Marco Morelli (born 2 July 2007) is an Argentine Grand Prix motorcycle racer for CFMoto Aspar Team in the 2026 Moto3 World Championship.
Career
Early career (2019–2025)
Morelli made his European Talent Cup debut in the final round of the 2019 season and contested the series full time the following year, taking his first win at Circuito de Jerez. 2024 was his best season in the Talent Cup category as he came runner-up to the 2024 European Talent Cup, and won two races in Thruxton in the 2024 British Talent Cup as a wildcard.
Morelli missed out on racing in 2022 but returned the following year. He competed in the Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup for three full seasons, from 2023 to 2025, and took two wins (in 2024) throughout the course of his tenure at Jerez and Assen.
For 2025, he did a dual campaign in the FIM JuniorGP World Championship. His campaign perked up in the halfway point of the season, taking his first podium at Aragón, and winning his first race a round later at Misano. Morelli won the final three races of the season – Barcelona and Ricardo Tormo – and finished runner-up to the title.
Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing (2025–)
Moto3 World Championship (2025–)
Morelli was called up to replaced the injured Ruché Moodley at the 2025 Czech Republic motorcycle Grand Prix for Denssi Racing – Boé, making his Moto3 World Championship debut, where he came thirteenth. From the seventeenth round and onwards he was a regular driver at Gryd – MLav Racing. He came a highest of eleventh in the penultimate round at the Portuguese motorcycle Grand Prix.
He partnered Spaniard Máximo Quiles to make his full-time debut in the 2026 Moto3 World Championship with CFMoto Aspar Team. Morelli scored a maiden podium in the second round at the Brazilian motorcycle Grand Prix. He achieved podiums at Jerez, Assen and Aragón.
Personal life
Morelli was born in Barcelona, Spain to an Argentinian father of Italian descent and a mother from Madrid, Spain.
Career statistics
European Talent Cup
Races by year
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts 2019 Honda EST EST VAL VAL CAT ARA ARA JER JER ALB VAL NC 0 2020 Honda EST EST ALG JER JER JER ARA ARA ARA VAL VAL 10th 73 2021 Honda EST EST VAL VAL CAT POR ARA ARAJERJERVALVAL 15th 41 2023 Honda EST EST VAL VAL JER JER ALG BAR ARA ARA VAL 22nd 18 2024 Honda MIS MIS EST EST BAR ALG JER JER ARA ARA EST 2nd 167
FIM CEV Moto3 Junior World Championship
Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts 2021 KTM EST VAL1 VAL2 CAT1 CAT2 POR ARA JER1 JER2 RSM VAL3 VAL4 34th 3
Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup
Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 2023 KTM ALG ALG JER JER LMS LMS MUG MUG ASS ASS RBR RBR MIS MIS 10th 91 2024 KTM JER JER LMS LMS MUG MUG ASS ASS RBR RBR ARA ARA MIS MIS 7th 113 2025 KTM JER JER LMS LMS ARA ARA MUG MUG SAC SAC RBR RBR MIS MIS 5th 136
FIM JuniorGP World Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts 2025 Honda EST JER1 JER2 MAG ARA1 ARA2 MIS1 MIS2 BAR1 BAR2 VAL1 VAL2 2nd 183
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