MOTOGP » Moto2: de Rosa out, Morales in at G22

27 May 2011
Carmelo Morales secures a Moto2 World Championship ride with Pablo and Gelete Nieto's G22 team in place of Raffaele de Rosa.
Moto2: de Rosa out, Morales in at G22
Carmelo Morales will make his full-time Moto2 World Championship debut at the Catalunya Grand Prix after it was confirmed he would be replacing Raffaele de Rosa at Desguaces La Torre G22.

The Spaniard, who is currently leading the CEV Moto2 Championship, started three world series Moto2 races in 2010, though he is probably best remembered for his spectacular finish line accident in Barcelona last season, when he touched wheels with Kenny Noyes on the run to the chequered flag.

Morales, who has also been testing Suter's BMW-engined 'Moto1' prototype, made his debut for the team during this week's test at Motorland Aragon and replaces de Rosa, who has failed to score during the opening four rounds.

“Carmelo made a great impression across these two days,” said team director Pablo Nieto. “He's a very fast rider, as proven by the titles he has won in different categories of the Spanish National Championship.”

“We had no problem with Raffaele, it's an unforeseen situation and we'll do all we can in order to help him find a team.”

Nieto's G22 team has endured a troubled 2011 season following the announcement that Fonsi Nieto was to retire from professional competition shortly before the start of the season, while his replacement Lukasz Wargala did not compete at the previous Le Mans round after failing to qualify in Portugal.

Tagged as: Fonsi Nieto , g22 , raffaele de rosa , carmelo morales , pablo nieto
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Heyhuub - Unregistered

May 27, 2011 4:05 PM

This just baffles me. De Rosa looked very promising on the 250, but just can't get to grips with the 600. The same pretty much goes for someone like Mike Dimeglio, who had a very strong debut on the 250 but was, and still is lucky to score points these days.

Greener02

May 27, 2011 6:59 PM

Morales will be a constant top 10-15 rider in this class, would of scored points in all his 3 GP's last year if it wasnt for the crazy cash in Catlunya, crash with like 2 laps to go in Estoril and well he came 8th in Valencia, one to watch!


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