Vettel is champ Pos No Driver Team Laps Time/Retired Grid Pts 1 5 Sebastian Vettel RBR-Renault 55 1:39:36.837 1 25 2 2 Lewis Hamilton McLaren-Mercedes 55 +10.1 secs 2 18 3 1 Jenson Button McLaren-Mercedes 55 +11.0 secs 4 15 4 4 Nico Rosberg Mercedes GP 55 +30.7 secs 9 12 5 11 Robert Kubica Renault 55 +39.0 secs 11 10 6 12 Vitaly Petrov Renault 55 +43.5 secs 10 8 7 8 Fernando Alonso Ferrari 55 +43.7 secs 3 6 8 6 Mark Webber RBR-Renault 55 +44.2 secs 5 4 9 17 Jaime Alguersuari STR-Ferrari 55 +50.2 secs 17 2 10 7 Felipe Massa Ferrari 55 +50.8 secs 6 1 11 22 Nick Heidfeld BMW Sauber-Ferrari 55 +51.5 secs 14 12 9 Rubens Barrichello Williams-Cosworth 55 +57.6 secs 7 13 14 Adrian Sutil Force India-Mercedes 55 +58.3 secs 13 14 23 Kamui Kobayashi BMW Sauber-Ferrari 55 +59.5 secs 12 15 16 Sebastien Buemi STR-Ferrari 55 +63.1 secs 18 16 10 Nico Hulkenberg Williams-Cosworth 55 +64.7 secs 15 17 19 Heikki Kovalainen Lotus-Cosworth 54 +1 Lap 20 18 25 Lucas di Grassi Virgin-Cosworth 53 +2 Laps 22 19 21 Bruno Senna HRT-Cosworth 53 +2 Laps 23 20 20 Christian Klien HRT-Cosworth 53 +2 Laps 24 21 18 Jarno Trulli Lotus-Cosworth 51 +4 Laps 19 Ret 24 Timo Glock Virgin-Cosworth 43 Gearbox 21 Ret 3 Michael Schumacher Mercedes GP 0 Accident 8 Ret 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Force India-Mercedes 0 Accident 16
Driver Points Pos Driver Nationality Team Points 1 Sebastian Vettel German RBR-Renault 256 2 Fernando Alonso Spanish Ferrari 252 3 Mark Webber Australian RBR-Renault 242 4 Lewis Hamilton British McLaren-Mercedes 240 5 Jenson Button British McLaren-Mercedes 214 6 Felipe Massa Brazilian Ferrari 144 7 Nico Rosberg German Mercedes GP 142 8 Robert Kubica Polish Renault 136 9 Michael Schumacher German Mercedes GP 72 10 Rubens Barrichello Brazilian Williams-Cosworth 47 11 Adrian Sutil German Force India-Mercedes 47 12 Kamui Kobayashi Japanese BMW Sauber-Ferrari 32 13 Vitaly Petrov Russian Renault 27 14 Nico Hulkenberg German Williams-Cosworth 22 15 Vitantonio Liuzzi Italian Force India-Mercedes 21 16 Sebastien Buemi Swiss STR-Ferrari 8 17 Pedro de la Rosa Spanish BMW Sauber-Ferrari 6 18 Nick Heidfeld German BMW Sauber-Ferrari 6 19 Jaime Alguersuari Spanish STR-Ferrari 5 20 Heikki Kovalainen Finnish Lotus-Cosworth 0 21 Jarno Trulli Italian Lotus-Cosworth 0 22 Karun Chandhok Indian HRT-Cosworth 0 23 Bruno Senna Brazilian HRT-Cosworth 0 24 Lucas di Grassi Brazilian Virgin-Cosworth 0 25 Timo Glock German Virgin-Cosworth 0 26 Sakon Yamamoto Japanese HRT-Cosworth 0 27 Christian Klien Austrian HRT-Cosworth 0
Team Points Pos Team Points 1 RBR-Renault 498 2 McLaren-Mercedes 454 3 Ferrari 396 4 Mercedes GP 214 5 Renault 163 6 Williams-Cosworth 69 7 Force India-Mercedes 68 8 BMW Sauber-Ferrari 44 9 STR-Ferrari 13 10 Lotus-Cosworth 0 11 HRT-Cosworth 0 12 Virgin-Cosworth 0
a dramatic season finale in Abu Dhabi ended in disappointment for Mark. He came home in eighth place, behind Fernando Alonso, and ended the 2010 World Championship in third place with a total of 242 points. “When you aim high and you miss the target,” says Mark, “the arrow’s got to go a long way down. I’m very disappointed by what happened on Sunday evening; I aimed for the biggest target in motorsport, the Formula One World Championship, and it didn’t work out. “But there are still lots of positives to take out of the 2010 season. I’ve taken five pole positions, four victories and I’m even proud of some of my second places because they were well-executed race weekends. In due course, I’ll probably look back and think this season wasn’t a bad effort.” Mark’s eighth place in the race was his worst result since the Chinese Grand Prix in April and it came about largely through a poor grid position. He lined up fifth, the lowest of the four championship contenders, and he never recovered from that handicap during the 55-lap race. “It was my worst qualifying since the season-opener in Bahrain,” says Mark. “I struggled with a lack of grip in qualifying and then had the same problem at the start of the race. That’s why I pitted relatively early, on lap 11: I wanted to get some different rubber on the car to see if it would give me more speed. “Unfortunately, I got stuck behind the Toro Rosso of Jaime Alguersuari as I exited the pits and the time I lost dropped me behind Fernando Alonso when he pitted four laps later. But that became academic because I was still behind Vitaly Petrov and Nico Rosberg, who‘d pitted while the Safety Car was out at the start of the race, and it’s very difficult to overtake at Yas Marina.” The driver with no traffic problems was Sebastian Vettel. He won the race from pole position to claim the world championship by four points from Alonso. “I’ve got to take my hat off to Sebastian because he’s done a good job this year,” says Mark. “We’ve had our ups and downs, but we’ve pushed each other and it’s always rewarding to get out of bed to do that. It’s amazing to think that the only time he led the championship was after the last race, but that’s the only time it matters. Well done to him.” Mark heads to Austria this week for a press conference at Red Bull HQ with Vettel, Christian Horner and Adrian Newey, before taking a well earned rest. “I’m reminded of that great adage,” he says. “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. Well, I’m still alive and I’m sure I’ll bounce back from this season a better driver. Right now, though, I need a good break. The gas has been wide open since the third week in January and it’s been a long season. There’s been a lot of travel, a lot of emotion and a lot of effort. It’s time for some time out.”
Poor speedy. It's just testing he said. Times mean nothing, he said. What was the outcome again? Would someone please remind me?
