While we thought we understood that the new Ducati GP18 would not make its appearance until the end of January at Sepang, the Pramac Racing team has just clearly revealed that Danilo Petrucci will have this machine at his disposal next week during the next MotoGP tests which will have place in jerez.
Following the Valencia tests on Tuesday and Wednesday, the official Ducati Team specified in its press release that “ The two Ducati Team riders used the test to make comparisons aimed at defining the details of the Desmosedici GP18, which is scheduled to debut at the first test of 2018 at Sepang from January 28-30. Lorenzo and Dovizioso will be back on track next week in Jerez de la Frontera for two more days of testing on November 22 and 23 before the winter break. »
It seemed perfectly clear, but after those same Valencia tests, Pramac Racing published that “Danilo Petrucci and his team worked on settings and development during the two days of testing. The Italian rider will ride the Ducati Desmosedici GP (2018 version) during the Jerez tests next week ».
This was also unequivocally included in the title of the Pramac Racing report:
We'll see what happens next week.
As for the Valencia tests, according to Danilo Petrucci, who are " We have been working hard on the setup of the bike trying to resolve the issues from last weekend and trying new components.
“A job for Ducati which is always pleasant to complete. I'm going to have the new bike in Jerez and I'm very curious to try it. »
Test results:
1 MARQUEZ, Marc Repsol Honda Team 1:30.033
2 PEDROSA, Dani Repsol Honda Team 1:30.436 0.403
3 ZARCO, Johann Monster Yamaha Tech 3 1:30.439 0.406
4 LORENZO, Jorge Ducati Team 1:30.534 0.501
5 VIÑALES, Maverick Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 1:30.640 0.607
6 CRUTCHLOW, Cal LCR Honda CASTROL 1:30.654 0.621
7 ROSSI, Valentino Movistar Yamaha MotoGP 1:30.724 0.691
8 MILLER, Jack OCTO Pramac Racing 1:30.860 0.827
9 IANNONE, Andrea Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1:30.877 0.844
10 ESPARGARO, Aleix Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1:30.889 0.856
11 ESPARGARO, Pol Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1:31.100 1.067
12 SMITH, Bradley Red Bull KTM Factory Racing 1:31.202 1.169
13 RABAT, Tito Reale Avintia Racing 1:31.386 1.353
14 RINS, Alex Team SUZUKI ECSTAR 1:31.516 1.483
15 DOVIZIOSO, Andrea Ducati Team 1:31.758 1.725
16 MORBIDELLI, Franco EG 0,0 Marc VDS 1:31.786 1.753
17 NAKAGAMI, Takaaki LCR Honda IDEMITSU 1:31.867 1.834
18 PETRUCCI, Danilo OCTO Pramac Racing 1:31.874 1.841
19 REDDING, Scott Aprilia Racing Team Gresini 1:32.358 2.325
20 SIMEON, Xavier Reale Avintia Racing 1:32.698 2.665
21 TAKAHASHI, Takumi EG 0,0 Marc VDS 1:33.870 3.837
Reference times:
Test record: 1'29.401 by Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) in 2016
Lap record: 1'31.171 by Jorge Lorenzo (Yamaha) in 2016
Best top speed: 335,9 km/h for Andrea Dovizioso (Ducati) in 2015
Final ranking of the World Championship:
1 MARQUEZ Marc SPA 298 points
2 DOVIZIOSO Andrea ITA 261
3 VIÑALES Maverick SPA 230
4 PEDROSA Dani SPA 210
5 ROSSI Valentino ITA 208
6 ZARCO Johann FRA 174
7 LORENZO Jorge SPA 137
8 PETRUCCI Danilo ITA 124
9 CRUTCHLOW Cal GBR 112
10 FOLGER Jonas GER 84
11 MILLER Jack AUS 82
12 BAUTISTA Alvaro SPA 75
13 IANNONE Andrea ITA 70
14 REDDING Scott GBR 64
15 ESPARGARO Aleix SPA 62
16 RINS Alex SPA 59
17 ESPARGARO Pol SPA 55
18 BAZ Loris FRA 45 253
19 RABAT Tito SPA 35
20 ABRAHAM Karel CZE 32
21 SMITH Bradley GBR 29
22 BARBERA Hector SPA 28
23 PIRRO Michele ITA 25
24 KALLIO Mika END 11
25 LOWES Sam GBR 5
26 NAKASUGA Katsuyuki JPN 4
Ranking of independent drivers:
1 ZARCO Johann FRA 174 points
2 PETRUCCI Danilo ITA 124
3 CRUTCHLOW Cal GBR 112
4 FOLGER Jonas GER 84
5 MILLER Jack AUS 82
Ranking of the best rookie (beginner):
1 ZARCO Johann FRA 174 points
2 FOLGER Jonas GER 84
3 RINS Alex SPA 59
4 LOWES Sam GBR 5
Classification by manufacturers:
1 HONDA 357 points
2 YAMAHA 321
3 DUCATI 310
4 SUZUKI 100
5 KTM 69
6 APRILIA 64
Team ranking:
1 REPSOL HONDA TEAM 508 points
2 MOVISTAR YAMAHA MOTOGP 438
3 DUCATI TEAM 398
4 MONSTER YAMAHA TECH 3 258
5 OCTO PRAMAC RACING 188
6 TEAM SUZUKI ECSTAR 130
7 EG 0,0 MARC VDS 117
8 LCR HONDA 112
9 PULL&BEAR ASPAR TEAM 107
10 RED BULL KTM FACTORY RACING 84
11 REALE AVINTIA RACING 73
12 APRILIA RACING TEAM GRESINI 67
Photo © Pramac Racing
