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Franco Morbidelli: "Next year’s line-up is going to be one of the best in history"

Season 6, Ep. 14

One of the coolest riders in the paddock joins for the very first time our MotoGP™ Podcast ahead of his home race at the Emilia-Romagna GP! Franco Morbidelli opens up about his heavy head concusion during pre season which has affected his first part of the season but is finally finding his groove. The Italian also reveals how he joined the VR46 Academy and what happened the first time he saw Rossi on track (spoiler Franky crashed). But Morbidelli has also spoke about how eager he's to compete within Rossi's squad next season and much more!


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