Petrucci will cover Mir’s loss in Thailand

In the absence of official confirmation that will take place in J hoursOan Mir has already contacted his Suzuki Ecstar team on Monday that he is not ready to reappear at the Thai GP which will take place this weekend at the Buriram circuit and team manager Livio Suppo has been in touch again Danilo Petrucci to cover the loss due to the damage of Mallorca, according to what As has advanced.

Mir seriously injured his right ankle when he crashed in the Austrian race. He crashed in Misano while recovering from a talus fracture with ligament damage and wanted to reappear at the Aragon GP,​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​but after Friday he stopped for the second of the triple GP, the recent Japanese GP. Although there was talk he could travel to Thailand, it has been a slow recovery injury and Australia has now been set as the target for his return.

With Petrucci there was already the first contact with Misano, but then ‘Petrux’ rejected the offer because he was involved in the fight for the MotoAmerica Superbike title, a competition to which he dedicated himself this season after his successful time in the Dakar rally. In January. With the championship ending this past weekend, the crown going to his rival Jake Gagne and runner-up, Petrucci is now free to cover Mir’s loss to Suzuki and is on his way to Thailand.

Petrucci contested 169 Grand Prix during his MotoGP career with victories at Mugello 2019 and Le Mans 2020, both with an official Ducati, and eight other podium finishes. His last campaign was in 2021 with Red Bull KTM Tech3 and before he found out that he would not complete the second year, he agreed to a jump to rally-raid with Mattighofen and fulfilled his dream this January of competing in the Dakar rally where he won a stage. He then moved to MotoAmerica where he rode for Ducati. Now it will be released with a Suzuki.