2010 F1 Season
19 races · Red Bull RB6
The 2010 season was one of the most open and hard-fought of the modern era. Four drivers — Sebastian Vettel, Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton — arrived at the Abu Dhabi finale with mathematical title chances, something extraordinary.
Alonso, in his first year at Ferrari, had led the championship and was the big favourite, but a disastrous strategy call left him stuck behind Petrov's Renault, unable to pass, while Vettel won the race from pole.
The German thus took his first world title at 23, becoming the youngest champion in history and firing the starting gun on the Red Bull and Adrian Newey dynasty that would dominate the years to come.
Drivers' Champion
Sebastian Vettel
Red Bull RB6
Constructors' Champion
Red Bull Racing
19 races
Key moment
"Abu Dhabi: four drivers with options, Vettel and the RB6 fastest when it mattered most."
What if 2010 had been raced 100 times?
We took the real 2010 grid — every car with its performance and reliability, every driver with his rating — and re-ran the full 19-race championship 100 times.
| Driver | Avg. finish | Titles |
|---|---|---|
| Sebastian Vettelreal championRed Bull | P1.8 | 43% |
| Fernando AlonsoFerrari | P2 | 33% |
| Lewis HamiltonMcLaren | P2.2 | 24% |
| Mark WebberRed Bull | P4.1 | 0% |
| Jenson ButtonMcLaren | P5 | 0% |
| Felipe MassaFerrari | P6 | 0% |
Sebastian Vettel takes the title 43% of the time: one in every 2 simulated championships goes to somebody else, almost always Fernando Alonso. It was not a dominated year, it was a won one.
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