#mylid 2018: Franco Morbidelli and a bit of spice with the salsa

“I’m lucky to work with a great designer, which is Aldo [Drudi],” ‘Morbido’ explains. “I go to his place and we spend an afternoon together and we think about things. He’s a genius and it is very easy to work with him. I let him come up with ideas and just give a few pieces of advice how I’d like to see and have the helmet. He does most of the job and makes it look so good.”

Morbidelli faces the first of his home Grands Prix (and perhaps the most iconic) with the Gran Premi d’italia at Mugello and the fearsome 360kmph start straight. It will be another episode in an educational maiden term in MotoGP where he is striving to write the next chapter of his career. With fellow Academy rider and countryman Pecco Bagnaia due to make the MotoGP step in 2019 and other athletes like Lorenzo Baldassarri shining it is a good time to standout and be seen…and not just for the results.

“It’s important to have a good design, it is my identity and I want to show it in a nice way,” Franco says. “When everything fits and all the colours match then it is something to be proud of.”