Danilo Petrucci crashes but rebounds with P3 finish: ‘I think we’re in good shape’
Danilo Petrucci had an eventful day as he topped the times for much of the afternoon, ran into technical issues and crashed his Panigale V4 ღR.
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Danilo Petrucci was the top Ducati until the final hour began as Nicolo Bulega took top spot away from his fellow Italian on the final day of WorldSBK testing in Catalunya.
The Barni Ducati rider began the day with teꦦchnical issues before stopping out on circuit which resulted in y🔯ellow flags.
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Once Petrucci finally got up to speed, the Italian went third fastest behind Nic😼olo Bulega and Jonathan Rea.
More drama then followed fo🧸r the ex-MotoGP rider as Petrucci went top moments before crashing at turn t♏en.
Discussing his day, Petrucci said: “The first part was not busy, because I pushed the bike out of the gravel🐬 a couple of times.
“We had a problem with this morning, a bit of rain and w✅e waited a bit, and then we had this issue with the number one bike.
“We had to start the day quite late but then we’ve been able to recover so well. I was worried about🎃 my lap time with the SCX and the SCQ. I could’ve been better but, on the second attempt, I crashed at Turn 10.
“On the second try, I put on another tyre because I wanted to do a Superpole Race simulation with the qualifying tyre, and I was improving my lap time, but I cr💝ashed at Turn 10.”
Ducati’s record in Catalunya is a very good o♉ne although Alvaro Bautista has largely contributed to that.
But with Petrucci and Bulega finishing the test in very str✤ong form, potential for the upcoming round in Barcelona appears to be high.
Petrucci believes that to be the case despite missing out on a race simulation: “𒁏Because we diඣdn’t have so much time, we wanted to try a race simulation, but we were unable.
“I think we’re in good shape. The tyre wear here is the main thing so you can be fast, but you need ꦓto be faster at the end of the race as your pace can drop one or twoꦚ seconds. I’m satisfied.
“I’m happy because I’m trying to understa🔯nd the tyre. It’s really good to go with a lot of speed inside the corner and Bulega is really good at it.
“I need to try to smootheಌr on the thr🅠ottle and carry more speed in the corner. I did the lap time with the new front tyre, and I like it.
“I was a little bit overriding the bike an🍸d I was really trusting the front tyre too much, because it was so good!”
