- Gianni Morbidelli
Former F1 driver
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Nationality = flagicon|ITA Italian
Years = F1|1990-F1|1992, F1|1994-F1|1995, F1|1997
Team(s) = Scuderia Italia (Dallara),Minardi , Ferrari, Footwork,Sauber
Races = 70 (67 starts)
Championships = 0
Wins = 0
Podiums = 1
Points = 8.5
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
First race =1990 United States Grand Prix
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Last race =1997 Japanese Grand Prix Gianni Morbidelli (born
January 13 ,1968 inPesaro cite web |url=http://www.oldracingcars.com/bydriver/watn.asp?letter=M |title= The World Championship drivers - Where are they now? |accessdate=2007-07-29 |last=Jenkins |first=Richard |publisher=OldRacingCars.com] ) is aracing driver fromItaly . He currently competes in theSpeedcar Series . Morbidelli participated in 70Formula One Grands Prix, debuting onMarch 11 ,1990 . He achieved one podium, and scored a total of 8.5 championship points.Formula 3
Morbidelli was Italian
Formula 3 and Formula 3 European Cup champion in 1989.Formula 3000
After doing the first 2 races of the F1|1990 F1 season for
Dallara , Morbidelli concentrated onFormula 3000 . He won 1 race and finished 5th in the 1990 championship. He also was the test driver for Ferrari that year [ [http://www.teamdan.com/archive/1991/octobe91.html October 1991 Information ] ] .Formula One
Once the F1|1990 season had finished, Morbidelli did the final two races of the F1 season with
Minardi , where he remained until the end of F1|1992, with the exception of the1991 Australian Grand Prix , in which he was drafted in afterAlain Prost left the Ferrari team. Morbidelli scored a half-point for 6th in a shortened wet race.He joined Footwork for F1|1994 after a year away. He scored 8 points in two years with the team, including a 3rd place finish in the
1995 Australian Grand Prix , a race of high attrition. His points total made him the most successful driver in the history of theFootwork team.A few mid-season races for
Sauber in F1|1997 were unsuccessful and Gianni suffered two injuries through separate testing accidents. He never raced in Formula One afterwards.Post-Formula One
In 1998 he drove for
Volvo in theBritish Touring Car Championship (BTCC), but was not competitive as team-mateRickard Rydell won the title. More recently he has competed in the ETCC and WTCC for Alfa Romeo, and had outings in several GT championships.Gianni Morbidelli is the son of Giancarlo Morbidelli, the founder of
Morbidelli motorcycle company which had success inGrand Prix motorcycle racing . In 2008 Gianni Morbidelli is driving in theADAC GT Masters together with Dennis Retera aLamborghini Gallardo GT3 with Team "Flatex-Reiter".Complete Formula One results
References
* [http://www.gtmasters.org/driverbio.php?countkey=38 Gianni Morbidelli page on GTMasters.org]
* [http://www.reiter-engineering.com/racing-drivers/gianni-morbidelli/ Driver for Reiter Engineering]
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