Pramac MotoGP rider shares memories of his first time riding with Rossi
Franco Morbidelli says he was so amazed by MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi that he crashed the first time they shared a track.
Morbidelli became the VR46 Academy’s first world champion in 2017 when he secured the Moto2 crown, was the first to make it to MotoGP and the first to win a race in the top class. “For sure, at the beginning when I saw Vale for the first time… I remember when I saw Vale for the first time on track I crashed because I was so flashed that I ended up on the ground,” he said.
Morbidelli’s route into grand prix racing was unconventional, with the Italian racing in European Superstock 600 - where he was champion in 2013 - before making it to Moto2 in 2014.“And my father, being a former rider of the 70s, he raced in this area of Pesaro.
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