Monza: Gabriele Tarquini favorite

Reigning World Touring Car Champion, Gabriele Tarquini arrives as leader of the 2010 exercise at Monza, where he will race in front of his home crowd. The Italian driver could take advantage of this to increase his lead.

Published on 20/05/2010 à 16:59

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Gabriele Tarquini (Seat Leon TDi) has rarely disappointed on home soil. In recent seasons, the Italian driver has shone in the WTCC. First and second at Imola in 2009 and at Monza in 2008, the World Touring Car Champion arrives on a track he knows very well, Monza. “ This is my favorite Italian circuit, affirms the transalpine pilot to Gazzetta dello Sport. This is the one on which I express myself best. »

Leader of the 2010 WTCC, winner of two of the first four races at the start of the season, the driver under the SR-Sport banner has every reason to be optimistic. “ But I hope to win this time without the intervention of the safety car, as happened in Morocco », Says Tarquini, winner of the first race in Marrakech, at the beginning of the month.

But he will have to deal with many highly motivated rivals, starting with the drivers of other Seat Leon TDi from SR-Sport, Tiago Monteiro, Tom Coronel and Jordi Gené. The BMW drivers, and especially Augusto Farfus, must make up for a rather average start to the season, while the Chevrolet armada (Yvan Muller, Robert Huff, Alain Menu) will have to return to the top after a difficult Moroccan meeting. First tests Friday afternoon from 15:30 p.m.