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Chevrolet’s Rob Huff was fastest in the first practice session of the 2012 WTCC season, just ahead of Gabriele Tarquini in the new Lukoil Racing SEAT León WTCC.

The World Touring Car Championship round in Portugal has been switched from the previously scheduled Estoril to the Algarve circuit in June.

British Touring Car graduate Alex MacDowall was the fastest independent driver on the Thursday test day at the Monza circuit in the Bamboo Engineering Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T, a track where he has never raced before.

2009 champion Gabriele Tarquini was the closest driver to the works Chevrolets after the first day of testing with the new SEAT León WTCC, fitted with a 1.6 litre turbocharged engine.

Reigning WTCC champion Yvan Muller was the pace setter on the first official test day of the new season ahead of Rob Huff and Alain Menu, with Alex MacDowall leading the way in the independents’ category.

The two Ford Focus S2000 TCs of Arena Motorsport have made their first official appearance in the FIA World Touring Car Championship at the Monza test day.

Chevrolet picked up right from where they left off from last year by claiming the top five positions in the first test session of the 2012 FIA World Touring Car Championship season at Monza.

The final two cars’ base weights have been set by the FIA Touring Car Committee, with SEAT’s new León WTCC and the Ford Focus S2000 TC given a base weight of 1,150kg, but the Fords’ will run with an additional 30kg penalty at Monza.

We look at the drivers and teams competing in this year’s ninth FIA World Touring Car Championship, and how the season is likely to play out as Yvan Muller goes for this fourth title, racing again with Chevrolet.