Race 4 of 19 in the 2010 Formula One World Championship
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Race details[1]
Date
18 April 2010 (2010-04-18)
Official name
2010 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix
Location
Shanghai International Circuit, Shanghai, China
Course
Permanent racing facility
Course length
5.451 km (3.387 mi)[2]
Distance
56 laps, 305.066 km (189.568 mi)[a][2]
Weather
Cloudy, rain
Attendance
85,000
Pole position
Driver
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull-Renault
Time
1:34.558
Fastest lap
Driver
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Time
1:42.061 on lap 13
Podium
First
Jenson Button
McLaren-Mercedes
Second
Lewis Hamilton
McLaren-Mercedes
Third
Nico Rosberg
Mercedes
Lap leaders
Motor car race
The 2010 Chinese Grand Prix (officially the 2010 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix)[4] was a Formula One motor race held at the Shanghai International Circuit in the Jiading District of Shanghai on 18 April 2010. Approximately 85,000 people attended the event. It was the fourth race of the 2010 Formula One World Championship and the seventh Chinese Grand Prix. McLaren driver Jenson Button won the 56-lap race starting from fifth position. His teammate Lewis Hamilton finished in second and Nico Rosberg of the Mercedes team was third.
Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel qualified on pole position for the eighth time of his career by posting the fastest lap in qualifying. Ferrari's Fernando Alonso started from third and passed both Red Bull cars into the first corner. However, the stewards deemed that he had jumped the start and incurred a drive-through penalty. The safety car was deployed on the first lap, after a three-car collision at turn six, and remained out for four laps. Rosberg led from laps five to 19 until Button overtook him. Intermittent rain made track conditions slippery though Button maintained the lead for the rest of the race to secure his second victory of the season and the ninth of his career.
Button's win promoted him to the lead of the Drivers' Championship for the first time in the season from Ferrari driver Felipe Massa. Rosberg moved to second while Alonso dropped to third and tied on points with Hamilton. Vettel fell from joint third to fifth in the standings. The lead of the Constructors' Championship changed from Ferrari to McLaren as Red Bull maintained a hold on third place with 15 races remaining in the season.
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