Gianni Morbidelli

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Gianni Morbidelli
Nationality  Italian
Formula One World Championship career
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.

Contents 1 Formula 3 2 Formula 3000 3 Formula One 4 Post-Formula One 4.1 Complete Formula One results 5 References

[edit] Formula 3

Morbidelli was Italian Formula 3 and Formula 3 European Cup champion in 1989.

[edit] 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].

[edit] 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, racing for them for most of the next 2 seasons, finishing 3rd in the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, a race of high attrition. A few mid-season races for Sauber in 1997 were not successful and disrupted by injuries, and ended his Formula One career.

[edit] 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.

[edit] 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	Scuderia Italia	Dallara F190	Cosworth V8	USA DNQ	BRA 14	SMR	MON	CAN	MEX	FRA	GBR	GER	HUN	BEL	ITA	POR	ESP				-	0
	SCM Minardi	Minardi M190																JPN Ret	AUS Ret
1991	SCM Minardi	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														22nd	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	22nd	0

Sporting positions
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

[edit] References