64th season of Formula One motor racing From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2010 Formula One season was the 61st Formula One season. Red Bull Racing won its first Constructors' Championship. Sebastian Vettel won his first Drivers' Championship. He only took the championship by winning the final race of the season. Vettel became the youngest World Champion.
2010 FIA Formula One World Championship |
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Previous: | 2009 | Next: | 2011 |
The following teams and drivers competed in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship. [1]
On 8 July, 2010, the Thursday before the British Grand Prix, the HRT F1 Team (HRT) announced that Bruno Senna would be replaced by test driver Sakon Yamamoto. After the British race, HRT announced that Senna would return to his seat and race the number 21 car. HRT also announced that Yamamoto would replace Karun Chandhok at the German Grand Prix in Hockenheim.[12]
In August, Mercedes released Nick Heidfeld from his contract. Heidfeld was released so he could join Pirelli and test of the new tyre for the 2011 season.[20]
In September, Sauber replaced Pedro de la Rosa with Nick Heidfeld for the remainder of the season, starting with the Singapore Grand Prix.[17]
For the Singapore Grand Prix Christian Klien replaced Sakon Yamamoto. HRT reported that Yamamoto was sick from food posining.[13] For the Brazilian Grand Prix, HRT announced that Klien would race in place of Yamamoto.[14]
The Korean Grand Prix ran as scheduled. The Korean International Circuit passed its inspection on 12 October.[22]
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Bold - Pole |
† Driver that did not finish the Grand Prix. Driver was classified (ranked) because they finish more than 90% of the race.
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Bold – Pole |
† Driver did not finish the Grand Prix. Driver was classified (ranked) because they finished over 90% of the race.
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