Danilo Petrucci crashes but rebounds with P3 finish: ‘I think we’re in good shape’
Danilo Petrucci had an eventful day as he topped the times for much of the afternoon, ran into technical issues and crashed hi♈s Panigale V4 R.
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Danilo Petrucci was the top Ducati until the final hour began as Nicolo Bulega took top spot away from his fellow Italian on the final day of WorldSBK testing in Catalunya.
The Barni Ducati rider began the day with technical issues before stopping out on cir𒐪cuit which resulted in yellow flags.
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Once Petruc𓆏ci finally got up to speed, the Italian went third fastest beh﷽ind Nicolo Bulega and Jonathan Rea.
More 𒐪drama then followed for the ex-MotoGP rider as Petrucci went top moments before crashing at turn teღn.
Discussing his day, Petrucc🃏i said: “The first part was not busy, because I pushed the bike out of the gravel a couple of times.
“We had a 𒁃problem with this morning, a bit of rain ꦬand we waited a bit, and then we had this issue with the number one bike.
“We had to start the day quite late but then we’ve been able to recover so well. I was worried about my lap time with the SCX and the SCQ. I could’ve been better but, on the second at🔴tempt, I c🃏rashed at Turn 10.
“On the second try,♔ I put on another tyre because I wanted to do a Superpole Race simulation with th☂e qualifying tyre, and I was improving my lap time, but I crashed at Turn 10.”
Ducati’s record in Catalunya is a very good one although Alvaro ﷽Bautista has largely contributed to that.
But wit💝h Petrucci and Bulega finishing the test in very strong form, potential for the upcoming round in Barcelona appears to be high.
Petrucci believes that to be the case despite missing out on a race simulation: “Because we didn’t have so much time, we wanted to try a race simulation, but w𓆉e were unable.
“I think we’re in good shape. The tyre wear here is the main thing so you can be fast, but you need to be faster at the end o⭕f the race as your pace﷽ can drop one or two seconds. I’m satisfied.
“I’m happy because I’m trꦗying to understand the tyre. It’s really good to go with a lot of speed inside the corner and Bulega is really good at it.
“I need to try to smoother on the throttle and carry more speed in the corner. I di🏅d the lap time with the new front tyre, and I like it.
“I was a little bit overriding the bik൲e and I was really trusting the front tyre too 🥃much, because it was so good!”
