
The touring car great, 60, retired at the end of last season and is now team manager of BRC Squadra Corse. The driver who was signed to replace him, 26-year-old Mikel Azcona, leads the standings so far this season, by 16 points over Cyan Lynk & Co’s Santi Urrutia.
But at the Vila Real street race last weekend, that didn’t stop 2018 WTCR champion Tarquini speaking out about the speed of the Chinese cars, which won the previous two WTCR titles with Frenchman Yann Ehrlacher.