Gianni Morbidelli

Gianni Morbidelli 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.

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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. He became Italian Formula 3 and Formula 3 European Cup champion in 1989, as well as winning two races in Italian Touring Cars. He then moved to the Scuderia Italia Formula One team, doing the first two races of the F1 season as stand-in for Emanuele Pirro, before concentrating on Formula 3000. He won one race and finished fifth in the 1990 championship, as well as undertaking test driver duties for Scuderia Ferrari for that year.

Formula One

Resuming his F1 career at the end of the season, Morbidelli competed in the final two races of the season with Minardi, where he remained until the end of. 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. 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. Back in Formula One for, he raced in several mid-season events for Sauber as a replacement for Nicola Larini. 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.

Post-Formula One

In 1998, Morbidelli 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. 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. 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. 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.
Morbidelli 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

Year	Entrant	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	DC	Points
[1990 International International Formula 3000\|Formula 3000 season\|1990]	Forti Corse	DON 8	SIL Ret	PAU 3	JER Ret	MNZ 4	PER 1	HOC Ret	BRH Ret	BIR Ret	BUG 7	NOG 3	5th	20

Complete Italian Superturismo Championship results

Year

Team

Car

Pts

MIS
1
Ret

MIS
2
9

MAG
1
1

MAG
2
1

BIN
1
14

BIN
2
Ret

IMO
1
Ret

IMO
2
7

VAR
1
16

VAR
2
3

MIS
1
16

MIS
2
Ret

9th

CiBiEmme Engineering

MIS
1
Ret

MIS
2
6

BIN
1
6

BIN
2
7

MNZ
1
5

MNZ
2
4

IMO
1
7

IMO
2
Ret

MAG
1
5

MAG
2
4

MUG
1
5

MUG
2
7

MIS
1
3

MIS
2
11

PER
1
1

PER
2
1

VAR
1
10

VAR
2
4

VAL
1
6

VAL
2
5

5th

149

CiBiEmme Engineering

PER
1
4

PER
2
Ret

PER
1
3

PER
2
3

VAR
1
DSQ

VAR
2
5

VAL
1
17

VAL
2
5

8th

Complete British Touring Car Championship results

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 European Touring Car Championship results

Year

Team

Car

Pts

2000

CiBiEmme Engineering

BMW 320i

MUG
1
3

MUG
2
4

PER
1
7

PER
2
Ret

A1R
1
3

A1R
2
2

MNZ
1
9

MNZ
2
3

HUN
1
1

HUN
2
1

IMO
1
7

IMO
2
5

MIS
1
1

MIS
2
1

BRN
1
Ret

BRN
2
3

VAL
1
5

VAL
2
11

MOB
1
8

MOB
2
1

3rd

202

2002

Carly Motors Team Isert

BMW 320i

MAG
1
10

MAG
2
7

SIL
1
15†

SIL
2
DNS

BRN
1
Ret

BRN
2
DNS

JAR
1
16

JAR
2
Ret

MNZ
1
11

MNZ
2
Ret

Complete European Super Production Championship results

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	DC	Pts
2001	CiBiEmme Engineering	BMW 320i	MNZ 3	BRN Ret	MAG 4	SIL 4	ZOL 11	HUN 13	A1R 2	NÜR 5	JAR Ret	EST 1	5th	75

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

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

Complete V8 Supercar results

† Not eligible for points.

Complete TCR International Series results

^† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.

Complete World Touring Car Cup results

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
2018	Team Mulsanne	Alfa Romeo Giulietta TCR	MAR 1 20†	MAR 2 Ret	MAR 3 Ret	HUN 1 Ret	HUN 2 22	HUN 3 14	GER 1 Ret	GER 2 15	GER 3 Ret	NED 1 13	NED 2 13	NED 3 21	POR 1 Ret	POR 2 DNS	POR 3 DNS	SVK 1	SVK 2	SVK 3	CHN 1	CHN 2	CHN 3	WUH 1	WUH 2	WUH 3	JPN 1	JPN 2	JPN 3	MAC 1	MAC 2	MAC 3	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

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	DC	Points
2019	WestCoast Racing	Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR	HUN 1 8	HUN 2 Ret	HOC 1 Ret	HOC 2 11	SPA 1 14	SPA 2 10	RBR 1 11	RBR 2 5	OSC 1 5	OSC 2 Ret	CAT 1 10	CAT 2 13	MNZ 1 Ret	MNZ 2 5	13th	135