2010 Korean Grand Prix
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| Race 17 of 19 in the 2010 Formula One season | |||
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| Date | 24 October 2010 | ||
| Official name | 2010 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix | ||
| Location | Yeongham, South Jeolla, South Korea | ||
| Course | Korea International Circuit | ||
| Course length | 5.615 km (3.489 mi) | ||
| Distance | 55 laps, 308.630 km (191.774 mi) | ||
| Weather | Rain; Air 20 °C (68 °F), Track 18 °C (64 °F) | ||
| Attendance | 80,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:35.585 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Fernando Alonso
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:50.257 on lap 42 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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The 2010 Korean Grand Prix (formally the 2010 Formula 1 Korean Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 24 October 2010 at the Korea International Circuit in Yeongam, South Jeolla, South Korea. It was the seventeenth round of the 2010 Formula One season and the first Korean Grand Prix. The 55-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso, who started from third position. Lewis Hamilton finished second for McLaren and Alonso's teammate Felipe Massa was third.
The race began behind the safety car but was stopped after three laps because of a large amount of standing water on the circuit. After a 45-minute delay, the race was restarted and the safety car pulled into the pit lane after thirteen laps. Pole sitter Sebastian Vettel maintained his lead going into the first corner. A second safety car deployment caused by the collision of Mark Webber and Nico Rosberg on lap nineteen closed up the field but Vettel retained the lead. Alonso maintained second position until a botched pit stop during a third safety-car period caused him to drop to third. At the restart on lap thirty-five, Hamilton ran wide at the first corner, allowing Alonso back into second place. Vettel's engine failed eleven laps later, allowing Alonso to move into the lead, which he maintained to win the race.
The victory was Alonso's fifth of the season; the result put him into the lead of the Drivers' Championship, eleven points ahead of Webber, who had dropped to second after failing to finish the race. Hamilton moved into third and Vettel's retirement meant he slipped to fourth. Jenson Button remained in fifth position. In the World Constructors' Championship, McLaren reduced the points deficit to Red Bull to be twenty-seven points behind. With two races of the season remaining, Ferrari was a further twenty-five points adrift.
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