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			{{Short description\|61st season of the FIA Formula One World Championship}}
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	\| ~~Current~~ = 2010		\| year = 2010
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	\| Next = 2011
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			] won the first of his four consecutive ] with ], becoming the youngest World Champion in Formula One history.]]
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			] was runner-up by just 4 points in his first year with ] ]]
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			], Vettel's teammate, finished third in the Drivers' Championship a further 14 points behind]]
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			The '''2010 FIA Formula One World Championship''' was the 64th season of ] ] ]. ] won its maiden Constructors' Championship with a 1–2 finish in ], while Red Bull Racing's ] won the Drivers' Championship after winning the ]. In doing so, Vettel became the ] ] in the 61-year history of the championship. Vettel's victory in the championship came after a dramatic season finale at ] where three other drivers could also have won the championship – Vettel's Red Bull Racing teammate ], ]'s ] and ]'s ].<ref name="permutations">{{cite news\|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2010/11/11509.html \|title=The title permutations – who must do what to become champion? \|work=formula1.com \|publisher=] \|date=13 November 2010 \|access-date=27 January 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101114114259/http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2010/11/11509.html \|archive-date=14 November 2010 }}</ref>
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			This was ]'s final season as the sole tyre supplier in Formula One as the company announced that it would not renew its contract at the end of the season. After several months of deliberation, ] was chosen as the tyre supplier for the 2011 season at the ] meeting in ], in June 2010.
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			The ] was changed, with 25 points being awarded for first place, 18 for second, 15 for third, then 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1 for fourth to tenth. The technical and sporting regulations applicable for the season were the subject of ]. This season also saw refuelling during race pitstops banned for the first time since ].

			Before the start of the season, 2009 Drivers' Champion ] joined ], while the 2009 Constructors' Champion, ], was bought by German motor vehicle manufacturer ] and was renamed as ]. The 2010 season saw the return of the most successful driver in Formula One history at that point, with seven-time World Champion ] coming out of retirement after a three-year absence since 2006.<ref name="Schumacher">{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80651 \|title=Schumacher makes F1 return \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|first=Jonathan \|last=Noble \|date=23 December 2009 \|access-date=23 December 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091226143652/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80651\| archive-date= 26 December 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

			The season's first race was held on 14 March in ] and the season concluded on 14 November in the ] after 19 motor races held in 18 countries on five continents.<ref name="fia.com">{{cite news \|url=http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2009/Pages/wmsc_210909a.aspx \|work=fia.com \|publisher=] \|title=Provisional 2010 calendar shows 19 races \|date=21 September 2009 \|access-date=11 February 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101215200609/http://fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2009/Pages/wmsc_210909a.aspx \|archive-date=15 December 2010}}</ref>

			{{As of\|2024}}, it was the last time a customer-engine independent team won the Constructors' Championship to date, before ] was promoted to ]'s main works partner team from the 2011 to 2015 seasons.
	The '''2010 Formula One season''' will be the 61st ] season.

			==Teams and drivers==
	==Drivers==
			The following teams and drivers competed in the 2010 ] ].<ref name="2010 entry list">{{cite news \|url=http://fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/f1releases/2010/Pages/f1_2010_entry.aspx \|title=FIA Formula One World Championship – Entry List \|work=fia.com \|publisher=] \|date=3 March 2010 \|access-date=31 January 2014 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120302060256/http://fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/f1releases/2010/Pages/f1_2010_entry.aspx \|archive-date=2 March 2012 \|url-status= dead}}</ref> With the withdrawal of BMW and Toyota from the sport, engine diversity in Formula One dropped to a 30-year low, with just four engine producers powering the entire grid (Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault and Cosworth), the lowest since {{f1\|1980}}. Four new teams joined the grid: Mercedes, Lotus Racing, Virgin Racing and HRT. Teams competed with tyres supplied by ].
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	!Team
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	!Chassis		!Chassis
	!Engine		!Engine
	!Tyre
	!No.		!No.
	!Race Drivers		!Race Drivers
			!Rounds
	!Test Driver(s)
	\|-		\|-
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|UK}} ] ~~]-]~~		\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} ] McLaren Mercedes
	!rowspan=2\| ]		!rowspan=2\| ]-]
	\|rowspan=2\| ~~TBA~~		\|rowspan=2\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| ] FO ~~108W~~		\|rowspan=2\| Mercedes FO 108X
			\| 1
	\|rowspan=2 align="center"\| {{Bridgestone}}
			\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} ]<ref name="Button">{{cite news \|url=http://www.mclaren.com/latestnews/mclaren-news.php?article=384 \|title=Vodafone McLaren Mercedes signs reigning World Champion Jenson Button to multi-year deal \|work=mclaren.com \|publisher=] \|date=18 November 2009 \|access-date=18 November 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091120190947/http://www.mclaren.com/latestnews/mclaren-news.php?article=384\| archive-date= 20 November 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	\| align="right" \|
			\| All
	\| {{flagicon\|UK}} ]<ref name="hamilton and heikki">{{cite news\| url = http://www.manipef1.com/news/2008/index.php?id=146 \| title = Lewis extends McLaren stay until 2012 \| publisher = Manipe F1 \| date = 2008-01-18\| accessdate = 2008-05-19}}</ref>
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|-		\|-
			\| 2
	\| align="right" \|
			\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} ]<ref name="Hamilton">{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/64757 \|title=McLaren extend Hamilton's contract \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=18 January 2008 \|access-date=17 March 2009}}</ref>
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
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	\|-		\|-
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|~~Italy~~}} ] ]		\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} Mercedes GP ] F1 Team
			!rowspan=2\| ]
			\|rowspan=2\| ]
			\|rowspan=2\| Mercedes FO 108X
			\| 3
			\| {{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|DEU}} ]<ref>{{cite news\|title=Schumacher takes No. 3 from Rosberg\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80987 \|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=20 January 2010 \|access-date=20 January 2010\|first=Steven\|last=English\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100123132426/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80987\| archive-date= 23 January 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>}}
			\| All
			\|-
			\| 4
			\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ]<ref name="2010 entry list" />
			\| All
			\|-
			\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|AUT}} Red Bull Racing
			!rowspan=2\| ]-]
			\|rowspan=2\| ]
			\|rowspan=2\| Renault RS27-2010
			\| 5
			\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ]<ref name="2010 entry list"/>
			\| All
			\|-
			\| 6
			\| {{flagicon\|AUS}} ]<ref>{{cite news \|title=Red Bull to retain Webber for 2010 \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77140 \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|last=Beer \|first=Matt \|date=23 July 2009 \|access-date=25 July 2009}}</ref>
			\| All
			\|-
			\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Scuderia Ferrari
	!rowspan=2\| ]		!rowspan=2\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| ~~TBA~~		\|rowspan=2\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| ] 056		\|rowspan=2\| Ferrari 056
			\| 7
	\|rowspan=2 align="center"\| {{Bridgestone}}
			\| {{flagicon\|BRA}} ]<ref name="Raikkonen">{{cite news \|url=http://www.manipef1.com/news/2007/index.php?id=1940 \|title=Massa extends Ferrari stay until 2010 \|publisher=Manipe F1 \|date=16 October 2007 \|access-date=20 May 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211060841/http://www.manipef1.com/news/2007/index.php?id=1940 \|archive-date=11 February 2009 }}</ref>
	\| align="right" \|
			\| All
	\| {{flagicon\|Finland}} ]<ref>{{cite news \| url = http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/9/8365.html \| title = Ferrari confirm Raikkonen to end of 2010 \| publisher = formula1.com \| date = 2008-09-12 \| accessdate = 2008-09-12}}</ref>
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|-		\|-
			\| 8
	\| align="right" \|
			\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ]<ref name="2010 entry list" />
	\| {{flagicon\|Brazil}} ]<ref name="Raikkonen">{{cite news\| url = http://www.manipef1.com/news/2007/index.php?id=1940 \| title = Massa extends Ferrari stay until 2010 \| publisher = Manipe F1 \| date = 2007-10-16\| accessdate = 2008-05-20}}</ref>
			\| All
	\|-		\|-
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|~~Germany~~}} ]		\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} ] Williams
	!rowspan=2\| ]		!rowspan=2\| ]-]
	\|rowspan=2\| ~~TBA~~		\|rowspan=2\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| ] ~~P86/9~~		\|rowspan=2\| Cosworth CA2010
			\| 9
	\|rowspan=2 align="center"\| {{Bridgestone}}
			\| {{flagicon\|BRA}} ]<ref name="Williams drivers">{{cite news \|title=Williams's 2010 Driver Lineup \|url=http://www.williamsf1.com/news/view/1182 \|publisher=WilliamsF1 \|date=2 November 2009 \|access-date=2 November 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091105020600/http://www.williamsf1.com/news/view/1182 \|archive-date=5 November 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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			\| All
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\| rowspan=2 \| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|-		\|-
			\| 10
	\| align="right" \|
	\| {{flagicon\|}} ~~TBA~~		\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ]<ref name="Williams drivers"/>
			\| All
	\|-		\|-
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|~~France~~}} ~~]<ref name=noing />~~		\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} Renault F1 Team
	!rowspan=2\| ]		!rowspan=2\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| ~~TBA~~		\|rowspan=2\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| ] RS27		\|rowspan=2\| Renault RS27-2010
			\| 11
	\|rowspan=2 align="center"\| {{Bridgestone}}
			\| {{flagicon\|POL}} ]<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8293650.stm
	\| align="right" \|
			\|title=Kubica to join Renault for 2010 \|publisher=] \|work=] \|date=7 October 2009 \|access-date=7 October 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091010203030/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8293650.stm\| archive-date= 10 October 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	\|{{flagicon\|ESP}} ]<ref name="Renault Drivers flash site">{{cite news\| url = http://www.ing-renaultf1.com/en/ \| title = The ING Renault F1 Team confirms its 2009 driver line-up\| publisher = ING Renault F1 Team \| date = 2008-11-05\| accessdate = 2008-11-05}}</ref>
			\| All
	\|rowspan=2\|{{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|-		\|-
			\| 12
	\| align="right" \|
			\| {{flagicon\|RUS}} ]<ref name="Petrov">{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81147\|first=Pablo\|last=Elizalde\|work=autosport.com\|title=Renault reveals the R30, confirms Petrov\|publisher=]\|date=31 January 2010\|access-date=31 January 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100203052755/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81147\| archive-date= 3 February 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	\|{{flagicon\|}} TBA
			\| All
	\|-		\|-
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|~~Japan~~}} ] ]		\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|IND}} Force India F1 Team
	!rowspan=2\| ]		!rowspan=2\| ]-]
	\|rowspan=2\| ~~TBA~~		\|rowspan=2\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| ] ~~RVX-09~~		\|rowspan=2\| Mercedes FO 108X
			\| 14
	\|rowspan=2 align="center"\| {{Bridgestone}}
			\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ]<ref name="Force India">{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80351\|title=Sutil and Liuzzi confirmed for Force India\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=27 November 2009 \|access-date=27 November 2009 \|first=Pablo\|last=Elizalde\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091130021838/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80351\| archive-date= 30 November 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	\| align="right" \|
			\| All
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|-		\|-
			\| 15
	\| align="right" \|
	\| {{flagicon\|}} ~~TBA~~		\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} ]<ref name="Force India"/>
			\| All
	\|-		\|-
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|~~Italy~~}} ]		\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} Scuderia Toro Rosso
	!rowspan=2\| ]		!rowspan=2\| ]-]
	\|rowspan=2\| ~~TBA~~		\|rowspan=2\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| ] 056		\|rowspan=2\| Ferrari 056
			\| 16
	\|rowspan=2 align="center"\| {{Bridgestone}}
			\| {{flagicon\|CHE}} ]<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8351208.stm \|title=Buemi to stay on with Toro Rosso \|date=9 November 2009 \|work=] \|publisher=] \|access-date=9 November 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091112140958/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8351208.stm\| archive-date= 12 November 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	\| align="right" \|
			\| All
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|-		\|-
			\| 17
	\| align="right" \|
			\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ]<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81027\|title=Alguersuari confirmed at Toro Rosso\|first=Pablo\|last=Elizalde\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=22 January 2010\|access-date=22 January 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100125152352/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81027\| archive-date= 25 January 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
			\| All
	\|-		\|-
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|~~Austria~~}} ]		\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|MYS}} Lotus Racing
	!rowspan=2\| ]		!rowspan=2\| ]-]
	\|rowspan=2\| ~~TBA~~		\|rowspan=2\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| ~~] RS27~~		\|rowspan=2\| Cosworth CA2010
			\| 18
	\|rowspan=2 align="center"\| {{Bridgestone}}
			\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} ]<ref name="Lotus drivers">{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80563\|title=Trulli, Kovalainen confirmed at Lotus\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=14 December 2009\|access-date=14 December 2009}}</ref>
	\| align="right" \|
			\| All
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|-		\|-
			\| 19
	\| align="right" \|
			\| {{flagicon\|FIN}} ]<ref name="Lotus drivers"/>
	\| {{flagicon\|Germany}} ]<ref>{{cite news\| url =http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2008/7/8098.html \| title = Sebastian Vettel to join Red Bull for 2009 \| publisher = The Official Formula 1 Website \| date = 2008-07-17\| accessdate = 2008-07-17}}</ref>
			\| All
	\|-		\|-
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|UK}} ] ]		\|rowspan=5\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} Hispania Racing F1 Team
	!rowspan=2\| ]		!rowspan=5\| ]-]
	\|rowspan=2\| ~~TBA~~		\|rowspan=5\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| ~~] RVX-09~~		\|rowspan=5\| Cosworth CA2010
	\|rowspan=~~2 align="center"~~\| ~~{{Bridgestone}}~~		\|rowspan=3\| 20
			\| {{flagicon\|IND}} ]<ref name="Chandhok">{{cite news\|title=Chandhok announced as HRT driver\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81842\|first=Jonathan\|last=Noble\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=4 March 2010\|access-date=4 March 2010}}</ref>
	\| align="right" \|
			\| 1–10
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|-		\|-
			\| {{flagicon\|AUT}} ]<ref name="Klien">{{cite news\|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/09/24/klien-takes-yamamotos-place-at-hrt/\|title=Klien takes Yamamoto's place at HRT\|work=F1 Fanatic\|publisher=Keith Collantine\|first=Keith\|last=Collantine\|date=24 September 2010\|access-date=24 September 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100925220307/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/09/24/klien-takes-yamamotos-place-at-hrt/\|archive-date=25 September 2010\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
	\| align="right" \|
			\| 15, 18–19
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|-		\|-
			\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|JPN}} ]<ref name="Yamamoto HRT2">{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85314\|title=Yamamoto replaces Chandhok at HRT\|publisher=]\|work=autosport.com\|date=16 July 2010\|access-date=16 July 2010\|first=Pablo\|last=Elizalde\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100718031947/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85314\| archive-date= 18 July 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|UK}} ]
			\| 11–14, 16–17
	!rowspan=2\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| TBA
	\|rowspan=2\| ] FO 108W
	\|rowspan=2 align="center"\| {{Bridgestone}}
	\| align="right" \|
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\| rowspan=2 \| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|-		\|-
			\|rowspan=2\|21
	\| align="right" \|
			\| 10<ref name="Yamamoto HRT">{{cite web\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85082\|title=Yamamoto to replace Senna in Britain\|publisher=]\|work=Autosport.com\|date=8 July 2010\|access-date=8 July 2010\|first1=Jonathan\|last1=Noble\|first2=Matt\|last2=Beer\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100710032124/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85082\| archive-date= 10 July 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|-		\|-
			\| {{flagicon\|BRA}} ]<ref name="noble1">{{cite news \|title=Campos honoured to give Senna F1 slot \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79887 \|first=Jonathan \|last=Noble \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=31 October 2009 \|access-date=31 October 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091103022612/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79887\| archive-date= 3 November 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|India}} ]
			\| 1–9, 11–19
	!rowspan=2\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| TBA
	\|rowspan=2\| ] FO 108W<ref name="Force India confirm Mercedes deal">{{cite news\| url = http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72063 \| title = Force India confirm Mercedes deal \| publisher = autosport.com \| date = 2008-11-08\| accessdate = 2008-11-08}}</ref>
	\|rowspan=2 align="center"\| {{Bridgestone}}
	\| align="right" \|
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\| rowspan=2 \| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|-		\|-
			\|rowspan=3\| {{flagicon\|CHE}} BMW Sauber<!-- Please do not change "BMW Sauber" to "Sauber". Even though BMW had sold the team, they were still officially entered in the 2010 championship as "BMW Sauber" --> F1 Team
	\| align="right" \|
			!rowspan=3\| ]<!-- Please do not change "]" to "]". Even though BMW had sold the team, they were still officially entered in the 2010 championship as "BMW Saubers" -->-]
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
			\|rowspan=3\| ]
			\|rowspan=3\| Ferrari 056
			\|rowspan=2\| 22
			\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ]<ref name="2010 entry list" />
			\| 1–14
	\|-		\|-
			\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ]<ref name="Nick back">{{cite web\|url=http://adamcooperf1.com/2010/09/14/sauber-confirms-heidfeld-in-de-la-rosa-out/\|title=Sauber confirms Heidfeld in, de la Rosa out\|publisher=Adam Cooper\|work=Adam Cooper's F1 Blog\|date=14 September 2010\|access-date=14 September 2010\|first=Adam\|last=Cooper\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917142000/http://adamcooperf1.com/2010/09/14/sauber-confirms-heidfeld-in-de-la-rosa-out/\|archive-date=17 September 2010\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|USA}} ]
			\| 15–19
	!rowspan=2\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| TBA
	\|rowspan=2\| TBA
	\|rowspan=2 align="center"\| {{Bridgestone}}
	\| align="right" \|
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\| rowspan=2 \| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|-		\|-
			\| 23
	\| align="right" \|
			\| {{flagicon\|JPN}} ]<ref name="Kobayashi">{{cite news\|title=Sauber F1 team recruit Japan's Kamui Kobayashi\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8417603.stm\|work=]\|publisher=]\|date=16 December 2009\|access-date=16 December 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091218052513/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8417603.stm\| archive-date= 18 December 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	\| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
			\| All
	\|-		\|-
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|~~South Korea~~}} ]		\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} Virgin Racing
	!rowspan=2\| ]		!rowspan=2\| ]-]
	\|rowspan=2\| ~~TBA~~		\|rowspan=2\| ]
	\|rowspan=2\| ~~TBA~~		\|rowspan=2\| Cosworth CA2010
			\| 24
	\|rowspan=2 align="center"\| {{Bridgestone}}
			\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ]<ref name="Timo Glock">{{cite news \|title=Glock to lead new Manor F1 team \|work=] \|publisher=] \|date=17 November 2009 \|access-date=17 November 2009 \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8363770.stm\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091117101012/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8363770.stm\| archive-date= 17 November 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
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			\| {{flagicon\|BRA}} ]<ref name="DiGrassiVirgin">{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80577\|title=Di Grassi to partner Glock at Virgin\|date=15 December 2009\|access-date=15 December 2009\|first=Jonathan\|last=Noble\|publisher=]\|work=autosport.com\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091218042710/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80577\| archive-date= 18 December 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
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			===Free practice drivers===
			Four constructors entered free practice only drivers over the course of the season.

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			\|+ Drivers that took part in free practice sessions during the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship
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	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|UK}} ]<ref name=lola></ref>
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			\| align="center" nowrap\| 3, 10–11, 15, 19
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			\| align="center" nowrap\| 15–18
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			!colspan=3\| Sources:<ref name="Resta Test driver">{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8492593.stm\|title=Paul di Resta to become Force India test driver\|publisher=]\|work=]\|date=2 February 2010 \|access-date=2 February 2010\|first=Phil\|last=Goodlad\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100205034209/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8492593.stm\| archive-date= 5 February 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Klien gets Hispania reserve seat\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83321\|first=Matt\|last=Beer\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=5 May 2010\|access-date=5 May 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100508202256/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/83321\| archive-date= 8 May 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Yamamoto gets Hispania test deal\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82946\|first=Matt\|last=Beer\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=17 April 2010\|access-date=17 April 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100420225125/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82946\| archive-date= 20 April 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="Lotus drivers"/><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86579\|title=Virgin set to retain Glock, di Grassi\|last=Noble\|first=Jonathan\|date=11 September 2010\|publisher=]\|access-date=11 September 2010\|work=autosport.com\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100913050730/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86579\| archive-date= 13 September 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	\|rowspan=2\| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} ]<ref name=hyundai></ref>
	!rowspan=2\| ]
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	\| rowspan=2 \| {{flagicon\|}} TBA
	\|}		\|}

			===New entries process===
	==Prospective new entrants==
			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.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76058 \|title=Fifteen teams lodged F1 entries \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=12 June 2009\| access-date= 11 February 2011 }}</ref> The existing F1 teams, under the FOTA organisation, are understood to have agreed a system of technical support to assist new teams. 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.<ref>{{cite news \|title=FOTA agrees on plan to help new teams \|first=Edd \|last=Straw \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75662 \|date=28 May 2009 \|access-date=29 May 2009 \| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090530083210/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75662\| archive-date= 30 May 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

			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 ] and Madrid-based sports advertising agency Meta Image; Manor Grand Prix, an F3 team run by ] and designer ] (who was formerly involved in the ] Ford team who competed in {{F1\|1994}} and {{F1\|1995}}); and ], a team created by former designer ] and journalist ].<ref name=2010EL>{{cite news \|title=FIA announces 2010 F1 entry list \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76045 \|first=Jonathan \|last=Noble \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=12 June 2009 \|access-date=12 June 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090615040318/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76045\| archive-date= 15 June 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> Following the withdrawal of BMW Sauber, ] was accepted to return to the grid for the first time since the ].<ref name="Lotus F1 Team">{{cite news\|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/9/9934.html \|title=Lotus confirmed, as FIA pushes for 14 teams in 2010 \|work=formula1.com \|publisher=] \|date=15 September 2009 \|access-date=15 September 2009 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090920034654/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/9/9934.html \|archive-date=20 September 2009 }}</ref> Manor became known as ] after Richard Branson's Virgin Group purchased naming rights to the team,<ref>{{cite news\|title=Manor to race under Virgin Racing title\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80377\|first=Matt\|last=Beer\|date=30 November 2009\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|access-date=1 December 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091203122529/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80377\| archive-date= 3 December 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> while Campos-Meta was reimagined as ] after investor ] purchased the team from Adrian Campos shortly before the first race of the season.<ref name="Hispania">{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8547064.stm\|title=Newcomers Campos rebranded as Hispania Racing F1 Team\|work=]\|publisher=]\|date=3 March 2010\|access-date=3 March 2010}}</ref> USF1 officially withdrew from the championship in early March, following months of speculation and accusations from whistleblowers that the team had been crippled by mismanagement for months.<ref name="USF1 stoppage">{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81819\|title=Team US F1 shuts down operation\|author1=Noble, Jonathan \|author2=Rencken, Dieter\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=2 March 2010\|access-date=2 March 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100304065313/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81819\| archive-date= 4 March 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	Ecclestone reportedly said that 26 cars would be on the grid at the start of the season. <ref> \| 2009-03-26\| BBC Sport</ref>

			The FIA also had several entry bids from other racing teams including ] and ] entrant ],<ref>{{cite news \|last=Elizalde \|first=Pablo \|title=Epsilon confirms 2010 F1 entry attempt \|publisher=] \|work=autosport.com \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75791 \|date=3 June 2009 \|access-date=4 June 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090606063344/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75791\| archive-date= 6 June 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> Dave Richards's highly successful ] outfit<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=45995 \|title=Prodrive confirms 2010 entry bid \|work=itv.com \|publisher=] \|date=29 May 2009 \|access-date=11 February 2011 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090724040609/http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=45995 \|archive-date=24 July 2009 }}</ref> and Italian touring car team ]<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75795 \|title=N.Technology submits F1 application \|first=Steven \|last=English \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=3 June 2009 \|access-date=3 June 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090606065242/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75795\| archive-date= 6 June 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> as well as re-imaginings of former teams ],<ref name="Brabham, March">{{cite news \|last=Chiarelli \|first=Simon \|title=F1: March And Brabham Submit Entries For 2010 \|url=http://www.themotorreport.com.au/33138/f1-march-and-brabham-submit-entries-for-2010/ \|date=3 June 2009 \|work=The Motor Report \|publisher=The Motor Report Pty. Ltd. \|access-date=4 June 2009}}</ref> ],<ref name="Brabham, March" /> ]<ref>{{cite news \|last=Elizalde \|first=Pablo \|title=Lola confirms 2010 F1 entry \|publisher=] \|work=autosport.com \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75676 \|date=29 May 2009 \|access-date=29 May 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090530184522/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75676\| archive-date= 30 May 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> and ] (not to be confused with Lotus Racing).<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8072740.stm \|title=Prodrive bid for Formula 1 place \|work=] \|publisher=] \|date=29 May 2009 \|access-date=4 June 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090602191431/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8072740.stm\| archive-date= 2 June 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> Other expressions of interest came from ], an Austrian outfit to be fronted by former driver ]<ref>{{cite news \|last=Strang \|first=Simon \|title=Wurz set to lead Superfund into F1 \|publisher=] \|work=autosport.com \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75753 \|date=31 May 2009 \|access-date=31 May 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090605101536/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75753\| archive-date= 5 June 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> and myf1dream.com, a team established by fans of the sport and funded by their donations.<ref name="Autosport Magazine 2009, p13">Autosport Magazine, 18 June 2009, p13</ref> Experienced sports car and touring car entrant ] had intended to submit an entry bid,<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75440 \|title=Five new teams submit F1 entries \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=20 May 2009 \|access-date=16 June 2009 \|first=Jonathan \|last=Noble\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090523140337/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75440\| archive-date= 23 May 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> but decided against it following the ].
	Whilst preparations were being made by the current teams for the 2009 season, rumours from America circulated that a group led by designer Ken Anderson and former Williams employee ] was to form a new independent Formula One team with an intention to enter the championship in 2010.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73121\|title=American team planning F1 entry\|publisher=autosport.com\|date=2009-02-04}}</ref> The project was entitled USF1, but had to change due to ] ownership of the term F1<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.grandprix.com/ns/ns21223.html\|title=USF1 becomes USGPE\|publisher=grandprix.com\|date=2009-03-04}}</ref>. ]'s still shows a "Coming soon" message. If they do enter they have suggested that they will use engines that mark the return of ] to Formula One.

			Of the most interest to the media was ], created by Zoran Stefanovic and hailed as Serbia's first Formula 1 team.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news/opinion/385984/exclusive-stefan-grand-prix-owner-speaks-out-on-f1-selection-row.html \|title=Exclusive: Stefan Grand Prix owner speaks out on F1 selection row \|work=racecar-engineering.com \|date=5 August 2009 \|access-date=3 December 2009 \|first=Sam \|last=Collins \|publisher=] \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091130182059/http://www.racecar-engineering.com/news/opinion/385984/exclusive-stefan-grand-prix-owner-speaks-out-on-f1-selection-row.html \|archive-date=30 November 2009 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> 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 grid, 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,<ref>{{cite news\|title=Stefan GP cancels Portimao test\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81642\|first=Jonathan\|last=Noble\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=22 February 2010\|access-date=22 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100224081451/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81642\| archive-date= 24 February 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> Stefan attempted to purchase the defunct USF1 entry, but the moves were blocked. Stefan was finally rejected on 4 March when the FIA stated that it was not possible to issue entries so close to the season opener.<ref>{{cite news\|title=New team Stefan GP have Formula 1 entry rejected\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8544246.stm\|work=]\|publisher=]\|date=4 March 2010\|access-date=4 March 2010}}</ref>
	==Teams==
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]
	* ]

	===~~Possible~~ ~~New Entrants~~===		===Team changes===
			* ] announced on 29 July 2009 their withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the {{F1\|2009}} season, citing a lack of future viability and sustainability for the Formula One program.<ref name="BMW Sauber withdraw">{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77400 \|title=BMW will quit F1 at the end of 2009 \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=]\|first=Jonathan \|last=Noble \|date=29 July 2009 \|access-date=29 July 2009}}</ref> After a failed buy out from ],<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78655 \|title=BMW finds buyer for Formula 1 team \|first=Pablo \|last=Elizalde \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=15 September 2009 \|access-date=15 September 2009}}</ref> the team was sold back to ].<ref>{{cite news\|title=BMW sells F1 team back to Peter Sauber\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80350\|first=Pablo\|last=Elizalde\|date=27 November 2009\|access-date=27 November 2009\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091130021829/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80350\| archive-date= 30 November 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> The FIA officially accepted the team to the 2010 grid under the name ] on 3 December, using a ] and ] engines after the ] withdrawal.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80429\|title=Sauber secures 2010 Formula 1 slot\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|last=Noble\|first=Jonathan\|date=3 December 2009\|access-date=3 December 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091206035817/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80429\| archive-date= 6 December 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78822\|title=Theissen confirms Ferrari engine deal\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|author1=Beer, Matt \|author2=Noble, Jonathan\|date=24 September 2009\|access-date=24 September 2009}}</ref>
	* ]
			* ] withdrew from Formula One on 4 November 2009, due to financial difficulties in the automotive industry. After announcing they would not sell the team on,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Toyota team sale not an option \|url=http://www.infinitedomain.co.uk/index.php/?p=3852 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819213711/http://www.infinitedomain.co.uk/index.php/?p=3852 \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=19 August 2011 \|work=infinitedomain.co.uk \|publisher=Infinite Domain \|date=6 November 2009 \|access-date=7 January 2010 }}</ref> their grid slot went to the ] team. Then, ] claimed that they had acquired rights to the Toyota Motorsport's former headquarters in Cologne and the TF110 that was renamed Stefan S-01. The withdrawal of Toyota meant for the first season since ] that the sport would not feature a Japanese-licensed constructor and also since ] that the sport would not feature a Japanese-licensed engine manufacturer until ] when ] returned to the sport with ] team.
	* ]
			* ] became an independent constructor in 2010, after having their chassis supplied by the ] design studio for the first years of racing. This had allowed the team to purchase customer chassis, despite the concept being banned by the ]. This loophole was closed for 2010, meaning that the STR5 2010 car was the first car Toro Rosso built on their own, having spent most of {{F1\|2009}} expanding their base of operations in ], ] to accommodate production facilities.<ref>{{cite news \|title=STR hopeful about first non-Red Bull car \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80102 \|author1=Beer, Matt \|author2=Noble, Jonathan \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=9 November 2009 \|access-date=9 November 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091112114003/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80102\| archive-date= 12 November 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	* ]<ref name=lola></ref>
			* ], parent company of ], bought a 75.1% controlling stake in the 2009 champions ], renaming the team ], Mercedes' last F1 race was the ].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Mercedes takes over Brawn \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80174 \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=16 November 2009 \|access-date=16 November 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091119031821/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80174\| archive-date= 19 November 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> Mercedes's former 40% stake in the ] was purchased back by McLaren, although Mercedes would continue to supply McLaren engines and sponsorship until the end of the 2014 season. Mercedes signed a sponsorship deal with ], with the Malaysian petroleum company ending its association with ], and the team was renamed to ].<ref name="Mercedes GP Petronas">{{cite news \| title=Mercedes GP sign Petronas agreement \| work=f1technical.net \| url=http://www.f1technical.net/news/13919 \| publisher=F1 Technical \| date=21 December 2009 \| access-date=27 December 2009}}</ref>
			* ] had sold Gerard Lopez and his ] investment company a 75% majority shareholding, in order to secure the team's future. The team continued to operate under the Renault name and the engine department remained under full Renault ownership.<ref name="Renault sale confirm">{{cite news\|title=Renault will race in Formula 1 after selling their team\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8415935.stm\|first=Andrew\|last=Benson\|work=]\|publisher=]\|date=16 December 2009\|access-date=16 December 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091217025934/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8415935.stm\| archive-date= 17 December 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> The deal left the possibility for Renault to regain complete ownership once the economic situation had stabilised.

	==~~Calendar~~ changes==		===Driver changes===
			;Changed teams
	*After weeks of rumours regarding ] discussing plans to hold the ] at ] from 2010, this was finally confirmed by the ] on ] ].<ref name="don">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=43211\|title=Donington gets British GP from 2010\|accessdate=2008-07-04\|publisher=ITV Sport\|year=2008}}</ref>
			* ] and ] World Champion ] left ] to drive for ] in 2010, replacing ] who left the team at the end of the 2009 season.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Benson \|first=Andrew \|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8280566.stm \|title=Ferrari confirm capture of Alonso \|work=]\|publisher=] \|date=30 September 2009 \|access-date=1 November 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120312190137/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8280566.stm\| archive-date=12 March 2012\| url-status= live}}</ref> Alonso had signed a three-year deal up to the end of 2012, with options for further years.
	*On ] ], before the ], Bernie Ecclestone talked with team principals about the very likely return of the ] for 2010.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/70378\|title=US GP return likely for 2010 \|accessdate=2008-09-07\|publisher=Autosport\|year=2008}}</ref>
			* ] moved from ] to ].<ref name="Williams drivers"/>
			* Reining world champion ] joined ] at ] following the failure to negotiate a contract with ], which bought out his 2009 team, ].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10220.html\|title=Mercedes-Benz acquires Brawn GP team \|work=formula1.com \|publisher=]\|date=16 November 2009 \|access-date=21 December 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100108081449/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/11/10220.html\| archive-date= 8 January 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> This meant that McLaren had signed the two most recent World Champions, and had the sport's first double champion line-up since ] and ], also driving for McLaren, in {{F1\|1989}}.
			* ] officially joined ], after leaving the ] team.<ref name="Timo Glock"/>
			* ], who made his debut for the now-defunct Toyota team at the end of 2009 covering for the injured Timo Glock, transferred to the newly revived ] team.<ref name="Kobayashi"/>
			* ] joined the new ] team, after leaving ].<ref name="Lotus drivers"/>
			* ] left ] to drive for Renault in 2010, as a replacement for Alonso.
			* ] left ] at the end of the 2009 season after four years with the team since 2006, moving to ].
			* ] moved from ] to ].<ref name="Lotus drivers"/>

			;Entered Formula One
	If the calendar holds nineteen Grands Prix as expected, this will tie the ] season for the most races until ], when twenty races will be held.
			] made his debut with the new ] team.]]
			] returned to the sport with ] after a 3-year hiatus.]]
			* ], who placed eighteenth in the ] for ], joined former ] teammate ] at ]. Chandhok was the second Formula One driver from ], after ] drove for ] in {{F1\|2005}}.<ref name="Chandhok"/>
			* ], who placed third in the 2009 ] for ], joined Timo Glock at ].<ref name="DiGrassiVirgin"/>
			* ], 2009 GP2 Series champion with ], made his debut in Formula One with Williams, alongside Barrichello.<ref name="Williams drivers"/>
			* ], who placed second in the 2009 GP2 Series, moved from ] to partner Robert Kubica at ], becoming ]'s first driver in the Formula One World Championship.<ref name="Petrov"/>
			* ], nephew of three-time World Champion ], joined ] in 2010, returning the Senna name to Formula One sixteen years after ] in 1994.<ref name="noble1"/>

			;Exited Formula One
	==Rule changes==
			* ] became ]'s reserve and test driver in 2010, having left ] and joined Ferrari towards the end of {{F1\|2009}}.<ref name="Fisichella">{{cite news\|last=Noble \|first=Jonathan \|title=Fisichella: Ferrari drive a dream for me \|publisher=]\|work=autosport.com \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/78286 \|date=3 September 2009 \|access-date=3 September 2009}}</ref> After failing to secure a racing drive, he signed up to take part in the ].<ref>{{cite news\|last=English\|first=Steven\|title=Fisichella signs up for Le Mans Series\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81183\|publisher=]\|date=1 February 2010\|access-date=1 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100203164235/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81183\| archive-date= 3 February 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	*Refueling is to be banned for the first time since ].<ref name="fuel&warmerban">{{Cite web\|url=http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=44761\|title=Refuelling to be banned from 2010 \|accessdate=2009-03-04\|publisher=itv-f1.com\|date=]}}</ref>
			* ] was unable to secure a contract with Renault, due to Petrov's appointment as ]'s second driver and competed in the ] for ].
	*Tyre warmers are to be banned.<ref name="fuel&warmerban" />
			* After a poor 2009 season, ] driver ] was unable to secure a drive for 2010. On 19 February, it was confirmed that he would join aspiring Serbian outfit ], despite their lack of an entry to the grid.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Stefan GP fires up Formula 1 car\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81593\|author1=Elizalde, Pablo \|author2=Rencken, Dieter\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=19 February 2010\|access-date=19 February 2010}}</ref>
	* The scoring system where by the driver with the most wins (as opposed to most accumulated points) becomes world champion was due to be introduced for the 2009 season, however the FIA breached its own rules introducing the scoring system. As it was introduced within 20 days of the first race all teams were required to agree to the changes, however not one team supported the changes. As a result, scoring system changes are to be deferred until 2010.<ref>http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2009/3/9036.html</ref>
			* ] World Champion ] took a two-year "]" from Formula One in 2010 after his managers confirmed that negotiations with ] officially came to an end.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Raikkonen to take a sabbatical in 2010 \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80187 \|first=Jonathan \|last=Noble \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=18 November 2009 \|access-date=18 November 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091120135259/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80187\| archive-date= 20 November 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> Räikkönen instead joined the ] in the ], driving a ] in twelve of the thirteen rounds of the championship.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Raikkonen joins WRC with Citroen\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80431\|first=Matt\|last=Beer\|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=4 December 2009\|access-date=4 December 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100105172715/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80431\| archive-date= 5 January 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
	* Bernie Ecclestone has said the new scoring system he is championing will definitely be introduced for 2010.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/7957788.stm</ref>

			;Returned to Formula One
	==Sponsorship changes==
			* ] returned to Formula One driving for the ] team,<ref name="delarosa">{{cite news\|title=Pedro de la Rosa to race for BMW Sauber F1 Team\|url=http://www.racecar.com/Motorsport/News/Pedro-de-la-Rosa-to-race-for-BMW-Sauber-F1-Team/32253.htm\|work=Racecar\|publisher=Racecar New Media Services Ltd.\|date=20 January 2010\|access-date=18 June 2011\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930223804/http://www.racecar.com/Motorsport/News/Pedro-de-la-Rosa-to-race-for-BMW-Sauber-F1-Team/32253.htm\|archive-date=30 September 2011\|url-status=dead}}</ref> having previously served as test driver for ]. His return ended a three-year absence from racing since 2007, his last Grand Prix start being a half-season campaign in {{F1\|2006}}.
	*] have confirmed it will terminate its sponsorship with the ] along with its contract of being the title sponsor of the Australian, Hungarian and Belgian Grands Prix after 2009. The company has blamed the global economic crisis as the cause.
			* Seven-time World Champion ] officially joined ] on 23 December 2009, ending a three-year hiatus from the sport since 2007.<ref name="Schumacher" /> Schumacher had originally intended to make a comeback with Ferrari in {{F1\|2009}} to stand in for the ], but was prevented from doing so by a motorcycle accident injury, and the Mercedes contract was not signed until he was given a clean bill of health. Schumacher previously raced for ] in the ].<ref name="Schumacher"/>

			;Mid-season changes
	==Speculated 2010 race schedule==
			* ], who last drove in Formula One for ] and tested for ], replaced Bruno Senna at Hispania for the {{F1 GP\|2010\|British}},<ref name="Yamamoto HRT"/> having previously taken part in Friday practice at the {{F1 GP\|2010\|Turkish}}. The team confirmed that Senna would return to his seat for the {{F1 GP\|2010\|German}}.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/07/09/senna-to-return-for-hrt-in-germany/\|work=F1 Fanatic\|publisher=Keith Collantine\|first=Keith\|last=Collantine\|title=Senna to return for HRT in Germany\|date=9 July 2010\|access-date=10 July 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100711053152/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/07/09/senna-to-return-for-hrt-in-germany/\| archive-date= 11 July 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> Yamamoto then replaced Karun Chandhok from the {{F1 GP\|2010\|German}} onwards, except the races in ], ] and ], where the seat was filled by ].<ref name="Yamamoto HRT2"/>
	In January 2009, the Portuguese magazine ] reported the possible return of ] to ], at the ] in 2010 or ]. ] boss ] has also visited the ] circuit. He is concerned as to how many European races the sport will have in future, and doubts that other European countries can maintain their races. So, it's possible the ] will return in 2010.<ref>http://autosport.aeiou.pt/gen.pl?p=stories&op=view&fokey=as.stories/65330</ref>
			* During the mid-season hiatus, ] left ] to take up a new role with ] as their official test driver ahead of their ].<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85989\|first=Pablo\|last=Elizalde\|title=Heidfeld released by Mercedes GP\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=17 August 2010\|access-date=18 August 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100820022250/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85989\| archive-date= 20 August 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
			* Following the end of the European season at the {{F1 GP\|2010\|Italian}}, ] was dropped by ] and summarily replaced by ], who last drove for the team in {{F1\|2009}}.<ref name="Nick back"/> It was reported that the change was made because of de la Rosa's poor performance relative to teammate ] in general and Heidfeld's knowledge of the ] and ] circuits in particular. With Heidfeld joining Sauber, former ] driver ] was drafted in as his replacement for Pirelli.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86719 \|title=Grosjean to test for Pirelli at Monza \|first=Jonathan \|last=Noble \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=16 September 2010 \|access-date=16 September 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919052128/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86719 \|archive-date=19 September 2010 \|url-status=live}}</ref>
			* ] test driver ] replaced ] for the {{F1 GP\|2010\|Singapore}} after Yamamoto allegedly contracted food poisoning ahead of the race,<ref name="Klien"/> but was later seen in the Singapore paddock suffering no apparent symptoms, sparking talk of unpaid debts by the Japanese driver and further financial afflictions for the team to deal with when the logo of one of Klien's personal sponsors appeared on the car for the weekend.<ref>{{cite news \|title=No Money, No Drive \|url=http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/29809.html \|first=Adam \|last=Hay-Nicholls \|work=ESPN F1 \|publisher=] \|date=30 September 2010 \|access-date=7 October 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101004200034/http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/29809.html \|archive-date=4 October 2010 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Team principal ] confirmed that the arrangement would be for one race and Yamamoto would return to the cockpit at ], provided he recovered in time.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Klien to deputise for Yamamoto \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86900 \|first=Matt \|last=Beer \|work=Autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=24 September 2010 \|access-date=24 September 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100927015044/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/86900\| archive-date= 27 September 2010 \|url-status=live}}</ref> Klien also replaced Yamamoto at ] and ], though no explanation was given for the change.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Klien takes Yamamoto's place at HRT again \|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/11/04/klien-takes-yamamotos-place-at-hrt-again/ \|first=Keith \|last=Collantine \|work=F1 Fanatic \|publisher=Keith Collantine \|date=4 November 2010 \|access-date=5 November 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107063602/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/11/04/klien-takes-yamamotos-place-at-hrt-again/ \|archive-date=7 November 2010 \|url-status=live}}</ref>

			== Calendar ==
	Argentina is another potential candidate for a race in 2010. Argentina will celebrate its bicentennial and the government is pursing the chance of having a Grand Prix in ]. <ref>{{cite news\|title=Mar del Plata y el sueño de la F1\|http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1108454\|date=]}}</ref>
			On 21 September 2009 the provisional 2010 calendar was issued by the ] containing 19 races,<ref name="fia.com" /> followed by a second provisional schedule which had the Abu Dhabi and Brazilian Grands Prix switching dates.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2009/Pages/wmsc_211009.aspx\|title=World Motor Sport Council, 21/10/2009 \|work=fia.com \|publisher=] \|date=21 October 2009 \|access-date=21 October 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091024035442/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2009/Pages/wmsc_211009.aspx\| archive-date= 24 October 2009 \|url-status=live}}</ref> The final calendar was released on 11 December 2009.<ref name="WMSC111209">{{cite news\|url=http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2009/Pages/wmsc_111209.aspx \|title=World Motor Sport Council, 11/12/2009 \|work=fia.com \|publisher=] \|date=11 December 2009 \|access-date=11 December 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214204808/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2009/Pages/wmsc_111209.aspx \|archive-date=14 December 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref>

	{\| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%"		{\| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%;"
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	!~~rowspan="2"\|~~ Round		! Round
			! Grand Prix
	!rowspan="2"\| Race Title
			! ]
	!rowspan="2"\| Grand Prix
			! Date
	!rowspan="2"\| ]
	!rowspan="2"\| City / Location
	!rowspan="2"\| Date
	!colspan="2"\| Time
	!rowspan="2"\| Laps
	\|-		\|-
			! 1
	! ]
	! ]		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|BHR}} ], ]
			\| 14 March
	\|-		\|-
			! 2
	!colspan="10"\| Confirmed Grands Prix
			\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|AUS}} ], ]
			\| 28 March
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 3
			\| ]
	\| {{flagicon\|Australia}} ]<ref name=noing>{{cite news\|title=Renault sponsor ING to pull out of F1\|url=http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=45122\|publisher=ITV-F1.com\|date=]\|accessdate=]}}</ref>
			\| {{flagicon\|MYS}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 4 April
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 58
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 4
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|Malaysia}}~~ ] ]		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|CHN}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 18 April
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 56
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 5
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|Bahrain}}~~ ] ]		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 9 May
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 57
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 6
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|Spain}}~~ ] ]		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|MCO}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 16 May
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 66
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 7
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|Monaco}}~~ ]		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|TUR}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 30 May
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 78
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 8
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|United Kingdom}}~~ ]		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|CAN}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 13 June
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 9
			\| ]
	\| {{flagicon\|Germany}} ] ] ]
			\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} <!-- Location, not designation -->], ]
	\| ]
			\| 27 June
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 67
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 10
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|Hungary}}~~ ]~~<ref name=noing />~~		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 11 July
	\| ]<ref name="Hungaroring2016">{{cite web\|url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/03082008/58/hungarian-gp-confirmed-till-2016.html\|title=Hungarian GP confirmed till 2016\|accessdate=2008-08-03}}</ref>
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 70
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 11
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|Spain}}~~ ] ]		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 25 July
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 57
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 12
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|Belgium}}~~ ]~~<ref name=noing />~~		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|HUN}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 1 August
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 44
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 13
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|Singapore}}~~ ] ]		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|BEL}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 29 August
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 61
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 14
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|Japan}}~~ ] ]		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 12 September
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 67
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 15
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|China}}~~ ]		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|SGP}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 26 September
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 56
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 16
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|Brazil}}~~ ]		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|JPN}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 10 October
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 71
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 17
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|UAE}}~~ ] ]		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|KOR\|1997}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 24 October
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| 55
	\|-		\|-
	! ~~TBA~~		! 18
	\| ~~{{flagicon\|South Korea}}~~ ]		\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|BRA}} ], ]
	\| ]
			\| 7 November
	\| ]
	\| ]
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\| TBA
	\|-		\|-
			! 19
			\| ]
			\| {{flagicon\|ARE}} ], ]
			\| 14 November
	\|-		\|-
			\| colspan="4" style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center" align="bottom" \|'''Source:'''<ref>{{cite web\|title=Formula One Calendar 2010\|url=https://motorsportstats.com/series/formula-one/calendar/2010\|publisher=Motorsport Stats\|access-date=2 April 2022}}</ref>
	!colspan="10"\| Unconfirmed Grands Prix<small> (but confirmed Grands Prix in {{f1\|2009}})</small>
			\|}

			===Calendar changes===
			* The ] was run on a new layout at the ]. 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 {{convert\|5.412\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}} to {{convert\|6.299\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}}.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Bahrain unveils news layout for F1 race\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81055\|first=Jonathan\|last=Noble\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=25 January 2010\|access-date=27 January 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100128101813/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81055\| archive-date= 28 January 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> The race reverted to the circuit's original layout from {{F1\|2012}}. The ] was cancelled due to that year's Bahraini protests.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85984\|title=Bahrain reverts to old layout for 2011\|first=Pablo\|last=Elizalde\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=16 August 2010\|access-date=1 September 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100818072436/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85984\| archive-date= 18 August 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
			* The ] was originally planned to move from ] to ] in 2010,<ref name="don">{{cite news \|url=http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=43211 \|title=Donington gets British GP from 2010 \|access-date=4 July 2008 \|publisher=] \|work=itv.com \|date=4 July 2008 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704212720/http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=43211 \|archive-date=4 July 2008 \|url-status=dead }}</ref> but the owners of Donington Park failed to raise the necessary £135 million bond to redevelop the circuit and infrastructure.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Donington admits bond plan has failed \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79681 \|first=Jonathan \|last=Noble \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=23 October 2009 \|access-date=23 October 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091026044140/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/79681\| archive-date= 26 October 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> After extended negotiations with ], the organisers of Silverstone came to an agreement that will see the British Grand Prix hosted by the circuit for the next seventeen years, utilising the new "Arena" configuration which increases lap distance by {{convert\|760\|m\|mi}}.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Silverstone secures British GP from 2010\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80466\|first=Pablo\|last=Elizalde\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=7 December 2009\|access-date=7 December 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091212224412/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80466\| archive-date= 12 December 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=Silverstone to use new track for 2010 GP\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81407\|first=Matt\|last=Beer\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=11 February 2010\|access-date=11 February 2010}}</ref>
			* The ] returned in 2010 after its one-year absence.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80358\|first=Jonathan\|last=Noble\|title=Canada confirms F1 return in 2010\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=27 November 2009\|access-date=27 November 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091130023814/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80358\| archive-date= 30 November 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
			* The ] returned to ] for one year, after being held at the ] in 2009.
			* The ] was due to return to ] for 2010, as part of a year-on-year rotation with ]. However, Fuji's owners ] announced that they had abandoned plans for Fuji to hold the race, citing the global recession as the main reason for this.<ref>{{cite news \|first=Tom \|last=Cary \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/5766343/Japanese-Grand-Prix-in-danger-as-credit-crunch-hits-Formula-One.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/5766343/Japanese-Grand-Prix-in-danger-as-credit-crunch-hits-Formula-One.html \|archive-date=11 January 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live \|title=Japanese Grand Prix in danger as credit crunch hits Formula One \|work=] \|access-date=7 July 2009 \|date=7 July 2009}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Suzuka will continue to hold the event in 2010 and in 2011.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Suzuka to hold next three Japanese GPs \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77919\|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=23 August 2009 \|access-date=23 August 2009}}</ref>
			* ] made its first appearance on the F1 calendar under the name ] with a race being held at the ] in ] on 24 October. On 12 October, the circuit passed its inspection.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Korean Grand Prix gets FIA go-ahead \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87421 \|work=autosport.com \|date=12 October 2010 \|access-date=12 October 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101015032248/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/87421\| archive-date= 15 October 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

			==Changes==

			===Regulation changes===
			* Refuelling during the race was abolished for the first season since {{F1\|1993}}.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74948 \|title=Refuelling ban confirmed for next season \|last=Elizalde \|first=Pablo \|access-date=30 April 2009 \|work=autosport.com (registration required)\|publisher=] \|date=30 April 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090503071103/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74948\| archive-date= 3 May 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.itv-f1.com/News_Article.aspx?id=44761 \|title=Refuelling to be banned from 2010 \|access-date=19 July 2010 \|work=ITV F1 \|publisher=]; ] \|date=12 December 2008 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090422073403/http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=44761 \|archive-date=22 April 2009 }}</ref> Despite the resolution over the budget cap and the decision for 2010 to fall back to the 2009 rules, FOTA expressed interest in a refuelling ban as it represents a way to cut costs.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76533\|title=Refuelling ban still on for 2010 season \|work=autosport.com (registration required)\|publisher=]\|date=26 June 2009 \|access-date=26 June 2009 \|first=Jonathan \|last=Noble\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090629045456/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76533\| archive-date= 29 June 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
			]\|date=8 February 2010\|access-date=19 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100211180221/http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2010/0/715.html\| archive-date= 11 February 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>]]
			* To accommodate the extra teams, the maximum number of cars allowed to take part in a race increased from 24 to 26 cars.<ref>{{cite news\|title=FIA confirms £40m budget cap for 2010\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74947\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|last=Straw\|first=Edd\|date=30 April 2009\|access-date=30 April 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090502135601/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74947\| archive-date= 2 May 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> ] offered financial support to all new teams for 2010, 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.<ref>{{cite news\|title=New teams to get financial support \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74950 \|last=Straw \|first=Edd \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=30 April 2009 \|access-date=30 April 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090503071113/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74950\| archive-date= 3 May 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> The increased number of teams now requires garages to be allocated on an equal basis at each Grand Prix.
			* Teams had to ] certain parts of the car, including the driver's survival cell, roll structures, all impact structures and the front and rear wheels,<ref name="F1 Fanatic Rules"/> meaning they couldn't be modified over the course of the season without written approval from the FIA on safety or reliability grounds.<ref name="Concorde 2010 rules"/> The minimum car weight increased from 605 kg to 620 kg (1,334 lbs to 1,367 lbs) to better accommodate heavier drivers with ] units, despite FOTA's agreement not to use the system.<ref>{{cite news \|title=FIA increases minimum car weight \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74954 \|last=Elizalde \|first=Pablo \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=30 April 2009 \|access-date=30 April 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090503070949/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/74954\| archive-date= 3 May 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
			* The qualifying system changed to accommodate the extra cars: 7 cars drop out of the first qualifying session, 7 from the second session and 10 cars will challenge for pole position in the third session. The third session was to be run in a low-fuel configuration due to the refuelling ban,<ref>{{cite news \|title=Changes to qualifying in 2010 rules \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77775 \|first=Simon \|last=Strang \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=19 August 2009 \|access-date=20 August 2009}}</ref> although these drivers must start the race on the set of tyres used in the third session.<ref name="2 Feb rules">{{cite news\|title=FIA Formula One Commission Press Release 02/02/2010 \|url=http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/f1releases/2010/Pages/f1_comm_0210.aspx \|last=FIA Formula One Commission \|work=fia.com \|publisher=] \|date=2 February 2010 \|access-date=30 March 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205194652/http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/f1releases/2010/Pages/f1_comm_0210.aspx \|archive-date=5 February 2010 }}</ref> If a tyre is damaged in qualifying, then 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.<ref name="F1 Fanatic Rules">{{cite news\|title=2010 F1 rules published: FIA changes post-race penalties and fuel declarations\|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/02/12/2010-f1-rules-published-fia-changes-post-race-penalties-and-fuel-declarations/\|first=Keith\|last=Collantine\|work=F1 Fanatic\|date=12 February 2010\|access-date=16 February 2010\|publisher=Keith Collantine\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100214060655/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/02/12/2010-f1-rules-published-fia-changes-post-race-penalties-and-fuel-declarations/\| archive-date= 14 February 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
			]
			* Drivers were given eleven sets of tyres over the course of a weekend, reduced from the fourteen sets in {{F1\|2009}}.<ref name="2 Feb rules"/> Three of these sets were for practice only and were returned before the start of qualifying, regardless of whether they are used or not. The front tyres were narrowed from {{convert\|270\|mm\|in\|abbr=on}} to {{convert\|245\|mm\|in\|abbr=on}}, in order to improve the balance of grip between the front and rear. Wheel covers and rim heaters were banned, and tyre blankets were only allowed to act on the tyre's outer surface.<ref name="Preview">{{cite news\|title=The 2010 Season Preview – Part One\|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2010/3/10486.html\|work=formula1.com\|publisher=]\|date=5 March 2010\|access-date=6 March 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100324192757/http://www.formula1.com/news/features/2010/3/10486.html\| archive-date= 24 March 2010 \| url-status=dead}}</ref>
			* A new ] was ratified for 2010, in response to the increased grid. Since 2003, points had been awarded to the top eight finishers, on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1. The 2010 system awarded the top ten classified finishers on a 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 basis.<ref name="2 Feb rules"/>
			* The stewarding system had a fixed pool of stewards to draw from for each race, including former racing drivers, instead of a rotating line-up.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Ex-F1 drivers to join stewards' panel\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80534\|first=Edd\|last=Straw\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=11 December 2009\|access-date=12 December 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20091214020950/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80534\| archive-date= 14 December 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> This was to make the stewarding process more transparent, following ] 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 had 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-and-go penalty. A penalty had to be completed within two laps of the issuing rather than the three of previous years now.<ref name="F1 Fanatic Rules"/>
			* Replacement drivers were permitted to one day of testing, provided they have not participated in an F1 race in the last two calendar years. This was in response to several drivers in 2009 competing in their début weekend with no experience of their F1 car.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Stand-in drivers to get test days\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/80597\|first=Matt\|last=Beer\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=16 December 2009\|access-date=16 December 2009}}</ref> Teams are also allowed to run a replacement driver in the Friday practice sessions.<ref name="Preview"/><ref> Retrieved 22 November 2010.</ref>
			* Powered devices that lift any part of the car during the pit stop were banned, and to prevent teams from releasing a car into the path of an oncoming driver in pit lane, the crew had to wait until the oncoming driver that is within a {{convert\|25\|m\|ft\|abbr=on}} zone either side of the pit box has passed.
			* The ], which governs Formula One, was renewed at the ]. Several cost-cutting proposals were included, such as a limit on the number of aerodynamic upgrades permitted over the course of a season and restrictions on the number of team personnel who attend a Grand Prix weekend.<ref name="Concorde 2010 rules">{{cite news\|title=Teams give details of 'cost regulation document'\|url=http://www.motorsport.com/#/all/article/?id=337962\|work=Motorsport.com\|publisher=GMM\|date=24 July 2009\|access-date=18 June 2011}}</ref> Also included was a provision that teams were now able to miss as many as three races before being ejected from the championship, although the FIA was to impose some kind of penalty for a missed race.<ref>{{cite news\|title=U.S. Team Struggling to Reach Start Line\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/sports/autoracing/21autos.html\|first=Viv\|last=Bernstein\|work=]\|date=19 February 2010\|access-date=20 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100225061502/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/sports/autoracing/21autos.html\| archive-date= 25 February 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
			* Whilst the race is suspended neither the race nor the timekeeping system will stop; however the length of the race suspension will be added to the maximum two hour period.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://argent.fia.com/web/fia-public.nsf/769C703CE7A440A4C12575A80044A6C1/$FILE/1-2010+F1+SPORTING+REGULATIONS+30-04-2009.pdf \|title=2010 Formula One Sporting Regulations \|website=fia.com \|access-date=12 August 2022}}</ref>

			====Mid-season changes====
			* A new ] system, trialled in ], had cars sealed inside a bag within the team garages and monitored by low-resolution cameras, switching to a high-definition output if it sensed movement within the garage. The system was made a permanent procedure for parc ferme from the {{F1 GP\|2010\|Australian}}.<ref>{{cite news\|title=FIA parc ferme relies on Big Brother camera technology\|url=http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/03/fia-parc-ferme-relies-on-big-brother-camera-technology/\|first=James\|last=Allen\|author-link=James Allen (journalist)\|work=James Allen on F1\|publisher=]\|date=25 March 2010\|access-date=25 March 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100328120003/http://www.jamesallenonf1.com/2010/03/fia-parc-ferme-relies-on-big-brother-camera-technology/\| archive-date= 28 March 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
			* ] – previously treated as aerodynamic aids instead of for the drivers benefit – may no longer be mounted in the "outboard" position, following concerns about poor visibility which resulted in several cases of accidental blocking in ]. The ban was effective from the {{F1 GP\|2010\|Spanish}} onwards.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Outboard mirrors to be banned\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82572\|author1=Beer, Matt \|author2=Noble, Jonathan\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=1 April 2010\|access-date=1 April 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100404073913/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/82572\| archive-date= 4 April 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
			* Following the success of the {{F1 GP\|2010\|Canadian}}, tyre supplier ] announced its intentions to increase the difference between its compounds for the {{F1 GP\|2010\|German}}, meaning that the teams have to deal with the extremes in the rubber compounds.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Bridgestone increases gaps for tyres\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84663\|first=Jonathan\|last=Noble\|work=Autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=21 June 2010\|access-date=21 June 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100624043507/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84663\| archive-date= 24 June 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
			* At the ] meeting in ], on 23 June, the rules regarding safety car conditions were clarified following a final-lap incident involving ] and ] at the {{F1 GP\|2010\|Monaco}}. No car may overtake until it has passed the first safety car line for the first time when the safety car is returning to the pits. However, if the safety car is still deployed at the beginning of the last lap, or is deployed during the last lap, it will enter the pit lane at the end of the lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking.<ref name="WMSC230610">{{cite web\|title=World Motor Sport Council: 23/06/2010 \|url=http://www.fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2010/Pages/wmsc_230610.aspx \|work=fia.com \|publisher=] \|date=23 June 2010 \|access-date=23 June 2010 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626103652/http://fia.com/en-GB/mediacentre/pressreleases/wmsc/2010/Pages/wmsc_230610.aspx \|archive-date=26 June 2010 \|url-status=dead }}</ref>
			* Any car being driven unnecessarily slowly, erratically, or which is deemed potentially dangerous to other drivers, will be reported to the stewards. This will apply whether any such car is being driven on the track, the pit entry or the pit lane.<ref name="WMSC230610"/> To avoid coming under the scrutiny of the stewards, a driver must return to the pits within a pre-determined lap time set by the stewards.
			* If a sample of fuel is required after a practice session the car concerned must have first been driven back to the pits under its own power.<ref name="WMSC230610"/> This was a response to qualifying at the {{F1 GP\|2010\|Canadian}} when ] stopped on the circuit after his team informed him that he may not have enough fuel left in the tank for the sample to be taken after the session. Although no action was taken against Hamilton, the stewards moved to prevent teams from deliberately doing it in the future.
			* Following a minor controversy when Ferrari conducted a "filming day" at ] ahead of the {{F1 GP\|2010\|European}} using a car that included parts to be debuted at the race – which some felt was an attempt to circumvent bans on testing – changes were made to the rulebook that mean teams will be banned from running parts that have not been raced at a filming session or media event.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85279\|title=F1 teams agree to tweak testing rules\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|first=Jonathan\|last=Noble\|date=15 July 2010\|access-date=15 July 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100718205632/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85279\| archive-date= 18 July 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>
			* Ferrari and Red Bull were both accused of having front wings that flexed at high speed, pushing them closer to the ground than is allowed. Although no wing ever failed scrutineers' tests, as of the {{F1 GP\|2010\|Belgian}} the test was made more stringent by increasing the load applied to the wings.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2010/836/782.html\|title=Revised front-wing flex test\|work=formula1.com\|publisher=]\|date=29 August 2010\|access-date=1 September 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100901102220/http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2010/836/782.html\| archive-date= 1 September 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> Similar changes were made at the {{F1 GP\|2010\|Italian}} to the test of the front section of the floor under the nose (known as the bib).<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2010/836/783.html\|title=Revised floor flex test\|work=formula1.com\|publisher=]\|date=29 August 2010\|access-date=1 September 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100901102227/http://www.formula1.com/news/technical/2010/836/783.html\| archive-date= 1 September 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

			===Safety car===
			* The new ] ] was introduced as the safety car for 2010.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Mercedes unveils new gull-wing safety car\|url=http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/9648.html\|work=ESPN F1\|publisher=]\|date=26 February 2010\|access-date=26 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100228005316/http://en.espnf1.com/f1/motorsport/story/9648.html\| archive-date= 28 February 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.motorsport-total.com/f1/news/2015/03/mercedes-amg-gt-s-bernd-maylaenders-neues-safety-car-15030912.html\|title=Mercedes-AMG GT S: Bernd Mayländers neues Safety-Car\|date=9 March 2015\|access-date=3 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.racer.com/f1/item/114106-mercedes-unveils-new-2015-safety-and-medical-cars\|title=Mercedes unveils new 2015 safety and medical cars\|date=6 March 2015\|access-date=2 April 2015\|work=]\|publisher=]\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20150404114840/http://www.racer.com/f1/item/114106-mercedes-unveils-new-2015-safety-and-medical-cars\|archive-date=4 April 2015\|url-status=dead\|df=dmy-all}}</ref>
			* Following controversy at the {{F1 GP\|2010\|European}}, the safety car rules were revised ahead of the {{F1 GP\|2010\|British}}. In the event of a safety car deployment, drivers are given a "delta time" – 120% of a standard race lap (i.e. if the standard lap time is one minute, forty seconds, the delta time is two minutes) – a minimum lap time in which to get back to the pits or else be cited for speeding. However, following the ]-] crash in Valencia, several drivers were penalised for breaking the delta time as they had been racing ahead of the accident and the safety car was deployed as they approached the end of the lap; in effect, they had safely completed a lap at racing speeds and pitted at the earliest opportunity. Instead of following the delta time, drivers must slow down to the speed of the safety car from the moment it is deployed, but will be exempt from doing so for the final two hundred metres of the lap. As a result of this, it will prevent drivers from gaining an advantage by pitting at the earliest possible opportunity and emerging ahead of the safety car.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Safety car procedures revamped\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85072\|first=Jonathan\|last=Noble\|work=Autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=8 July 2010\|access-date=8 July 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100711041808/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/85072\| archive-date= 11 July 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

			==Pre-season==
			===Dispute over regulations and breakaway series===
			{{Main\|FIA–FOTA dispute}}

			The ] (FIA) had planned to introduce a budget cap, in order to safeguard the sport and reduce the costs. 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 ] (FOTA), ], ], ], ] and ] announced their intentions to withdraw from the 2010 championship.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://www.cp24.com/court-rejects-ferrari-s-bid-to-stop-f1-budget-caps-1.400127\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120120223647/http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20090520/090520_f1_cap?hub=CP24Sports\|url-status=live\|archive-date=20 January 2012\|title=CP24-Court rejects Ferrari's bid to stop F1 budget caps – CTV News, Shows and Sports – Canadian Television\|work=]\|publisher=]\|access-date=11 March 2010\|date=20 May 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/5320437/Bernie-Ecclestone-confident-of-deal-over-Formula-One-budget-caps.html \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220111/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/motorsport/formulaone/5320437/Bernie-Ecclestone-confident-of-deal-over-Formula-One-budget-caps.html \|archive-date=11 January 2022 \|url-access=subscription \|url-status=live\|title=Bernie Ecclestone confident of deal over Formula One budget caps – Telegraph\|work=]\|access-date=11 March 2010\|date=14 May 2009\|first=Tom\|last=Cary}}{{cbignore}}</ref> BMW Sauber later announced on their withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the 2009 season.<ref name="BMW quit">{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8173865.stm\|title=BMW to quit F1 at end of season\|work=] \|publisher=]\|date=29 July 2009\|access-date=29 July 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090729101228/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8173865.stm\| archive-date= 29 July 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

			Following negotiations, the FOTA teams unanimously decided to withdraw at the end of the 2009 season unless the budget cap rules were changed.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/75610\|title=Teams demand FIA ditch 2010 rules \|first=Jonathan \|last=Noble \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=24 May 2009 \|access-date=23 July 2009}}</ref> ] and ] both submitted their own entries and were temporarily suspended from FOTA,<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-williams-suspended-from-fota/ \|title=Williams Suspended From FOTA \|work=speedtv.com \|publisher=] \|date=27 May 2009 \|access-date=15 February 2010 \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630082244/http://formula-one.speedtv.com/article/f1-williams-suspended-from-fota \|archive-date=30 June 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090609/jsp/sports/story_11081261.jsp\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090612110205/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090609/jsp/sports/story_11081261.jsp\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=12 June 2009\|title=Force India suspended by Fota\|work=]\|location=]\|publisher=]\|date=9 June 2009\|access-date=15 February 2010}}</ref> 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 {{f1\|2009}} teams and three new teams, ], ] and ].<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76045 \|title=FIA announces 2010 F1 entry list \|first=Jonathan \|last=Noble\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=] \|date=12 June 2009 \|access-date=23 July 2009 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090615040318/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76045 \|archive-date= 15 June 2009 \|url-status= live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76292\|title=FOTA teams to launch breakaway series\|first=Jonathan\|last=Noble\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=] \|date=18 June 2009\|access-date=23 July 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090621193424/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76292\| archive-date= 21 June 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref> However, following a meeting of the ] on 24 June, FOTA agreed to remain in Formula One and FIA president ] confirmed he would not stand for re-election in October.<ref>{{cite news\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76495\|title=Mosley: Peace agreed in Formula 1\|first=Steven\|last=English \|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=24 June 2009\|access-date=23 July 2009\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090627101621/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76495\| archive-date= 27 June 2009 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

			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.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76778\|title=FOTA says FIA putting F1 in jeopardy\|first=Jonathan\|last=Noble \|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=8 July 2009\|access-date=23 July 2009}}</ref> In response it was announced that plans for a breakaway series were still being pursued.<ref>{{cite news \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/76802\|title=FOTA pushing ahead with breakaway\|first=Jonathan\|last=Noble \|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=9 July 2009\|access-date=23 July 2009}}</ref> Negotiations on a new ] directly with ], 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 secured the sport's future until its expiration in 2012.<ref>{{cite news\|title=New Concorde Agreement finally signed\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/77481\|last=Beer\|first=Matt \|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=1 August 2009\|access-date=1 August 2009}}</ref>

			===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 ]. ] Champion ] was fastest for ]. As with 2009, the teams were allowed a maximum of {{convert\|15000\|km\|mi\|abbr=on}} over the course of fifteen days in February. Testing sessions were confirmed for ] (1–3 February), ] (10–13 February and 17–20 February) and ] (25–28 February).<ref>{{cite news\|title=2010 F1 testing dates confirmed\|url=http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/01/05/2010-f1-testing-dates-confirmed/\|first=Keith\|last=Collantine\|work=F1 Fanatic\|publisher=Keith Collantine\|date=5 January 2010\|access-date=5 January 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100107115518/http://www.f1fanatic.co.uk/2010/01/05/2010-f1-testing-dates-confirmed/\| archive-date= 7 January 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> All but ] and ] took part in the pre-season tests.<ref name="Campos late">{{cite news\|title=Campos could miss all testing\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81073\|first=Steven\|last=English\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=27 January 2010\|access-date=27 January 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100130142546/http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81073\| archive-date= 30 January 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="USF1 late">{{cite news \|title=Anderson: USF1 could miss up to four races \|url=http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0,18954,3213_5961019,00.html \|date=20 February 2010 \|access-date=20 February 2010 \|work=PlanetF1.com \|publisher=365 Media Group \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100223000737/http://www.planet-f1.com/story/0%2C18954%2C3213_5961019%2C00.html \|archive-date=23 February 2010 \|url-status=dead \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>

			] were constantly interrupted by heavy rain.]]
			Pre-season testing started at the ] in ] with seven teams. ] dominated the test session, with ] setting the fastest lap times on days one<ref>{{cite news\|title=Valencia day one – Massa leads the way for Ferrari\|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10386.html\|work=formula1.com\|publisher=]\|date=1 February 2010\|access-date=18 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100210194522/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10386.html\| archive-date= 10 February 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> and two.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Valencia day two – Massa stays quickest in Spain\|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10392.html\|work=formula1.com\|publisher=]\|date=2 February 2010\|access-date=18 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100212022216/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10392.html\| archive-date= 12 February 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> In his first appearance for the team, ] set the fastest overall time on the third day of the test with 1:11.470.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Valencia day three – Ferrari stay top as Alonso debuts\|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10400.html\|work=formula1.com\|publisher=]\|date=3 February 2010\|access-date=18 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100212195757/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10400.html\| archive-date= 12 February 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

			] had aerodynamic problems during the tests in ] and ].]]
			The second session took place at ], ] with heavy downpours throughout the test. This also marked the first public test for new team ] who only managed five laps after a shortage of parts became a problem.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Parts shortage halts Virgin test \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81401 \|last=English \|first=Steven \|work=autosport.com \|publisher=] \|date=11 February 2010\| access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref> ] set the fastest lap of the test during a dry Saturday session with 1:19.583.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Jerez day four – Hamilton and McLaren end on a high \|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10437.html\|work=formula1.com\|publisher=]\|date=13 February 2010\|access-date=18 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100324201129/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10437.html\| archive-date= 24 March 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

			The third test at ] for another four-day test was also affected by mixed weather conditions.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Thursday's F1 gossip column\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsport/formula_one/8522003.stm\|work=]\|publisher=]\|date=18 February 2010\|access-date=18 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news\|title=a sudden downpour... <nowiki><Action Shots></nowiki>\|url=http://www.itv-f1.com/photo.aspx?im_id=56643\|work=ITV F1\|publisher=]\|date=17 February 2010\|access-date=18 February 2010}}{{dead link\|date=January 2016}}</ref> ] started its first public test with the ].<ref name="Lotus 12-2">{{cite news\|title=Lotus launches 2010 car in London\|first=Pablo\|last=Elizalde\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/81458\|work=autosport.com\|publisher=]\|date=12 February 2010\|access-date=12 February 2010}}</ref> The penultimate<ref>{{cite news\|title=Jerez day three – advantage Webber and Red Bull in Spain \|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10453.html \|work=formula1.com\| publisher=]\| date=19 February 2010\|access-date=21 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100222014438/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10453.html\| archive-date= 22 February 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> and last days saw sunny weather with ] setting the fastest time (1:18.871).<ref>{{cite news\|title=Jerez day four – Button ends test on top \|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10456.html \|work=formula1.com\| publisher=]\| date=20 February 2010\|access-date=20 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100222014622/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10456.html\| archive-date= 22 February 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

			The last pre-season test took place at ], ]. The test started in sunny weather with rain showers scattered through the weekend. ] testing misery carried on with ] crashing<ref>{{cite news\|title=Barcelona day one – Webber sets the standard \|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10468.html \|work=formula1.com\| publisher=]\|date=25 February 2010\|access-date=27 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100317143259/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10468.html\| archive-date= 17 March 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> and more mechanical issues.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Barcelona day three – Rosberg on top for Mercedes GP \|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10476.html \|work=formula1.com\| publisher=]\| date=27 February 2010\|access-date=27 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100324194615/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10476.html\| archive-date= 24 March 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> ] set the fastest lap of the week (1:20.472) with most teams doing low fuel runs on Sunday.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Barcelona day four – Hamilton in charge on final day \|url=http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10478.html \|work=formula1.com\| publisher=]\| date=28 February 2010\|access-date=28 February 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100302204001/http://www.formula1.com/news/headlines/2010/2/10478.html\| archive-date= 2 March 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref>

			== Report ==
			] returned to the grid with the ] team after coming out of retirement.]]

			The 2010 season saw the debut of three new teams, ], ] and ]. The teams were often more than three seconds per lap slower than the established teams. After fighting reliability issues early in the season, the three teams soon established themselves with Lotus leading the way, their best result being a twelfth place for Heikki Kovalainen in Japan. Virgin struggled after discovering their fuel tank was too small, forcing them to push their development schedule back five races in order to build a car that could finish the race. Hispania were the slowest of the three, and by mid-season were rotating their drivers on a regular basis, but a pair of fourteenth places by ] in Australia and Monaco put the team ahead of Virgin in the Constructors' Championship for most of the season.

			In stark contrast to {{F1\|2009}}, no one driver emerged as dominant in the early stages of the 2010 season. ] won the opening race of the season in ] after ]'s engine misfired, with Alonso becoming just the sixth ] driver to win on debut for the Italian team. Reigning World Champion ] claimed victory in ] for the second year in succession, whilst Vettel won in ], setting up a unique situation that would last for the rest of the season whereby no driver would win a race while leading the World Championship.
			] consistently out-performed his teammate ].]]
			Button became the first driver to win more than one race with victory in ], but ] would be the first to take back-to-back victories with wins in ] and ]. Webber was leading the {{F1 GP\|2010\|Turkish}} when teammate Vettel attempted a pass on lap 40 that ended with the two ] colliding; Vettel retired whilst Webber recovered to finish third behind eventual race winner ] and Jenson Button. Hamilton would match Webber's feat of back-to-back victories by claiming first place in ].
			] scored his first victory for ] in ].]]] leading ] and ] at the {{F1 GP\|2010\|Canadian}}. Hamilton won the race to take the Drivers' Championship lead.]]
			The middle of the season saw controversy, starting at the {{F1 GP\|2010\|European}} in ] following a disputed safety car ruling. Mark Webber collided with ] at the fastest point on the circuit, the collision destroying Webber's front wing and launching Webber into a somersault. The safety car was deployed immediately, joining the circuit behind race leader Vettel, but ahead of then-second placed Hamilton and the Ferraris of Alonso and ]. Hamilton overtook the safety car as it emerged from the pit lane but after it had crossed the safety car control line. It took the race stewards twenty minutes to pass verdict on the infringement, and while Hamilton was issued with a drive-through penalty for his actions, it had little effect as he was already well clear of the rest of the field.

			The {{F1 GP\|2010\|British}} marked the halfway point of the season and saw further tensions within Red Bull. Team principal ] removed the team's new front wing from Webber's car and placed it on Vettel's for qualifying and the race, after the German driver's wing was damaged in the final practice session. Webber won the race after passing Vettel from second off the start, who then developed a puncture on the first lap and was forced to pit.<ref>{{cite news\|title=Red Bull civil war playing into Button and Hamilton's hands at McLaren\|url=http://www.sportingo.com/motorsport/a13691_red-bull-civil-war-playing-into-button-hamiltons-hands-mclaren\|first=Phil\|last=Lythell\|work=Sportingo\|date=12 July 2010\|access-date=20 November 2010\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101231110831/http://www.sportingo.com/motorsport/a13691_red-bull-civil-war-playing-into-button-hamiltons-hands-mclaren\| archive-date=31 December 2010\|url-status=dead}}</ref>

			The {{F1 GP\|2010\|German}} saw a return to form for Ferrari, with both Alonso and Massa quickest over the course of the race meeting. On the anniversary of ], Felipe Massa led most of the race before a message from the Ferrari pit appeared to be a coded instruction telling Massa to move over and let Alonso through, granting Alonso seven extra World Championship points for his ultimate win. Ferrari were fined ]100,000 for the use of team orders to deliberately alter the outcome of a race and faced further sanctions at a meeting of the ] in September where they face charges of bringing the sport into disrepute, though the hearing would ultimately acquit Ferrari on the grounds of a lack of evidence.
			] won three of the last four races, winning the championship in ].]]
			After finishing sixth in Germany, Webber won again in ] after Vettel broke an obscure safety car rule and was issued with a drive-through penalty that demoted him to third, while Lewis Hamilton won a wet {{F1 GP\|2010\|Belgian}} from Mark Webber and ] while Vettel was involved in a collision with Button that eliminated the incumbent World Champion whilst Vettel was handed his second drive-through penalty in as many races. Fernando Alonso retired after a mistake in the wet. The European season ended in ], with Alonso claiming his third victory of the season and adding a fourth to his tally – and his first ] – in ].

			Red Bull reasserted their dominance in ], with Vettel winning comfortably from Webber and Alonso third. They were prepared to continue their performance in a rain-delayed {{F1 GP\|2010\|Korean}}, but an early accident eliminated Webber and a late engine failure for Vettel handed the victory to Alonso. ] claimed his maiden pole position for ] by over a second in changing conditions in ], but Red Bull went on to claim their fourth 1–2 finish of the season, claiming enough points to be declared ] in just their sixth year of competition.

			] in the title race, variously led by every top-6 finisher ''except'' Vettel, who eventually took the championship victory in the last race. ]]

			In the week leading up to the ] of the season, Red Bull repeated their intentions not to use team orders, a decision they were widely criticised for as allowing Mark Webber to finish ahead of Sebastian Vettel would have meant he trailed Fernando Alonso by just one point ahead of the race in Abu Dhabi. However, the Australian struggled to find speed across the weekend, qualifying behind Alonso and unable to find a way past the Ferrari driver for most of the race. Like Webber, Alonso had opted for an early pit stop in his tyre strategy, but emerged behind Russian rookie ]. Taking into account the cars ahead of them that had yet to stop, this meant that Alonso would be running sixth on the road when he needed to finish fourth to claim the title.

			McLaren's Jenson Button took the lead of the race when Sebastian Vettel pitted, the 2009 World Champion attempting to extend his lead enough to avoid a costly encounter with ] after Lewis Hamilton got caught behind the Renault driver; passing Kubica would give him a chance to catch Vettel, who would resume the lead when Button pitted. Button needed a lead of twenty-two seconds to rejoin the circuit ahead of Kubica and Hamilton, but Kubica was able to match him on lap times and McLaren were forced to pit Button, who rejoined fourth behind his teammate, becoming third when Kubica pitted. While Kubica was expected to rejoin somewhere behind Mark Webber, Vitaly Petrov had held Webber and Alonso up enough that when Kubica completed his stop, he joined the circuit ahead of them, adding his name to the list of drivers Alonso needed to pass in order to win the World Championship. Sebastian Vettel won the race, with the McLarens second and third. Alonso was unable to find a way past Petrov and so finished seventh, handing the title to Vettel by four points. Abu Dhabi was the first time Sebastian Vettel had led the 2010 World Championship.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Vettel claims Formula One world title after Abu Dhabi triumph\|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/motorsport/11/14/abu.dhabi.vettel.title.alonso/index.html\|work=CNN International\|publisher=]\|date=15 November 2010\|access-date=19 November 2010\| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101118064053/http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/motorsport/11/14/abu.dhabi.vettel.title.alonso/index.html\| archive-date= 18 November 2010 \| url-status= live}}</ref> Only twice before in the history of Formula One had the Drivers' World Champion led the championship only for the last race: in {{F1\|1964}} and {{F1\|1976}}.
			{{Clear}}

			==Results and standings==

			===Grands Prix===
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	\| {{flagicon\|~~France~~}} ]		\| {{flagicon\|CHN}} ]
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	\| ]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/71421 \|title= FFSA cancels 2009 French Grand Prix \|author=Pablo Elizalde \|publisher=autosport.com \|date=2008-10-15 \|accessdate=2008-10-15}}</ref>
			\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} ]
	\| TBA
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	\| ]<ref>{{cite news\|title=France unveils plans for new F1 track\|last=Noble\|first=Jonathan\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/73683\|publisher=autosport.com\|date=]\|accessdate=]}}</ref>
			\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} ]-]
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	\| {{flagicon\|~~Canada~~}} ]		\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
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	\| {{flagicon\|~~United States~~}} ]		\| {{flagicon\|MCO}} ]
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	\| {{flagicon\|~~Russia~~}} ]		\| {{flagicon\|TUR}} ]
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	\| ]<ref>Announced in a Spanish TV program called Mas Que Coches Competicion on ], yet to be confirmed by FIA or any other institutions.</ref>
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	\| ]<ref>{{cite news\|title=Fresh rumours of a Russian Grand Prix\|url=http://f1.gpupdate.net/en/news/2008/09/30/moscow-to-start-construction-work-this-week/\|publisher=F1Fanatic.co.uk\|date=01/10/2008}}</ref>
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	\| {{flagicon\|~~Mexico~~}} ]		\| {{flagicon\|CAN}} ]
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	\| ]<ref>{{cite news\|title=Ecclestone considering three new F1 races\|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/04/04/1889086.htm\|publisher=ABC News\|date=2007-04-04}}</ref>
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	\| {{flagicon\|~~Bulgaria~~}} ]		\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
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	\| ]<ref>{{cite news\|title=Bulgaria targets Formula One race\|last=Noble\|first=Jonathan\|authorlink=Jonathan Noble\|url=http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/72401\|date=]}}</ref>
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	\| {{flagicon\|~~RSA~~}} ]		\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} ]
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	\| ]<ref>{{cite news\|title=South Africa to pursue GP from 2010\|url=http://www.itv-f1.com/news_article.aspx?id=44786\|date=]}}</ref>
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	\| {{flagicon\|~~Argentina~~}} ]		\|nowrap\|{{flagicon\|HUN}} ]
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	\| ]<ref>{{cite news\|title=Mar del Plata y el sueño de la F1\|url=http://www.lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=1108454\|date=]}}</ref>
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			\|colspan="7" style="background-color:#EAECF0;text-align:center"\|'''Source:<ref>{{cite web\|title=Formula One Results 2010\|url=https://motorsportstats.com/series/formula-one/results/2010\|publisher=Motorsport Stats\|access-date=13 December 2021}}</ref>'''
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			===Scoring system===
			{{further\|List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems}}
			Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.<ref>{{cite book\|last=Jones\|first=Bruce\|title=Grand Prix 2011: The Official ITV Sport Guide\|url=https://archive.org/details/grandprix2011off0000jone/\|year=2011\|publisher=Carlton Books\|location=London, England\|page=108\|isbn=978-1-84732-728-4\|via=]\|url-access=registration}}</ref>

			{\| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center"
			! Position
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\|  '''1st'''
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\|  '''2nd'''
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\|  '''3rd'''
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\|  '''4th'''
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\|  '''5th'''
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\|  '''6th'''
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\|  '''7th'''
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\|  '''8th'''
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\|  '''9th'''
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\|  '''10th'''
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			! Points
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 25
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 18
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 1
			\|}

			===World Drivers' Championship standings===
			{\|
			\|valign="top"\|
			{\| class="wikitable" style="font-size:85%; text-align:center;"
			\|- valign="top"
			!valign="middle"\| {{tooltip\|Pos.\|Position}}
			!valign="middle"\| Driver
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|BHR}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|AUS}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|MYS}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|CHN}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|ESP}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|MCO}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|TUR}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|CAN}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|ESP}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|GBR}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|DEU}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|HUN}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|BEL}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|ITA}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|SGP}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|JPN}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|KOR\|1997}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|BRA}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|ARE}}
			!valign="middle"\| ]
			\|-
			! 1
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ]
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|4\|p}}
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| {{F1 race position\|Ret\|p}}
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|6\|p}}
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|2\|f}}
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|7\|p}}
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| {{F1 race position\|3\|p\|f}}
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| {{F1 race position\|3\|p\|f}}
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p}}
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| {{F1 race position\|Ret\|p}}
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p}}
			! 256
			\|-
			! 2
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|f}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| {{F1 race position\|14\|f}}
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p\|f}}
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p\|f}}
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|f}}
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			! 252
			\|-
			! 3
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|AUS}} ]
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|9\|f}}
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|2\|p\|f}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p}}
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p}}
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| {{F1 race position\|3\|p}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|2\|p}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|2\|f}}
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			! 242
			\|-
			! 4
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} ]
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|2\|f}}
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| {{F1 race position\|14\|f}}<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p}}
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|f}}
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|4\|f}}
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|2\|f}}
			! 240
			\|-
			! 5
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} ]
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| {{F1 race position\|3\|f}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			! 214
			\|-
			! 6
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|BRA}} ]
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			! 144
			\|-
			! 7
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ]
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			! 142
			\|-
			! 8
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|POL}} ]
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|7\|f}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			! 136
			\|-
			! 9
			\|align="left"\| {{nowrap\|{{flagicon\|DEU}} ]}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			! 72
			\|-
			! 10
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|BRA}} ]
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			! 47
			\|-
			! 11
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ]
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			! 47
			\|-
			! 12
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|JPN}} ]
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			! 32
			\|-
			! 13
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|RUS}} ]
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| {{F1 race position\|15\|f}}
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			! 27
			\|-
			! 14
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ]
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|8\|p}}
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			! 22
			\|-
			! 15
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} ]
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			! 21
			\|-
			! 16
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|CHE}} ]
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			! 8
			\|-
			! 17
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#ffffff;"\| DNS
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			! 6
			\|-
			! 18
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ]
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			! 6
			\|-
			! 19
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ]
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			! 5
			\|-
			! 20
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FIN}} ]
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| NC
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#ffffff;"\| DNS
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 18
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 18
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			! 0
			\|-
			! 21
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} ]
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#ffffff;"\| DNS
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 21
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 19
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 19
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 21<sup>†</sup>
			! 0
			\|-
			! 22
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|IND}} ]
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 20<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 18
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 18
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 19
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			! 0
			\|-
			! 23
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|BRA}} ]
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 20
			\|
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 19
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 21
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 19
			! 0
			\|-
			! 24
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|BRA}} ]
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 19
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 19
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 19
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 18
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 20<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#ffffff;"\| DNS
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| NC
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 18
			! 0
			\|-
			! 25
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ]
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#ffffff;"\| DNS
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 18
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 18
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 19
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 18
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 18
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 18
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 20
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			! 0
			\|-
			! 26
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|JPN}} ]
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 20
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 19
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 20
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 19
			\|
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|
			\|
			! 0
			\|-
			! 27
			\|align="left"\| {{flagicon\|AUT}} ]
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|
			\|
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 22
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 20
			! 0
			\|- valign="top"
			!valign="middle"\| {{tooltip\|Pos.\|Position}}
			!valign="middle"\| Driver
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|BHR}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|AUS}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|MYS}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|CHN}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|ESP}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|MCO}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|TUR}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|CAN}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|ESP}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|GBR}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|DEU}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|HUN}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|BEL}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|ITA}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|SGP}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|JPN}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|KOR\|1997}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|BRA}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|ARE}}
			!valign="middle"\| ]
			\|-
			!colspan="22"\| Source:<ref name="Standings"/>
			\|}
			\|valign="top"\|
			{{F1 driver results legend 7}}
			\|}

			'''Notes:'''
			*{{dagger}} – Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.

			===World Constructors' Championship standings===
			{\|
			\|valign="top"\|
			{\| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 85%; text-align:center;"
			\|- valign="top"
			!valign="middle"\| {{tooltip\|Pos.\|Position}}
			!valign="middle"\| Constructor
			!valign="middle"\| {{tooltip\|No.\|Car number}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|BHR}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|AUS}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|MYS}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|CHN}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|ESP}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|MCO}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|TUR}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|CAN}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|ESP}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|GBR}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|DEU}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|HUN}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|BEL}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|ITA}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|SGP}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|JPN}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|KOR\|1997}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|BRA}}
			! ]<br />{{flagicon\|ARE}}
			!valign="middle"\| ]
			\|-
			!rowspan="2" align="left"\| 1
			\|rowspan="2" align="left"\| {{flagicon\|AUT}} ]-]
			\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|4\|p}}
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| {{F1 race position\|Ret\|p}}
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|6\|p}}
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|2\|f}}
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|7\|p}}
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| {{F1 race position\|3\|p\|f}}
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| {{F1 race position\|3\|p\|f}}
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p}}
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| {{F1 race position\|Ret\|p}}
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p}}
			!rowspan=2\| 498
			\|-
			\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|9\|f}}
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|2\|p\|f}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p}}
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p}}
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| {{F1 race position\|3\|p}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|2\|p}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|2\|f}}
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|-
			!rowspan="2" align="left"\| 2
			\|rowspan="2" align="left"\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} ]-]
			\| 1
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| {{F1 race position\|3\|f}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			!rowspan=2\| 454
			\|-
			\| 2
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|2\|f}}
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| {{F1 race position\|14\|f}}<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p}}
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|f}}
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|4\|f}}
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|2\|f}}
			\|-
			!rowspan="2" align="left"\| 3
			\|rowspan="2" align="left"\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} ]
			\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			!rowspan=2\| 396
			\|-
			\| 8
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|f}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| {{F1 race position\|14\|f}}
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| 1
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p\|f}}
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|p\|f}}
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#ffffbf;"\| {{F1 race position\|1\|f}}
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|-
			!rowspan="2" align="left"\| 4
			\|rowspan="2" align="left"\| {{flagicon\|DEU}} ]
			\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			!rowspan=2\| 214
			\|-
			\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|-
			!rowspan="2" align="left"\| 5
			\|rowspan="2" align="left"\| {{flagicon\|FRA\|1974}} ]
			\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#dfdfdf;"\| 2
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|7\|f}}
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#ffdf9f;"\| 3
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			!rowspan=2\| 163
			\|-
			\| 12
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| {{F1 race position\|15\|f}}
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|-
			!rowspan="2" align="left"\| 6
			\|rowspan="2" align="left"\| {{flagicon\|GBR}} ]-]
			\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 4
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			!rowspan=2\| 69
			\|-
			\| 10
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| {{F1 race position\|8\|p}}
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|-
			!rowspan="2" align="left"\| 7
			\|rowspan="2" align="left" style="white-space:nowrap;"\| {{flagicon\|IND}} ]-]
			\| 14
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 5
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			!rowspan=2\| 68
			\|-
			\| 15
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|-
			!rowspan="2" align="left"\| 8
			\|rowspan="2" align="left"\| {{flagicon\|CHE}} ]<!-- Please do not change "]" to "]". Even though BMW had sold the team, they were still officially entered in the 2010 championship as "BMW Saubers" -->-]
			\| 22
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#ffffff;"\| DNS
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			!rowspan=2\| 44
			\|-
			\| 23
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 6
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 7
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|-
			!rowspan="2" align="left"\| 9
			\|rowspan="2" align="left"\| {{flagicon\|ITA}} ]-]
			\| 16
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 16
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 8
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 14
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			!rowspan=2\| 13
			\|-
			\| 17
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 10
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 13
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 12
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 11
			\|style="background:#dfffdf;"\| 9
			\|-
			!rowspan="2" align="left"\| 10
			\|rowspan="2" align="left"\| {{flagicon\|MYS}} ]-]
			\| 18
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#ffffff;"\| DNS
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 17
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 15<sup>†</sup>
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#efcfff;"\| Ret
			\|style="background:#cfcfff;"\| 21
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61st season of the FIA Formula One World Championship "F1 2010" redirects here. For the video game based on the 2010 Formula One season, see F1 2010 (video game).

2010 FIA Formula One
World Championship Drivers' Champion: Sebastian Vettel
Constructors' Champion: Red Bull-Renault Previous 2009 Next 2011

Support series:

GP2 Series
GP3 Series
Porsche Supercup
Formula BMW Europe

The 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 64th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. Red Bull Racing won its maiden Constructors' Championship with a 1–2 finish in Brazil, while Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel won the Drivers' Championship after winning the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi. In doing so, Vettel became the youngest World Drivers' Champion in the 61-year history of the championship. Vettel's victory in the championship came after a dramatic season finale at Abu Dhabi where three other drivers could also have won the championship – Vettel's Red Bull Racing teammate Mark Webber, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.

This was Bridgestone's final season as the sole tyre supplier in Formula One as the company announced that it would not renew its contract at the end of the season. After several months of deliberation, Pirelli was chosen as the tyre supplier for the 2011 season at the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Geneva, in June 2010.

The points system was changed, with 25 points being awarded for first place, 18 for second, 15 for third, then 12, 10, 8, 6, 4, 2, and 1 for fourth to tenth. The technical and sporting regulations applicable for the season were the subject of much debate. This season also saw refuelling during race pitstops banned for the first time since 1993.

Before the start of the season, 2009 Drivers' Champion Jenson Button joined McLaren, while the 2009 Constructors' Champion, Brawn GP, was bought by German motor vehicle manufacturer Mercedes-Benz and was renamed as Mercedes GP. The 2010 season saw the return of the most successful driver in Formula One history at that point, with seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher coming out of retirement after a three-year absence since 2006.

The season's first race was held on 14 March in Bahrain and the season concluded on 14 November in the United Arab Emirates after 19 motor races held in 18 countries on five continents.

As of 2024, it was the last time a customer-engine independent team won the Constructors' Championship to date, before Red Bull Racing was promoted to Renault's main works partner team from the 2011 to 2015 seasons.

Teams and drivers

The following teams and drivers competed in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship. With the withdrawal of BMW and Toyota from the sport, engine diversity in Formula One dropped to a 30-year low, with just four engine producers powering the entire grid (Ferrari, Mercedes, Renault and Cosworth), the lowest since 1980. Four new teams joined the grid: Mercedes, Lotus Racing, Virgin Racing and HRT. Teams competed with tyres supplied by Bridgestone.

Entrant	Constructor	Chassis	Engine	No.	Race Drivers	Rounds
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-25	Mercedes FO 108X	1	Jenson Button	All
Vodafone McLaren Mercedes	McLaren-Mercedes	MP4-25	Mercedes FO 108X	2	Lewis Hamilton	All
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	MGP W01	Mercedes FO 108X	3	Michael Schumacher	All
Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team	Mercedes	MGP W01	Mercedes FO 108X	4	Nico Rosberg	All
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Renault	RB6	Renault RS27-2010	5	Sebastian Vettel	All
Red Bull Racing	Red Bull-Renault	RB6	Renault RS27-2010	6	Mark Webber	All
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F10	Ferrari 056	7	Felipe Massa	All
Scuderia Ferrari	Ferrari	F10	Ferrari 056	8	Fernando Alonso	All
AT&T Williams	Williams-Cosworth	FW32	Cosworth CA2010	9	Rubens Barrichello	All
AT&T Williams	Williams-Cosworth	FW32	Cosworth CA2010	10	Nico Hülkenberg	All
Renault F1 Team	Renault	R30	Renault RS27-2010	11	Robert Kubica	All
Renault F1 Team	Renault	R30	Renault RS27-2010	12	Vitaly Petrov	All
Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes	VJM03	Mercedes FO 108X	14	Adrian Sutil	All
Force India F1 Team	Force India-Mercedes	VJM03	Mercedes FO 108X	15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	All
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR5	Ferrari 056	16	Sébastien Buemi	All
Scuderia Toro Rosso	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	STR5	Ferrari 056	17	Jaime Alguersuari	All
Lotus Racing	Lotus-Cosworth	T127	Cosworth CA2010	18	Jarno Trulli	All
Lotus Racing	Lotus-Cosworth	T127	Cosworth CA2010	19	Heikki Kovalainen	All
Hispania Racing F1 Team	HRT-Cosworth	F110	Cosworth CA2010	20	Karun Chandhok	1–10
					Christian Klien	15, 18–19
					Sakon Yamamoto	11–14, 16–17
				21	Sakon Yamamoto	10
				21	Bruno Senna	1–9, 11–19
BMW Sauber F1 Team	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	C29	Ferrari 056	22	Pedro de la Rosa	1–14
				22	Nick Heidfeld	15–19
				23	Kamui Kobayashi	All
Virgin Racing	Virgin-Cosworth	VR-01	Cosworth CA2010	24	Timo Glock	All
Virgin Racing	Virgin-Cosworth	VR-01	Cosworth CA2010	25	Lucas di Grassi	All

Free practice drivers

Four constructors entered free practice only drivers over the course of the season.

Drivers that took part in free practice sessions during the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship
Constructor	Practice drivers
Constructor	Driver name	Rounds
Force India-Mercedes	Paul di Resta	2–5, 9–10, 12, 14
HRT-Cosworth	Christian Klien Sakon Yamamoto	5, 9 7
Lotus-Cosworth	Fairuz Fauzy	3, 10–11, 15, 19
Virgin-Cosworth	Jérôme d'Ambrosio	15–18
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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. The existing F1 teams, under the FOTA organisation, are understood to have agreed a system of technical support to assist new teams. 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; Manor Grand Prix, an F3 team run by John Booth and designer Nick Wirth (who was formerly involved in the Simtek Ford team who competed in 1994 and 1995); and US F1, a team created by former designer Ken Anderson and journalist Peter Windsor. Following the withdrawal of BMW Sauber, Lotus Racing was accepted to return to the grid for the first time since the 1994 Australian Grand Prix. 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 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, Dave Richards's highly successful Prodrive outfit and Italian touring car team N.Technology as well as re-imaginings of former teams March, Brabham, Lola Cars and Team Lotus (not to be confused with Lotus Racing). Other expressions of interest came from Team Superfund, an Austrian outfit to be fronted by former driver Alex Wurz and myf1dream.com, a team established by fans of the sport and funded by their donations. Experienced sports car and touring car entrant Ray Mallock Limited had intended to submit an entry bid, 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. 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 grid, 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, Stefan attempted to purchase the defunct USF1 entry, but the moves were blocked. Stefan was finally rejected on 4 March when the FIA stated that it was not possible to issue entries so close to the season opener.

Team changes

BMW announced on 29 July 2009 their withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the 2009 season, citing a lack of future viability and sustainability for the Formula One program. After a failed buy out from Qadbak Investments, the team was sold back to Peter Sauber. The FIA officially accepted the team to the 2010 grid under the name BMW Sauber on 3 December, using a Swiss racing licence and Ferrari engines after the Toyota withdrawal.
Toyota withdrew from Formula One on 4 November 2009, due to financial difficulties in the automotive industry. After announcing they would not sell the team on, their grid slot went to the Sauber team. Then, Stefan Grand Prix claimed that they had acquired rights to the Toyota Motorsport's former headquarters in Cologne and the TF110 that was renamed Stefan S-01. The withdrawal of Toyota meant for the first season since 2001 that the sport would not feature a Japanese-licensed constructor and also since 1982 that the sport would not feature a Japanese-licensed engine manufacturer until 2015 when Honda returned to the sport with McLaren team.
Scuderia Toro Rosso became an independent constructor in 2010, after having their chassis supplied by the Red Bull Technologies design studio for the first years of racing. This had allowed the team to purchase customer chassis, despite the concept being banned by the FIA. This loophole was closed for 2010, meaning that the STR5 2010 car was the first car Toro Rosso built on their own, having spent most of 2009 expanding their base of operations in Faenza, Italy to accommodate production facilities.
Daimler AG, parent company of Mercedes-Benz, bought a 75.1% controlling stake in the 2009 champions Brawn GP, renaming the team Mercedes Grand Prix, Mercedes' last F1 race was the 1955 Italian Grand Prix. Mercedes's former 40% stake in the McLaren Group was purchased back by McLaren, although Mercedes would continue to supply McLaren engines and sponsorship until the end of the 2014 season. Mercedes signed a sponsorship deal with Petronas, with the Malaysian petroleum company ending its association with BMW Sauber, and the team was renamed to Mercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team.
Renault had sold Gerard Lopez and his Genii Capital investment company a 75% majority shareholding, in order to secure the team's future. The team continued to operate under the Renault name and the engine department remained under full Renault ownership. The deal left the possibility for Renault to regain complete ownership once the economic situation had stabilised.

Driver changes

Changed teams

2005 and 2006 World Champion Fernando Alonso left Renault to drive for Ferrari in 2010, replacing Kimi Räikkönen who left the team at the end of the 2009 season. Alonso had signed a three-year deal up to the end of 2012, with options for further years.
Rubens Barrichello moved from Brawn to Williams.
Reining world champion Jenson Button joined Lewis Hamilton at McLaren following the failure to negotiate a contract with Mercedes, which bought out his 2009 team, Brawn GP. This meant that McLaren had signed the two most recent World Champions, and had the sport's first double champion line-up since Ayrton Senna and Alain Prost, also driving for McLaren, in 1989.
Timo Glock officially joined Virgin Racing, after leaving the Toyota Racing team.
Kamui Kobayashi, who made his debut for the now-defunct Toyota team at the end of 2009 covering for the injured Timo Glock, transferred to the newly revived Sauber team.
Heikki Kovalainen joined the new Lotus Racing team, after leaving McLaren.
Robert Kubica left BMW Sauber to drive for Renault in 2010, as a replacement for Alonso.
Nico Rosberg left Williams at the end of the 2009 season after four years with the team since 2006, moving to Mercedes.
Jarno Trulli moved from Toyota to Lotus Racing.

Entered Formula One

Karun Chandhok, who placed eighteenth in the 2009 GP2 Series for Ocean Racing Technology, joined former iSport International teammate Bruno Senna at Hispania Racing. Chandhok was the second Formula One driver from India, after Narain Karthikeyan drove for Jordan Grand Prix in 2005.
Lucas di Grassi, who placed third in the 2009 GP2 Series for Racing Engineering, joined Timo Glock at Virgin Racing.
Nico Hülkenberg, 2009 GP2 Series champion with ART Grand Prix, made his debut in Formula One with Williams, alongside Barrichello.
Vitaly Petrov, who placed second in the 2009 GP2 Series, moved from Barwa Addax to partner Robert Kubica at Renault, becoming Russia's first driver in the Formula One World Championship.
Bruno Senna, nephew of three-time World Champion Ayrton Senna, joined Hispania Racing in 2010, returning the Senna name to Formula One sixteen years after his uncle's death in 1994.

Exited Formula One

Giancarlo Fisichella became Ferrari's reserve and test driver in 2010, having left Force India and joined Ferrari towards the end of 2009. After failing to secure a racing drive, he signed up to take part in the Le Mans Series.
Romain Grosjean was unable to secure a contract with Renault, due to Petrov's appointment as Renault's second driver and competed in the inaugural FIA GT1 World Championship for Matech Competition.
After a poor 2009 season, Williams driver Kazuki Nakajima was unable to secure a drive for 2010. On 19 February, it was confirmed that he would join aspiring Serbian outfit Stefan Grand Prix, despite their lack of an entry to the grid.
2007 World Champion Kimi Räikkönen took a two-year "sabbatical" from Formula One in 2010 after his managers confirmed that negotiations with McLaren officially came to an end. Räikkönen instead joined the Citroën Junior Team in the 2010 World Rally Championship, driving a Citroën C4 WRC in twelve of the thirteen rounds of the championship.

Returned to Formula One

Pedro de la Rosa returned to Formula One driving for the Sauber team, having previously served as test driver for McLaren. His return ended a three-year absence from racing since 2007, his last Grand Prix start being a half-season campaign in 2006.
Seven-time World Champion Michael Schumacher officially joined Mercedes on 23 December 2009, ending a three-year hiatus from the sport since 2007. Schumacher had originally intended to make a comeback with Ferrari in 2009 to stand in for the injured Felipe Massa, but was prevented from doing so by a motorcycle accident injury, and the Mercedes contract was not signed until he was given a clean bill of health. Schumacher previously raced for Mercedes in the 1991 World Sportscar Championship.

Mid-season changes

Sakon Yamamoto, who last drove in Formula One for Spyker and tested for Renault, replaced Bruno Senna at Hispania for the British Grand Prix, having previously taken part in Friday practice at the Turkish Grand Prix. The team confirmed that Senna would return to his seat for the German Grand Prix. Yamamoto then replaced Karun Chandhok from the German Grand Prix onwards, except the races in Singapore, Brazil and Abu Dhabi, where the seat was filled by Christian Klien.
During the mid-season hiatus, Nick Heidfeld left Mercedes to take up a new role with Pirelli as their official test driver ahead of their return to Formula One.
Following the end of the European season at the Italian Grand Prix, Pedro de la Rosa was dropped by BMW Sauber and summarily replaced by Nick Heidfeld, who last drove for the team in 2009. It was reported that the change was made because of de la Rosa's poor performance relative to teammate Kamui Kobayashi in general and Heidfeld's knowledge of the Marina Bay and Yas Marina circuits in particular. With Heidfeld joining Sauber, former Renault driver Romain Grosjean was drafted in as his replacement for Pirelli.
Hispania Racing test driver Christian Klien replaced Sakon Yamamoto for the Singapore Grand Prix after Yamamoto allegedly contracted food poisoning ahead of the race, but was later seen in the Singapore paddock suffering no apparent symptoms, sparking talk of unpaid debts by the Japanese driver and further financial afflictions for the team to deal with when the logo of one of Klien's personal sponsors appeared on the car for the weekend. Team principal Colin Kolles confirmed that the arrangement would be for one race and Yamamoto would return to the cockpit at Suzuka, provided he recovered in time. Klien also replaced Yamamoto at Interlagos and Abu Dhabi, though no explanation was given for the change.

Calendar

On 21 September 2009 the provisional 2010 calendar was issued by the World Motor Sport Council containing 19 races, followed by a second provisional schedule which had the Abu Dhabi and Brazilian Grands Prix switching dates. The final calendar was released on 11 December 2009.

Round	Grand Prix	Circuit	Date
1	Bahrain Grand Prix	Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir	14 March
2	Australian Grand Prix	Albert Park Circuit, Melbourne	28 March
3	Malaysian Grand Prix	Sepang International Circuit, Kuala Lumpur	4 April
4	Chinese Grand Prix	Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai	18 April
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Circuit de Catalunya, Montmeló	9 May
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo	16 May
7	Turkish Grand Prix	Istanbul Park, Istanbul	30 May
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Circuit Gilles Villeneuve, Montreal	13 June
9	European Grand Prix	Valencia Street Circuit, Valencia	27 June
10	British Grand Prix	Silverstone Circuit, Silverstone	11 July
11	German Grand Prix	Hockenheimring, Hockenheim	25 July
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	Hungaroring, Mogyoród	1 August
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, Stavelot	29 August
14	Italian Grand Prix	Autodromo Nazionale di Monza, Monza	12 September
15	Singapore Grand Prix	Marina Bay Street Circuit, Singapore	26 September
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Suzuka Circuit, Suzuka	10 October
17	Korean Grand Prix	Korea International Circuit, Yeongam	24 October
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	Autódromo José Carlos Pace, São Paulo	7 November
19	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Yas Marina Circuit, Abu Dhabi	14 November
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Calendar changes

The Bahrain Grand Prix was run on a new layout at the Bahrain International Circuit. 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). The race reverted to the circuit's original layout from 2012. The 2011 Bahrain Grand Prix was cancelled due to that year's Bahraini protests.
The British Grand Prix was originally planned to move from Silverstone Circuit to Donington Park in 2010, but the owners of Donington Park failed to raise the necessary £135 million bond to redevelop the circuit and infrastructure. After extended negotiations with Bernie Ecclestone, the organisers of Silverstone came to an agreement that will see the British Grand Prix hosted by the circuit for the next seventeen years, utilising the new "Arena" configuration which increases lap distance by 760 metres (0.47 mi).
The Canadian Grand Prix returned in 2010 after its one-year absence.
The German Grand Prix returned to Hockenheim for one year, after being held at the Nürburgring in 2009.
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. Suzuka will continue to hold the event in 2010 and in 2011.
South Korea made its first appearance on the F1 calendar under the name Korean Grand Prix with a race being held at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam on 24 October. On 12 October, the circuit passed its inspection.

Changes

Regulation changes

Refuelling during the race was abolished for the first season since 1993. Despite the resolution over the budget cap and the decision for 2010 to fall back to the 2009 rules, FOTA expressed interest in a refuelling ban as it represents a way to cut costs.

To accommodate the extra teams, the maximum number of cars allowed to take part in a race increased from 24 to 26 cars. Formula One Management offered financial support to all new teams for 2010, 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. The increased number of teams now requires garages to be allocated on an equal basis at each Grand Prix.
Teams had to homologate certain parts of the car, including the driver's survival cell, roll structures, all impact structures and the front and rear wheels, meaning they couldn't be modified over the course of the season without written approval from the FIA on safety or reliability grounds. The minimum car weight increased from 605 kg to 620 kg (1,334 lbs to 1,367 lbs) to better accommodate heavier drivers with KERS units, despite FOTA's agreement not to use the system.
The qualifying system changed to accommodate the extra cars: 7 cars drop out of the first qualifying session, 7 from the second session and 10 cars will challenge for pole position in the third session. The third session was to be run in a low-fuel configuration due to the refuelling ban, although these drivers must start the race on the set of tyres used in the third session. If a tyre is damaged in qualifying, then 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.

Drivers were given eleven sets of tyres over the course of a weekend, reduced from the fourteen sets in 2009. Three of these sets were for practice only and were returned before the start of qualifying, regardless of whether they are used or not. The front tyres were narrowed from 270 mm (11 in) to 245 mm (9.6 in), in order to improve the balance of grip between the front and rear. Wheel covers and rim heaters were banned, and tyre blankets were only allowed to act on the tyre's outer surface.
A new points system was ratified for 2010, in response to the increased grid. Since 2003, points had been awarded to the top eight finishers, on a 10–8–6–5–4–3–2–1. The 2010 system awarded the top ten classified finishers on a 25–18–15–12–10–8–6–4–2–1 basis.
The stewarding system had a fixed pool of stewards to draw from for each race, including former racing drivers, instead of a rotating line-up. This was 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 had 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-and-go penalty. A penalty had to be completed within two laps of the issuing rather than the three of previous years now.
Replacement drivers were permitted to one day of testing, provided they have not participated in an F1 race in the last two calendar years. This was in response to several drivers in 2009 competing in their début weekend with no experience of their F1 car. Teams are also allowed to run a replacement driver in the Friday practice sessions.
Powered devices that lift any part of the car during the pit stop were banned, and to prevent teams from releasing a car into the path of an oncoming driver in pit lane, the crew had to wait until the oncoming driver that is within a 25 m (82 ft) zone either side of the pit box has passed.
The Concorde Agreement, which governs Formula One, was renewed at the 2009 Hungarian Grand Prix. Several cost-cutting proposals were included, such as a limit on the number of aerodynamic upgrades permitted over the course of a season and restrictions on the number of team personnel who attend a Grand Prix weekend. Also included was a provision that teams were now able to miss as many as three races before being ejected from the championship, although the FIA was to impose some kind of penalty for a missed race.
Whilst the race is suspended neither the race nor the timekeeping system will stop; however the length of the race suspension will be added to the maximum two hour period.

Mid-season changes

A new parc fermé system, trialled in Bahrain, had cars sealed inside a bag within the team garages and monitored by low-resolution cameras, switching to a high-definition output if it sensed movement within the garage. The system was made a permanent procedure for parc ferme from the Australian Grand Prix.
Wing mirrors – previously treated as aerodynamic aids instead of for the drivers benefit – may no longer be mounted in the "outboard" position, following concerns about poor visibility which resulted in several cases of accidental blocking in Melbourne. The ban was effective from the Spanish Grand Prix onwards.
Following the success of the Canadian Grand Prix, tyre supplier Bridgestone announced its intentions to increase the difference between its compounds for the German Grand Prix, meaning that the teams have to deal with the extremes in the rubber compounds.
At the FIA World Motor Sport Council meeting in Geneva, on 23 June, the rules regarding safety car conditions were clarified following a final-lap incident involving Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso at the Monaco Grand Prix. No car may overtake until it has passed the first safety car line for the first time when the safety car is returning to the pits. However, if the safety car is still deployed at the beginning of the last lap, or is deployed during the last lap, it will enter the pit lane at the end of the lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking.
Any car being driven unnecessarily slowly, erratically, or which is deemed potentially dangerous to other drivers, will be reported to the stewards. This will apply whether any such car is being driven on the track, the pit entry or the pit lane. To avoid coming under the scrutiny of the stewards, a driver must return to the pits within a pre-determined lap time set by the stewards.
If a sample of fuel is required after a practice session the car concerned must have first been driven back to the pits under its own power. This was a response to qualifying at the Canadian Grand Prix when Lewis Hamilton stopped on the circuit after his team informed him that he may not have enough fuel left in the tank for the sample to be taken after the session. Although no action was taken against Hamilton, the stewards moved to prevent teams from deliberately doing it in the future.
Following a minor controversy when Ferrari conducted a "filming day" at Fiorano ahead of the European Grand Prix using a car that included parts to be debuted at the race – which some felt was an attempt to circumvent bans on testing – changes were made to the rulebook that mean teams will be banned from running parts that have not been raced at a filming session or media event.
Ferrari and Red Bull were both accused of having front wings that flexed at high speed, pushing them closer to the ground than is allowed. Although no wing ever failed scrutineers' tests, as of the Belgian Grand Prix the test was made more stringent by increasing the load applied to the wings. Similar changes were made at the Italian Grand Prix to the test of the front section of the floor under the nose (known as the bib).

Safety car

The new Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG was introduced as the safety car for 2010.
Following controversy at the European Grand Prix, the safety car rules were revised ahead of the British Grand Prix. In the event of a safety car deployment, drivers are given a "delta time" – 120% of a standard race lap (i.e. if the standard lap time is one minute, forty seconds, the delta time is two minutes) – a minimum lap time in which to get back to the pits or else be cited for speeding. However, following the Webber-Kovalainen crash in Valencia, several drivers were penalised for breaking the delta time as they had been racing ahead of the accident and the safety car was deployed as they approached the end of the lap; in effect, they had safely completed a lap at racing speeds and pitted at the earliest opportunity. Instead of following the delta time, drivers must slow down to the speed of the safety car from the moment it is deployed, but will be exempt from doing so for the final two hundred metres of the lap. As a result of this, it will prevent drivers from gaining an advantage by pitting at the earliest possible opportunity and emerging ahead of the safety car.

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 and reduce the costs. 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. BMW Sauber later announced on their withdrawal from Formula One at the end of the 2009 season.

Following negotiations, the FOTA teams unanimously decided to withdraw at the end of the 2009 season unless the budget cap rules were changed. Williams and Force India both submitted their own entries and were temporarily suspended from FOTA, 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. 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. 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.

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. In response it was announced that plans for a breakaway series were still being pursued. 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 secured the sport's future until its expiration in 2012.

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 3 Champion Daniel Ricciardo was fastest for Red Bull Racing. As with 2009, the teams were 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). All but Campos/Hispania and US F1 took part in the pre-season tests.

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 and two. 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.

The second session took place at Circuito de Jerez, Spain 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. Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the test during a dry Saturday session with 1:19.583.

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

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 and more mechanical issues. Lewis Hamilton set the fastest lap of the week (1:20.472) with most teams doing low fuel runs on Sunday.

Report

The 2010 season saw the debut of three new teams, Virgin, Lotus and Hispania. The teams were often more than three seconds per lap slower than the established teams. After fighting reliability issues early in the season, the three teams soon established themselves with Lotus leading the way, their best result being a twelfth place for Heikki Kovalainen in Japan. Virgin struggled after discovering their fuel tank was too small, forcing them to push their development schedule back five races in order to build a car that could finish the race. Hispania were the slowest of the three, and by mid-season were rotating their drivers on a regular basis, but a pair of fourteenth places by Karun Chandhok in Australia and Monaco put the team ahead of Virgin in the Constructors' Championship for most of the season.

In stark contrast to 2009, no one driver emerged as dominant in the early stages of the 2010 season. Fernando Alonso won the opening race of the season in Bahrain after Sebastian Vettel's engine misfired, with Alonso becoming just the sixth Ferrari driver to win on debut for the Italian team. Reigning World Champion Jenson Button claimed victory in Australia for the second year in succession, whilst Vettel won in Malaysia, setting up a unique situation that would last for the rest of the season whereby no driver would win a race while leading the World Championship.

Button became the first driver to win more than one race with victory in China, but Mark Webber would be the first to take back-to-back victories with wins in Spain and Monaco. Webber was leading the Turkish Grand Prix when teammate Vettel attempted a pass on lap 40 that ended with the two Red Bulls colliding; Vettel retired whilst Webber recovered to finish third behind eventual race winner Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button. Hamilton would match Webber's feat of back-to-back victories by claiming first place in Canada.

The middle of the season saw controversy, starting at the European Grand Prix in Valencia following a disputed safety car ruling. Mark Webber collided with Heikki Kovalainen at the fastest point on the circuit, the collision destroying Webber's front wing and launching Webber into a somersault. The safety car was deployed immediately, joining the circuit behind race leader Vettel, but ahead of then-second placed Hamilton and the Ferraris of Alonso and Felipe Massa. Hamilton overtook the safety car as it emerged from the pit lane but after it had crossed the safety car control line. It took the race stewards twenty minutes to pass verdict on the infringement, and while Hamilton was issued with a drive-through penalty for his actions, it had little effect as he was already well clear of the rest of the field.

The British Grand Prix marked the halfway point of the season and saw further tensions within Red Bull. Team principal Christian Horner removed the team's new front wing from Webber's car and placed it on Vettel's for qualifying and the race, after the German driver's wing was damaged in the final practice session. Webber won the race after passing Vettel from second off the start, who then developed a puncture on the first lap and was forced to pit.

The German Grand Prix saw a return to form for Ferrari, with both Alonso and Massa quickest over the course of the race meeting. On the anniversary of his accident, Felipe Massa led most of the race before a message from the Ferrari pit appeared to be a coded instruction telling Massa to move over and let Alonso through, granting Alonso seven extra World Championship points for his ultimate win. Ferrari were fined US$100,000 for the use of team orders to deliberately alter the outcome of a race and faced further sanctions at a meeting of the FIA World Motor Sport Council in September where they face charges of bringing the sport into disrepute, though the hearing would ultimately acquit Ferrari on the grounds of a lack of evidence.

After finishing sixth in Germany, Webber won again in Hungary after Vettel broke an obscure safety car rule and was issued with a drive-through penalty that demoted him to third, while Lewis Hamilton won a wet Belgian Grand Prix from Mark Webber and Robert Kubica while Vettel was involved in a collision with Button that eliminated the incumbent World Champion whilst Vettel was handed his second drive-through penalty in as many races. Fernando Alonso retired after a mistake in the wet. The European season ended in Italy, with Alonso claiming his third victory of the season and adding a fourth to his tally – and his first Grand Slam – in Singapore.

Red Bull reasserted their dominance in Japan, with Vettel winning comfortably from Webber and Alonso third. They were prepared to continue their performance in a rain-delayed Korean Grand Prix, but an early accident eliminated Webber and a late engine failure for Vettel handed the victory to Alonso. Nico Hülkenberg claimed his maiden pole position for Williams by over a second in changing conditions in Brazil, but Red Bull went on to claim their fourth 1–2 finish of the season, claiming enough points to be declared World Constructors' Champion in just their sixth year of competition.

In the week leading up to the final race of the season, Red Bull repeated their intentions not to use team orders, a decision they were widely criticised for as allowing Mark Webber to finish ahead of Sebastian Vettel would have meant he trailed Fernando Alonso by just one point ahead of the race in Abu Dhabi. However, the Australian struggled to find speed across the weekend, qualifying behind Alonso and unable to find a way past the Ferrari driver for most of the race. Like Webber, Alonso had opted for an early pit stop in his tyre strategy, but emerged behind Russian rookie Vitaly Petrov. Taking into account the cars ahead of them that had yet to stop, this meant that Alonso would be running sixth on the road when he needed to finish fourth to claim the title.

McLaren's Jenson Button took the lead of the race when Sebastian Vettel pitted, the 2009 World Champion attempting to extend his lead enough to avoid a costly encounter with Robert Kubica after Lewis Hamilton got caught behind the Renault driver; passing Kubica would give him a chance to catch Vettel, who would resume the lead when Button pitted. Button needed a lead of twenty-two seconds to rejoin the circuit ahead of Kubica and Hamilton, but Kubica was able to match him on lap times and McLaren were forced to pit Button, who rejoined fourth behind his teammate, becoming third when Kubica pitted. While Kubica was expected to rejoin somewhere behind Mark Webber, Vitaly Petrov had held Webber and Alonso up enough that when Kubica completed his stop, he joined the circuit ahead of them, adding his name to the list of drivers Alonso needed to pass in order to win the World Championship. Sebastian Vettel won the race, with the McLarens second and third. Alonso was unable to find a way past Petrov and so finished seventh, handing the title to Vettel by four points. Abu Dhabi was the first time Sebastian Vettel had led the 2010 World Championship. Only twice before in the history of Formula One had the Drivers' World Champion led the championship only for the last race: in 1964 and 1976.

Results and standings

Grands Prix

Round	Grand Prix	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winning driver	Winning constructor	Report
1	Bahrain Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Report
2	Australian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
3	Malaysian Grand Prix	Mark Webber	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
4	Chinese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
5	Spanish Grand Prix	Mark Webber	Lewis Hamilton	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	Report
6	Monaco Grand Prix	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	Report
7	Turkish Grand Prix	Mark Webber	Vitaly Petrov	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
8	Canadian Grand Prix	Lewis Hamilton	Robert Kubica	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
9	European Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Jenson Button	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
10	British Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	Report
11	German Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Report
12	Hungarian Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault	Report
13	Belgian Grand Prix	Mark Webber	Lewis Hamilton	Lewis Hamilton	McLaren-Mercedes	Report
14	Italian Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Report
15	Singapore Grand Prix	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Report
16	Japanese Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Mark Webber	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
17	Korean Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Fernando Alonso	Fernando Alonso	Ferrari	Report
18	Brazilian Grand Prix	Nico Hülkenberg	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
19	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix	Sebastian Vettel	Lewis Hamilton	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault	Report
Source:

Scoring system

Further information: List of Formula One World Championship points scoring systems

Points were awarded to the top 10 classified finishers.

Position	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th
Points	25	18	15	12	10	8	6	4	2	1

World Drivers' Championship standings

Pos.	Driver	BHR	AUS	MAL	CHN	ESP	MON	TUR	CAN	EUR	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	BRA	ABU	Points
1	Sebastian Vettel	4	Ret	1	6	3	2	Ret	4	1	7	3	3	15	4	2	1	Ret	1	1	256
2	Fernando Alonso	1	4	13	4	2	6	8	3	8	14	1	2	Ret	1	1	3	1	3	7	252
3	Mark Webber	8	9	2	8	1	1	3	5	Ret	1	6	1	2	6	3	2	Ret	2	8	242
4	Lewis Hamilton	3	6	6	2	14	5	1	1	2	2	4	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	5	2	4	2	240
5	Jenson Button	7	1	8	1	5	Ret	2	2	3	4	5	8	Ret	2	4	4	12	5	3	214
6	Felipe Massa	2	3	7	9	6	4	7	15	11	15	2	4	4	3	8	Ret	3	15	10	144
7	Nico Rosberg	5	5	3	3	13	7	5	6	10	3	8	Ret	6	5	5	17	Ret	6	4	142
8	Robert Kubica	11	2	4	5	8	3	6	7	5	Ret	7	Ret	3	8	7	Ret	5	9	5	136
9	Michael Schumacher	6	10	Ret	10	4	12	4	11	15	9	9	11	7	9	13	6	4	7	Ret	72
10	Rubens Barrichello	10	8	12	12	9	Ret	14	14	4	5	12	10	Ret	10	6	9	7	14	12	47
11	Adrian Sutil	12	Ret	5	11	7	8	9	10	6	8	17	Ret	5	16	9	Ret	Ret	12	13	47
12	Kamui Kobayashi	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	10	Ret	7	6	11	9	8	Ret	Ret	7	8	10	14	32
13	Vitaly Petrov	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	13	15	17	14	13	10	5	9	13	11	Ret	Ret	16	6	27
14	Nico Hülkenberg	14	Ret	10	15	16	Ret	17	13	Ret	10	13	6	14	7	10	Ret	10	8	16	22
15	Vitantonio Liuzzi	9	7	Ret	Ret	15	9	13	9	16	11	16	13	10	12	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	21
16	Sébastien Buemi	16	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	10	16	8	9	12	Ret	12	12	11	14	10	Ret	13	15	8
17	Pedro de la Rosa	Ret	12	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	12	Ret	14	7	11	14						6
18	Nick Heidfeld															Ret	8	9	17	11	6
19	Jaime Alguersuari	13	11	9	13	10	11	12	12	13	Ret	15	Ret	13	15	12	11	11	11	9	5
20	Heikki Kovalainen	15	13	NC	14	DNS	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	17	Ret	14	16	18	16	12	13	18	17	0
21	Jarno Trulli	17	DNS	17	Ret	17	15	Ret	Ret	21	16	Ret	15	19	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	19	21	0
22	Karun Chandhok	Ret	14	15	17	Ret	14	20	18	18	19										0
23	Bruno Senna	Ret	Ret	16	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	20		19	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	14	21	19	0
24	Lucas di Grassi	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	19	Ret	19	19	17	Ret	Ret	18	17	20	15	DNS	Ret	NC	18	0
25	Timo Glock	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	18	Ret	18	Ret	19	18	18	16	18	17	Ret	14	Ret	20	Ret	0
26	Sakon Yamamoto										20	Ret	19	20	19		16	15			0
27	Christian Klien															Ret			22	20	0
Pos.	Driver	BHR	AUS	MAL	CHN	ESP	MON	TUR	CAN	EUR	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	BRA	ABU	Points
Source:

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)
	Did not enter (empty cell)
Annotation	Meaning
P	Pole position
F	Fastest lap

Notes:

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

World Constructors' Championship standings

Pos.	Constructor	No.	BHR	AUS	MAL	CHN	ESP	MON	TUR	CAN	EUR	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	BRA	ABU	Points
1	Red Bull-Renault	5	4	Ret	1	6	3	2	Ret	4	1	7	3	3	15	4	2	1	Ret	1	1	498
1	Red Bull-Renault	6	8	9	2	8	1	1	3	5	Ret	1	6	1	2	6	3	2	Ret	2	8	498
2	McLaren-Mercedes	1	7	1	8	1	5	Ret	2	2	3	4	5	8	Ret	2	4	4	12	5	3	454
2	McLaren-Mercedes	2	3	6	6	2	14	5	1	1	2	2	4	Ret	1	Ret	Ret	5	2	4	2	454
3	Ferrari	7	2	3	7	9	6	4	7	15	11	15	2	4	4	3	8	Ret	3	15	10	396
3	Ferrari	8	1	4	13	4	2	6	8	3	8	14	1	2	Ret	1	1	3	1	3	7	396
4	Mercedes	3	6	10	Ret	10	4	12	4	11	15	9	9	11	7	9	13	6	4	7	Ret	214
4	Mercedes	4	5	5	3	3	13	7	5	6	10	3	8	Ret	6	5	5	17	Ret	6	4	214
5	Renault	11	11	2	4	5	8	3	6	7	5	Ret	7	Ret	3	8	7	Ret	5	9	5	163
5	Renault	12	Ret	Ret	Ret	7	11	13	15	17	14	13	10	5	9	13	11	Ret	Ret	16	6	163
6	Williams-Cosworth	9	10	8	12	12	9	Ret	14	14	4	5	12	10	Ret	10	6	9	7	14	12	69
6	Williams-Cosworth	10	14	Ret	10	15	16	Ret	17	13	Ret	10	13	6	14	7	10	Ret	10	8	16	69
7	Force India-Mercedes	14	12	Ret	5	11	7	8	9	10	6	8	17	Ret	5	16	9	Ret	Ret	12	13	68
7	Force India-Mercedes	15	9	7	Ret	Ret	15	9	13	9	16	11	16	13	10	12	Ret	Ret	6	Ret	Ret	68
8	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	22	Ret	12	DNS	Ret	Ret	Ret	11	Ret	12	Ret	14	7	11	14	Ret	8	9	17	11	44
8	BMW Sauber-Ferrari	23	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	12	Ret	10	Ret	7	6	11	9	8	Ret	Ret	7	8	10	14	44
9	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	16	16	Ret	11	Ret	Ret	10	16	8	9	12	Ret	12	12	11	14	10	Ret	13	15	13
9	Toro Rosso-Ferrari	17	13	11	9	13	10	11	12	12	13	Ret	15	Ret	13	15	12	11	11	11	9	13
10	Lotus-Cosworth	18	17	DNS	17	Ret	17	15	Ret	Ret	21	16	Ret	15	19	Ret	Ret	13	Ret	19	21	0
10	Lotus-Cosworth	19	15	13	NC	14	DNS	Ret	Ret	16	Ret	17	Ret	14	16	18	16	12	13	18	17	0
11	HRT-Cosworth	20	Ret	14	15	17	Ret	14	20	18	18	19	Ret	19	20	19	Ret	16	15	22	20	0
11	HRT-Cosworth	21	Ret	Ret	16	16	Ret	Ret	Ret	Ret	20	20	19	17	Ret	Ret	Ret	15	14	21	19	0
12	Virgin-Cosworth	24	Ret	Ret	Ret	DNS	18	Ret	18	Ret	19	18	18	16	18	17	Ret	14	Ret	20	Ret	0
12	Virgin-Cosworth	25	Ret	Ret	14	Ret	19	Ret	19	19	17	Ret	Ret	18	17	20	15	DNS	Ret	NC	18	0
Pos.	Constructor	No.	BHR	AUS	MAL	CHN	ESP	MON	TUR	CAN	EUR	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	SIN	JPN	KOR	BRA	ABU	Points
Source:

Key
Colour	Result
Gold	Winner
Silver	Second place
Bronze	Third place
Green	Other points position
Blue	Other classified position
Blue	Not classified, finished (NC)
Purple	Not classified, retired (Ret)
Red	Did not qualify (DNQ)
Black	Disqualified (DSQ)
White	Did not start (DNS)
White	Race cancelled (C)
Blank	Did not practice (DNP)
	Excluded (EX)
	Did not arrive (DNA)
	Withdrawn (WD)
	Did not enter (empty cell)
Annotation	Meaning
P	Pole position
F	Fastest lap

Notes:

† – Drivers did not finish the Grand Prix, but were classified as they completed more than 90% of the race distance.
Official FIA Results for the Constructors' Championship listed the constructors as Red Bull Racing, Vodafone McLaren Mercedes, Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro, etc.

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