Franco Morbidelli

Franco Morbidelli (born 4 December 1994 in Rome) is an Italian motorcycle racer. He was the European Superstock 600 champion in 2013. He won the 2017 Moto2 World Championship with Marc VDS after his closest championship contender Thomas Lüthi was declared unfit for the Malaysian GP following a crash at qualifying.[1]

Franco Morbidelli
Morbidelli at the 2016 Australian Grand Prix
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1994-12-04) 4 December 1994 Rome, Italy
Current team	Petronas Yamaha SRT
Bike number	21
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2018– Manufacturers Honda, Yamaha Championships 0 2019 championship position 10th (115 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 38 0 1 0 0 196 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2013–2017 Manufacturers Suter, Kalex Championships 1 (2017) 2017 championship position 1st (308 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 71 8 21 6 13 686

Despite the common misconception, he is not related to Giancarlo Morbidelli, manufacturer of the famed Morbidelli Grand Prix racing bikes, or his son, former Italian F1 driver Gianni Morbidelli.[2] Morbidelli's father is Italian, but his mother is Brazilian.[3]

Career statistics

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Number	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2013	Moto2	Suter	Federal Oil Gresini Moto2	94	3	0	0	0	0	0	NC
2014	Moto2	Kalex	Italtrans Racing Team	21	18	0	0	0	0	75	11th
2015	Moto2	Kalex	Italtrans Racing Team	21	14	0	1	0	2	90	10th
2016	Moto2	Kalex	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	21	18	0	8	0	3	213	4th
2017	Moto2	Kalex	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	21	18	8	12	6	8	308	1st
2018	MotoGP	Honda	EG 0,0 Marc VDS	21	16	0	0	0	0	50	15th
2019	MotoGP	Yamaha	Petronas Yamaha SRT	21	19	0	0	0	0	115	10th
2020	MotoGP	Yamaha	Petronas Yamaha SRT	21	3	0	1	0	0	31*	3rd*
Total					109	8	22	6	13	882

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto2	2013–2017	2013 San Marino	2015 Indianapolis	2017 Qatar	71	8	21	6	13	686	1
MotoGP	2018–present	2018 Qatar	2020 Czech Republic		38	0	1	0	0	196	0
Total	2013–Present				109	8	22	6	13	882	1

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Class	Bike	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Pos	Pts
2013	Moto2	Suter	QAT	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	IND	CZE	GBR	RSM 20	ARA	MAL	AUS	JPN 18	VAL 17			NC	0
2014	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 25	AME 17	ARG 13	SPA 20	FRA 10	ITA 10	CAT 21	NED 24	GER 6	IND Ret	CZE 8	GBR 6	RSM 7	ARA 5	JPN 7	AUS 13	MAL Ret	VAL 21		11th	75
2015	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 5	AME 5	ARG 5	SPA 6	FRA 5	ITA Ret	CAT 8	NED 19	GER Ret	IND 3	CZE 10	GBR	RSM	ARA	JPN	AUS 11	MAL 15	VAL Ret		10th	90
2016	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 7	ARG 25	AME 14	SPA 4	FRA 4	ITA 8	CAT 11	NED 3	GER Ret	AUT 2	CZE 8	GBR 2	RSM 5	ARA 3	JPN 3	AUS 2	MAL 2	VAL 3		4th	213
2017	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 1	ARG 1	AME 1	SPA Ret	FRA 1	ITA 4	CAT 5	NED 1	GER 1	CZE 8	AUT 1	GBR 3	RSM Ret	ARA 1	JPN 8	AUS 3	MAL 3	VAL 2		1st	308
2018	MotoGP	Honda	QAT 12	ARG 14	AME 21	SPA 9	FRA 13	ITA 15	CAT 14	NED DNS	GER WD	CZE 13	AUT 19	GBR C	RSM 12	ARA 11	THA 14	JPN 11	AUS 8	MAL 12	VAL Ret	15th	50
2019	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT 11	ARG Ret	AME 5	SPA 7	FRA 7	ITA Ret	CAT Ret	NED 5	GER 9	CZE Ret	AUT 10	GBR 5	RSM 5	ARA Ret	THA 6	JPN 6	AUS 11	MAL 6	VAL Ret	10th	115
2020	MotoGP	Yamaha	SPA 5	ANC Ret	CZE 2	AUT	STY	RSM	EMI	CAT	FRA	ARA	TER	EUR	VAL	POR						3rd*	31*

^* Season still in progress.

References

1. Patterson, Simon (29 October 2017). "Moto2: Champion Morbidelli crowned early as Luthi ruled unfit". Motorcycle News. Bauer Consumer Media Ltd. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
2. "Franco Morbidelli is not part of the MotoGP Dynasty of the same name". Speedweek.com (in German). 7 November 2013.
3. "WSBK Sk600 – Morbidelli racconta la 'sua' Portimao e il video dell'ultimo giro". teamitaliafmi.com (in Italian). Team Italia FMI. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2016.

External links

• "motogp.com · Franco Morbidelli". motogp.com. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
• "worldsbk.com · Franco Morbidelli". worldsbk.com. Retrieved 20 January 2016.