Franco Morbidelli
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MotoGP 2021: Yamaha's Fabio Quartararo tops field following final practice, Marc Marquez in 15th position
•Quartararo clocked 1min 39.044sec to finish ahead of Italians Franco Morbidelli (Petronas Yamaha SRT) and Friday pacesetter Francesco Bagnaia (Ducati Lenovo Team).
MotoGP 2020: KTM Tech 3's Miguel Oliveira wins season-ending Portuguese GP
•Oliveira followed up his maiden victory in Styria in August by taking the title at Portimao in what was his first race in the premier class in his home country.
MotoGP 2020: Portuguese Miguel Oliveira grabs maiden pole position in home race
•Sunday's race, held in front of empty stands due to the pandemic, provides Morbidelli with a chance to clinch second place in the world championship behind Mir.
MotoGP 2020: Joan Mir wins first championship with seventh-place finish at Valencia
•Pole-sitter Franco Morbidelli won the race for this third victory of the season, but it was not enough to keep Mir from securing the title with one race to go
Teruel MotoGP: Franco Morbidelli wins after Takaaki Nakagami crash; Joan Mir stays in championship lead
•Morbidelli crossed the finish line more than two seconds ahead of Álex Rins, with Joan Mir coming in third place after starting 12th.
MotoGP 2020: Takaaki Nakagami grabs maiden pole in Teruel GP qualifying, championship leader Joan Mir in 12th
•The 28-year-old Nakagami, who signed a new deal with Honda's satellite team earlier this week, posted a fastest lap of one minute and 46.882 seconds.
Aragon MotoGP: Fabio Quartararo fit for qualifying despite high speed crash in practice
•Flung over his twisting machine MotoGP championship leader Fabio Quartararo hit the track hard, sliding tens of metres before finally coming to a rest in the safety gravel.
MotoGP: Yahama's Franco Morbidelli takes pole position at Catalonia GP
•The Italian steered his Yahama through the Barcelona-Catalunya Circuit for a flying lap of 1 minute, 38.798 seconds.
MotoGP 2020: Franco Morbidelli wins maiden race at San Marino as Andrea Dovizioso takes championship lead
•Yamaha SRT's Morbidelli, who started second on the grid, overtook pole sitter Maverick Vinales on the first lap and never relinquished his lead
MotoGP 2020: Valentino Rossi left shaken after Austrian GP, says he nearly got killed by stray bike
•Incredibly, Rossi managed to compose himself after the close call and after the race was restarted came home in fifth place.