Franco Morbidellii Archives

Sep172021 by Aljaž CentaNo Comments

FRANCO MORBIDELLI in the colors of the Yamaha factory team

Morbidelli is returning from injury after having to undergo left knee surgery in late June. He has signed a contract with Yamaha by the end of 2023 and will be riding a motorbike for the first time this race weekend in Misano. The Italian moves to the Yamaha factory team as a replacement for Maverick Vinales, who terminated his contract with Yamaha and moved to Aprillia. "First of all, I would like to thank the Petronas Yamaha team, which gave Morbidelli an immediate transfer. We originally planned to make the change in the 2022 season, but due to unusual circumstances we did it earlier. He has exceptional talent, he proved it last season with second place. in the overall standings, with three wins and five podiums. After the injury, he will have to find his form gradually and we are already looking forward to his return to MotoGP, "he said

Jun262021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Morbidelli 8 weeks rest after surgery

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Italian Franco Moribdelli will need about eight weeks of recovery after left knee surgery, which would mean the Petronas SRT racer is likely to miss both MotoGP races in Austria, following a five-week summer break in August. Morbidelli suffered a knee injury some time ago while training with a motorcycle, and the public found out about it for the first time at a race in Barcelona, where the three-time MotoGP race winner stumbled and fell during a motorcycle replacement exercise. He then exacerbated the injury on Tuesday before the race in Assn with another fall in training to the point that he needed surgery for damaged ligaments. “With the VR46 team and academy, we have decided to fix a problem that has been with me for too long,” Morbidelli explained. “I underwent surgery in the morning and now I’m just thinking ot

Jun232021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Injured Franco Morbidelli misses the race in Assn

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Italian Franco Morbidelli will miss the MotoGP race for the Dutch Grand Prix as he injured his knee in training. A Petronas SRT racer suffered a left knee injury earlier this month at Valentino Rossi's VR46 ranch, which he revealed after a free practice session in Barcelona, where he fell during a motorcycle change exercise. On Tuesday, however, he exacerbated the injury with a new fall to the point that he had to cancel his appearance at the race in Assn.

May152021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Rossi too restrained in the fast lap

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Valentino Rossi believes that in his quick attempt to win ninth place at the French Grand Prix, he was too restrained after his lap was affected by a minor slip in the back of the lap. The Petronas SRT racer qualified for the Q2 part of the qualifiers for the first time this year, and both he and his teammate Franco Morbidelli picked the right tactics in the last race for the starting places and drove off the garages with dry tires on the drying track. Rossi would have swung even to the top of the time table with the second lap, but in the last turn he drove to the wet part of the track causing him to almost fall. “We chose the right tactics in the team as we started the qualifiers with dry track tires, which gave us a small advantage,” Rossi said. "In the second round, I 'm in the last turn

May142021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

Morbidelli in 2022 on a factory motorcycle, but perhaps not on a Yamaha

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Franco Morbidelli has revealed that he will get a factory motorcycle next season, which was provided by his team Petronas SRT, but the Italian does not know if it will be a Yamaha M1, as the team has not yet signed a new contract with the manufacturer from Iwata. The Italian was Yamaha’s highest-ranked racer last season, but solid results have not yielded a more competitive, factory motorcycle, which has somewhat crushed him this season as he still competes with the 1 M2019-based motorcycle, while the other three riders on Yamahah rides this year’s motorcycles. That is expected to change next season, although the question remains whether the Yamahin motorcycle will be updated. “I like Yamaha and would love to continue with them,” Morbidelli explained. "If I have newer motorcycles

Tue262021 by Blaž ŠtremfeljNo Comments

MotoGP Qatar GP, FP1: Morbidelli fastest

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Petronas SRT racer Franco Morbidelli was the fastest in the first free practice of the MotoGP class in Qatar. With a lap time of 1: 54.921, the Italian was 0.125 seconds faster than Aleix Espargaro on Aprilia and Australian Jack Miller on Ducati. Fourth was Fabio Quartararo on a factory Yamaha, while fifth time was set by current world champion Joan Mir. Training began with the fall of Johann Zarc after just over three minutes from the start. The Frenchman, a Pramac Ducati racer, slipped in the fourth corner, where Jack Miller also fell 23 minutes before the end of the 45-minute practice. https://twitter.com/MotoGP/status/1375428950344806404 At the top of the timesheet, quite a few racers took turns, and the differences are small, which can be attributed to the facts

Sep132020 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Morbidelli in Misano sovereignly until the premier victory

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Franco Morbidelli is the winner of the race in Misano. He was joined on stage by Francesco Bagnaia and Joan Mir. The results of the race also brought a change in the lead of the overall standings, where after zero Fabio Quartararo is now led by Andrea Dovizioso. The race was best started by Franco Morbidelli and Valentino Rossi, who took the lead at the start of the race. Slightly worse, on the other hand, started Vinales and Quartararo, who slipped to fourth and fifth place respectively. With a good start, Jack Miller stepped in among the Yamahas. 20 laps before the end, Fabio Quartararo fell in the fourth turn, wasting the lead in the overall standings. Maverick Vinales, on the other hand, slipped down the ladder again. In the foreground, Morbidelli moved slightly away from the pursuers, while Rossi was approached by Rins

Jun152019 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Despite a severe drop in training, Morbidelli can perform in the qualifiers

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Despite a severe fall in the third free practice, Franco Morbidelli was given medical permission to play in today's qualifiers. The Petronas SRT racer threw into the air in the right thirteenth turn just before the last turn and landed very hard on the ground. At the same time, he needed the help of the medical service, which took him to the medical center for an examination. There, however, they found that there were no serious injuries so the Italian racer would be able to continue the racing weekend normally. It was the fall before the end of the third free practice that prevented him from directly securing a place in the faster qualifying group. Before the fall, he was in fourth place and at the end slipped to thirteenth place. Meanwhile, his teammate Fabio Quartararo finished second.

Jan302019 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Morbidelli: Having the same motorcycle as Rossi means an advantage for both

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Franco Morbidelli will use a very similar specification of the Yamaha motorcycle in the new season, as will be available to his mentor Valentino Rossi. As he said this will be very welcome for both. The Moto 2 world champion of the 2017 season and last season’s best rookie of the MotoGP class joined the newly formed Petronas SRT team after the end of the season, which became the Yamaha satellite team. In the new season, he will use the latest Yamaha motorcycle as well as factory racers Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales. This is otherwise in contrast to previous seasons, when now their former satellite team Tech 3 used an older version. This will allow the exchange of information between the two racers, which Morbidelli believes will be very beneficial for both. Right

Jan112019 by Tomaž StrgaršekNo Comments

Rossi: Morbidelli will be very competitive this year

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Valentino Rossi is confident that his protégé of the VR46 racing academy, Franco Morbidelli, will be a challenging competitor on the track this year. In its second season of the MotoGP class, Morbidelli will compete in the new Yamaha Petronas SRT satellite team, using the A1 specification of the MXNUMX motorcycle, which is very similar to the one used by Valentino Rossi and Maverick Vinales. The XNUMX-year-old Italian racer, who competed in the Marc VDS Honda team in his first season of the most elite motorcycle racing class, proved his speed already at the tests in Jerez, where he set the sixth time on the last day. "Already in the first tests, he was extremely fast on the new motorcycle. Therefore, we can expect that next season he will present problems to all the best.