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2010 FIA WTCC Race of Italy

Italy 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Italy
Race details
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Date 23 May, 2010
Location Monza, Italy
Course Autodromo Nazionale Monza
5.793 kilometres (3.600 mi)
Race One
Laps 9
Pole position
Driver Brazil Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM
Time 2:00.672
Podium
First United Kingdom Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM
Second Brazil Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM
Third United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Fastest Lap
Driver Italy Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport
Time 2:01.590
Race Two
Laps 9
Podium
First France Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML
Second Netherlands Tom Coronel SR-Sport
Third United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Fastest Lap
Driver United Kingdom Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM
Time 2:01.860
Laps 9
Pole position
Driver Brazil Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM
Time 2:00.672
Podium
First United Kingdom Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM
Second Brazil Augusto Farfus BMW Team RBM
Third United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Fastest Lap
Driver Italy Gabriele Tarquini SR-Sport
Time 2:01.590
Laps 9
Podium
First France Yvan Muller Chevrolet RML
Second Netherlands Tom Coronel SR-Sport
Third United Kingdom Robert Huff Chevrolet RML
Fastest Lap
Driver United Kingdom Andy Priaulx BMW Team RBM
Time 2:01.860

The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Italy (formally the 2010 FIA WTCC Yokohama Race of Italy) was the third round of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Italy. It was held at the Autodromo Nazionale Monza, near Monza, Italy on 23 May 2010. The two races were won by Andy Priaulx for BMW Team RBM and Yvan Muller for Chevrolet RML.

After the second round of the season in Morocco, defending champion Gabriele Tarquini was leading the drivers' standings by seven points over Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.

Kristian Poulsen returned to the championship with his self–run Poulsen Motorsport team. He last raced with Liqui Moly Team Engstler at the 2009 Guia Race of Macau. Meanwhile Scuderia Proteam Motorsport added a third BMW 320si to their team for Italian driver Fabio Fabiani.Chevrolet Motorsport Sweden joined the grid for the Italian round, running a Chevrolet Cruze LT for TC 2000 Championship driver Leonel Pernía who became the first Argentine to race in the World Touring Car Championship.


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