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Five teams testing in Valencia

The first WTCC collective test of the year will take place in Valencia next week, on Monday and Tuesday. Five team representing three manufacturers – BMW, Chevrolet and SEAT – will take part in the test.

Reigning World Champion Andy Priaulx and the RBM-BMW Team UK will lead a BMW five-car-fatrol that will also include Schnitzer-BMW Team Germany (two cars for Jörg Müller and new boy Augusto Farfus) and ROAL-BMW Team Italy Spain (one car to be driven by Alessandro Zanardi and Félix Porteiro on Tuesday).

SEAT Sport and RML-Chevrolet will also join with two machines each. At the Spanish team four drivers will take turns at the wheel of the Léon cars: Gabriele Tarquini, Yvan Müller, Jordi Gené and Michel Jourdain from Mexico, while Nicola Larini and Alain Menu will drive the Chevrolet Lacetti cars.