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Rob Huff joins Munnich SEAT for 2013 World Touring Car Championship

Rob Huff will make a shock switch to SEAT machinery this year and defend his World Touring Car Championship title with series newcomer Munnich Motorsport

The 33-year-old Briton won last year's crown with the RML-run factory Chevrolet squad, but was left with an uncertain future after the US manufacturer withdrew from the championship at the end of 2012.

The Munnich deal was made possible by Markus Winkelhock's decision to step down from WTCC driving duties to focus on his Audi commitments in GT racing.

Huff will partner team owner Rene Munnich and Marc Basseng at the reigning GT1 world champion team and will drive one of its trio of Leon WTCCs.

"I'm delighted to join Rene and Marc at Munnich Motorsport for 2013," said Huff.

"It is an exciting newly-formed WTCC project, but the team have a huge reputation having previously won the FIA GT1 World Championship in 2012.

"I started my touring car career racing in a SEAT, so it will be quite special to compete in the WTCC with the Leon and a team that carries the highest amount of professionalism.

"I'm very thankful for the opportunity that I have been given and I look forward to building on this relationship."

Huff's maiden run in the Leon has been delayed thanks to snow forcing the cancellation of two days of testing planned for Wednesday and Thursday at Monza.

2013 WTCC line-up so far:

Team                 Car                  Driver(s)
Honda (JAS)          Honda Civic WTCC     Gabriele Tarquini/Tiago Monteiro
Zengo Motorsport     Honda Civic WTCC     Norbert Michelisz
Lada (Russian Bears) Lada Granta          James Thompson/Aleksei Dudukalo
Bamboo-Engineering   Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T James Nash/Alex MacDowall
ROAL Motorsport      BMW 320 TC           Tom Coronel/Darryl O'Young
Proteam Motorsport   BMW 320 TC           Mehdi Bennani/tba
Team Engstler        BMW 320 TC           Franz Engstler/Charles Ng
Wiechers Sport       BMW 320 TC           tba
Munnich Motorsport   SEAT Leon WTCC       Rob Huff/Marc Basseng/Rene Munnich

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