Petrucci finished the opening WorldSBK race of the seaso🦂n in seventh before being demoted to eighth following their contact on the exit of turn ten.

After attempting to go do🦋wn the inside of Vierge, Petrucci made contact with the Honda rider as they headed towards turn 11. 

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However, the contact was enough to see Vierge momentarily pushed onto the grass, before the Spaniard came back onto the circuit and ꦺhit Petrucci.

And although the second contact could have resulted in a crash, Petrucci was the rider awarded a penalty due to his initial overtake. 🍒&𓆏nbsp;

Speaking about the incident, Petrucci admitted he wജas too aggressive: "He entered at the last braking point. I tried to go inside but he closed the door and we touched twice. 

"I was aggressive and didn’t give him space, but I didn’t think he would c✅ome back the first time. Luckily no one crashed. I don’t co🀅ntest the stewards’ decision."

Aside from the last-lap incident, Petrucc𒊎i rode an impressive first race which took part in wet conditions.

Aboard his Ducati for the first time in such conditions, Petrucci was left pleased with his performance as he challenged 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Iker Lecuona and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Scott Redding at different stages.

"It’s been a good day and I can be pleased to have finished the first race, considering the cond𒐪itions," added Petrucci. 

"This was the first time I was riding with these tyres in the wet and we had no references for the setup, but the team did really well to provide me with a bike that a🐼llowed me to easily stay inside the top 10. 

"We all want 🃏more of course, but we were nevertheless the best of the rookies and that’s enough for race 1. But we won’t be settling and want to be further for𝔍ward already tomorrow."