Dan🌼ilo Petrucci has crash♊ed out of the Dakar Rally on Stage 5 of this year’s event.

Petrucci, who is partnered in the truck class at this year’s event with Marco Arnoletti and Italtrans owner Claudio Bellina, is designated as the mechanic of the #608 truck, but🐠 was driv♔ing at the beginning of the fifth stage when he hit a rock only 3km in.

The truck rolled over and suffered damage to the fuel pump, forcing them out fo🐲r the day. “The post I never wanted to write,” Petrucci wrote on Instagram.

“After not even 3km, I still don't know how, after a hole I hit a bush of camel grass with 🧸the right rear and the truck [rolled].

“Fortunately we are all okay. Now we have to do 300km [in the damaged truck], in 10 degr❀ees [Celsius], to get back t🀅o the bivouac hoping that the roll cage is not damaged.

“Total bitterness.

“I apologize to Italtrans, to the navigator Marco Arnoletti and Claud💙io Bellina, patron of Italtrans who gave me this great opportunity. I am really, re💎ally sorry.”

Petrucci, Arnoletti, and Bellina have the potential to continue in the rally from tomor⭕row’s Stage 6, but in the unclassified ‘experience’ class and only if their roll cage has not been damaged in today’s incident.