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2010 F1 Championship: When Was the Title Clinched?

Sebastian Vettel won the 2010 Drivers' Championship. Here is when each title was settled and who was knocked out along the way.

Sebastian Vettel clinched the 2010 Drivers' Championship in the final race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 19 of 19).

Champion
Sebastian Vettel
Clinched at
Abu Dhabi Grand PrixRound 19 of 19
Race weekends left
0Decided in the last race
Final points
2564 ahead of Fernando Alonso

How the Lead Grew

The points between first and second after each race or sprint. The green marker is the weekend nobody could catch Sebastian Vettel.

Who Dropped Out, and When

A driver is out when no set of results in the races left could make them champion.

  1. Belgian Grand PrixRound 13
    Rubens Barrichello, Kamui Kobayashi, Vitaly Petrov, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Nico Hulkenberg, Sébastien Buemi, Pedro de la Rosa, Jaime Alguersuari, Heikki Kovalainen, Jarno Trulli, Bruno Senna, Timo Glock, Lucas di Grassi, Karun Chandhok, Sakon Yamamoto, Nick Heidfeld and Christian Klien
  2. Italian Grand PrixRound 14
    Michael Schumacher and Adrian Sutil
  3. Japanese Grand PrixRound 16
    Felipe Massa, Nico Rosberg and Robert Kubica
  4. Brazilian Grand PrixRound 18
    Jenson Button
  5. Abu Dhabi Grand PrixRound 19
    Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton
  6. Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
    Sebastian Vettel is champion.

When did Sebastian Vettel clinch the 2010 Drivers' Championship?

Sebastian Vettel clinched the 2010 Drivers' Championship in the final race of the season, the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 19 of 19).

When did Red Bull clinch the 2010 Constructors' Championship?

Red Bull clinched the 2010 Constructors' Championship at the Brazilian Grand Prix (round 18 of 19), with 1 race weekend still to come.

When was the first driver eliminated from the 2010 title fight?

The first drivers who could no longer win the 2010 Drivers' Championship, even with everything going their way, were Rubens Barrichello, Kamui Kobayashi, Vitaly Petrov, Vitantonio Liuzzi, Nico Hulkenberg, Sébastien Buemi, Pedro de la Rosa, Jaime Alguersuari, Heikki Kovalainen, Jarno Trulli, Bruno Senna, Timo Glock, Lucas di Grassi, Karun Chandhok, Sakon Yamamoto, Nick Heidfeld and Christian Klien, after the Belgian Grand Prix (round 13).

Who was the last driver to have a chance of beating Sebastian Vettel in 2010?

Fernando Alonso, Mark Webber and Lewis Hamilton stayed mathematically alive longest, until the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix (round 19).