Carless Tevez! Manchester City striker is banned from driving

Disqualified ... Tevez pretends to drive after scoring against Aston Villa

MANCHESTER City striker Carlos Tevez was shown a red card from the road, as magistrates disqualified the Argentine ace from driving.

Tevez, 28, had his Porsche Panamera impounded in Manchester as he could not produce a full UK driving licence on November 15.

Today, Lancaster magistrates imposed an interim ban on him for a separate matter in which he failed to provide information when his car was clocked speeding in Morecambe.

It is understood his vehicle was caught breaking the speed limit in the town on March 28 when he played for City’s reserves against Morecambe Reserves.

His solicitor, Gwyn Lewis, told the court Tevez accepted he did not provide identification - which carries six penalty points - and that under the totting up procedure he was now liable for disqualification.

Mr Lewis said: “My instructions are though he was not the driver on that occasion I am not going to argue against a ban on grounds of exceptional hardship.”

He asked the magistrates to impose an interim disqualification and adjourn sentencing so that the “no licence case” from Manchester could be dealt with at the same time.

The solicitor added: “He (Tevez) has been told that he will not be able to drive this morning."

The case will return to court on December 20 when the length of the suspension will be set.

The striker did not attend today’s hearing.

In February 2009, Tevez had a Bentley Continental GT Speed impounded by cops after it was found he did not have a full UK driving licence.

As an Argentinian driving licence holder, Tevez, is permitted to drive in Britain for the first 12 months of his stay in the country but is then required to apply for a provisional licence and pass the UK driving theory and practical test.

The centre forward joined West Ham United in 2006 and then moved to Manchester United a season later. He signed for Manchester City in the summer of 2009.