Helios posted a hot-fix a few moments ago:
Helios said:Hi there,
We've just released a hotfix for game crash errors when loading a race for F1 2010 on PC using a computer with an AMD 6-core processor.
To apply the fix first of all download this file, then simply copy the workerMap6Core.xml &
hardware_settings_restrictions.xml files found in this zip to the ‘system’ folder of the F1 2010 install location.
e.g. C:\Program Files\Codemasters\F1 2010\system
hardware_settings_restrictions.xml will be overwritten and workerMap6Core.xml will be added.
Once the files have been copied your game should no longer crash when attempting to load up a race.
This hotfix will be compatible with both the current version of the game, along with future patched v1.01 versions of the game.