2010 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco
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Round 2 of 11 in the 2010 World Touring Car Championship at Marrakech Street Circuit in Marrakech, Morocco.
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| Date | 2 May, 2010 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Marrakech, Morocco | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Marrakech Street Circuit 4.62 kilometres (2.87 mi) |
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| Laps | 13 | ||
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| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
 Gabriele Tarquini
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SR-Sport | |
| Time | 1:45.830 | ||
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| First |
Gabriele Tarquini
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SR-Sport | |
| Second |
 Robert Huff
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Chevrolet | |
| Third |
 Tiago Monteiro
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SR-Sport | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
 Fredy Barth
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SEAT Swiss Racing by SUNRED |
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| Time | 1:46.925 | ||
| Laps | 13 | ||
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| Podium | |||
| First |
Andy Priaulx
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BMW Team RBM | |
| Second |
 Yvan Muller
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Chevrolet | |
| Third |
 Tom Coronel
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SR-Sport | |
| Fastest Lap | |||
| Driver |
 Jordi Gené
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SR-Sport | |
| Time | 1:47.894 | ||
The 2010 FIA WTCC Race of Morocco was the second round of the 2010 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of Morocco. It was held at the Marrakech Street Circuit in Marrakech, Morocco on 2 May 2010. The two races were won by Gabriele Tarquini for SR-Sport and Andy Priaulx for BMW Team RBM, but both races were heavily affected by safety car periods.
After the first round in Brazil, Chevrolet driver Yvan Muller was tied at the top of the drivers' standings with SR-Sport's Tarquini. Scuderia Proteam Motorsport's Sergio Hernández was leading the Yokohama Independents' Trophy.
Swiss team Maurer Motorsport joined the grid for Morocco, running a pair of Chevrolet Lacettis for local drivers Ismaïl Sbaï and Youssaf El Marnissi.
Zengõ-Dension Team driver Norbert Michelisz was fastest in Friday's test session, with SR-Sport driver Tom Coronel second Chevrolet's Robert Huff third. The session was red flagged when Sbaï put his Lacetti into the wall, while Maurer Motorsport team mate El Marnissi stopped with technical problems. Chevrolet factory driver Alain Menu also crashed during the session on the dusty track, hitting a wall and causing considerable damage to his car.
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