4.6.2019 Munich. Prominent starter guest in the ADAC TCR Germany: At the third race weekend of the tour series, the ADAC car on the Red Bull Ring (7. to 9. June) is the car of Gabriele Tarquini, 2018 Champion of the FIA tour-world-Cup WTCR, go to the Start. The Italians controlling the VIP car of the Hyundai Team Engstler and is looking forward to his debut in the Hyundai i30 N TCR in the German series.
SPORT1 the races of the ADAC TCR Germany transmits in the TV. Online the runs in the Livestream on sport1.de and adac.de/motorsport as well as on the Facebook channel of the ADAC TCR Germany and youtube.com/adac are to be seen.
“I’ve seen in the past year many of the races on television and, in particular, after the entry of Hyundai,” says Tarquini, who was involved in the development of the Hyundai i30 N TCR eng: “The races are very exciting and great since the level of the pilots is very high. I am delighted to launch to the STW-season of 1999 in a German race series.“
Tarquini is not for decades, in the Motorsport active, the 57-Year-old thinks, but that is still far from quitting. Motorsport is the focus – appropriately and professionally in the Italian prepares. He is involved in the tuning of the car and drives a lot of sports, to be able to physically with the mostly much younger competitors. A secret he didn’t, but I assured Tarquini, laughing. “My passion for racing has never waned, and, therefore, I feel because of my age behind the Wheel is not a Handicap,” he says.
Rather, his age in some ways, what is even of advantage, because “my vast experience helps me in Tuning of the vehicle and manage the race,” he says. “I know that my career will one day end, but I hope the time is yet far, as far as possible.”
Tarquini drove for in formula 1, by the left, but all in the TCR-classes is impressive. In 2018, he secured the title in the WTCR, in this year, he assigned to four out of ten race weekends in seventh place, and has already celebrated two victories. And always in the Hyundai i30 N TCR. “I’m in the project since the first lap on a race track in April 2017, in Aragón – involved,” says the Italian: “Since then, we have not is ceased to further develop the car.”
“I was in 2017 in the TCR International in China the driver who has a run-in with the i30 N TCR the first victory. Last year I won the FIA WTCR,” says Tarquini: “I feel in the racing car easy to home.” Fans of the ADAC TCR Germany can make on the weekend, a picture.
Gabriele Tarquini (photo: ADAC Motorsport)
