Danilo Petrucci: “It’s nice to watch WorldSBK, at least 12 riders can get a podium”

“It’s nice to watch WorldSBK, there are at least 1▨2 diff෴erent riders who can get on the podium” - Danilo Petrucci.

Danilo Petrucci, Catalunya WorldSBK Race1, 23 March
Danilo Petrucci, Catalunya WorldSBK Race1, 23 March

Despite having to watch Barni Ducati win a WorldSBK race in his absence, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Danilo Petrucci was proud of wha♈t the team achieved at the recent Assen round.

Petrucci missed the Assen round due to a 🅰motocross accident which left him with jaw injuries and a fractured right collarbone.

Petrucci’s replacement Nicholas Spinelli went 🦋on to win his first WorldSBK race in mixed conditions, after choosing intermediate tyres over slicks.

Recalling the win for Spinelli, Petrucci sa💮id: “I was happy for Spinelli and Barni. Barniღ was one of the first guys to come to the hospital to see my condition, and he was sad because we were in a good moment.

“We were fighting for the podiums and the top five. Assen is one of my favourite tracks. I thi𒊎nk, in the end, we’ve been unlucky with the accident but, on the other hand, lucky.

“Maybe someone up in the air looked down and decided this was our lucky week, for me because I escaped a really bad accident and for Barni, who lost one rider for that race, 🐼but he won his first race. I was happy to watch that race.”

Prior to the season getting underway Petrucci claimed the 2024 campaign could be one🐼 of the most competitive.

And through three rounds the Italian’s statement is holding true, which is why he believes 𒁃the champio🐼nship has never been better to watch.

Petrucci said: “It’s nice to watch WorldSBK. I told everyone at the start of the season that I 𝔍think there are at least 12 different rid♛ers who can get on the podium and a lot of them can win races.

“It’s really challenging to join in because you can be in the top♏ three and, in the next session, in 12th.

“It’s hard but it’s nice to watch for the fa❀ns because you never k🐽now who’s going to win or stand on the podium.

“Fr♊om the inside, it’s nice, but hard🐠 because we’re all close so it’s really difficult to create a gap.

“Even if you are in tenth place, you can still f💧ight for the podium, because everyone is close on race🐬 pace. The new rules have given a bit more competition.”

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