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FOUNDER

Henry Morrogh

(henry@henrymorrogh.it)

It is not easy to speak about Henry, as he is extremely poliedric and because of all the time he passed at the pitwall or in the paddock.

We can start by saying that he is Irish, from the South of course, and that he was born in 1931. He started racing in Ireland with motorbikes and cars and the first encouraging results arrived so he started racing abroad. At the beginning of the 60s he is an official Renault driver and with the small Alpines he achieves great results. He has great respect for the mechanics and a clean driving style that comes from his experience racing and testing Norton Manx motorcicles, and is also endowed with a perfect tactic vision both for sprint and endurance races.

His mates convince him to open the first racing school in France at Clermont Ferrand. Henry remembers it as a lovely experience also because of the excellent food and wine!

His ability in teaching the basics of motorsport brought him to California in the States: “during the first courses pupils asked me why racing cars had 3 pedals, my hair stood on it’s ends! And in any case the food was terrible.”

At the end of the sixties he arrived in Italy, at Vallelunga which was the most famous racetrack after Monza: “I immediately got on well in Italy, the climate is nice, the food and wine are good too and the the italians did not ask me why the cars needed 3 pedals! Here the Fiat 500 was very important and I no longer suffered for the gear boxes . ” Henry settles down in Campagnano and Italy becomes his second home.

The school increases in fame and notoriety and many cinema stars and artists attend the courses. Also many young guns come to the school, including in the early seventies Elio de Angelis, Andrea de Cesaris and the roman American Eddie Cheever. They started off at Henry’s school really early and the result is known to everybody. Henry is a tough nut (with a soft heart) but the rigid discipline he demanded from his pupils on the track was then useful to them when they reached professionism.

TEAM PRINCIPAL

Giovanni Ciccarelli

(giovanni@henrymorrogh.it)

Neapolitan entrepreneur born in 1965, is the one who is giving a new face to Morrogh Racing Drivers School. Construction engineer with a passion for racing, from July 2010 alongside Henry as a partner and Managing Director of HM.

The meeting between Giovanni and Henry Morrogh occurred in 1983 when the former engineering student began to participate in the challenge of Formula Italia (with the old car training missions motor Fiat Bialbero 1.6 liters) organized by the school's most famous drivers in the world. Giovanni was fast but inexperienced and knew when, frustrated by results that did not arrive, he was invited by Henry to take a course pilots.

The story changed and, despite the car if the prepare alone or in the company of a friend, Giovanni became one of the top drivers in the series. The little money force to do somersaults to participate in the competitions taking also the reproaches of Margareth, PR and mind at the time of the trade HM Racing Drivers School, but Giovanni was regularly covered by Henry who saw him as a boy in fast track with a great desire to do well. An accident forced him to make a decision: he sold his Formula and completed his studies in engineering in 1989. After a period spent working in England he returned to Italy and devoted family construction company, together with her father every day at work, get the results of an exclusive survey to be as professional as an entrepreneur. It plays, with perseverance, determination and stubbornness, their work every day, thanks to what it calls the teachings of life acquired on the track by Henry.

But the sacred fire has never subsided and Giovanni back to find Henry in Magione, savoring yet smells dear to his youth: those of the lining and gasoline. In July 2010, he entered into partnership with Henry and begins the renovation of the school. The excessive cost of Magione tip the choice to the new field of HM the school, which was opened on 8 and 9 June 2011 at the Circuit of the Sele in Battipaglia.

At the edge of the runway Cilento is taken a shed that is used as a workshop and classroom with direct input on the track, but independent of the structure.

The commitment made by Giovanni is total: with him come the Formula 3, two Dallara Mugen Honda, used for master classes, a Formula Renault 2.0 and tree Formula 1.6 Mirage M012 and a FIA Formula 4 Tatuus.

In 2010 also incorporates the guidance of the cars, Formula Ford Van Diemen 1.6, 1.8 and Ford Mygale and F3 Mugen Honda 302, with the constant guidance and directions Massimo Torre.

He directs Morrogh Racing Drivers School in close collaboration with his wife Maria and Massimo Torre, as well as with the support and the help of all its employees daily.

CHIEF INSTRUCTOR

Massimo Torre

(massimo@henrymorrogh.it)

Neapolitan born in 1986, holds the position of chief instructor of Morrogh Racing Drivers School. New graduate in mechanical engineering from his great experience in racing derived from participating as a pilot in numerous national and international championships for cars (from Formula Ford to Formula 3000) and the commitment by some team where he served as race engineer and telemetry.

One can say that he is the last product to high level of HM and Henry chose him, for some time, as his right hand man on track during the course of the last years. Instinctively quick but methodical applications, has a natural propensity to pass on to students, with the simplicity that distinguishes his character, everything he has learned over the years of racing.

After years of kart he went to the car 16 years, beginning with the Formula Ford 1600 Morrogh after attending the 14th course Federal. His first year (but it would be truer to say its first half year, having started the season started abundantly) in the car ends in third place in the championship.

In 2003 he passes to Formula Ford in 1800 and, after a hard-fought season, finished second overall.

In 2004 in Formula Renault season starts well but the lack of budget, does not allow the continuity of results. Meanwhile he participates in Supercorso Federale CSAI, the wins, and enters the Youth Project of the CSAI as the most promising rider of the season. In autumn it is in England for the postgraduate course at the International School of Johnatahn Palmer. Claudio Berro invited him to join the race Maserati at the Bologna Motor Show and, on the Gran Sport GT3, closes the second place.

In 2005 in the Italian Formula 3 with Team Passoli: the budget is tight and able to play only the first 4 tests, achieving good results anyway. Morrogh follows him closely and asked him to work with him as an instructor of the School's most famous pilots in the world.

In 2006 there is the "big jump": signing with Team Bigazzi for the European Formula 3000 championship; The structure is the first experience in the car and teammate Kristian Ghedina, national team downhill. After a race setting for the teams begin to arrive the results: the second half of the season is exciting and, on a wet track, become the bogeyman of the top teams hitting a win in Germany and several podiums. At year end, it is sixth in the standings and third of those under 20.

In 2007 Formula Master: It is an exciting season for the problems occurred from the car but it is called by Mauro Sipsz to collaborate on the development of the car.

In 2008 he focuses on studies in engineering (graduating arrives in March 2011) alternating at the wheel of classic cars and the School of Henry.

On 12 and 13 November 2011 was in the Winter Trophy Series Formula 2000 Light at the circuit of Varano de Melegari, it has sided behind the wheel of a Formula 3 Dallara Mugen Honda 302 Morrogh Racing Drivers School. The result is amazing, is winter champion getting a pole position, two wins (race 1 and race 2), fastest lap with a new lap record in race 1. The victory contributed to the revival in the motorsport of the School's most famous pilots world. In 2008 he became chief instructor of Morrogh Racing Drivers School, taking care of the technical activities on track and the education provided.

P.R. MANAGER

Maria Di Girolamo

(info@henrymorrogh.it)

Architect, thanks to the activity and the long experience working as a freelancer, is involved in the assessment, planning, implementation and monitoring of projects of HMRDS.

Thanks to its excellent analytical skills, organizational and planning, methodological, problem-solving and decision-making, useful and essential for effective organization of resources, relationships with others, initiative and resilience to stress, and leadership characteristics and excellent communication skills, it provides every day to coordinate the activities of all team members, to encourage communication and harmony, to maintain contact with users, to plan their involvement in various school activities, produce the documents under your control and supervise that produced by the team.

DATA ENGINEER

John Morrogh

He graduated in July 2001, he worked at HM until 2007 dealing with Henry Business School, both on the track and telemetry as an engineer. Experience the HMRDS allowed him to play the role of Team Manager, 2008-2009, at the A1 Grand Prix Team Italian rider Piercarlo Ghinzani. In 2008 race engineer at Ghinzani Arco Motorsport team that won the 1st place, by participating in the National Trophy CSAI F3.

From 2009 to 2010, the telemetry Ghinzani Arco Motorsport for the entire Italian F3 Championship and yet for all the years 2011 and 2012, held at the same team, the work of track engineer in the Italian F3 Championship.

For Morrogh Racing Drivers School's race engineer in all races in which the team participates in the Irish master with its cars.

HOSPITALITY COORDINATOR

Clorinda Mucherino

With the right skills and competences acquired through sports, it is perfectly capable of working with other people, occupying a role where communication is important and essential for their work as a team. Is able to accommodate and assist the students, in a joyful and friendly, interacting with both Italian and foreign ones, because thanks to his university studies, he acquired a good knowledge of English, French and Spanish. It manages the image of Henry Morrogh holding contacts with users, providing them with the most appropriate information concerning activities of the team, so as to ensure the reputation and visibility, giving the information and the shape matching content. It transmits the information to the press, working with management to plan activities computing for end users.

DIGITAL ARTIST

Maria Carmela Lombardo

Sicilian born in Paternò (CT) April 30, 1989, he attended the fifth year of the Master of Science in Architecture at the University of Catania. An expert in computer graphics and software suitable for the execution of the advertisement both paper and computer, is dedicated to constantly design, analysis, design and graphic composition of the advertising campaign and the media HMRDS.

It promotes and manages the image of the team, with attention to detail, highlighting the logo and the colors of the school, in order to make clear and direct communication to all users.