Gianni Morbidelli
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Gianni Morbidelli (born 13 January 1968<ref name="WATN">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) is an Italian racing driver. He participated in 70 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 11 March 1990. He achieved one podium, and scored a total of 8.5 championship points. He most recently competed in the TCR International Series.
Racing career
Early career
Morbidelli was born in Pesaro. His father, Giancarlo Morbidelli, was the founder of the Morbidelli motorcycle company which had some success in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. Morbidelli started karting in 1980. He won the EUR-AM championship in 1986, before moving to Italian Formula Three.<ref name="Career">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He became Italian Formula 3 and Formula 3 European Cup champion in 1989, as well as winning two races in Italian Touring Cars.<ref name="GP">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He then moved to the Scuderia Italia Formula One team, doing the first 2 races of the Template:F1 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Formula One
Resuming his F1 career at the end of the Template:F1 season, Morbidelli competed in the final two races of the season with Minardi, where he remained until the end of Template:F1.<ref name="Career" /> He briefly joined Ferrari for the 1991 Australian Grand Prix, drafted in after Alain Prost was fired by 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 Template:F1.<ref name="GP" /> 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.<ref name="Career" /> Back in Formula One for Template:F1, he raced in several mid-season events for Sauber as a replacement for Nicola Larini.<ref name="GP" /> 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.<ref name="Career" />
Post-Formula One
In 1998 he drove for Volvo in the British Touring Car Championship, but was not as competitive as his teammate 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 Estoril.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref name="Career" /> 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.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
He made his WTCC return in 2014, driving a Chevrolet Cruze for Münnich Motorsport. He made his debut in the FIA World Rallycross Championship with the same team at his home round in 2015.
Racing record
Career summary
† Not eligible for points.
Complete International Formula 3000 results
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| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
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| 1990 | Forti Corse | DON Template:Small |
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5th | 20 |
Complete Formula One results
Complete British Touring Car Championship results
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| 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 |
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| 1998 | Volvo S40 Racing | Volvo S40 | THR 1 Template:Small |
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11th | 56 |
Complete European Touring Car Championship results
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| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Pts |
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| 2000 | CiBiEmme Engineering | BMW 320i | MUG 1 Template:Small |
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3rd | 202 |
| 2002 | Carly Motors Team Isert | BMW 320i | MAG 1 Template:Small |
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NC | 0 |
| 2004 | SEAT Sport Italia | SEAT Toledo Cupra | MNZ 1 Template:Small |
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NC | 0 |
Complete European Super Production Championship results
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| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | DC | Pts |
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| 2001 | CiBiEmme Engineering | BMW 320i | MNZ Template:Small |
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5th | 75 |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete Campionato Italiano Superstars results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete International Superstars Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
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 |
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| 2010 | Triple F Racing | YMC R1 |
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NC | 0 † | ||||
| 2011 | Triple F Racing | YMC R1 |
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79th | 45 | ||
| 2012 | Triple F Racing | ADE R1 |
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NC | 0 † |
† Not eligible for points.
Complete TCR International Series results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
Supercar
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos. | Points |
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| 2015 | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Audi S3 | POR | HOC | BEL | GBR | GER | SWE | CAN | NOR | FRA | ESP | TUR | ITA Template:Small |
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40th | 0 |
Complete World Touring Car Cup 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 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | DC | Points |
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| 2018 | Team Mulsanne | Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR | MAR 1 Template:Small |
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35th | 0 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete TCR Europe Touring Car Series 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 | DC | Points |
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| 2019 | WestCoast Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | HUN 1 Template:Small |
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13th | 135 |
References
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