Huff fastest in first Brands practice
Rob Huff kicked off his home World Touring Car weekend by setting the fastest time in Saturday's first practice session
The Chevrolet driver edged out fellow Briton Andy Priaulx's BMW by just 0.047s, with the second 3-Series of Augusto Farfus third.
They were the only drivers to break into the 1m33s during the half hour.
Reigning champion Gabriele Tarquini was just 0.007s shy of joining them, but lost any chance to improve when he drove into the gravel with three minutes remaining and brought an early end to the session.
The Chevrolets of Alain Menu and Yvan Muller were fifth and sixth quickest, with Colin Turkington seventh in his second outing of the year.
Robert Dahlgren is making his first WTCC appearance of the season for Volvo and was ninth fastest, behind Jordi Gene's SEAT and ahead of the Leons of Tiago Monteiro and Tom Coronel.
Tom Boardman was 13th on his first WTCC outing of the year, while newcomer Caca Bueno was 19th for Chevrolet.
The only major incident of the session was Michel Nykjaer's crash at Paddock Hill Bend. The Dane slid wide and into the tyre wall mid-way through the session, causing a 10-minute stoppage.
Pos Driver Car Time Gap 1. Rob Huff Chevrolet 1m33.761s 2. Andy Priaulx BMW 1m33.808s + 0.047s 3. Augusto Farfus BMW 1m33.902s + 0.141s 4. Gabriele Tarquini SEAT 1m34.007s + 0.246s 5. Yvan Muller Chevrolet 1m34.132s + 0.371s 6. Alain Menu Chevrolet 1m34.132s + 0.371s 7. Colin Turkington BMW 1m34.183s + 0.422s 8. Jordi Gene SEAT 1m34.251s + 0.490s 9. Robert Dahlgren Volvo 1m34.320s + 0.559s 10. Tiago Monteiro SEAT 1m34.330s + 0.569s 11. Tom Coronel SEAT 1m34.405s + 0.644s 12. Kristian Poulsen BMW 1m34.505s + 0.744s 13. Tom Boardman SEAT 1m34.531s + 0.770s 14. Darryl O'Young Chevrolet 1m34.758s + 0.997s 15. Fredy Barth SEAT 1m35.028s + 1.267s 16. Sergio Hernandez BMW 1m35.056s + 1.295s 17. Norbert Michelisz SEAT 1m35.065s + 1.304s 18. Franz Engstler BMW 1m35.385s + 1.624s 19. Caca Bueno Chevrolet 1m35.400s + 1.639s 20. Stefano D'Aste BMW 1m35.499s + 1.738s 21. Michel Nykjaer SEAT 1m35.512s + 1.751s 22. Harry Vaulkhard Chevrolet 1m36.011s + 2.250s 23. Tim Coronel BMW 1m36.606s + 2.845s 24. Mehdi Bennani BMW 1m36.667s + 2.906s
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