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 currently competes in the TCR International Series.
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 2 races of the F1 season as stand-in for Emanuele Pirro, before concentrating on Formula 3000. He won 1 race and finished 5th 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 he 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.
He is making 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
Complete International Formula 3000 results
| Year | Entrant | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | DC | Points |
| 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 Formula One results
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 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | 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 | AND 1 | AND 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | PER 1 | PER 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | EST 1 | EST 2 | NC | 0 |
| 2004 | SEAT Sport Italia | SEAT Toledo Cupra | MNZ 1 11 | MNZ 2 Ret | VAL 1 | VAL 2 | MAG 1 | MAG 2 | HOC 1 | HOC 2 | BRN 1 | BRN 2 | DON 1 | DON 2 | SPA 1 | SPA 2 | IMO 1 | IMO 2 | OSC 1 | OSC 2 | DUB 1 | DUB 2 | NC | 0 |
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
| 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 | DC | Points |
| 2006 | N. Technology | Alfa Romeo 156 | ITA 1 29† | ITA 2 10 | FRA 1 20 | FRA 2 14 | GBR 1 12 | GBR 2 7 | GER 1 9 | GER 2 11 | BRA 1 7 | BRA 2 2 | MEX 1 7 | MEX 2 2 | CZE 1 17 | CZE 2 14 | TUR 1 10 | TUR 2 16 | ESP 1 13 | ESP 2 11 | MAC 1 Ret | MAC 2 DNS | 14th | 22 | ||||
| 2014 | All-Inkl.com Münnich Motorsport | Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 | MAR 1 15 | MAR 2 6 | FRA 1 11 | FRA 2 9 | HUN 1 9 | HUN 2 1 | SVK 1 6 | SVK 2 C | AUT 1 10 | AUT 2 6 | RUS 1 12 | RUS 2 8 | BEL 1 4 | BEL 2 6 | ARG 1 12 | ARG 2 14 | BEI 1 4 | BEI 2 7 | CHN 1 11 | CHN 2 13 | JPN 1 10 | JPN 2 8 | MAC 1 10 | MAC 2 Ret | 9th | 109 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 90% of the race distance.
Complete International Superstars Series results
| Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | DC | Points |
| 2009 | ROAL Motorsport | BMW M3 | IMO R1 2 | IMO R2 Ret | ALG R1 1 | ALG R2 1 | MUG R1 2 | MUG R2 5 | MNZ R1 9 | MNZ R2 1 | KYA R1 5 | KYA R2 4 | 1st | 123 | ||||||
| 2010 | Team BMW Italia | BMW M3 | MNZ R1 3 | MNZ R2 Ret | IMO R1 5 | IMO R2 17 | ALG R1 6 | ALG R2 2 | HOC R1 4 | HOC R2 5 | CPR R1 2 | CPR R2 Ret | VAL R1 12 | VAL R2 18 | KYA R1 | KYA R2 | 6th | 74 | ||
| 2011 | Hopmobile Audi Sport Italia | Audi RS4 | MNZ R1 | MNZ R2 | VNC R1 | VNC R2 | ALG R1 | ALG R2 | DON R1 | DON R2 | MIS R1 DNS | MIS R2 DNS | SPA R1 15 | SPA R2 Ret | MUG R1 Ret | MUG R2 9 | VAL R1 Ret | VAL R2 2 | 15th | 18 |
| 2012 | Audi Sport Italia | Audi RS5 | MNZ R1 7 | MNZ R2 5 | IMO R1 17 | IMO R2 14 | DON R1 1 | DON R2 1 | MUG R1 Ret | MUG R2 DNS | HUN R1 13 | HUN R2 Ret | SPA R1 1 | SPA R2 1 | VAL R1 18 | VAL R2 5 | PER R1 6 | PER R2 Ret | 4th | 128 |
| 2013 | Audi Sport Italia | Audi RS5 | MNZ R1 4 | MNZ R2 4 | BRN R1 11 | BRN R2 2 | SVK R1 Ret | SVK R2 3 | ZOL R1 1 | ZOL R2 1 | ALG R1 1 | ALG R2 1 | DON R1 4 | DON R2 1 | IMO R1 2 | IMO R2 1 | VAL R1 3 | VAL R2 7 | 1st | 233 |
Complete V8 Supercar results
† Not eligible for points.Complete TCR International Series 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 | DC | Points |
| 2015 | WestCoast Racing | Honda Civic TCR | SEP 1 4 | SEP 2 3 | SHA 1 1 | SHA 2 3 | VAL 1 8 | VAL 2 3 | ALG 1 Ret | ALG 2 Ret | MNZ 1 1 | MNZ 2 1 | SAL 1 5 | SAL 2 3 | SOC 1 7 | SOC 2 DNS | RBR 1 11 | RBR 2 Ret | MRN 1 3 | MRN 2 4 | CHA 1 10 | CHA 2 Ret | MAC 1 6 | MAC 2 4 | 4th | 243 |
| 2016 | WestCoast Racing | Honda Civic TCR | BHR 1 2 | BHR 2 7 | EST 1 1 | EST 2 3 | SPA 1 5 | SPA 2 Ret | IMO 1 Ret | IMO 2 Ret | SAL 1 4 | SAL 2 6 | OSC 1 7 | OSC 2 10 | SOC 1 3 | SOC 2 12† | CHA 1 3 | CHA 2 Ret | MRN 1 10 | MRN 2 7 | SEP 1 DNS | SEP 2 3 | MAC 1 Ret | MAC 2 DNS | 6th | 174 |
| 2017 | WestCoast Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | RIM 1 10 | RIM 2 7 | BHR 1 9 | BHR 2 10 | SPA 1 12 | SPA 2 15 | MNZ 1 11 | MNZ 2 16 | SAL 1 13 | SAL 2 5 | HUN 1 9 | HUN 2 Ret | OSC 1 1 | OSC 2 1 | CHA 1 10 | CHA 2 13 | ZHE 1 4 | ZHE 2 2 | DUB 1 16 | DUB 2 2 | 6th | 132 |
† Driver did not finish the race, but was classified as he completed over 75% of the race distance.
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results
Supercar
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 |