Du?an Borkovi has pulled out of the remaꩲinder of the World Touring Car Championship after major dis⛎agreements with his Proteam Racing Honda squad.

The Serbian driver switched from Campos Racing Chevrolet to Proteam over the winter but has struggled to adapt to his new team. The 30-year-old has foun❀d it difficult to fit his 6ft 9in frame into the Honda Civic machine and says it is not safe to drive.

Borkovi ran in the free pra꧋ctice sessions 𒆙and qualifying for the second round of the WTCC season at Marrakech but pulled out of both races at the last minute.

A team statement read: "Du?an had to make a hard decision with his team not to drive for safety reasons. The narrow seat continued to be a huge problem and was cutting ඣhis circulation off. His leg was going numb and it was impossi𝕴ble to be concentrated on the driving 100 per cent.

"He pushed to the very limit, but the risk of driving the car in this state wa🅰s too big and luckily Du?an managed to avoid crashing e💝ach time his car lost control."

Borkovi's also suffered a personal tragedy after his father 𝄹passed away a week before the WTCC Race of Morocco and the Serbian says he tried to return to racing🌜 too soon.

"It may have been a wrong decision to compete in Morocco so soon after my father's death," Borkovi said. "I wanted to continue for him but I am not 100 per cent focused and it is really hard for me 🙈to deal with these ridiculous issues at this moment.

"The car in this state was not safe for me to drive, I didn't want to𒐪 cause problems for myself or other drivers."

The WTCC driver h𒊎as not confirmed whether he plans to return to the series but is expected to be absent for the foreseeable future𒊎.

Proteam🥂 Racing will look for a replacement for Borkovi in the ♊coming weeks and an announcement is anticipated ahead of round three at Hungaroring scheduled for the 2-3 May.