Quintarelli made his SUPER GT debut way back in 2005 and is preparing to take on his 15th consecutive season as a Nissan driver this year, and his 10th in the flagship NISMO team.
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At 42, the Italian is among the oldest drivers in the GT500 class, behind only teammate Tsugio Matsuda (also 42) and Toyota grandee Yuji Tachikawa (46).
But speaking to Motorsport.com, Quintarelli insisted that his motivation remains undimmed even after all his success, and that the recent trend for star players in other sports to continue their careers for longer gives him extra fuel.
“Honestly, I’m not thinking about ‘after’,” said Quintarelli, who will turn 43 this August. “I still have things I want to prove. I’m working hard every day for that, on the training side, to find the motivation, to still improve myself.
“The first digit of my age is ‘4’. If you go up one more [to 50], I think it’s too much. As long as I can see ‘4’ as the first number,…
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