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[Rassegna stampa] – Franco Morbidelli’s first victory allows everyone, and not just the professionals, to meet an intelligent driver on and off the track, capable of sending messages of openness to the world and equality. There is more than a direct line between Morbido and Lewis Hamilton, even if (for now) there is no comparison between the amount of success the two have achieved in very different sports. But in terms of style, work methodology and the desire to communicate messages off-track, they are extremely similar.
“Morbidelli’s race brought him his first MotoGP victory: “It was wonderful”, Frank’s emotion. He wins on the exact same day his idol Ayrton Senna won the Italian GP at Monza for the last time 28 years ago. He wins where he did the same 7 years ago in the Italian Stock 600 championship. But “now it’s different, I couldn’t imagine it even though I had always dreamed of it. Without obsession, step by step ». Because Morbidelli is like that: patient, humble, tough. In the lead from the start to the checkered flag: “Vale put a lot of pressure on me, I felt a hairpin on my back, then when I was alone, the last laps it was like a session with the psychologist” – he confesses“.
Marco Galvani, The rest of the Pug
“A thought directed at his father, whose death in circumstances that can leave deep scars, changed his life. “He taught me to endure. This victory is for him. I thought of 2014, when I was afraid not to do it. Thanks to those who were close to him, to those who believed in him.“.
Paolo Lorenzi, Corriere della Sera
“If looking at the statistical data it is pointed out that he is the second rider to win in MotoGP from Superstock, as only Danilo Petrucci did in Mugello 2019, he responds with a nice “talent is everywhere, in Superbike as in the Asia Talent Cup. The difference makes you look for what suits you best. ”His best moment, as well as in the Academy and in the Sky team, with the Moto2 title attached, is now in Petronas and Ramon Forcada, Jorge’s former team leader Lorenzo and Maverick Vinales: “He is a phenomenon, he has experience, he knows technique, he is intelligent. I enjoy working with him.” And now that the first has won, perhaps they will stop looking at him almost with disdain. «I prefer to be among the favorites: it means that I have gained strength. Winning a race makes a difference, it makes you proud, and that’s how I feel. Is happy. I don’t think about what others are saying about me, just doing the right thing. ”That line with Lewis has shown that he can aspire to the motorcycling elite and now he can also afford to speak up more on sensitive issues, as he already has. has done with that message of equality that got into his head during 27 triumphal laps“.
Paolo Ianieri, La Gazzetta dello Sport
“Franco Morbidelli is sweet, shy, empathetic, measured. So different from other pilots. However, he is inspired by two of them: Tavullia’s “uncle”, as he calls Rossi, who bet on him when the boy was about to be “crushed” by a bitter life; and Lewis Hamilton, who in a meeting last year in Valencia changed his life, because “he made me understand that the most fortunate of us cannot close our eyes, remain safe in the bubble. I have to take an example from him, also because of the color of my skin ». The Roman father, who died dramatically a few years ago. And the Brazilian mom Cristina. Who confesses: «Ours was not a normal story. We have suffered a lot, but now we can only smile ». Did you suffer, Morbidelli? “I’m not black, but I certainly have a bit darker skin than the others. And that’s why they discriminated against me. Especially when I was a child, in Rome. Even in kindergarten. Racism is a bad story. When I can, I keep running away to Bologna to be welcomed by old friends who now attend university. I immerse myself in books, I pretend to be like them. But I chose another life, I have to accept the consequences. This does not mean putting your head on the ground. In the race he won, beating Rossi. «More than 8 years ago I was the first to go to Rancho Tavullia. The Academy was born. Foreign journalists ask me why the Italian Renaissance in motorcycles: the answer is that the best rider of all time has decided to nurture young people, transmit his experience. Also partying in Recife, Brazil, his mother’s hometown. “I am proud to make two nations happy. I haven’t seen Brazilian cousins, uncles, or friends for a long time. I learned a lot from them: life is still beautiful, it’s time to smile. And take a break. Slow down”.“
Massimo calandri, The Republic
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