🌟Until September, Danilo Petrucci’s 2024 WorldSBK season had b𓄧een defined by the severe injuries he sustained in a motocross crash in March, but a home round at a new circuit spun it in a positive direction.

The Cremona Circuit hadn’t hosted a major international motorcycle race bef꧅ore it hosted WorldSBK last year, meaning that it was difficult to make predictions about who would be strong there.

Perhaps the Italians, some of whom had previously used Cremona ♋as a practice track, would be at an advantage; especially in the absence of Toprak Razgatlioglu, who had been domina🅘ting the mid-part of the season until his practice crash at the French Round in Magny-Cours only one week beforehand.

But, in the end, it was Petrucci who proved u🎃nbeatable all weekend.

“Cremona, it has been really a surprise,” Petrucci told World⛦SBK.com.

“I was quite calm that day because I was n🧸ot expect𝓡ing so much.

“In the race, for me i🔯t was totally unexp🍰ected. I thought Nicolo [Bulega] was much faster than me.

“Then, at the end, I was so calm and🐷 relaxed, my bike worked perfectly, I ꦆwas in front.

“When I sawܫ on my pit𒊎 board ‘0.5’ it’s like a signal, so I said ‘Come on Danilo, try to make a bigger gap’.”

Ultimately, Race 1 at Cremona was brought to an end by a red flag which saw Petrucci victorious for the first time in WoꦚrldSBK.

“Six laps to go, I remember so well,” he said.

“I came out from the last corner, I crossed the finish line, and on the dashboard [the message] appeared ⛄‘red flag’.

“I started to make calculations because I saw six laps to go, but maybe the red flag was at seven laps to go, but at the end the race was 23 laps; so I started to make aꦬll these calculations when I was cheering to the fans.”

Petr🌳ucci’s success continued into Sunday, the Italian even 𝐆surprising himself with his speed in the 10-lap sprint race on Sunday morning.

“In the Superpole Race, the target was to keep the first row of the grid, but immediately I felt and incredible feeling with ꦗthe bike and I was not absolutely pushing,” he said.

“From the second or third lap I said ‘I’m riding in 1:28s so easy,’ and in fact༒ I was just creating a gap lap aft🗹er lap.”

He added: “For Race 2, the pressure was on beཧcause after the second victory of the weekend everybody was expecting the third.

“To make thre🐟e wins in Cremo༺na, in Italy, with that crowd was really like a dream.”