MotoAmerica Danilo Petrucci will remember his fall at 280 km/h: “I was on the ground for more than 2 minutes without anyone helping me”

Danilo Petrucci has definitely encountered danger more often than not since he left MotoGP which reveals itself, through the adventures experienced by the Italian, as the least risky place on the motorcycle planet... We know that Petrux finished in pieces but also as a hero in his brilliant first participation in the Dakar with a KTM, and here he is playing the leading roles on a Ducati Panigale V4R in MotoAmerica. A picturesque discipline, including its bad sides…

This week-end, Danilo Petrucci shone again in a game of MotoAmerica which, however, he ended in pain. And also the incomprehension. Petrux has indeed discovered some significant security gaps in this category. And we're not even talking about the state of certain trails. This is a more serious matter: safety and the care of a pilot who has had a serious fall. The pilot Ducati fell at 280 km/h during the race, and the rest he tells on his is the international treasure sends shivers down your spine...

Danilo Petrucci: “ I headed to the medical center alone« 

« Just to inform you that I fell at 280 km/h on the finish line which is a corner that takes place in sixth gear to avoid hitting another driver. I crashed into 3 billboards, had several bruised burns and a deep cut on my ankle that required 5 stitches. I slipped a hundred meters... One of the worst falls of my career ».

But it is also what follows that makes the facts unacceptable: “ I lay on the ground for more than 2 minutes with the sound of motorbikes passing by without anyone helping me, until I got up alone and headed to the medical center ". Staggering…