven seconds in order to qualify.

Confirmed

  • Refuelling during the race is to be abolished for the first time since 1993.[144] Despite the resolution over the budget cap and the decision for 2010 to fall back to the 2009 rules, FOTA have expressed interest in a refuelling ban as it represents a way to cut costs.[145]
  • Formula One Management will offer financial support to all new teams from next season, in the form of $10m (£6.25m, €6.8m) along with the free transportation of two chassis and 10,000 kg (22,049 lbs) of freight to each race.[146]
  • FOTA has agreed to scrap KERS for 2010 due to poor uptake and pressure from FIA to cut costs, although KERS is not banned in the regulations.[147]
  • The minimum car weight will be increased from 605 kg to 620 kg (1,334 lbs to 1,367 lbs) to stop taller and heavier drivers being at a disadvantage if KERS is added to their car, which will still be allowed in 2010, despite FOTA's agreement not to use the system.[148]
The front tyres have changed from 270 mm (11 in) to 245 mm (9.6 in). (Left) Lewis Hamilton, 2009 British Grand Prix; (Right) Michael Schumacher, Jerez 2010.
  • The maximum number of cars allowed to take part in a race shall be increased from 24 to 26 cars.[141]
  • The qualifying system will change to accommodate the extra cars: 7 cars will drop out of the first qualifying session, 7 from the second and as in 2009, 10 cars will shoot-out for pole in the third session. The third session will now be run in low-fuel configuration due to the refuelling ban.[149]
  • The top ten drivers to qualify for the race must start the race on the same set of tyres that they qualified with.[150] In the event that a tyre is damaged in qualifying, the FIA technical delegate will assess the extent of the damage and may allow the car to switch tyres to a set he deems to be safe.[151]
  • Wheel covers which have been used by the teams since 2006 are also set to be banned for 2010.
  • The front tyres will be narrowed from 270 mm (11 in) to 245 mm (9.6 in) to improve the balance of grip between the front and rear.
  • During negotiations of a new Concorde Agreement at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix, several details[152] emerged of cost-cutting proposals by the teams including:
  • A limit on the number of aerodynamic upgrades permitted over the course of a season.
  • A continuation of the ban on in-season testing introduced for 2009.
  • Restrictions on the number of team personnel who can attend a Grand Prix weekend.
  • Complete closures of team factories over the mid-season summer break.
  • Teams must homologate certain parts of the car,[152] including the driver's survival cell, roll structures, all impact structures and the front and rear wheels,[151] which will mean they cannot be changed over the course of the season without written approval from the FIA on the grounds of safety.
  • A new points system has been ratified for 2010, in response to the increased grid. Since 2003, points had been awarded to the top eight finishers: ten points for first, eight for second, six for third and all the way down to one for eighth place. The 2010 system is as follows[150]:
Points system
Pos  1st   2nd   3rd   4th   5th   6th   7th   8th   9th   10th 
From 2003 to 2009 10 8 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 0
From 2010 25 18 15 12 10 8 6 4 2 1
The 2010 cars are 20-22cm longer than the 2009 versions because of the larger fuel tank.[153]
  • The stewarding system will be overhauled for 2010. Rather than having a rotating line-up of stewards, they will now be drawn from a smaller, fixed pool of permanent stewards that will include former drivers.[154] This is an attempt to make the stewarding process more transparent, following recent controversies involving the stewards. Previously, stewards were only able to issue twenty-five second penalties for infractions that occurred too late in the race for drivers to receive a normal penalty, but for 2010 they will have the power to hand out twenty-second penalties to drivers who would have received a drive-through penalty and thirty-second penalties to those who would have received a stop-go penalty. Any penalty must now be completed within two laps rather than the three of previous years.[151]
  • 2009 saw the teams banned from conducting any testing once the season had commenced. This will be amended for 2010, with stand-in drivers being permitted to complete one day of testing (provided they have not participated in an F1 race in the last two calendar years) at a circuit that is not on the calendar.[155] This was introduced in response to a situation arising whereby rookie drivers such as Jaime Alguersuari and Romain Grosjean were unable to physically drive a Formula One car ahead of Friday practice on their debut.
  • Drivers will now have just eleven sets of tyres over the course of a weekend, down from fourteen in 2009.[150] Three of these sets are for practice only and must be returned before the start of qualifying, regardless of whether they are used or not.[156]
  • Provisions within the Concorde Agreement mean that teams will now be able to miss as many as three races before being ejected from the championship, though the FIA has made it clear that they will not be able to miss races without incurring some kind of penalty.[157]
  • Teams are once again allowed to run their third driver in Friday practice sessions.[156]
  • Garages will be allocated on a strictly equal basis, owing to the increased number of teams on the grid.
  • Rim heaters have been banned and blankets are only allowed to act on the tyre's outer surface.
  • Powered devices to lifting any part of the car during the pit-stop have been outlawed.
  • To prevent teams from releasing a car into the path of an oncoming driver in pit lane, the crew must wait until an oncoming driver that is within a 25 m (82 ft) zone either side of the pit box has cleared the area, or else risk being penalised.
  • A new parc ferme system was trialled in Bahrain that saw the cars sealed inside a large bag within the team garages and monitored by a special low-resolution camera that would immediately switch to a high-definition output if it sensed movement within the garage. The system was so well-received that it was made a permanent procedure from the Australian Grand Prix.[158]

Mid-season changes

Following criticisms of the first race of the season for being "boring",[159] team principals have scheduled a meeting in Malaysia to discuss potential rule changes aimed at improving the spectacle of Grand Prix racing for 2011,[160] some of which may be introduced for the 2010 season.[161] These proposals include:

  • A mandatory second pit stop.[161]
  • A greater degree of variation between tyre compounds.[161]
  • Reducing the engine revolution limit to 17,000rpm and modifying the car's Electronic Control Unit to allow a driver to run the engine at 18,000rpm for a fixed period after which the ECU will lock the engine at 17,000rpm for the remainder of the race, similar to the KERS system trialled in 2009.[161]
  • A success ballast based on season standings to be used during qualifying before being removed for the race.[161]
  • A reduction in the aerodynamic efficency of the cars, particularly at the rear end of the car.[160]

However, team principals and drivers including Stefano Domenicali and Fernando Alonso have warned against "knee-jerk reactions" to what was perceived as a processional race.[160] While the second race of the season was better-received than the first, commentators have noted that the race was helped by the wet conditions and that the later stages of the race were similar to the Bahrain Grand Prix as the circuit started drying out.[162] Mid-season changes that were approved include:

  • Wing mirrors - previously treated as aerodynamic aids instead of for the benefit of the driver - may no longer be mounted in the "outboard" position, following concerns about poor visibility which resulted in several cases of accidental blocking in Melbourne.[163] The ban will be effective from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards.
  • New Parc fermé rules, first tried at the Bahrain Grand Prix, have been approved for the rest of the season. Rather than storing cars in a single garage, closed-circuit TV will monitor the cars in each team's garage. This changes has been brought about by the larger number of teams taking part in Formula One.[164]

Sponsorship changes

  • ING originally decided to end its involvement with Formula One at the end of the 2009 season, which included title sponsorship of Renault along with the Australian, Hungarian and Belgian Grands Prix. The company cited the global economic crisis as the reason for its decision not to renew its involvement.[131] However, the company decided to terminate the sponsorship with Renault early after Renault was found guilty of having fixed the 2008 Singapore Grand Prix.
  • Watch brand TW Steel has been confirmed as the first new sponsor of the Renault F1 Team, as the "Official Timing Partner", in a three-year deal running until 2012.
  • RBS will also not renew its sponsorship of Williams beyond the end of 2010. RBS will also cancel its trackside sponsorship as of the start of 2010.[165]
  • YouTube founder Chad Hurley has joined US F1 Team as the team's primary investor.[166]. On 26 February 2010, it was reported that Hurley was looking to withdraw support from the US F1 team following their financial difficulties, with the possibility of switching allegiances to Campos. It was also reported that Hurley was encouraging a merger between US F1 and Stefan Grand Prix, enabling Stefan's completed cars to race under US F1's entry. However, Stefan GP later published an article on their website pushing for an independent entry, leaving the status of the US F1 entry and Chad Hurley's sponsorship package in question.[167][168]
  • Virgin Group have bought a 20% stake of Manor Grand Prix and plan to rename the team.[169] This was confirmed in the entry list released on November 30, with the team being renamed Virgin Racing.
  • At the 2009 Italian Grand Prix, Banco Santander announced a five-year deal with Ferrari to become the team's "main" sponsor starting in 2010;[170] McLaren later announced that their partnership with Banco Santander had been extended.[171]
  • Malaysian oil company Petronas will end its long-running association with BMW Sauber as of 2010, and instead move to Mercedes GP as title sponsor. The team will be known as Mercedes GP Petronas.[52]
  • News network CNN will join Lotus, with their logos appearing on the T127 for the 2010 season.[172]
  • McLaren has announced a partnership deal with Polish Foreign exchange company X-Trade Brokers with XTB logos featuring on the race overalls of drivers Jenson Button and Lewis Hamilton, and on the engine cover of the McLaren MP4-25.[173]
  • Renault will carry the logo of Russian car manufacturer Lada; Russian driver Vitaly Petrov will carry it on his racing overalls.[174]
  • Renault have also began a sponsorship deal with computer company Hewlett-Packard with the HP logos appearing on the engine cowling of the Renault R30, returning to Formula One for the first time since 2005, when the company sponsored Williams.
  • Hispania were seen in Bahrain carrying the logos of Brazilian telephone provider Embratel and bank Banco Cruzeiro do Sul. The sidepods of the Hispania F110 also carried the names of their drivers, similar in style to the West McLaren-Mercedes livery in countries where tobacco sponsorship was banned between 1997 and 2005.
  • The logos of Monster Energy Drink were added to the helmets of Mercedes drivers Michael Schumacher and Nico Rosberg ahead of the final practice session in Bahrain.

Safety Car

  • Mercedes-Benz has announced that this year's safety car will be its new SLS AMG. The SLS AMG will be the fastest Formula One safety car in history.[175]

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Rd. Grands Prix Pole position Fastest lap Winning driver Winning constructor Report
1 Bahrain Bahrain Grand Prix Germany Sebastian Vettel Spain Fernando Alonso Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari Report
2 Australia Australian Grand Prix Germany Sebastian Vettel Australia Mark Webber United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes Report
3 Malaysia Malaysian Grand Prix Australia Mark Webber Australia Mark Webber Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault Report
4 China Chinese Grand Prix Report
5 Spain Spanish Grand Prix Report
6 Monaco Monaco Grand Prix Report
7 Turkey Turkish Grand Prix Report
8 Canada Canadian Grand Prix Report
9 Spain European Grand Prix Report
10 United Kingdom British Grand Prix Report
11 Germany German Grand Prix Report
12 Hungary Hungarian Grand Prix Report
13 Belgium Belgian Grand Prix Report
14 Italy Italian Grand Prix Report
15 Singapore Singapore Grand Prix Report
16 Japan Japanese Grand Prix Report
17 South Korea Korean Grand Prix Report
18 Brazil Brazilian Grand Prix Report
19 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Grand Prix Report

Drivers

Pos Driver BHR
Bahrain 		AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		CHN
China 		ESP
Spain 		MON
Monaco 		TUR
Turkey 		CAN
Canada 		EUR
Spain 		GBR
United Kingdom 		GER
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		BEL
Belgium 		ITA
Italy 		SIN
Singapore 		JPN
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		BRA
Brazil 		ABU
United Arab Emirates 		Points
1 Brazil Felipe Massa 2 3 7 39
2 Spain Fernando Alonso 1 4 13† 37
3 Germany Sebastian Vettel 4 Ret 1 37
4 United Kingdom Jenson Button 7 1 8 35
5 Germany Nico Rosberg 5 5 3 35
6 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton 3 6 6 31
7 Poland Robert Kubica 11 2 4 30
8 Australia Mark Webber 8 9 2 24
9 Germany Adrian Sutil 12 Ret 5 10
10 Germany Michael Schumacher 6 10 Ret 9
11 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi 9 7 Ret 8
12 Brazil Rubens Barrichello 10 8 12 5
13 Spain Jaime Alguersuari 13 11 9 2
14 Germany Nico Hülkenberg 14 Ret 10 1
15 Finland Heikki Kovalainen 15 13 18 0
16 India Karun Chandhok Ret 14 15 0
17 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi 16† Ret 11 0
18 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Ret 12 DNS 0
19 Italy Jarno Trulli 17† DNS 17 0
20 Brazil Bruno Senna Ret Ret 16 0
21 Brazil Lucas di Grassi Ret Ret 14 0
– Germany Timo Glock Ret Ret Ret 0
– Russia Vitaly Petrov Ret Ret Ret 0
– Japan Kamui Kobayashi Ret Ret Ret 0
Pos Driver BHR
Bahrain 		AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		CHN
China 		ESP
Spain 		MON
Monaco 		TUR
Turkey 		CAN
Canada 		EUR
Spain 		GBR
United Kingdom 		GER
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		BEL
Belgium 		ITA
Italy 		SIN
Singapore 		JPN
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		BRA
Brazil 		ABU
United Arab Emirates 		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Light blue Practiced only (PO)
Thursday/Friday test driver (TD)
(from 2003 onwards)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap
Superscript Sprint race result
Abbreviation Meaning
WDC World Drivers' Championship position
WCC World Constructors' Championship position
NC Not classified

Bold - Pole
Italics - Fastest lap

† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Constructors

Pos Constructor Car
No. 		BHR
Bahrain 		AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		CHN
China 		ESP
Spain 		MON
Monaco 		TUR
Turkey 		CAN
Canada 		EUR
Spain 		GBR
United Kingdom 		GER
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		BEL
Belgium 		ITA
Italy 		SIN
Singapore 		JPN
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		BRA
Brazil 		ABU
United Arab Emirates 		Points
1 Italy Ferrari 7 2 3 70
8 1 4 Ret
2 United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 1 7 1 54
2 3 6
3 Germany Mercedes GP 3 6 10 Ret 29
4 5 5
4 France Renault 11 11 2 18
12 Ret Ret Ret
5 Austria Red Bull-Renault 5 4 Ret 18
6 8 9 P
6 India Force India-Mercedes 14 12 Ret 8
15 9 7 Ret
7 United Kingdom Williams-Cosworth 9 10 8 5
10 14 Ret
8 Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 16 16† Ret 0
17 13 11
9 Switzerland BMW Sauber-Ferrari 22 Ret 12 DNS 0
23 Ret Ret Ret
10 Malaysia Lotus-Cosworth 18 17† DNS 0
19 15 13
11 Spain HRT-Cosworth 20 Ret 14 0
21 Ret Ret
– United Kingdom Virgin-Cosworth 24 Ret Ret Ret 0
25 Ret Ret
Pos Constructor Car
No. 		BHR
Bahrain 		AUS
Australia 		MAL
Malaysia 		CHN
China 		ESP
Spain 		MON
Monaco 		TUR
Turkey 		CAN
Canada 		EUR
Spain 		GBR
United Kingdom 		GER
Germany 		HUN
Hungary 		BEL
Belgium 		ITA
Italy 		SIN
Singapore 		JPN
Japan 		KOR
South Korea 		BRA
Brazil 		ABU
United Arab Emirates 		Points
Key
Colour Result
Gold Winner
Silver Second place
Bronze Third place
Green Other points position
Blue Other classified position
Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red Did not qualify (DNQ)
Did not pre-qualify (DNPQ)
Black Disqualified (DSQ)
White Did not start (DNS)
Race cancelled (C)
Light blue Practiced only (PO)
Thursday/Friday test driver (TD)
(from 2003 onwards)
Blank Did not practice (DNP)
Excluded (EX)
Did not arrive (DNA)
Withdrawn (WD)
Text formatting Meaning
Bold Pole position
Italics Fastest lap
Superscript Sprint race result
Abbreviation Meaning
WDC World Drivers' Championship position
WCC World Constructors' Championship position
NC Not classified

Bold – Pole
Italics – Fastest Lap

† Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Statistics

Drivers

Pos Driver Constructor(s) Starts Finishes Wins Podiums Poles F.Laps Points
1 Spain Fernando Alonso Italy Ferrari 3 2 1 1 0 1 37
2 Brazil Felipe Massa Italy Ferrari 3 2 0 2 0 0 33
3 United Kingdom Jenson Button United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 3 2 1 1 0 0 31
4 United Kingdom Lewis Hamilton United Kingdom McLaren-Mercedes 3 2 0 1 0 0 23
5 Germany Nico Rosberg Germany Mercedes GP 3 2 0 0 0 0 20
6 Poland Robert Kubica France Renault 3 2 0 1 0 0 18
7 Germany Sebastian Vettel Austria Red Bull-Renault 3 1 0 0 2 0 12
8 Germany Michael Schumacher Germany Mercedes GP 3 2 0 0 0 0 9
9 Italy Vitantonio Liuzzi India Force India-Mercedes 3 2 0 0 0 0 8
10 Australia Mark Webber Austria Red Bull-Renault 3 2 0 0 1 1 6
11 Brazil Rubens Barrichello United Kingdom Williams-Cosworth 3 2 0 0 0 0 5
12 Spain Jaime Alguersuari Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
13 Spain Pedro de la Rosa Switzerland BMW Sauber-Ferrari 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Germany Adrian Sutil India Force India-Mercedes 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
15 Finland Heikki Kovalainen Malaysia Lotus-Cosworth 3 2 0 0 0 0 0
16 Germany Nico Hülkenberg United Kingdom Williams-Cosworth 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
17 India Karun Chandhok Spain HRT-Cosworth 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 Switzerland Sébastien Buemi Italy Toro Rosso-Ferrari 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
19 Italy Jarno Trulli Malaysia Lotus-Cosworth 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
– Russia Vitaly Petrov France Renault 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
– Brazil Bruno Senna Spain HRT-Cosworth 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
– Japan Kamui Kobayashi Switzerland BMW Sauber-Ferrari 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
– Germany Timo Glock United Kingdom Virgin-Cosworth 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
– Brazil Lucas di Grassi United Kingdom Virgin-Cosworth 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

Constructors

Pos Constructor Chassis Engine Starts Finishes Wins Podiums Poles F.Laps Points
1 Italy Ferrari F10 Italy Ferrari 6 4 1 3 0 1 70
2 United Kingdom McLaren MP4-25 Germany Mercedes 6 4 1 2 0 0 54
3 Germany Mercedes MGP W01 Germany Mercedes 6 4 0 0 0 0 29
4 France Renault R30 France Renault 6 2 0 1 0 0 18
5 Austria Red Bull RB6 France Renault 6 3 0 0 3 1 18
6 India Force India VJM03 Germany Mercedes 6 3 0 0 0 0 8
7 United Kingdom Williams FW32 United Kingdom Cosworth 6 3 0 0 0 0 5
8 Italy Toro Rosso STR5 Italy Ferrari 6 3 0 0 0 0 0
9 Switzerland BMW Sauber C29 Italy Ferrari 5 1 0 0 0 0 0
10 Malaysia Lotus T127 United Kingdom Cosworth 5 3 0 0 0 0 0
11 Spain HRT F110 United Kingdom Cosworth 6 1 0 0 0 0 0
– United Kingdom Virgin VR-01 United Kingdom Cosworth 6 0 0 0 0 0 0

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