After making headlines for his standout performance on day-one of the Jerez test last week, Petrucci endured a much tougher time of it durওing the two-day Portimao WorldSBK test. 

Last of the Ducati riders, Petrucci concluded the final day of action with a best time of 1:41.439s, which was fifth best in terms of rookies as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Remy Gardner, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Dominique Aegerter, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Bradley Ray and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lorenzo Baldassarri all finished ahead of the former MotoGP rider.

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While extracting performance from a 🐬new tꦰyre was still an issue, albeit to a much smaller degree in Jerez, Petrucci felt as though the problem became a glaring issue in Portimao which led to the Italian struggling to find the ‘correct riding style’ for his Panigale V4 R. 

Speaking about the test to WorldSBK.com, Petrucci said: "Yeah we had plenty of things to do in t🍸hese two days of testing - one of them was to find a good set-up, find a good base.&💯nbsp;

"We tried many different solutions but I haven’t found something that really suits my riding style here because the main problem is that when I put the new tyre the situation gets worse 🍃and I’m slower compared to the used tyre. 

"This is qui🤪te a big problem. I’m still l♐ooking for the correct riding style for this bike and for this tyre. 

"Then we had the chance to ride the last session with the 2023 bike and it’s a little b🐈it better, but still we have a long🔜 way to go."

While generating pace with a new tyre was a clear goal f♑or Petrucci and Barni Ducati to improve, so was acceleration🎀 on corner exit.

However, this too was a problem forꦏ Petrucci who admitted he lost confidence when needing to really attack.

"In Jerez we were quite fast but the acceleration was not so good so we started working on that side,” stated Petrucci. “But we haven’t found anything that really works and especially I lost✱ the confidence to go in with a lot of brakes, a lot of speed. 

"It was good to have these two days of t💮esting because we removed from our list a lot of doubts but still we don’t have a certain set-up that we know really works."