Dirk Müller took pole position for the first World Touring Car Championship race by topping the timesheets in the qualifying session with a time of 1:59.009.

The session was brought to a premature end after Alain Menu crashed his Chevrolet Lacetti, bringing out the red flags.

[1] Dirk Müller led the first race of the new FIA World Touring Car Championship from pole position to take the victory.

Antonio García slipped back from his front row starting position to finish fifth after he had been nudged off the track by Farfus during an overtaking manoeuvre.

Jörg Müller recovered from 29th on the grid to finish in fourth, with Jordi Gené, Alessandro Zanardi and Giovanardi rounding out the points.