2010 Australian Grand Prix

2010 Australian Grand Prix
Race 2 of 19 in the 2010 Formula One World Championship ← Previous race Next race →
Race details[1]
Date	28 March 2010
Official name	2010 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix[2]
Location	Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit, Melbourne, Australia
Course	Temporary street circuit
Course length	5.303 km (3.295 miles)
Distance	58 laps, 307.574 km (191.118 miles)
Weather	Overcast with light rain at start
Attendance	108,500[3]
Pole position
Driver	Sebastian Vettel	Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:23.919
Fastest lap
Driver	Mark Webber	Red Bull-Renault
Time	1:28.358 on lap 47
Podium
First	Jenson Button	McLaren-Mercedes
Second	Robert Kubica	Renault
Third	Felipe Massa	Ferrari
Lap leaders

The 2010 Australian Grand Prix (formally the 2010 Formula 1 Qantas Australian Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 28 March 2010 at the Melbourne Grand Prix Circuit in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was the second round of the 2010 Formula One World Championship. McLaren driver Jenson Button won the 58-lap race starting from fourth position. Robert Kubica finished second for the Renault team and Ferrari driver Felipe Massa was third.

The victory was Button's first of the season; the result moved him to third place in the Drivers' Championship, two points behind Massa and a further four adrift of Fernando Alonso. Lewis Hamilton dropped to fourth while Nico Rosberg maintained fifth position. McLaren reduced the gap to Ferrari in the World Constructors' Championship to be sixteen points behind. Mercedes increased their hold on third place, while Renault's strong result allowed them to tie with Red Bull for fourth place, with seventeen races left in the season.