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- BIOGRAPHY
- Gabriele T A R Q U I N I (ITA)
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- Nationality: Italian
- Birth place: Giulianova
- Birthday: March 2, 1962
- Age: 33
- Status: Single
- Children: -
- Resident: Monaco
- Height: 1.78 m
- Weight: 70 kg
- First race: 1983 F3
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- Gabriele began to drive at the age of
- seven on the karting track run by his
- father. Racing for the Kali team he became
- Italian Champion in 1982.
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- Source: http://www.nokia.com
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- COMPETITION HISTORY
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- 1983 - Italian Kart Champion. Started F3
- participating in only two events
- with an old '79 March.
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- 1984 - Italian and World Kart Champion.
- Won the Italian Federation
- Supercoursa. Joined the F3000 team
- Sanremo Racing and finished an
- excellent fifth in the Championship
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- 1986 - Moved to the new F3000 Coloni team
- running a March from the previous
- year. Finished twice on the podium
- and eighth in the Championship.
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- 1987 - Joined the new First Racing F3000
- team, finished second at Imola and
- seventh in the Championship. Raced
- for the Formula 1 team Osella at
- the San Marino Grand Prix.
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- 1988 - Joined the new Formula 1 team,
- Coloni, qualified eight times and
- finished a brilliant eighth at the
- Canadian GP, the best ever result
- for the team in its brief history.
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- 1989 - Moved to the AGS team and again
- scored the best ever finish of the
- team with a sixth place at the
- Mexican GP. Raced a private BMW for
- the Bigazzi team in touring cars,
- scored one victory finishing fifth
- in the Championship.
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- 1990 - Raced for the AGS team in Formula
- 1. Stayed with the Bigazzi team in
- touring cars.
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- 1991 - Started the season with the AGS
- team and moved to the Fondmetal
- team for the last three races.
- Qualified twice and finished a
- strong 11th and 12th.
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- 1992 - Remained with the Fondmetal team,
- qualified in all races, but poor
- engine dashed his hopes. Joined BMW
- and finished sixth in the Italian
- Touring Car Championship.
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- 1993 - Moved to Alfa Romeo finishing third
- in the Italian Touring Car
- Championship with five wins.
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- 1994 - British Touring Car Champion
- scoring eight victories for
- Alfa Romeo.
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- 1995 - Test and reserve driver of the
- Nokia Tyrrell Yamaha team. Alfa
- Romeo driver in the Italian Touring
- Car Championship, BTCC and the
- Class 1 DTM/ITC series.
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- F1 Scorecard
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- Number of GPs
- entered: 37
- Best qualifying
- position: 11th
- Best finish: 6th - Mexican GP 1989
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- Source: http://www.nokia.com/
- 27-Sep-95
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