2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan
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Round 10 of 11 in the 2010 World Touring Car Championship at Okayama International Circuit in Mimasaka, Japan.
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| Date | 31 October, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Mimasaka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Okayama International Circuit 3.703 kilometres (2.301 mi) |
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| Laps | 16 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Andy Priaulx
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BMW Team RBM | |
| Time | 1:36.972 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Second |
 Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Third |
 Norbert Michelisz
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Zengő-Dension Team | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Time | 1:51.813 | ||
| Laps | 16 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
Colin Turkington
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Team Aviva-COFCO | |
| Second |
Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Third |
Robert Huff
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Chevrolet RML | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
 Michel Nykjær
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SUNRED Engineering | |
| Time | 1:53.478 | ||
The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Japan (formally the 2010 FIA WTCC Kenwood Race of Japan) was the tenth round of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Japan. It was held at the Okayama International Circuit near Mimasaka, Japan on 31 October 2010. The first race was won by Robert Huff of Chevrolet RML and race two was won by Colin Turkington of Team Aviva-COFCO.
The final results were not released until two weeks later due to an appeal by Chevrolet RML against the use of sequential gearboxes by BMW Team RBM. An FIA investigation found the use of the gearboxes to be illegal and both of the factory BMW drivers were stripped of all points earned at the event, meaning Augusto Farfus was stripped of his race two victory and the win was handed to Turkington. The decision also resulted in Yvan Muller of Chevrolet RML securing his second world drivers' championship, his first with Chevrolet.
After the Race of Spain, Muller was leading the drivers' championship with now only Andy Priaulx, Gabriele Tarquini and Huff able to beat him to the title. Sergio Hernández was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
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