Single seaters After winning titles in
karting, Cerqui graduated to single-seater racing in 2009, racing in
Formula Azzurra. He scored four victories, two pole positions and six podiums from 16 races on his way to the title. He graduated to the
Italian Formula Three Championship in 2010, driving for
Ombra Racing. He finished 19th in the final classification, scoring three points.
Superstars Series At the end of 2010, Cerqui tested for the
Team BMW Italia Superstars Series team at
Adria. In January 2011 Cerqui was announced as a driver for the team. Cerqui scored three successive pole positions at
Portimão,
Donington Park and
Misano, and took his maiden win at Misano.
World Touring Car Championship ROAL Motorsport (2012) Cerqui stayed with ROAL Motorsport for 2012 to race in the
World Touring Car Championship as teammate to
Tom Coronel. He finished in the points in both races at his home event, the season opening
Race of Italy. The first race of the
Race of Slovakia saw Cerqui climb from twelfth on the grid to fourth in the results. He qualified 13th for the
Race of Hungary but a parc fermé infringement by his team saw both cars sent to the back of the grid with Cerqui lining up 20th and 19th for race one and race two respectively. During race two of the
Race of Portugal,
Yvan Muller spun and Cerqui was able to take his fifth place until Muller took it back later in the race. The
Race of Brazil saw Cerqui retire twice; contact in race one with
Tiago Monteiro forced him to retire on lap two, then a collision in race two with
Aleksei Dudukalo saw Cerqui crash into the pit wall. Race one of the
Race of United States saw him involved in a first lap pileup involving six cars, forcing Cerqui, Dudukalo and
Fernando Monje to retire. In race one at the
Race of Japan, Cerqui had passed the
Team Aon car of
James Nash but soon after spun and ended his race in the gravel trap at the first corner. After the race he was also handed a 30-second time penalty for a start infringement although having retired this did not affect his overall result. Cerqui ended his non-scoring streak at the
Race of China with a pair of top ten finishes. Cerqui sat out the final round in
Macau and was replaced by Kei Cozzolino. Cerqui stated that before the season started, he agreed with his team that he would only participate in the Macau races if he were still in contention for the
Yokohama Drivers' Trophy. ==Racing record==