MotoGP Phillip Island: Danilo Petrucci “We did a good job and with the right tire I could start from the front row”

Danilo Petrucci MotoGP Phillip Island Ducati Pramac – Danilo Petrucci he finishes qualifying at Phillip Island with an excellent 6th time and will therefore start from the second row tomorrow, also ahead of the official Ducatis of Dovizioso and Barberà. A really good result for the rider from Terni who comes from a period lacking in satisfaction and is aiming to have a good race tomorrow. In case of rain we know that he is someone who exalts himself, we all remember his splendid 2nd place last year at Silverstone, under the downpour. The forecast for tomorrow is dry but you know, here at Phillip Island the weather conditions change in the blink of an eye, anything can happen.

“We did a good job – said Danilo Petrucci – I entered with a motorbike with rain tires, but I did a lap and immediately returned and then went out with intermediate tires and only at the end with dry ones. Maybe if I returned straight away on dry tires I could even do the first row, but that's fine, the second row is also an excellent result. Now in the warm up we would have a lot of work to do, the bike needs to be softened up a bit because in the test we did here we were lapping in 1:29, now we're going in 1:33, we need to soften it up a bit because with the dry tires here the bike is I feel very stiff"

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