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Nationality  Italian |
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| Formula One World Championship career | |
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| Active years | 1990-1992, 1994-1995, 1997 |
| Teams | Scuderia Italia (Dallara), Minardi, Ferrari, Footwork, Sauber |
| Races | 70 (67 starts) |
| Championships | 0 |
| Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 1 |
| Career points | 8.5 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| First race | 1990 United States Grand Prix |
| Last race | 1997 Japanese Grand Prix |
Gianni Morbidelli (born January 13, 1968 in Pesaro[1]) is a racing driver from Italy. He currently competes in the Speedcar Series. 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.
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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 1990 F1 season for Dallara, Morbidelli concentrated on Formula 3000. He won 1 race and finished 5th in the 1990 championship. He also was the test driver for Ferrari that year [2].
Formula One
Once the 1990 season had finished, Morbidelli did the final two races of the F1 season with Minardi, where he remained until the end of 1992, with the exception of the 1991 Australian Grand Prix, in which he was drafted in after Alain Prost left the Ferrari team. Morbidelli scored a half-point for 6th in a shortened wet race.
He joined Footwork for 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 the Footwork team.
A few mid-season races for Sauber in 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 the British Touring Car Championship (BTCC), but was not competitive as team-mate Rickard 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 in Grand Prix motorcycle racing. In 2008 Gianni Morbidelli is driving in the ADAC GT Masters together with Dennis Retera a Lamborghini Gallardo GT3 with Team "Flatex-Reiter".
Complete Formula One results
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| Preceded by Emanuele Naspetti |
Italian Formula Three Champion 1989 |
Succeeded by Roberto Colciago |
| Preceded by Luis Perez-Sala |
Formula One Indoor Trophy winner 1990 |
Succeeded by Gabriele Tarquini |
References
- ^ Jenkins, Richard. "The World Championship drivers - Where are they now?". OldRacingCars.com. Retrieved on 2007-07-29.
- ^ October 1991 Information
