The 2010 European Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 27 June at the Valencia Street Circuit in Valencia, Spain. It was the ninth round of the 2010 Formula One World Championship. Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel won the 57-lap race from pole position. Lewis Hamilton finished second for the McLaren team and his teammate Jenson Button was third. It was Vettel's second win of the season, and the seventh of his Formula One career.
Valencia Street Circuit, where the race was held.
Rubens Barrichello qualified ninth and finished fourth, his best result of the season.
Mark Webber (left) was involved in a large accident with Heikki Kovalainen on the race's ninth lap.
Lewis Hamilton finished the race in second place after some controversy surrounding his illegal pass on the safety car and the penalty which he incurred for it.
2010 Formula One World Championship
The 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship was the 64th season of FIA Formula One motor racing. Red Bull Racing won its maiden Constructors' Championship with a 1–2 finish in Brazil, while Red Bull Racing's Sebastian Vettel won the Drivers' Championship after winning the final race of the season in Abu Dhabi. In doing so, Vettel became the youngest World Drivers' Champion in the 61-year history of the championship. Vettel's victory in the championship came after a dramatic season finale at Abu Dhabi where three other drivers could also have won the championship – Vettel's Red Bull Racing teammate Mark Webber, Ferrari's Fernando Alonso and McLaren's Lewis Hamilton.
Sebastian Vettel won the first of his four consecutive World Championships, eclipsing Lewis Hamilton as the youngest World Champion in Formula One history.
Fernando Alonso was runner-up by just 4 points, driving for Ferrari
Mark Webber, Vettel's teammate, finished third in the Drivers' Championship a further 14 points behind
Bruno Senna made his debut with the new Hispania team.
