His name is Franco Morbidelli, he will be 12 years-old in December. He’s part of a new project of Pramac D’Antin MotoGP Team. Paolo Campinoti and Luis D’Antin decided to invest on him for the future. The agreement between the parts has been reached today at Valencia, where is taking place the last round of the 2006 MotoGP World Championship. The young promising rider will be managed with the aim of bringing him to the premier-class of the World Championship. Morbidelli, born in Rome but living in Babbucce (Province of Pesaro, Italy), is coming from the races of minibikes. In 2005, he won the “Assoluti d’Italia”, the selections of the Regional Championship and he was Italian Vice-Champion in the Junior B class. He made some practice with the 125GP during the 2006 season and is a really promising rider.