2010 Chinese Grand Prix
| Race details | |||
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| Race 4 of 19 in the 2010 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 18 April 2010 | ||
| Official name | VII Chinese Grand Prix | ||
| Location |
Shanghai International Circuit Shanghai, People's Republic of China |
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| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.451 km (3.388 mi) | ||
| Distance | 56 laps, 305.066 km (189.728 mi) | ||
| Weather | Cloudy, rain | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:34.558 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Lewis Hamilton
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McLaren-Mercedes | |
| Time | 1:42.061 on lap 13 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Mercedes | ||
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The 2010 Chinese Grand Prix (formally the VII Chinese Grand Prix) was the fourth round in the 2010 Formula One season. It was held in Shanghai, China on 18 April 2010.
The race was won by Jenson Button ahead of team-mate Lewis Hamilton. After the race Jenson Button led the Drivers' Championship with 60 points and his McLaren team led the Constructors' Championship by 19 points from Ferrari.
The first session was marked by a spectacular accident when the front wheels of Sébastien Buemi's Toro Rosso simultaneously exploded free of their mountings on the approach to the turn fourteen hairpin. Team-mate Jaime Alguersuari was kept in the pits by the team as they investigated, which revealed that the accident was the result of the right front upright failing, causing the front-right wheel to break free. The front-left wheel followed suit when the left upright was suddenly forced to bear the entire load of the front end. The parts, new for the Chinese Grand Prix, were subsequently removed from both cars ahead of the second practice session.
Elsewhere, Fernando Alonso suffered a fiery engine failure after just five laps, preventing the Spaniard from completing a timed lap. Force India's Adrian Sutil was later reprimanded by the race stewards when the German set a personal best time through the first sector when the sector was under yellow flags on account of Alonso's stricken Ferrari. Mercedes' Michael Schumacher was also reported for a similar breach, but no action was taken after the stewards spoke to Mercedes team manager Ron Meadows.
While the second practice session passed without incident, Vitaly Petrov speared off the circuit at the final corner late in the third session, prompting the session to be red-flagged for several minutes while marshals cleared away the debris. Hispania's Karun Chandhok was issued a five-place grid penalty after the team broke a seal on his gearbox without an FIA official present.
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