2010 Italian Grand Prix
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| Race 14 of 19 in the 2010 Formula One season | |||
Autodromo Nazionale Monza
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| Date | 12 September 2010 | ||
| Official name | LXXXI Gran Premio Santander d'Italia | ||
| Location | Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 5.793 km (3.6 mi) | ||
| Distance | 53 laps, 306.720 km (190.58 mi) | ||
| Weather | Sunny | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Ferrari | ||
| Time | 1:21.962 | ||
| Fastest lap | |||
| Driver |
 Fernando Alonso
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Ferrari | |
| Time | 1:24.139 on lap 52 | ||
| Podium | |||
| First | Ferrari | ||
| Second | McLaren-Mercedes | ||
| Third | Ferrari | ||
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The 2010 Italian Grand Prix (formally the LXXXI Gran Premio Santander d'Italia) was the fourteenth round of the 2010 Formula One season. It was held in Autodromo Nazionale Monza, Monza, Italy on 12 September 2010.Ferrari's Fernando Alonso won the race from pole position, taking Ferrari's first win on home soil since 2006.
On the Wednesday before the race, Ferrari were summoned before the FIA World Motor Sport Council to answer charges related to fixing a race outcome through the use of team orders – banned since 2003 under Article 39.1 of the sporting regulations following an infamous incident at the 2002 Austrian Grand Prix – and subsequently bringing the sport into disrepute at the German Grand Prix. Although Ferrari were fined US$100,000 at the time of the incident, the special meeting of the WMSC opened the door for further sanctions. The tribunal eventually decided against punishing the team further, with a promise to review the ban on team orders, a decision that was received negatively by fans.
Following increased speculation over Red Bull and Ferrari appearing to use flexible bodywork – banned under the sporting regulations – the FIA announced its intention to intensify testing procedures for the second time, having increased lateral load-bearing tests on the front wings at Spa-Francorchamps. Speculation within the Belgian paddock suggested that both teams had been using flexible floors to lower the front wings closer to the roadway, giving rise to the FIA's plan for stricter testing at Monza. On the Wednesday before the race, McLaren admitted to changing the floor of the MP4-25 to meet the increased load tests.
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