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Gabriele Tarquini

b. 1962

Italian racecar driver

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Born 1962. Gabriele Tarquini is an Italian racing automobile driver and formula One driver.

Gabriele Tarquini (born 2 March 1962) is an Italian former racing driver and motorsport executive who competed in Formula One between and , and World Touring Car from to 2021. In touring car racing, Tarquini won the World Touring Car Championship in with SEAT; he also won the British Touring Car Championship in 1994, the European Touring Car Championship in 2003, and the World Touring Car Cup in 2018.

Born in Giulianova, Tarquini began competitive kart racing aged 14. He participated in 78 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting at the 1987 San Marino Grand Prix. Across seven seasons, he competed for Osella, Coloni, First, AGS, Fondmetal, and Tyrrell. He scored a single championship point at the 1989 Mexican Grand Prix, and holds the record for the most failed attempts to qualify (40).

Tarquini subsequently competed in touring cars, winning the 1994 British Touring Car Championship with Alfa Romeo, and the 2003 European Touring Car Championship with Nordauto. By winning the 2009 World Touring Car Championship with SEAT, he became the oldest FIA World Champion, aged 47 years and 266 days. He later won the 2018 World Touring Car Cup with BRC, aged 56. He has served as sporting director for Genesis Magma Racing in the FIA World Endurance Championship since .

Formula One Tarquini began karting in 1976. By 1985 he was driving in Formula 3000, spending three seasons with underfunded outfits. His best result was second at Imola in 1987, by which time he had already made his Grand Prix debut in a one-off drive for Osella at the 1987 San Marino Grand Prix.

Tarquini joined Coloni's Grand Prix team for 1988, having driven for them in F3000 in 1986. The season saw a prequalifying system being put in place as there were 31 entrants for a maximum 30 places in qualifying proper. As such, the slowest of the new entrants for the season (Coloni, Rial, Dallara and EuroBrun) would be eliminated from proceedings after the Friday morning session regardless of their overall position - Tarquini failed to prequalify several times despite often being faster than some of the exempt entrants (such as the Osella and Zakspeed cars). He drew good notices for his performance overall, however - his eighth place at the Canadian Grand Prix would stand as the team's best ever result and his eight starts the most ever garnered by a Coloni driver.

Tarquini signed to drive for the FIRST team (again a former employer in F3000) and drove for them at the Formula One Indoor Trophy, but when their car failed crash tests he started 1989 without a ride. Following Philippe Streiff's career-ending pre-season testing crash, Tarquini joined Joachim Winkelhock in the AGS team from the second round of the series. There he finished a fine eighth on the road, being promoted to sixth after the exclusion of Thierry Boutsen and Alex Caffi. He was then one of the stars of the weekend in Monaco, threatening to qualify in the top-six before ending up 13th on the grid. In the race he advanced to a strong fourth before being sidelined by an electrical problem. At the following Mexican Grand Prix, he finished sixth, though the team's joy was tempered after Williams and Scuderia Italia successfully appealed against their Imola disqualification and Tarquini lost his point. More bad luck followed at Phoenix, where Tarquini was holding sixth despite technical problems before Boutsen passed him on the final lap. At the wet Canadian Grand Prix Tarquini again ran well until being shoved off the track by René Arnoux (who eventually went on to finish fifth). The series then moved to faster tracks where the AGS was less competitive and the results of others meant Tarquini's entry (exempt for the first half of the season thanks to Streiff's efforts in 1988) would have to prequalify for the second half of the season.

The expanding entry list meant prequalifying was very different from 1988, consisting of an hour-long free-for-all session on Friday morning between the less successful cars. Featuring the Larrousse cars of Michele Alboreto and Philippe Alliot, Roberto Moreno's Coloni, the Osellas of Nicola Larini and Piercarlo Ghinzani and the Onyx cars of Stefan Johansson and Bertrand Gachot among others with only the four fastest going through both Tarquini and new teammate Yannick Dalmas struggled and Tarquini would not qualify again that year.

AGS attempted to move to larger premises for 1990 but a lack of resources and the late arrival of the JH25 left Tarquini and Dalmas again struggling to get past prequalifying, Tarquini only making it into four races (finishing just once - 13th in the Hungarian Grand Prix), his early 1989 form long forgotten by most. The team were under even more severe financial constraints for 1991, though they would initially at least avoid prequalifying. Tarquini made it through into three races, finishing a worthy eighth in the season opener at Phoenix but financial constraints meant after Monaco the AGS didn't make the grid again.

Late in the season, the cash-strapped team sold his contract to Gabriele Rumi's ambitious Fondmetal outfit in time for the Spanish Grand Prix, soon forming a good relationship with the team. He was signed for a full year in 1992, showing some good speed in the neat but underdeveloped Fondmetal GR02 chassis. However, his car only finished once (14th at Silverstone, hindered by clutch problems) and despite some fine qualifying efforts (including outqualifying Ivan Capelli's Ferrari in Belgium) the team struggled to find funding, folding after the following Italian Grand Prix and leaving Tarquini out of a drive.

Despite being firmly involved in his successful touring cars career and 33 years old, Tarquini was signed up by Tyrrell for the 1995 season as their test driver thanks to the presence of Fondmetal as a sponsor. He replaced Ukyo Katayama for the European round as the Japanese driver was injured from his start line accident in the previous race. Out of practice with single seaters (having done very little actual testing due to the team's financial constraints) he finished 14th, six laps down on winner Michael Schumacher. It was his final Grand Prix, and to date, the last occasion a reigning BTCC Champion has competed in Formula One.

Tarquini failed to pre-qualify on a record 25 occasions (out of a total of 40 failures to qualify), mainly because he was a regular in the pre-qualifying era, usually in cars which were so slow as to struggle to qualify. Despite this record many consider him to have been a talented driver stuck with uncompetitive machinery (much like contemporary Roberto Moreno).

Touring Cars

Italian Superturismo 1993 Alfa Romeo (1993) With the adaption of the Super Touring regulations dominated by D-segment cars in 1993, Tarquini joined Alfa Romeo, becoming their number one driver and finishing third in Italian Superturismo behind Roberto Ravaglia and Fabrizio Giovanardi.

BTCC 1994/1995 Alfa Romeo (1994–1995) Tarquini driving for Alfa Romeo at Thruxton during the 1994 British Touring Car Championship. The following year, Tarquini moved to the British Touring Car Championship, winning the title at his first attempt in an Alfa Romeo featuring controversial aerodynamic enhancements. In 1995, Alfa Corse decided to move him back to Italian Superturismo Championship but after two victories, four third places and six DNF's, Tarquini left the series and joined to Prodrive to help Alfa Romeo to achieve better results in BTCC.

ITC 1996 Alfa Romeo (1996) In 1996, Tarquini raced in Class 1 Touring Cars with Alfa Romeo in ITC, where he achieved best results of one victory and one second place.

BTCC 1997 Honda (1997) With the end of D1 Class, Tarquini left Alfa Romeo and signed a five-year contract with Honda where he raced in BTCC again with Prodrive. The first season with Honda saw him finishing sixth in the general standings with one victory, one second and three third places.

STW 1998/1999 Honda (1998–1999) In 1998 and 1999, Tarquini raced in Germany with JAS Motorsport in STW Cup where he got two victories and several podiums. Tarquini driving for Honda at Brands Hatch during the 2000 British Touring Car Championship season.

BTCC 2000 Honda (2000) After two years in Germany, Tarquini raced for the third time in BTCC.

Euro STC 2001 Honda (2001) In his last season with Honda, Tarquini raced in Euro STC, where he finished third behind the 2 Alfa Romeo of Giovanardi and Larini, although he got nine victories.

ETCC 2003/2004 After spending 2002 without a car, in 2003, Tarquini came back to Alfa Romeo where he raced in the ETCC and he won the title at the first attempt as it happened nine years before in BTCC. In 2004 for the last season of ETCC, he was again the best of Alfa's driver, and he finished third behind the two BMW's of Priaulx and Dirk Muller.

WTCC

Alfa Romeo (2005) Tarquini remained with Alfa Romeo as the ETCC became the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) in 2005. He finished seventh overall, with two victories.

Tarquini driving the SEAT Léon at Brands Hatch in the 2008 WTCC season.

SEAT Sport (2006–2009) In November 2005, Tarquini was confirmed as one of six drivers at SEAT Sport for 2006. He finished fifth in the championship that year with one win. He finished eighth in the standings in 2007, once again winning just one race. 2008 saw considerable improvement for Tarquini as he finished runner-up in the championship to Yvan Muller winning three races. His biggest success of his career came in 2009, when he won the WTCC championship at the last race of the year in Macau.

Sunred (2010–2011) Tarquini driving for Lukoil-SUNRED at Suzuka in the 2011 WTCC season. SEAT withdrew from the WTCC for 2010, but provided funding to introduce the new semi-works SR-Sport team, with whom Tarquini attempted to retain his crown. He scored five wins during the season to finish runner-up to ex-SEAT Sport teammate Yvan Muller in the drivers standings. This was after four victories, plus an inherited victory in Belgium from Jordi Gene after Gene's disqualification. His crash in Japan race two ended his title hopes.

In 2011, Tarquini drove for the Lukoil-SUNRED team alongside Aleksei Dudukalo. He started the year with the SEAT 2.0 TDI engine but switched to the SUNRED 1.6T for Brno onwards. He finished the season fifth in the standings with just one win in a year dominated by the Chevrolet RML team.

Lukoil Racing (2012) In January 2012, it was confirmed that Tarquini would drive for Lukoil Racing in a SEAT León powered by the new SEAT Sport turbocharged engine. His teammate will once again be Aleksei Dudukalo. He started from pole position at the first race of the season in Italy, but finished third behind Yvan Muller and Rob Huff in race one, he retired from the second race. Contact with Huff in race two in Portugal left him 19th with damage although no penalties were applied. thumbnail

Honda (2013–2015) In July 2012, it was confirmed that Tarquini would drive a factory supported Honda Civic run by the returning JAS Motorsport team, alongside Tiago Monteiro in 2013. He qualified fifth for the season opening Race of Italy but was given a five–place grid penalty for race one having tapped René Münnich into a spin during qualifying. He finished race one in fourth and race two in third. He gave the Honda team its first pole position in the WTCC at the Race of Morocco. He finished second in race one but retired from race two when he lost control over one of the kerbs and collided with Alex MacDowall.

Lada (2016) Tarquini driving for Lada at Paul Ricard during the 2016 World Touring Car Championship season. In his last season of WTCC, Tarquini moved to the uncompetitive Lada team, where he was able to score two victories.

WTCR Hyundai (2018-2021) After spending the entire 2017 to develop the new Hyundai I30N, Tarquini raced in the new WTCR after the fusion between WTCC and International TCR. The 2018 season saw him again protagonist and after an incredible battle with Muller he won his fourth title after BTCC, ETCC and WTCC. He announced his retirement from racing at the 2021 Race of Italy.

In a poll conducted by Motor Sport magazine in 2005, Tarquini was voted the 11th greatest touring car driver ever.

Management career Tarquini is currently the Sporting Director of Genesis Magma Racing, which will join the 2026 FIA World Endurance Championship with the Genesis GMR-001 chassis.

Racing record

Career summary Season Series Team Races Wins Poles F/Laps Podiums Points Position 1983 Italian Formula 3 Championship Fernando Spreafico 7 0 0 0 0 0 NC 1984 Italian Formula 3 Championship Fernando Spreafico 8 0 0 0 0 0 NC FIA European Formula 3 Championship Fernando Spreafico 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 1985 International Formula 3000 San Remo Racing 10 0 0 0 1 14 6th 24 Hours of Le Mans – C1 Brun Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 1986 International Formula 3000 Coloni Racing 9 0 0 0 1 7 10th BS Automotive 1 0 0 0 0 1987 International Formula 3000 First Racing 11 0 0 1 2 12 8th FIA World Touring Car Championship Brixia Corse 6 0 0 0 0 43 30th Formula One Osella Squadra Corse 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 1988 Formula One Coloni SpA 16 0 0 0 0 0 NC Macau Grand Prix Prema Racing 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th 1989 Formula One Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives 15 0 0 0 0 1 16th Italian Super Touring Car Championship Bigazzi M Team ? 1 ? ? ? ? 5th 24 Hours of Spa – A2.5 Bastos Castrol Racing Team 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 1990 Formula One Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives 16 0 0 0 0 0 NC Italian Touring Car Championship Bigazzi M Team 11 0 0 2 3 78 8th 1991 Formula One Automobiles Gonfaronnaises Sportives 13 0 0 0 0 0 NC Fondmetal F1 SpA 3 0 0 0 0 1992 Formula One Fondmetal F1 SpA 13 0 0 0 0 0 NC Italian Superturismo Championship CiBiEmme Engineering 18 0 0 0 2 89 5th 24 Hours of Spa – DTM2.5 BMW Fina Bastos Team 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 1993 Italian Superturismo Championship Alfa Corse 20 5 3 ? 11 207 3rd FIA Touring Car Challenge 2 0 0 0 0 11 17th 1994 British Touring Car Championship Alfa Corse 17 8 2 8 14 298 1st Spanish Touring Car Championship 2 1 1 2 2 0 NC FIA Touring Car World Cup 1 0 0 0 0 0 4th 1995 Italian Superturismo Championship Alfa Corse 12 2 2 4 6 88 7th British Touring Car Championship 12 0 0 0 0 33 16th FIA Touring Car World Cup 2 0 0 0 0 10 17th Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft Alfa Corse 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 NC International Touring Car Series 1 0 0 0 0 0 29th Formula One Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 1996 International Touring Car Championship JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo 21 1 0 1 2 60 14th 1997 British Touring Car Championship Team Honda Sport 24 1 1 3 6 130 6th Belgian Procar Honda Sport VZM 1 1 0 1 1 20 12th 24 Hours of Spa – ST 1 0 1 1 0 N/A DNF 1998 Super Tourenwagen Cup JAS Team Honda Sport 19 1 0 1 2 335 7th 1999 Super Tourenwagen Cup JAS Team Honda Sport 19 1 0 0 7 470 4th British Touring Car Championship Team Honda Sport 4 0 0 1 1 17 14th 2000 British Touring Car Championship Redstone Team Honda 24 3 1 2 6 143 6th European Super Touring Cup JAS Engineering 3 0 0 0 0 10 16th Belgian Procar Barwell Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2001 European Super Touring Championship JAS Engineering Italia IP 20 9 6 10 14 579 3rd 2002 Italian Super Production Car Championship GTA Racing Team Nordauto 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC European Touring Car Championship 2 0 0 1 1 4 14th 2003 European Touring Car Championship GTA Racing Team Nordauto 19 6 1 4 9 107 1st 2004 European Touring Car Championship AutoDelta Squadra Corse 19 6 1 2 10 106 3rd BTCC Masters SEAT Sport UK 1 0 0 1 1 N/A 3rd 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship Alfa Romeo Racing Team 18 2 2 3 5 55 7th 2006 FIA World Touring Car Championship SEAT Sport Italia 19 1 2 2 2 57 5th 2007 FIA World Touring Car Championship SEAT Sport 22 1 1 3 3 62 8th 2008 FIA World Touring Car Championship SEAT Sport 24 3 0 0 6 88 2nd 2009 FIA World Touring Car Championship SEAT Sport 24 3 5 2 12 127 1st 2010 FIA World Touring Car Championship SR-Sport 22 5 3 6 10 276 2nd TC 2000 Championship Equipo Petrobras 1 0 0 0 0 0 26th Trofeo Castrol SEAT Leon Supercopa SEAT Motorsport 4 0 1 2 0 0 NC† 2011 FIA World Touring Car Championship Lukoil-SUNRED 24 1 0 0 6 204 5th Scandinavian Touring Car Championship Polestar Racing 4 0 0 0 0 2 24th 2012 FIA World Touring Car Championship Lukoil Racing Team 24 1 2 0 8 252 4th 2013 FIA World Touring Car Championship Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team 23 2 2 1 8 242 2nd 2014 FIA World Touring Car Championship Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team 20 1 0 2 5 182 6th 2015 FIA World Touring Car Championship Honda Racing Team JAS 24 0 0 3 4 197 5th 2016 FIA World Touring Car Championship Lada Sport Rosneft 22 2 0 2 4 147 9th 2017 FIA World Touring Car Championship Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC TCR International Series BRC Racing Team 4 1 0 2 1 0 NC† Touring Car Endurance Series - SP3-GT4 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† TCR Trophy Europe 2 1 1 2 2 0 NC† 2018 FIA World Touring Car Cup BRC Racing Team 29 5 2 4 8 306 1st 2019 FIA World Touring Car Cup BRC Hyundai N Squadra Corse 30 2 0 1 6 222 8th ADAC TCR Germany Touring Car Championship Hyundai Team Engstler 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2020 FIA World Touring Car Cup BRC Hyundai N LUKOIL Squadra Corse 14 0 0 0 2 79 14th 2021 FIA World Touring Car Cup BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Squadra Corse 16 1 0 1 2 114 12th As Tarquini was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete International Formula 3000 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.)

† — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete 24 Hours of Le Mans results Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps 1985 Brun Motorsport Massimo Sigala Oscar Larrauri Porsche 956 C1 323 DNF DNF

Complete Formula One results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap.) † Did not finish, but was classified as he had completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete British Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded 1996 onwards all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) ( signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point given 1998 onwards)

‡ Retired before second start of race

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos Pts 1995 Alfa Corse 2 Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti HOC1 HOC2 AVU1 AVU2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SIN1 SIN2 HOC1 HOC2 NC 0

Complete International Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pos Points 1995 Alfa Corse 2 Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti MUG1 MUG2 HEL1 HEL2 DON1 DON2 EST1 EST2 MAG1 MAG2 29th 0 1996 JAS Motorsport Alfa Romeo Alfa Romeo 155 V6 TI HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 EST1 EST2 HEL1 HEL2 NOR1 NOR2 DIE1 DIE2 SIL1 SIL2 NÜR1 NÜR2 MAG1 MAG2 MUG1 MUG2 HOC1 HOC2 INT1 INT2 SUZ1 SUZ2 14th 60 † — Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Pts 1998 JAS Team Honda Sport Honda Accord HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAC1 SAC2 NOR1 NOR2 REG1 REG2 WUN1 WUN2 ZWE1 ZWE2 SAL1 SAL2 OSC1 OSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 7th 335 1999 JAS Team Honda Sport Honda Accord SAC1 SAC2 ZWE1 ZWE2 OSC1 OSC2 NOR1 NOR2 MIS1 MIS2 NÜR1 NÜR2 SAL1 SAL2 OSC1 OSC2 HOC1 HOC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 4th 470

Complete European Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Complete World Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 DC Points 2005 Alfa Romeo Racing Team Alfa Romeo 156 ITA1 ITA2 FRA1 FRA2 GBR1 GBR2 SMR1 SMR2 MEX1 MEX2 BEL1 BEL2 GER1 GER2 TUR1 TUR2 ESP1 ESP2 MAC1 MAC2 7th 55 2006 SEAT Sport Italia SEAT León ITA1 ITA2 FRA1 FRA2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 CZE1 CZE2 TUR1 TUR2 ESP124† ESP2 MAC1 MAC2 5th 57 2007 SEAT Sport SEAT León BRA1 BRA2 NED1 NED2 ESP1 ESP224† FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 SWE1 SWE2 GER1 GER2 GBR1 GBR2 8th 62 SEAT León TDI ITA1 ITA2 MAC1 MAC2 2008 SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 ESP1 ESP2 FRA1 FRA2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 EUR1 EUR2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 2nd 88 2009 SEAT Sport SEAT León TDI BRA1 BRA2 MEX1 MEX2 MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 ESP1 ESP2 CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ITA1 ITA2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 1st 127 2010 SR-Sport SEAT León TDI BRA1 BRA2 MAR1 MAR2 ITA1 ITA2 BEL1 BEL2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 CZE1 CZE2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 2nd 276 2011 Lukoil-SUNRED SEAT León 2.0 TDI BRA1 BRA2 BEL1 BEL2 ITA1 ITA2 HUN1 HUN2 5th 204 SUNRED SR León 1.6T CZE1 CZE2 POR1 POR2 GBR1 GBR2 GER1 GER2 ESP1 ESP2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 2012 Lukoil Racing Team SEAT León WTCC ITA1 ITA2 ESP1 ESP2 MAR1 MAR2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 AUT1 AUT2 POR1 POR2 BRA1 BRA2 USA1 USA2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 4th 252 2013 Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC ITA1 ITA2 MAR1 MAR2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 AUT1 AUT2 RUS1 RUS2 POR1 POR2 ARG1 ARG2 USA1 USA2 JPN127† JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 MAC1 MAC2 2nd 242 2014 Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC MAR1 MAR2 FRA1 FRA2 HUN1 HUN2 SVK1 SVK2 AUT1 AUT2 RUS1 RUS2 BEL1 BEL2 ARG1 ARG2 BEI1 BEI2 CHN1 CHN2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 6th 182 2015 Honda Racing Team JAS Honda Civic WTCC ARG1 ARG2 MAR1 MAR2 HUN1 HUN2 GER1 GER2 RUS1 RUS2 SVK1 SVK2 FRA1 FRA2 POR1 POR2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 THA1 THA2 QAT1 QAT2 5th 197 2016 Lada Sport Rosneft Lada Vesta WTCC FRA1 FRA2 SVK1 SVK2 HUN1 HUN2 MAR1 MAR2 GER1 GER2 RUS1 RUS2 POR1 POR2 ARG1 ARG2 JPN1 JPN2 CHN1 CHN2 QAT1 QAT2 9th 147 2017 Castrol Honda World Touring Car Team Honda Civic WTCC MAR1 MAR2 ITA1 ITA2 HUN1 HUN2 GER1 GER2 POR1 POR2 ARG1 ARG2 CHN1 CHN2 JPN1 JPN2 MAC1 MAC2 QAT1 QAT2 NC 0 † Did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) † Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 DC Points 2011 Polestar Racing Volvo C30 JYL1 JYL2 KNU1 KNU2 MAN1 MAN2 GÖT1 GÖT2 FAL1 FAL2 KAR1 KAR2 JYL1 JYL2 KNU1 KNU2 MAN1 MAN2 24th 2

Complete TCR International Series results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points 2017 BRC Racing Team Hyundai i30 N TCR RIM1 RIM2 BHR1 BHR2 SPA1 SPA2 MNZ1 MNZ2 SAL1 SAL2 HUN1 HUN2 OSC1 OSC2 CHA1 CHA2 ZHE1 ZHE2 DUB1 DUB2 NC‡ 0‡ ‡ As Tarquini was a guest driver, he was ineligible to score points.

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