Danilo Petrucci feeling ‘increasingly comfortable’ after strong Catalunya round

Danilo Petrucci’s strong Catalunya WorldSBK round continued o⭕n Sunday as the former MotoGP rider claimed seventh and fifth in the two races.

Alvaro Bautista, Danilo Petrucci, Catalunya WorldSBK Race1, 23 March
Alvaro Bautista, Danilo Petrucci, Catalunya WorldSBK Race1, 23 March

Seventh in Saturday’s WorldSBK Race 1, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Danilo Petrucci had late race pace which was ౠagain the case during Sunday’s double-h𒈔eader.

Petrucci managed to claw his way back through the field ♍following a difficult start to Race 2.

“A top five is always a good result even though it's our minimum target,” said Pe🎐trucci. “We were the top independꦡents in Race 2 and brought home some points, so it works!

“This was probably one of our less fa🍸vourable tracks due to low grip and tire management.

“Spea🦩king generally, I'm happy because I feel really good with the bike, and the team is doing a grea🐽t job, so I can't wait to go to Assen, which on the other side is one of my favourite circuits.

“Hopefully, 🌞the weather will be nice and cool. There will be good grip in the fast corners, and I can't wait to tackle those fifth gear corners with this Ducati Panigale V4 R, which I feel increa🥃singly comfortable with.”

While Petrucci enjoyed another strong round, fellow satellite Ducati rider Michael Rinaldi suffere♌d a crash after contact with Andrea Locatelli and Axel Bassani, in Race 2.

“Difficult weekend, which started badly and ended worse,” said Rinaldi. “In turn 4 I was accelerating together with Locatelli but I was forced to choose the insiꦑde line and involuntarily touched Axel Bassani.

“These things happen. This iඣs a racing accide♚nt in which I involved another innocent rider to whom I apologize.

“Let's arch✤ive everything and think aℱbout the next one.”

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