Franco Morbidelli’s passionate speech at Italian MotoGP to “keep my job” - “I’m close to Fabio Quartararo”

Franco Morbidelli knows crunch time is approaching for Yamaha to decide his future, and he doesn’t want to be “polluted” by rumours.
Franco Morbidelli, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP sprint race, 29 April
Franco Morbidelli, MotoGP, Spanish MotoGP sprint race, 29 April

Morbidelli’s seat in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:2024 MotoGP rider line-up is one of the most at-risk, wit🔯h his co🦹ntract expiring and Yamaha openly considering alternatives.

With this weekend’s Italian MotoGP beginning a run of three races consecutively, it is a period which could m🔯ake or break Morbidelli’s hopes.

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Asked about his future, he said: “I don’t know.

“Every race is important. I don’t race ac🃏cording🍬 to keeping my job.

“I race according to my passion, 🉐my drive. According to what I’ve done a🉐ll my life.

“This is what I know🌄 how to do, what I do best in life.

“I don’t want to get polluted by external stuff.

“🎀Okay, this is also the job. We all want to keep our jobs. So I would love to keep my job, to keep doing it for years.

“I will keep doing my thing.

“Last year, the difference between me and Fabio was a lot. That doesn’t put you in a good position if you’re 💦the one getting his butt kicked!

“This year, it’s a whole different story!

“We canꦓ ꧙say this after five races. Numbers talk. 

“These three races are important becausඣe it’s a trip♛le-header, but they are as important as the other ones.”

Franco Morbidelli, MotoGP, French MotoGP, 12 May
Franco Morbidelli, MotoGP, French MotoGP, 12 May

Morbidelli make a convincing plea that he is performing almost 𒁏as well as teammate Fabio Quartararo, the 2021 MotoGP champion.

“I think I am. After five rac💝es I am nine points away from him,” he said.

𓄧“I out-qualified him on a couple of occasions, once at Jerez which is his tﷺrack.

“So I’m getting close to him, also beating him.

“In ra🍸ce🧔s, I’m still not that far. I see him all race long.

“My voice means something more now, for sure. I have more credibility.꧋ I’m happy abou💞t this.

“But I’m not happy yet - 🧸I want to keep going, to improve, to make these performances better. We know everything is possible.

“I’m planning on stepping it up.”

Franco Morbidelli, MotoGP, French MotoGP, 12 May
Franco Morbidelli, MotoGP, French MotoGP, 12 May

But even Quartararo has cut a miserable figure this season, with Yamaha unable to deliver him a bike capable of competing with th♈e Ducatis.

It leaves Morbidelli with the thankless task of scrapping for a new cont♑ract on a below-par machine.

“We know that we 💮are s🅺truggling,” he said. “We all know. Come on! There is work to do.

“Everybody knows it. But it’s the r🧸ight attitude to face the weꦗekend where the work to be done is still in progress.

“When you don’t have any🔯 additional weapons at your disposal, p❀ositivity can be a weapon.

“Cal Crutchlow has been testing some stuff. He is trying, pushing, to improve ♉the package.

“We are making m༒odifications but nothing that we can bring on the bike yet.”

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