Last laps of Dutch WorldSBK Race 1 “like it was raining” for Danilo Petrucci

Danilo Petrucci says the front tyre wear he experienced in Du🅘tch WorldSBK Race 1 was “crazy”.

Danilo Petrucci, Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Dutch WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Danilo Petrucci, Toprak Razgatlioglu, 2025 Dutch WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Tyre drop off at the end of WorldSBK Race 1 at Assen meant that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Danilo Petrucci was battling gravity as much as 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu to achieve his second podium of the season.

The Italian ultimately took third place, albeit almost 15 seconds behind 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Nicolo Bulega, a gap that was largely created in the final laps ofꦺ the race where tyre wear 🅰began to significantly affect the pace of both Petrucci and Razgatlioglu.

After the race, Razgatlioglu had said that, while he struggled with the front tyre, 168澳洲5最新开𝕴奖结果:it was the rea✃r that caused him to lose pace. For Petrucci, though, the issue was cl🐼ea🎐rly at the front.

“It’s realꦬly nice because it’s always good to be on the podium, es𒁃pecially when you are fighting with the top guys it’s a matter of details, a matter of tenths per lap,” Petrucci told WorldSBK.com.

“This race was quite difficult because I was quite afraid about the [rear tyre wear], but in the end the problem was the front [tyre] and in the last eight laps t🌃he situation was🍒 crazy.

“Me and Toprak [Razgatlioglu] did a great battle but tಞhe problem was to stay up on the bike because the front t🍃yre was really gone.”

On his battle with Razgatlioglu, Petrucci added: “I was really in trouble, the last lap was like it was ra🧜ining for us – I think for everyone, but for example me and Toprak were riding three or four seconds slower than our best lap and i💝t’s [a lot].”

Ultimately, despite the difficultie🍌s in achieving it, Petrucci was satisfied with the third place which marked his second podium of th♛e season.

“At the end, a great🌜 podium, good points for the championship; I’m really happy, we are doing a great job with my team, and finally back on the podium in a feature race.”

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