Kammala wannan jumla: A Valencia a zagaye na 9 Mark Webber's Red Bull ya buge Kovalainen's Lotus kuma ya wuce saman, kafin saukowa da kuma shiga cikin shinge. Kovalainen ya dawo cikin rami amma ya yi ritaya daga tseren. A 17th-wuri gama a
Silverstone da na goma sha huɗu a Hungary sun yi ritaya na huɗu na kakar wasa a Jamus, saboda lalacewar da haɗuwa da Pedro de la Rosa na Sauber ya haifar. Ya sake yin ritaya a 2010 Singapore Grand Prix bayan da motarsa ta kama wuta a zagaye na karshe, kodayake shawarar da ya yanke na rashin shiga cikin rami kuma a maimakon haka ya tsaya a gefen hanya kuma ya magance wutar da kansa ya sami farin ciki daga taron.