The year produced the lowest ever number of different drivers on the podium. Only 7 drivers occupied the 57 podiums of the season.
Nick Heidfeld (Lotus Renault) and his teammate Vitaly Petrov each had a 3rd place podium finish. Vitaly in Australia and Nick (replaced by Bruno Senna) in Malaysia.
Other podiums were -
|
Driver |
Podiums |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
|
Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull) |
17 |
11 |
5 |
1 |
|
Mark Webber (Red Bull) |
10 |
1 |
2 |
7 |
|
Lewis Hamilton (McLaren) |
6 |
3 |
3 |
|
|
Jenson Button (McLaren) |
12 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
Fernando Alonso (Ferrari) |
10 |
1 |
5 |
4 |