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First win for Franco Morbidelli: It is the fourth time this year that a MotoGP rider achieves his first success, it has not happened since 1949, the year in which the first edition of the World Championship could not have been given otherwise. After Quartararo, Binder, Oliveira finally too Franky climbs to the highest step of the podium, and doing it here in Misano, in the backyard of the Academy, after an incredible race driven from the first to the last lap, has a very special flavor.
Excited, almost excited, Franco arrives at the closed park with a big smile on his face. How do you feel after the first win?
“I don’t know, I haven’t realized it yet. But I’m very happy, I’m enjoying the moment. I have to thank the team, everyone who helped me and those who work for me. It’s a bit like when, seven years ago, here I won in Superstock. Great! But I am really overwhelmed by emotions; at this moment I can only thank everyone, because in a very short time my career has taken me very high: seven years ago I was racing in Italian, today I won one MotoGP race, something I have always dreamed of, even if it has never haunted me. “
A nice but busy weekend.
“Yes, it was a great weekend. We worked very well, taking care of every little detail. I had a great pace, I drove with fluidity and consistency, I felt strong from practice. I had a good start, but Rossi was attacked and managed to put me in his place. Pressure from the first laps – I had the fork on my butt. But I knew I could take a step and walk away. But in the last ten laps it was a real psychological session, I had time to think about my whole career – the last thing I had in mind the track, I could not concentrate, and for me it is always like that. But the pace remained constant at 33 “2: generally, however, I lost concentration and only returned to the rhythm when the alarm went off ‘because I I noticed that I was slowing down. And this victory is also for my father, who gave me a great hand. He taught me to be strong, tough. “
In fact, you managed the race very well, and it must not have been easy to read at the table “+0 Rossi”
“It’s true, and it’s never easy: even though I train with him on the ranch, here in Misano and with all kinds of motorcycles, here in the World Championship it’s very different. As you race you see the yellow flags everywhere and you understand that he’s there. close. And then you get … a big mojo from the crowd, you see it and you feel it. But I said to myself ‘relax, take your step and see what happens’, and it went well. “
It was also very nice to see the congratulations from Valentino, his mentor, on the lap of honor. What do you want to tell him right now?
“When I say I want to thank everyone who believed in me and helped me, at the top of the list is OK. So I want to thank you, even if it is not enough. You have done so much for me, and have the opportunity to Run with he’s a real blessing. He’s a legend, he’s the best of all time, and to be able to race in front of the world with him is great. To have the opportunity to fight him, to beat him, and I really wanted to do it, make him understand the reason. he had to believe in me is fabulous. I hope to have several more battles with him. “
It is a really incredible championship due to the uncertainty: you are nineteen points away from the top of the championship, and next week we will race again here in Misano …
“I am a satellite team driver, I have no ambitions, better, I do, but I still do not think about the championship. Right now I just want to win races and do my best every Sunday. We will see where I will be at the end of the year, but I think race by race, because after all, I repeat, I am a private person … “
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