It was a Franco Morbidelli inhabited by zenitude, which is his trademark, who presented himself during the reveal of the official Yamaha troops for the 2022 MotoGP season. As always, he is a special case, a status which is felt in a career that is shifted, not only in style, but also in space-time. The 2020 world vice-champion reveals his 2022 plans, as he returns from a delicate convalescence after a no less sensitive knee operation...
Franco Morbidelli made his debut for the factory team Yamaha in Misano. He therefore has five races’ experience with her. For “Frankie” the speech is different from that of his teammate fabio quartararo, because his future is already mapped out in the longer term, with a contract that will expire at the end of 2023. Surely, however, he will have the desire to return to the level of 2020, the year of his classification as vice-world champion, after a troubled 2021 due to injury and knee surgery.
He will work with a new technical boss, Patrick Primmer, which succeeds Silvano Galbussera, who joined him in last year's break and returned to work in the testing team. He spoke during the presentation of the new Yamaha M1 Factory with which he will participate in the World Championship MotoGP 2022. The Italian-Brazilian, fresh from a difficult season, is eager to get back in the saddle and will be able to do so from this visit to Sepang, where the first official test of the season is scheduled. Here's what "Soft" said.
Franco Morbidelli: “ really nice, soft and smooth«
« It will be important to be fast and be able to compete for the top places and maybe fight for something important at the end of the year. This is the main objective » announces the one who hopes for a complete recovery from the knee injury which affected him last season. Then he adds: “ when I think of motorcycles and when I think of Yamaha, the first thing that comes to mind is “kindness”. Really nice, soft and smooth ».
An original approach that he embraces all the more as he develops it: “ I really like this Yamaha thing. The atmosphere within the team is both professional and relaxed. I have been training and I hope to be ready to get back on the bike in the best conditions. I mainly focused on the left knee and leg. In this team there are a lot of Italians, but I also have excellent relations with the other part of the garage, there is a very nice atmosphere ". A human relations aspect on which the sports director Meregalli intends to press to convince Fabio Quarterly to renew his lease. Then Morbidely concludes: “ I want to be the best version of myself as a driver and as a person“. A special case, certainly.
