Ferrari most reliable team in 2010 so far
13 August, 2010
Ferrari won the season opening 2010 Bahrain GP and have since been the most reliable team
Aug.13 (GMM) Ferrari has been the most reliable team so far in 2010. Red Bull is leading the championships and has collected the most wins and pole positions, but ranks only second in the reliability stakes, an analysis by Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport has found.
Fernando Alonso and the Ferrari F10 have been a model of consistency
The F10, driven by Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa, has completed a remarkable 1471 of the possible 1474 laps throughout the 12 races so far.
That is 98 laps more than the Red Bull drivers.
But the Italian team is just third in the constructors’ championship, while Alonso is the highest-placed Ferrari driver in fifth place.
The Spaniard’s late engine failure in Malaysia was Ferrari’s only retirement, with neither he or Massa crashing out of a race.
Red BULL lead the championship standings but have had their "reliability" problems
Mercedes is the only other team fielding drivers that have not retired due to accidents in 2010.
In contrast, Red Bull has recorded one failure and two driver crashes, while McLaren has had two technical failures and one accident retirement.
Renault has the worst reliability of the top teams, with 4 technical retirements and 2 crashes.
The least technically reliable teams overall were Virgin (11 technical retirements) and Sauber (10). HRT is the most reliable new team (8), ahead of Lotus (9).
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1. Ferrari 1,471 laps (99.8%) 23 finishes 1 breakdown, 0 accidents
2. Red Bull Racing 1,373 laps (93.1%) 21 finishes 1 breakdown, 2 accidents
3. Mercedes Grand Prix 1,367 laps (92.7%) 22 finishes 2 breakdowns, 0 accidents
4. McLaren-Mercedes 1,347 laps (91.4%) 21 finishes 2 breakdowns, 1 accident
5. Renault F1 1,274 laps (86.4%) 18 finishes 4 breakdowns, 2 accidents
6. Williams F1 1,269 laps (86.1%) 20 finishes 1 breakdown, 3 accidents
7. Force India F1 1,260 laps (85.5%) 19 finishes 3 breakdowns, 2 accidents
8. Scuderia Toro Rosso 1,184 laps (80.3%) 17 finishes 4 breakdowns, 3 accidents
9. Lotus Racing 1,049 laps (71.1%) 12 finishes 9 breakdowns, 3 accidents
10. Hispania Racing 1,043 laps (70.7%) 13 finishes 8 breakdowns, 3 accidents
11. Virgin Racing 962 laps (65.2%) 12 finishes 11 breakdowns, 1 accident
12. Sauber 854 laps (57.9%) 11 finishes 10 breakdowns, 3 accidents