Cerqui stayed with ROAL Motorsport for 2012 to race in the World Touring Car Championship as teammate to Tom Coronel.

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.

[6] 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.

[7] 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.