Morbidelli “didn’t think it was possible” to make Misano MotoGP start

Morbidelli has been out of action since June’s Dutch TT after undergoing surgery on a left knee injury, and made his return at Misano last weekend – which also happened to be his debut with the factory Yamaha team as Maverick Vinales’ replacement.

The three-time MotoGP race winner qualified 16th and was 18th in the race, 36.2 seconds from the victory on what he described as a…