The Pramac Racing driver ends the Barcelona weekend with another good result, even if it is below what he was aiming for.
Danilo Petrucci had a good Catalan Grand Prix, always placing in the top 10, except during his FP1. The Italian had strong free sessions before qualifying sixth. Satisfied with this result, he was confident about his chances of being able to fight for the top 5 in the race.
Despite a slightly poor start, he managed to stay in the leading group before overtaking Andrea Iannone on the third lap and taking sixth place. He then fought with Dani Pedrosa and managed to take fifth place, then fourth thanks to the fall of Andrea Dovizioso. Unfortunately, a lack of feeling with the front tire caused him to drop to eighth position. He tries to get back on Johann Zarco but does not succeed and has to be content with his place.
Even though he finished further back than expected, he took fifth place in the Championship thanks to this result and thus became the first Ducati rider in the general classification, ahead of Andrea Dovizioso and Jorge Lorenzo. This result allows him to be positive about his race: “I'm happy with what I did in the first laps. I rode with Pedrosa trying to manage the rear tire, but then I started to have a problem with the front tire and couldn't brake hard. I was convinced I could make a top 5, but I'm still happy because I'm fifth in the Championship. »
Race ranking:
1 25 99 Jorge LORENZO SPA Ducati Team Ducati 165.6 40'13.566
2 20 93 Marc MARQUEZ SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 165.3 +4.479
3 16 46 Valentino ROSSI ITA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 165.2 +6.098
4 13 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW GBR LCR Honda CASTROL Honda 164.9 +9.805
5 11 26 Dani PEDROSA SPA Repsol Honda Team Honda 164.9 +10.640
6 10 25 Maverick VIÑALES SPA Movistar Yamaha MotoGP Yamaha 164.8 +10.798
7 9 5 Johann ZARCO FRA Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 164.7 +13.432
8 8 9 Danilo PETRUCCI ITA Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 164.6 +15.055
9 7 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA SPA Angel Nieto Team Ducati 164.1 +22.057
10 6 29 Andrea IANNONE ITA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 163.9 +24.141
11 5 44 Pol ESPARGARO SPA Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 163.1 +36.560
12 4 45 Scott REDDING GBR Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 163.0 +38.229
13 3 17 Karel ABRAHAM CZE Angel Nieto Team Ducati 160.2 +1'21.526
14 2 21 Franco MORBIDELLI ITA EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 139.1 3 Tours
Unclassified
55 Hafizh SYAHRIN MAL Monster Yamaha Tech 3 Yamaha 164.3 4 Tours
53 Tito RABAT SPA Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 164.3 6 Tours
43 Jack MILLER AUS Alma Pramac Racing Ducati 164.3 7 Tours
38 Bradley SMITH GBR Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 162.8 11 Tours
30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI JPN LCR Honda IDEMITSU Honda 162.8 11 Tours
42 Alex RINS SPA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 156.9 13 Tours
4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO ITA Ducati Team Ducati 164.8 16 Tours
10 Xavier SIMEON BEL Reale Avintia Racing Ducati 160.4 17 Tours
41 Aleix ESPARGARO SPA Aprilia Racing Team Gresini Aprilia 161.1 20 Tours
12 Thomas LUTHI SWI EG 0,0 Marc VDS Honda 159.1 21 Tours
50 Sylvain GUINTOLI FRA Team SUZUKI ECSTAR Suzuki 155.5 22 Tours
Did not finish the 1st round
36 Mika KALLIO FIN Red Bull KTM Factory Racing KTM 0 Tour
