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Round 3 of 11 in the 2010 World Touring Car Championship at Autodromo Nazionale Monza in Monza, Italy.
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Date | 23 May, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Monza, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Autodromo Nazionale Monza 5.793 kilometres (3.600 mi) |
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Laps | 9 | ||
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Pole position | |||
Driver | Augusto Farfus | BMW Team RBM | |
Time | 2:00.672 | ||
Podium | |||
First | Andy Priaulx | BMW Team RBM | |
Second | Augusto Farfus | BMW Team RBM | |
Third | Robert Huff | Chevrolet RML | |
Fastest Lap | |||
Driver | Gabriele Tarquini | SR-Sport | |
Time | 2:01.590 |
Laps | 9 | ||
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Podium | |||
First | Yvan Muller | Chevrolet RML | |
Second | Tom Coronel | SR-Sport | |
Third | Robert Huff | Chevrolet RML | |
Fastest Lap | |||
Driver | 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.