The 2010 Chinese Grand Prix was Round 4 of the 2010 FIA Formula 1 World Championship. The event was held in Shanghai, China on Sunday, 18 April 2010. Sebastian Vettel started on pole position in the Red Bull Renault and Jenson Button was the race winner in the McLaren Mercedes.
2010 Formula 1 Chinese Grand Prix Race Result
| Pos. | No. | Driver | Abbreviation | Nationality | Team | Tyre | Laps | Race Time | Gap | Interval | Best Lap | Lap | Speed | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Jenson Button | BUT | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Bridgestone | 56 | 1:46:42.163 | - | - | 1:42.886 | 14 | 171.541 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | Lewis Hamilton | HAM | Great Britain | McLaren Mercedes | Bridgestone | 56 | 1:46:43.693 | +1.530 | +1.530 | 1:42.061 | 13 | 171.500 | 18 |
| 3 | 4 | Nico Rosberg | ROS | Germany | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 56 | 1:46:51.647 | +9.484 | +7.954 | 1:43.245 | 14 | 171.287 | 15 |
| 4 | 8 | Fernando Alonso | ALO | Spain | Ferrari | Bridgestone | 56 | 1:46:54.032 | +11.869 | +2.385 | 1:44.134 | 14 | 171.224 | 12 |
| 5 | 11 | Robert Kubica | KUB | Poland | Renault | Bridgestone | 56 | 1:47:04.376 | +22.213 | +10.344 | 1:43.630 | 14 | 170.948 | 10 |
| 6 | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | VET | Germany | Red Bull Renault | Bridgestone | 56 | 1:47:15.473 | +33.310 | +11.097 | 1:42.358 | 14 | 170.653 | 8 |
| 7 | 12 | Vitaly Petrov | PET | Russia | Renault | Bridgestone | 56 | 1:47:29.763 | +47.600 | +14.290 | 1:43.801 | 14 | 170.275 | 6 |
| 8 | 6 | Mark Webber | WEB | Australia | Red Bull Renault | Bridgestone | 56 | 1:47:34.335 | +52.172 | +4.572 | 1:42.609 | 14 | 170.155 | 4 |
| 9 | 7 | Felipe Massa | MAS | Brazil | Ferrari | Bridgestone | 56 | 1:47:39.959 | +57.796 | +5.624 | 1:44.594 | 14 | 170.006 | 2 |
| 10 | 3 | Michael Schumacher | MSC | Germany | Mercedes | Bridgestone | 56 | 1:47:43.912 | +1:01.749 | +3.953 | 1:44.298 | 14 | 169.902 | 1 |
| 11 | 14 | Adrian Sutil | SUT | Germany | Force India Mercedes | Bridgestone | 56 | 1:47:45.037 | +1:02.874 | +1.125 | 1:44.364 | 14 | 169.873 | |
| 12 | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | BAR | Brazil | Williams Cosworth | Bridgestone | 56 | 1:47:45.828 | +1:03.665 | +0.791 | 1:45.559 | 17 | 169.852 | |
| 13 | 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | ALG | Spain | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Bridgestone | 56 | 1:47:53.579 | +1:11.416 | +7.751 | 1:43.755 | 14 | 169.649 | |
| 14 | 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | KOV | Finland | Lotus Cosworth | Bridgestone | 55 | 1:47:52.460 | 1 lap | 1 lap | 1:47.141 | 14 | 166.646 | |
| 15 | 10 | Nico Hülkenberg | HUL | Germany | Williams Cosworth | Bridgestone | 55 | 1:48:01.537 | 1 lap | +9.077 | 1:44.549 | 13 | 166.413 | |
| 16 | 21 | Bruno Senna | SEN | Brazil | HRT Cosworth | Bridgestone | 54 | 1:48:28.179 | 2 laps | 1 lap | 1:48.216 | 16 | 162.716 | |
| 17 | 20 | Karun Chandhok | CHD | India | HRT Cosworth | Bridgestone | 52 | 1:47:39.011 | 4 laps | 2 laps | 1:48.788 | 15 | 157.879 | |
| DNF | 18 | Jarno Trulli | TRU | Italy | Lotus Cosworth | Bridgestone | 26 | 1:05:28.755 | 1:49.675 | 14 | 129.692 | |||
| DNF | 25 | Lucas di Grassi | DIG | Brazil | Virgin Cosworth | Bridgestone | 8 | 31:22.863 | 1:53.185 | 7 | 83.014 | |||
| DNF | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | DLR | Spain | Sauber Ferrari | Bridgestone | 7 | 14:41.203 | 1:47.739 | 6 | 155.107 | |||
| DNF | 16 | Sébastien Buemi | BUE | Switzerland | Toro Rosso Ferrari | Bridgestone | ||||||||
| DNF | 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | KOB | Japan | Sauber Ferrari | Bridgestone | ||||||||
| DNF | 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | LIU | Italy | Force India Mercedes | Bridgestone | ||||||||
| DNS | 24 | Timo Glock | GLO | Germany | Virgin Cosworth | Bridgestone |