The Pramac driver did not have the weekend he wanted on the Misano track and returns disappointed with his performance, after three excellent Grands Prix.
Danilo Petrucci arrived at his second national Grand Prix motivated, after the three positive races he had achieved at Sachsenring, Brno and Austria where he finished fourth, sixth and fifth respectively.
At the end of the first day of testing at the Misano circuit, he seemed comfortable. Indeed, he finished ninth in FP1 and sixth in FP2, thus securing a place in Q2 if FP3 were to take place in the wet. However, he encountered more difficulties on Saturday. First fifteenth in FP3, he then finished thirteenth in FP4 before qualifying eighth, although five tenths behind: “I can't be satisfied with my qualification, even though we are all very close. It will be important to get a good start in the race in order to stay with the leading group. My goal is to stay in the top 5.”
Unfortunately, he was unable to achieve this goal because he lacked feeling. More comfortable in the second part of the race, the gaps were already made, and he could not do better than eleventh. On arrival, he was obviously not happy: “I am disappointed with this race. The weekend was not positive for us. I tried to stay with the leading group during the first laps but I had no feeling with the rear tire. »
San Marino Grand Prix, Misano, MotoGP J.3: Ranking
1 4 Andrea DOVIZIOSO Ducati 42'05.426
2 93 Marc MARQUEZ Honda +2.822
3 35 Cal CRUTCHLOW Honda +7.269
4 42 Alex RINS Suzuki +14.687
5 25 Maverick VIÑALES Yamaha +16.016
6 26 Dani PEDROSA Honda +17.408
7 46 Valentino ROSSI Yamaha +19.086
8 29 Andrea IANNONE Suzuki +21.804
9 19 Alvaro BAUTISTA Ducati +23.919
10 5 Johann ZARCO Yamaha +27.559
11 9 Danilo PETRUCCI Ducati +30.698
12 21 Franco MORBIDELLI Honda +32.941
13 30 Takaaki NAKAGAMI Honda +33.461
14 41 Aleix ESPARGARO Aprilia +35.686
15 51 Michele PIRRO Ducati +35.812
16 38 Bradley SMITH KTM +46.500
17 99 Jorge LORENZO Ducati +46.614
18 43 Jack MILLER Ducati +50.593
19 55 Hafizh SYAHRIN Yamaha +55.168
20 17 Karel ABRAHAM Ducati +1'02.255
21 45 Scott REDDING Aprilia +1'09.475
22 12 Thomas LUTHI Honda +1'12.608
23 23 Christophe PONSSON Ducati 1 Lap
Not Classified
6 Stefan BRADL Honda 10 Laps
44 Pol ESPARGARO KTM 10 Laps
10 Xavier SIMEON Ducati 25 Laps
