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Race after race, the strides made by Franco Morbidelli are beginning to become more and more evident as he has become an increasingly constant presence near the Top 5 since Mugello. It's a continual progress that the Team Pramac rider will also try to highlight this weekend in Aragon. A track well congenial to Morbidelli, winner of the MotoGP Aragon GP in 2020.
"Why am I so fast and competitive at Aragon? I can't say, but I've always had good results here since my first year in Moto2 in 2014, I was already fighting for the podium, " Franco declared, "I've always had a special feeling with this track and I hope it will be the same this weekend."
The podium is becoming an increasingly realistic goal for Morbido, who just needs to fine-tune the final details.
"We are working a lot with the team to get there, trying to recover especially what we missed at the beginning of the year because of the injury, because we lost a lot of time and I had no experience with them and with the bike - he recalled - Now we are there and we can aspire to the podium, but we have to fine-tune everything to be able to succeed."
Before flying to Spain, the 29-year-old trained in Misano and at the Ranch. Two forms of training that are quite different from each other, but equally useful in order to better prepare for this weekend.
"Of all the workouts we do these are the ones I prefer. The Panigale, despite being a street bike, is a real bike and it was great to ride in Misano on a test day with MotoGP and Moto2 riders. The one at the Ranch was the classic day that we all spend together battling, chatting and having fun," he commented, "It's hard to say which training prepares you best for MotoGP, because they all have their upsides and downsides and everyone follows their own type of training. This is ours and I'm okay with that."
Also helpful to Morbidelli is the advice of his mentor and friend Valentino Rossi, who is always close to the Academy guys.
"I talk a lot with Vale, " he acknowledged, "He is always on the ball both on the bikes and the cars, he follows the races and gives us advice and was even present trackside in the last race. It's nice to talk to him about MotoGP and racing, because he has a very clear point of view and a very lucid view of things. Talking with him always opens your eyes."
