Morbidelli has been a Yamaha rider in MotoGP since 2019, when he joined Petronas SRT following two seasons with Marc VDS Honda.
Successful all three of his grands prix on an M1 run by SRT, he was promoted to the manufacturing unit Yamaha squad midway via the 2021 season following Maverick Vinales’ cut up with the workforce.
Struggling for kind on the manufacturing unit Yamaha, the Japanese marque elected to switch him with Alex Rins for 2024 – although Morbidelli has landed on his ft with a manufacturing unit Ducati at Pramac after Marco Bezzecchi elected to stay at VR46.
Morbidelli loved a robust Malaysian GP, guiding his Yamaha to seventh, which he labelled a “essential” end result.
“I imply, to have good performances, it’s nice for the arrogance, it’s nice for the longer term, what’s anticipated of me,” he stated.
“It’s nice for the workforce, it’s nice for everyone to be quick.”
When requested by Autosport if it was necessary to exit swinging as a Yamaha rider, reasonably than merely get to the end in a single piece forward of his first check on the Ducati on 28 November in Valencia, Morbidelli stated: “It’s not my fashion, it’s by no means going to be. I’m a racer.
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Luca Marini, VR46 Racing Staff, Franco Morbidelli, Yamaha Manufacturing facility Racing
“I’m a rider. I used to be born on a pocket bike. My father was a mechanic.
“I smelt gasoline since I used to be born and I at all times give my 200% after I go on a motorbike as a result of that’s what I like to do.
“So, I’m not bringing the bike across the monitor right here. I’m giving my life right here.
“So, that’s what I’ll do endlessly, for all my profession. Even when it appears to be like like I’m not. Even when I’m laid again and it appears to be like like I’m not [pushing].”
Morbidelli at the moment sits thirteenth within the standings on 93 factors heading into the final two rounds in Qatar and Valencia.
His greatest weekend to date this yr stays his brace of fourths in Argentina again in April.