Cika wannan jumlar: Tarquini ya fara karting a 1976. A shekarar 1985 ya kasance yana tuki a cikin Formula 3000, yana ciyar da yanayi uku tare da kayan aikin da ba su da kuɗi. Sakamakonsa mafi kyau shi ne na 2 a Imola a 1987, lokacin da ya riga ya fara gasar Grand Prix a cikin wani motsi na Osella a
1987 San Marino Grand Prix.