Team orders at the 2010 German Grand Prix
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| Race 11 of 19 in the 2010 FIA Formula One World Championship | |||
Layout of the Hockenheimring circuit
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| Date | 25 July 2010 | ||
| Official name | Formula 1 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland 2010 | ||
| Location | Hockenheimring, Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 4.574 km (2.842 mi) | ||
| Distance | 67 laps, 306.458 km (190.433 mi) | ||
| Weather | Mainly cloudy, dry | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Red Bull-Renault | ||
| Time | 1:13.791 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Sebastian Vettel
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Red Bull-Renault | |
| Time | 1:15.824 on lap 67 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | Ferrari | ||
| Third | Red Bull-Renault | ||
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The 2010 German Grand Prix (formally the Formula 1 Großer Preis Santander von Deutschland 2010) was a Formula One motor race held on 25 July 2010 at the Hockenheimring in Hockenheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It was the eleventh round of the 2010 Formula One season and the seventy-first German Grand Prix. The 67-lap race was won by Ferrari driver Fernando Alonso after he started from second position. His teammate Felipe Massa finished second, and Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel came in third.
Although Vettel and Alonso were on the grids' front row, both drivers were passed by Massa at the start of the race. Alonso and Massa traded the fastest times in the first twelve laps of the race until the pit stop period. Massa struggled with tyre temperatures and was challenged by Alonso on the 21st lap but fended off his efforts to move into the lead. Massa pulled away slightly from Alonso until the former came across slower cars which reduced the time deficit between them. Alonso took over the first position after Massa was issued with team orders by Ferrari which Alonso to pass him. Massa resisted pressure from Vettel while Alonso maintained the lead throughout the remainder of the race and clinched the 23rd victory of his career.
Ferrari's team orders caused them to be fined $100,000 by the race stewards but avoided further punishment from the FIA World Motor Sport Council in September 2010. The result meant Alonso reduced the points deficit to be 13 behind Vettel in the Drivers' Championship, while leader Lewis Hamilton extended his advantage over teammate Jenson Button by two points. Red Bull slightly reduced the deficit to McLaren in the Constructors' Championship, while Ferrari moved further ahead of Mercedes, with eight races left in the season.
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