This French Grand Prix will remain blessed for a long time for Danilo Petrucci who, thanks to it, will be able to leave Ducati with his head held high. Until then, he was lost and wandered like a lost soul in a red box that he knew he had to evacuate for a long time. However, he swore he wanted to end his Desmosedici period on a good note. She arrived at Le Mans with a great victory which was not easy to achieve…
Danilo Petrucci had won his Italian Grand Prix in the dry last year, he triumphed in France in the rain with Ducati. He will be able to boast of two victories in different conditions by joining the team Tech3 KTM in 2021. And he doesn’t shy away from his pleasure: “ it's a crazy year during which I suffered a lot at the beginning », declared the 29-year-old driver who is the seventh winner of the year…
« It's been a long time since I've been on the podium “, commented Petrucci after his triumph. “ This season started very difficult for me, but after Barcelona I was convinced that I was going to get on the podium at Le Mans. I wasn't expecting rain, but I was ahead of it all weekend. I could have fought for the podium in the dry too » assures Petrux.
« After leaving, I made sure to get ahead as quickly as possible, in order to stay away from any difficulties. I didn't know how much water there was on the track, but little by little I got into a good rhythm. I saw that some drivers were driving hard. Then I noticed Alex Marquez was 1,2 seconds faster than me, he was incredibly fast. That's why I always pushed harder and finally managed to open a breach with Dovi ».
“Ducati no longer trusted me but other people did”
« The season hadn't started yet and I had already lost my team place. It was like no one trusted me. But then there was some movement in the transfer market and other people trusted me. Then we had another rear tire that was giving me difficulty. I first tried to solve this problem with electronics, but it wasn't the right way. Then we found something in the Misano test and in Barcelona, and now the bike feels the way I want it to »Adds Petrucci.
Petrucci won his first Grand Prix on June 2, 2019 at Mugello and his last podium was on June 16, 2019 in Barcelona. At Le Mans he won the first victory Ducati of history on the Bugatti route. At World Championship, he is now tenth in the general classification with 64 points.
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