In 2013 the Italian Federation allows him to compete in the Stock 600 with the Italian Team, driving a Kawasaki, and winning the European title (European Champion). His career started very early in the family-run garage in Rome, in the San Giovanni district, where his father Livio used to spend his days with mufflers and pistons. He rides for the first time a MotoGP in the post-season tests of November 2017 in Valencia. His life had a major breakthrough when his family moved to Tavullia. In 2019 he joins the SIC Racing team riding a Yamaha YZR-M1. His teammate is Thomas Lüthi. Franco Morbidelli 1994-12-04 (age 26) Team SIC Racing Team. What is your first memory linked to motorcycles? Questo sito o gli strumenti terzi da questo utilizzati si avvalgono di cookie necessari al funzionamento ed utili alle finalità illustrate nella cookie policy. The parents of the Italian racer are Livio Morbidelli and Cristina de Franco and he stands at 1.76 m tall at the age of 25 today. Petronas-Yamaha-Pilot Franco Morbidelli landete im zweiten MotoGP-Saisonlauf in Katar zwar im Gegensatz zu seinem Teamkollegen Valentino … He thus passes through the Cuna de Campeones of Valencia where he wins an important milestone to gain access to the CEV. On the following year, with the same team and teammate of 2016, Morbidelli opens the season with his first pole position and his first win in Moto2 in Qatar. Franco Morbidelli’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius. On the following year, with the same team and teammate of 2016, Morbidelli opens the season with his first pole position and his first win in Moto2 in Qatar. In this same season, during a training session, he got a tib-fib fracture at his right leg, which forced him to miss the British, San Marino, Aragona and Japan Grand Prix. Franco Morbidelli (Roma, 4 dicembre 1994) è un pilota motociclistico e pilota automobilistico italiano, campione europeo Superstock 600 nel 2013 e campione del mondo della Moto2 nel 2017. Your friendship with Valentino Rossi rocks. His best result achieved is an 8, place he takes in Australia, and he completes the season at the 15. place with 50 points, which makes him the best rookie. He is an Italian rider who won the titles of European Superstock 600 Champion in 2013 and Moto2 World Champion in 2017. In 2014 he becomes regular rider in the Italtrans Racing team, where he was assigned a Kalex Moto2; his teammate is Julián Simón. For this reason, when Franco is 14, he doesn’t have the opportunity to race for 10 months, until he gets back on the saddle in 2011 where he made his debut in the European Superstock 600 championship, running four races aboard a Yamaha YZF-R6 of the team Forwards Racing Jr. «No, I can’t. «Ricordo quando giravo su una pista vicino casa mia. His career started very early in the family-run garage in Rome, in the San Giovanni district, where his father Livio used to spend his days with mufflers and pistons. We have to accept ourselves for what we are, if we want to turn our weakness into strength». Franco Morbidelli non ha avuto una vita facile prima di arrivare a diventare campione del mondo della Moto2, dovendo affrontare problemi economici ed anche il drammatico suicidio di suo padre. Points leader Joan Mir was third after starting 12th. Franco wins his first championship points in Argentina, he takes a fifth place in the Aragona Championship and completes his season at the 11, place. He takes the second place in Valencia, and ended the season with 308 world points. He went on to finish 1st at the 2017 Moto2 World Championship with Marc VDS Racing. Of Brazilian origins but living in Tavullia, Franco Morbidelli (for his friends Franky or Morbido) is the most mature of the VR46 Riders Academy, the first to join and, above all, he was the first to win a Championship thanks to the incredible 2017 Moto 2 season.Franco started late in the racing world, at 19, and he entered directly in Moto 2. Morbidelli gets 3 third places (Dutch GP, Aragona and Japan) and as many second places (Austria, British GP, Australia), missing the chance to win the World Championshp at Philip Island, when he got a second place with a gap of only 10 thousandths of seconds after Thomas Lüthi. Franco Morbidelli, l’allievo per eccellenza di Valentino Rossi, vuole riprovare a ripetersi in Austria dopo il primo podio MotoGP in carriera. Maybe one day I will make this dream come true. When Franco was two years old, his dad made him a small bike, this marking Franco's first steps on his journey towards international stardom. In the same season, Fausto Gresini allows him to race in the Moto2 World Championship in San Marino, Japan and Valencia riding the Suter MMX2 of the Gresini Racing team. Franco Morbidelli of Italy and Petronas Yamaha SRT smiles and celebrates his first MotoGP victory on the podium at the end of the MotoGP race during... Franco Morbidelli of Italy and Petronas Yamaha SRT rounds the bend during the MotoGP Tests at Losail Circuit on February 22, 2020 in Doha, Qatar. You’ve been riding ever since: where do you see yourself when you are not competing anymore? «I’m very fond of that moment when, last year, we celebrated our victories together in the Assen, Dutch GP, in his motorhome». Italian motorcycle racer who took the sport by storm when he won the European Superstock 600 championship in 2013. Few hours before the start of Malaysia GP, his direct rival Luthi, is forced to forfeit due to an injury; having previously gained 29 points, Morbidelli mathematically becomes Moto2 World Champion ahead of the last competition.