Daniꦦlo Petrucci took yet another podium finish in WorldSBK Race 1 at Magny-Cours, despite a lack of ♏experience on Pirelli’s wet tyres.

This lack of experience was compounded by a secon🔯d-lap crash in Superpole for Petrucci, which hamper🍸ed his confidence.

What was going to be a long race for the Italian, anyway, was made longer by variably wet conditions. The track was drying at the start, th♈en it rained, and then in the second half of the race standing water began to build.

“[The race] was really really long,” ෴Petrucci said after the race in parc ferme. “I felt like I’m going to Paris, beca༺use the race was so long, incredible.

“Then there was a lot of water, ꦇespecially at the beginning and at the end. This morning I did 🌃just two laps on the wet because then I crash [in Superpole], so my feeling was not the best.

“Also, in the race, I struggled so♍ much, but I said ‘ok🐭ay, I just need to stand up and finish the race.’

Complica൩ting matters for Petrucci in Rไace 1 was his lack of experience with Pirelli’s wet tyres.

“Not easy,” he told WorldSBK.com, “because I think it’s my third time riding with wet Pirelli tyres. This morning, I got a good confidence in qualifying but I crashed after the second lap so I understoo🥂d that I need t⛎o stay calm today.

“Then it was so tough because the weather forecast says rain, b♔ut we didn’t know when. So, everyone started with slicks and I tried to stay out with slick ty🐈res hoping for the rain to stop.

“But, in fact, it was pouring down, and we need to stop [to ꦐchange tyres].

“Sincerely, we need to find a good setup for the rain because the bike was sliding a lot with the throttle, itꦗ was impossible to open the throttle. I tried to stay with Alvaro [Bautista], but i🥂t was not possible.

“ At the end, it’s always good to stand on the podium, also because we are absolutely not i🐎n a good shape on ꧒the wet condition.”

Petrucci’s Superpole crash left him 10th on the 𝓰grid, something he aims to improve on in tomorrow’s Superpole Race to give himself a better chance of repeating his podium finish in Race 2.

“It’s really important,” Petrucci said of Sundaಌy morning’s 10-lapper, “because [...] there are a lot of riders that can stand on the podium, so it’s always diffiꦿcult.

“Qualifying position and starting position is really important, it 🎃matters a♔ lot. So, we’ll see. I need to gain some positions tomorrow in the Superpole Race.”