Teams and Drivers
The following teams and drivers compete in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship. With the withdrawal of BMW and Toyota, engine diversity in Formula One dropped to a 30-year low, with just four engine producers powering the entire grid, the lowest since 1980. Four new teams joined the grid (Mercedes GP, Lotus Racing, Virgin Racing, HRT).
| Team | Constructor | Chassis | Engine | Tyre | No. | Race Drivers | Rounds | Test/Reserve Driver(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vodafone McLaren Mercedes | McLaren-Mercedes | MP4-25 | Mercedes FO 108X | B | 1 | Jenson Button | All | Gary Paffett |
| 2 | Lewis Hamilton | All | ||||||
| Mercedes GP Petronas F1 Team | Mercedes | MGP W01 | Mercedes FO 108X | B | 3 | Michael Schumacher | All | Nick Heidfeld |
| 4 | Nico Rosberg | All | ||||||
| Red Bull Racing | Red Bull-Renault | RB6 | Renault RS27-2010 | B | 5 | Sebastian Vettel | All | Brendon Hartley Daniel Ricciardo David Coulthard |
| 6 | Mark Webber | All | ||||||
| Scuderia Ferrari Marlboro | Ferrari | F10 | Ferrari 056 | B | 7 | Felipe Massa | All | Giancarlo Fisichella Luca Badoer Marc Gené |
| 8 | Fernando Alonso | All | ||||||
| AT&T Williams | Williams-Cosworth | FW32 | Cosworth CA2010 | B | 9 | Rubens Barrichello | All | Valtteri Bottas |
| 10 | Nico Hülkenberg | All | ||||||
| Renault F1 Team | Renault | R30 | Renault RS27-2010 | B | 11 | Robert Kubica | All | Ho-Pin Tung Jérôme d'Ambrosio Jan Charouz |
| 12 | Vitaly Petrov | All | ||||||
| Force India F1 Team | Force India-Mercedes | VJM03 | Mercedes FO 108X | B | 14 | Adrian Sutil | All | Paul di Resta |
| 15 | Vitantonio Liuzzi | All | ||||||
| Scuderia Toro Rosso | Toro Rosso-Ferrari | STR5 | Ferrari 056 | B | 16 | Sébastien Buemi | All | Brendon Hartley Daniel Ricciardo David Coulthard |
| 17 | Jaime Alguersuari | All | ||||||
| Lotus Racing | Lotus-Cosworth | T127 | Cosworth CA2010 | B | 18 | Jarno Trulli | All | Fairuz Fauzy |
| 19 | Heikki Kovalainen | All | ||||||
| Hispania Racing F1 Team | HRT-Cosworth | F110 | Cosworth CA2010 | B | 20 | Karun Chandhok | 1–10 | Christian Klien Sakon Yamamoto Karun Chandhok |
| Christian Klien | 15, 18–19 | |||||||
| Sakon Yamamoto | 11–14, 16–17 | |||||||
| 21 | 10 | |||||||
| Bruno Senna | 1–9, 11–19 | |||||||
| BMW Sauber F1 Team | BMW Sauber-Ferrari | C29 | Ferrari 056 | B | 22 | Pedro de la Rosa | 1–14 | n/a |
| Nick Heidfeld | 15–19 | |||||||
| 23 | Kamui Kobayashi | All | ||||||
| Virgin Racing | Virgin-Cosworth | VR-01 | Cosworth CA2010 | B | 24 | Timo Glock | All | Andy Soucek Luiz Razia Jérôme d'Ambrosio |
| 25 | Lucas di Grassi | All |
Notes:
- Drivers in italics completed Friday testing programmes at selected events.
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