Get MotoGP news in your inbox! By signing up to the newsletter you agree to receive emails from crash.net that may occasionally include promotional content Leave this field blank Franco Morbidelli got closer to the world title than any other satellite rider in the MotoGP era last season, finishing the 14-round campaign just 13 points behind Joan Mir. Granted, the Suzuki rider wrapped-up the title at the penultimate round, but it was still an exceptional display from Morbidelli, who like Mir hadn't even finished on the podium before this season. Unlike Mir's full-factory GSX-RR, Morbidelli was the only rider on the lowest A-spec Yamaha, not to mention the valve problems that dogged the M1...
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