17 Facts About Gianni Morbidelli

Gianni Morbidelli was born on 13 January 1968 and is an Italian racing driver.

Gianni Morbidelli participated in 70 Formula One Grands Prix, debuting on 11 March 1990.

Gianni Morbidelli achieved one podium, and scored a total of 8.5 championship points.

Gianni Morbidelli won the EUR-AM championship in 1986, before moving to Italian Formula Three.

Gianni Morbidelli became Italian Formula 3 and Formula 3 European Cup champion in 1989, as well as winning two races in Italian Touring Cars.

Gianni Morbidelli then moved to the Scuderia Italia Formula One team, doing the first 2 races of the 1990 F1 season as stand-in for Emanuele Pirro, before concentrating on Formula 3000.

Gianni Morbidelli won 1 race and finished 5th in the 1990 championship, as well as undertaking test driver duties for Scuderia Ferrari for that year.

Gianni Morbidelli briefly joined Ferrari for the 1991 Australian Grand Prix, drafted in after Alain Prost was fired by the team, where Morbidelli earned his first Formula One points, earning half a point for 6th after a rain-shortened race.

Gianni Morbidelli managed four-point-scoring positions in two years with the team, including his only podium place finish in the 1995 Australian Grand Prix, earning third place in a race of high attrition.

Gianni Morbidelli became Footwork Arrows' most successful driver, with a total of eight points for the team.

Gianni Morbidelli competed in the Italian Superturismo Championship for 1995, scoring two race wins, and, after spending a year out in 1996 testing for Jordan, gained another podium that year.

Gianni Morbidelli scored no points and was not classified in the championship for that year.

Gianni Morbidelli raced in the Italian round of the 2004 season in a SEAT Toledo, but scored no points and did not contest in further meetings.

Gianni Morbidelli drove a Lamborghini in several grand tourer races in 2005, and moved back to touring cars for 2006.

Gianni Morbidelli has had considerable success in the Italian Superstars Championship, where Morbidelli won the title with both Audi RS4 and BMW M3 three years in a row from 2007.

Gianni Morbidelli is making his WTCC return in 2014, driving a Chevrolet Cruze for Munnich Motorsport.

Gianni Morbidelli made his debut in the FIA World Rallycross Championship with the same team at his home round in 2015.