Danilo P♔etrucci will enter next season's Dakar Rally, but in sho💎ck machinery.

He won't be riding a motorcycle or driving a car.

Instead, the maverick Petrucci is entering the truck category a🦂t the 2025 Dakar Rallyꦿ.

He🌌 has announced a link-up with Italtrans Racing Team and Prometeon Tyre Group for his next adventure.

"I am very happy to join the I🌺taltrans crew and I can't wait to get on board together with Claudio Bellina," he was quoted by .

"I also thank Prometeon ve♐ry much for making this unique opportunity possible.

“The Dakar is a fascinating challenge and I am excited to experience it for the second time. I will have a lot to learn and I will giꦺve my best to help make a good result.

"When they asked me to return to the Dakar I didn't hesಌitate for a moment, this race has left me a lot, it hasꦓ made me realise a great dream, to race it and win a stage, to get to the end of the Dakar then gives incredible satisfaction.”

Petr𒈔ucci already has amassed a unique racing record, after winning races in MotoGP, World Superbikes, MotoAmerica and at his sole Dakar Rally appearance (on a bike) so far.

He is now taking on a shock challenge to 🦩race in trucks.

Petrucci's earliest memory in the racing world was travelling i🌳n his father's truck to transport machinery for Loris Capiros♎si.

Now he ಞwill get b♉ehind the wheel of a truck to test himself in a completely new venture.