The Barni team had a good Saturday at Donington seeing its driver Danilo Petrucci register on the first row at the end of qualifying before saluting his solid fourth place, behind the three tenors in official machines. Petrux also appreciated this performance, emphasizing that he had finally found something to make this Panigale V4R a better friend on the track. Then he talked about 2024 with a possible future teammate in it...
Before talking about the future, Danilo Petrucci analyzed the present which revealed this Saturday at Donington a fourth place which was also synonymous with a narrowly missed podium…” I was at the limit » reports Petrux on GP One. " I tried to close the gap to Rea, but I couldn't do more than that. In any case, I'm happy, because we did a good job finishing well with a fourth place. Physically I didn't feel very good, but in the race I gritted my teeth and achieved an important result ».
The Italian is also happy to see obvious technical progress: “ during the Mugello tests we didn't realize that we had taken a step forward, but we realized it in Misano. Now I have more confidence in braking and I can ride better. With this Ducati, however, you have to be very precise and gentle, because otherwise the Panigale moves a lot. The podium wasn't far away, it would have been nice to get on it, but you have to keep working ».
Danilo Petrucci: “ Iannone would like to be with us next year »
What if victory finally arrived? “ In this case, as soon as I win, Barni closes the team, sells everything and we go on vacation forever » Petrux laughs before adding: “ I still don't know what I will do in 2024. I would like to win at least one race, but at the moment we are still far from fighting with Bautista. I guess I'll have to stay here another year ».
One more year, but maybe not another season alone in the box…” Iannone saw the race and wrote to congratulate me 5 minutes after the end. He would like to be with us next year, he deserves it because he is a talented driver ". The message got through and joined that of the team boss who announced that he was missing 800.000 euros to field a second Panigale V4R dedicated to Joe the Maniac. Ducati will it help?
