MotoGP | GP Portimao Qualifying: Petrucci, “It will be a challenging race”

MotoGP 2021 Portuguese GP KTM Tech3 Factory Racing – Danilo Petrucci will start from the sixth row in the Portuguese Grand Prix, third stage of the 2021 MotoGP.

The KTM (Team Tech 3) rider from Terni, who had not passed Q1, set the eighteenth time for an all-Italian sixth row, with Enea Bastianini (16th time) and Valentino Rossi (18th time). Here's what Petrux said.

Statements Danilo Petrucci Portuguese GP Portimao Qualifying

“We improved a little, but I wasn't able to do a perfect qualifying. Obviously I'm not very happy with my starting position, but I'm happy to have improved the feeling with the bike. It's quite clear that I've learned something about the bike, and that's positive, but I would like to be further ahead. I still have to learn a lot and put in kilometers to be faster. I think we're pretty close to the others, but still behind. So the goal is to get close to the fastest ones. Tomorrow will be a challenging race.”