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Gianni Morbidelli
Born 13 1968 (1968-Template:Pad2digit-Template:Pad2digit) (age 58)
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Formula One career
Nationality 25px Italy Italian
Years 1990–1992, 1994–1995, 1997

Gianni Morbidelli (born January 13, 1968 in Pesaro[1]) is a racing driver from Italy. He is the son of Giancarlo Morbidelli, the founder of Morbidelli motorcycle company which had success in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Morbidelli participated in 70 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on March 11, 1990. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of 8.5 championship points. He competes in the Superstars Series.

Racing career[]

Early career[]

Morbidelli starting karting in 1980, spending six years until he became the EUR-AM championship winner, before moving to Italian Formula Three.[2] He became Italian Formula 3 and Formula 3 European Cup champion in 1989, as well as winning two races in Italian Touring Cars.[3] He then moved to the Scuderia Italia Formula One team, doing the first 2 races of the 1990 F1 season as stand-in for Emanuele Pirro, before concentrating on Formula 3000. He won 1 race and finished 5th in the 1990 championship, as well as undertaking test driver duties for Scuderia Ferrari for that year.[4]

Formula One[]

Resuming his F1 career at the end of the 1990 season, Morbidelli competed in the final two races of the season with Minardi, where he remained until the end of 1992.[2] He briefly joined Ferrari for the 1991 Australian Grand Prix, drafted in after Alain Prost left the team, where Morbidelli earned his first Formula One points, earning half a point for 6th after a rain-shortened race. A lack of sponsorship led to him leaving Minardi to rejoin Italian Touring Cars for 1993, where he drove an Alfa Romeo 155 to two wins for Alfa Corse, before being hired by Footwork Arrows for 1994.[3] He managed four point-scoring positions in two years with the team, including his only podium place finish in the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, earning third place in a race of high attrition. Morbidelli became Footwork Arrows' most successful driver, with a total of eight points for the team.

Morbidelli also competed in the Italian Superturismo Championship for 1995, scoring two race wins, and, after spending a year out in 1996 testing for Jordan, gained another podium that year.[2] Back in Formula One for 1997, he raced in several mid-season events for Sauber as a replacement for Nicola Larini.[3] He scored no points and was not classified in the championship for that year. His unsuccessful season, and two injuries by separate testing accidents, led to Morbidelli retiring from Formula One racing.[2]

Post-Formula One[]

Morbidelli driving for in the .

Morbidelli driving for Volvo in the 1998 British Touring Car Championship.

In 1998 he drove for Volvo in the British Touring Car Championship, but was not as competitive as his team-mate Rickard Rydell, who won that year's title. His only competitive showing was in the summer meeting at Thruxton, where he charged from near the back of the back to finish fourth, passing many cars in the process. Morbidelli then spent several years in various European touring car series', with a high point in the 2001 European Touring Car Championship, where he raced the BMW 320i to fifth place in the championship, winning the last race at [[circuit Estoril.[5] Morbidelli raced in the Italian round of the 2004 season in a SEAT Toledo, but scored no points and did not contest in further meetings.

Morbidelli drove a Lamborghini in several grand tourer races in 2005, and moved back to touring cars for 2006. Competing in the World Touring Car Championship for N-Technology, he managed two second places in an Alfa Romeo 156.[6] Not as competitive as when he was driving the BMW, he moved back to GT racing for 2007, winning two races in the ADAC GT Masters series. He has had considerable success in the Italian Superstars Championship, where Morbidelli won the title with both Audi RS4 and BMW M3 three years in a row from 2007.[2] The short-lived Speedcar Series gave him another championship title, where he won the 2008–09 championship. The season featured a close fight with defending champion Johnny Herbert, with Morbidelli finishing one place ahead in the final round to win the title.[7] As of 2010, he is currently defending his title in the Superstars series.[2]

Racing record[]

Complete Formula One results[]

Year Entrant Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 WDC Points
1990 BMS Scuderia Italia Dallara F190 Cosworth V8 USA
DNQ 		BRA
14 		SMR MON CAN MEX FRA GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR ESP NC 0
SCM Minardi Minardi M190 JPN
Ret 		AUS
Ret
1991 Minardi Team Minardi M191 Ferrari V12 USA
Ret 		BRA
8 		SMR
Ret 		MON
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		MEX
7 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
11 		GER
Ret 		HUN
13 		BEL
Ret 		ITA
9 		POR
9 		ESP
14 		JPN
Ret 		24th 0.5
Scuderia Ferrari Ferrari 643 AUS
6
1992 Minardi Team Minardi M191B Lamborghini V12 RSA
Ret 		MEX
Ret 		BRA
7 		ESP
Ret 		NC 0
Minardi M192 SMR
Ret 		MON
Ret 		CAN
11 		FRA
8 		GBR
17 		GER
12 		HUN
DNQ 		BEL
16 		ITA
Ret 		POR
14 		JPN
14 		AUS
10
1994 Footwork Footwork FA15 Ford V8 BRA
Ret 		PAC
Ret 		SMR
Ret 		MON
Ret 		ESP
Ret 		CAN
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		GBR
Ret 		GER
5 		HUN
Ret 		BEL
6 		ITA
Ret 		POR
9 		EUR
11 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
Ret 		22nd 3
1995 Footwork Footwork FA16 Hart V8 BRA
Ret 		ARG
Ret 		SMR
13 		ESP
11 		MON
9 		CAN
6 		FRA
14 		GBR GER HUN BEL ITA POR EUR PAC
Ret 		JPN
Ret 		AUS
3 		14th 5
1997 Red Bull Sauber Petronas Sauber C16 Petronas V10 AUS BRA ARG SMR MON ESP
14 		CAN
10 		FRA GBR GER HUN
Ret 		BEL
9 		ITA
12 		AUT
9 		LUX
9 		JPN
DNS 		EUR NC 0

Complete British Touring Car Championship results[]

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position – 1 point awarded all races) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (* signifies that driver lead feature race for at least one lap – 1 point awarded)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Pos Pts
1998 Volvo S40 Racing Volvo S40 THR
1
6 		THR
2
11 		SIL
1
8 		SIL
2
5 		DON
1
12 		DON
2
Ret 		BRH
1
13 		BRH
2
10 		OUL
1
6 		OUL
2
9* 		DON
1
6 		DON
2
7 		CRO
1
10 		CRO
2
7* 		SNE
1
7 		SNE
2
11 		THR
1
8 		THR
2
4 		KNO
1
11 		KNO
2
Ret 		BRH
1
Ret 		BRH
2
Ret 		OUL
1
Ret 		OUL
2
9 		SIL
1
17 		SIL
2
Ret 		11th 56

Complete World Touring Car Championship results[]

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

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2006 N. Technology Alfa Romeo 156 ITA
1
29† 		ITA
2
10 		FRA
1
20 		FRA
2
14 		GBR
1
12 		GBR
2
7 		GER
1
9 		GER
2
11 		BRA
1
7 		BRA
2
2 		MEX
1
7 		MEX
2
2 		CZE
1
17 		CZE
2
14 		TUR
1
10 		TUR
2
16 		ESP
1
13 		ESP
2
11 		MAC
1
Ret 		MAC
2
DNS 		14th 22

† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.

Complete V8 Supercar results[]

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Final Pos Points
2010 Triple F Racing YMC
R1 		YMC
R2 		BHR
R3 		BHR
R4 		ADE
R5 		ADE
R6 		HAM
R7 		HAM
R8 		QLD
R9 		QLD
R10 		WIN
R11 		WIN
R12 		HDV
R13 		HDV
R14 		TOW
R15 		TOW
R16 		PHI
Q 		PHI
R17 		BAT
R18 		SUR
R19
9 		SUR
R20
Ret 		SYM
R21 		SYM
R22 		SAN
R23 		SAN
R24 		SYD
R25 		SYD
R26 		NC 0 †
2011 Triple F Racing YMC
R1 		YMC
R2 		ADE
R3 		ADE
R4 		HAM
R5 		HAM
R6 		PER
R7 		PER
R8 		PER
R9 		WIN
R10 		WIN
R11 		HDV
R12 		HDV
R13 		TOW
R14 		TOW
R15 		QLD
R16 		QLD
R17 		QLD
R18 		PHI
Q 		PHI
R19 		BAT
R20 		SUR
R21
Ret 		SUR
R22
22 		SYM
R23 		SYM
R24 		SAN
R25 		SAN
R26 		SYD
R27 		SYD
R28 		79th 45
2012 Triple F Racing ADE
R1 		ADE
R2 		SYM
R3 		SYM
R4 		HAM
R5 		HAM
R6 		PER
R7 		PER
R8 		PER
R9 		PHI
R10 		PHI
R11 		HDV
R12 		HDV
R13 		TOW
R14 		TOW
R15 		QLD
R16 		QLD
R17 		SMP
R18 		SMP
R19 		SAN
Q 		SAN
R20 		BAT
R21 		SUR
R22
17 		SUR
R23
19 		YMC
R24 		YMC
R25 		YMC
R26 		WIN
R27 		WIN
R28 		SYD
R29 		SYD
R30 		NC 0 †

† Not eligible for points.

References[]

  1. ↑ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers – Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. http://www.oldracingcars.com/driver/Gianni_Morbidelli. Retrieved 2007-07-29. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Gianni Morbidelli-Career". Gianni Morbidelli. http://www.giannimorbidelli.com/carriera.asp?pos=1. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "DRIVERS: GIANNI MORBIDELLI". grandprix.com. http://www.grandprix.com/gpe/drv-morgia.html. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
  4. ↑ October 1991 Information
  5. ↑ "2001 FIA EUROPEAN TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP-Drivers Championship". FIA. http://www.fiatouringcars.com/2k4/Archive2001/SPC/SPC.drivers.class.htm. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
  6. ↑ "2006 FIA World Touring Car Championship-Driver Championship". FIA. Archived from the original on 2012-02-13. http://web.archive.org/web/20120213205938/http://www.fiawtcc.com/archives/2006/2006_WTCC_Points.pdf. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 
  7. ↑ "Liuzzi wins Bahrain finale, Morbidelli takes $500,000 prize". automobilsport.com. 2009-04-26. http://www.automobilsport.com/speedcar-series-vitantonio-liuzzi-wins-bahrain-morbidelli-gianni-takes-prize-damien-passini-al-maktoum---62211.html. Retrieved 2010-07-20. 

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