MotoGP: Danilo Petrucci is training hard for 2020, the proof…

Danilo Petrucci will be one of those drivers who, in 2020, will simply play their part. As a Ducati official, he will no longer be able to afford the disappointment of the second half of the 2019 financial year where, in ten races, he did not enter the top 6 once, bringing back only 55 points... Against 121, made up of three podiums including a victory, during the first phase! So, he trains like a madman and shows it on his social network, while looking back on his season alongside Dovizioso who looks like a failure...

Danilo Petrucci no longer has the right to make mistakes or to disappoint. Factory Ducati is still behind him, but the competition is hot on his heels. In a period where the transfer market will be agitated. Suffice to say that this offseason he is feeling a certain pressure which he is releasing through the suffering of intense training. The proof with this last message from Petrux noting six days out of seven of motocross training. He shows his injuries on social networks. Corns, blood and deep holes on your hands, this is how Petrucci ends the year.

A year full of very different emotions. From the victory at Mugello and the prospect of a place on the final podium in the championship, he went through a period of doubts which made him slip to sixth place in the final general classification. Behind the Yamaha satellite rider fabio quartararo. When reminded of this epilogue, the crew member Dovizioso answers straight away: “ no one asked me at the start of the season to win the championship »

« I certainly struggled a bit with the bike, the feeling wasn't the same as in the first half of the season. But I also started the first semester with a lot of energy and commitment and I had high expectations. It was my first season as a factory rider, so I didn't really have a winter break, and maybe by August I was a little tired » adds Petrux. “ Then there was a certain pressure because I was third in the championship, and I made small mistakes, in free practice, in qualifying... The results didn't come. It put me under extra pressure ».

 

« I'm definitely not happy with the second half, but I fought for the top 5 until the end. I don't know how many of you at the start of the season would have thought I would win a race or be third in the World Championship until six races before the end » defends the Italian.

After his first season with the factory team, the Mugello winner finished: “ This is normal pressure on a factory driver. Maybe I made these mistakes, especially in qualifying, because I wanted more. There were no expectations in the first half of the season, but in the second. That's a key for next year: trying to be more focused on the race and being more consistent in the second half. I'm learning from the mistakes I made this year and I anticipate the coming year to be better. » Best wishes Petrux!